Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-13

the rates Ior ana iOus- |
ng to be posted in plainly printed or
letters in every hotel or board
ng house keeping more than ten
guests. When different rates are
charged for different rooms, the rates
applicable to- such rooms must be
therein. Infractions of Law In
,ur a fine of from so to $50 for eacn
,ffense.
The senate passed the bills provid-
ng for rural high schools and for a
.eachers' training course to be taught
all the high schools. These meas
lres will cost the state a large sum
annually. In return, however, 1t is
promised that a system of rural high
will be established in every
county that now is without these ad-
vatages and render it unnecessary in
future years for Missouri to draw on
other states annually for twenty-five
hundred school teachers.
III StudI6 LOOh up lHC hShoN ~
ure providing home rule for St. Louis
police. 1t provides for the appoint
ment of two police commissioners by
the mayor and makes them subject to
removal by the governor for official de-
reelection. 1t also passed the bill for
a non partisan board of two excise
commissioners to be appointed by the
governor. There was not a vote cast
against either of these measures.
A few scratches OF a pen will give
Missouri a public utilities commits
sion. The house and senate took a
final vote on the utilities bills, pass
ing each others bill. Both were
identical, but were adopted in each
house so that there might be no mis-
take or clerical error. The two bills
will be ready for the governors sig,
nature probably on his return from
Washington.
While the house was kicking the
Kansas City stock yards and the live
stock commission men all about the
floor of the house the senate, with lit
tie fuss and Tuning, dropped all stock
wards legislation. So strong was
the opposition to the bill that Senator
Craig, the author, said he would make
no further effort to obtain the passage
of such legislation at this session.
The senate has passed the Dill by
Senator Casey prohibiting the supreme
court and the courts Of appeals from
reversing cases on any ground not
based on an erroneous verdict. This
bill is designed to do away with ap-
peals based on such trivial grounds as
the omission at an unimportant word
or letter in an indictment.
The house has passed the Harris
bill which provides for strict state
supervision of every corporation in
Missouri. The bill requires every cor
poration to file complete statements
Ol llS dbSOlS, llcLUlllIlCos S1AL1ho ohh
expenditures with the supervisor of
corporations" June l of each year.
The Painter Road Dragging bill pro-
viding for an interconnecting system
of state dragged roads was sent to en-
grossment in the house. The bill al
ready has passed the senate. 1t will
establish a system of nine thousand
miles of state road, Lieutenant Cover.
nor Painter says.
More than fifty senate bills were
passed the other day and only one
failed. The latter proposes to leave
it optional with the various county
courts whether or not thy appoint q
county highway engineer.
The jack rabbit justice courts Of
Jackson county are doomed. The sen
ate, without a dissenting vote, passed
the Casey bill which puts them abso
lutely out of business as far as Kan
SaS lily is COHCeIuSu,
The senate passed the bill by Sena
tor McClintic exempting casualty com
panies from liability in suicide cases
Senator Green fought the bill as diC
also Senator Casey.
) The house has passed a bill b,
Moore of Barton requiring companie
that handle motor car insurance t
take out a license. The fee is set a
r $25.
The Wolf bill, putting a tax o.
l every motion picture show and theate
in the state, the money to go to tn
state good roads fund, was defeate
. in the house.
The senate has ordered engrossed
> substitute for a measure introduced Z
Senator Gardner for the regulation {
long distance telephone rates.
! C. M. Hay, DRY" leader of the lei
! i~slaure, introduced a bill which wi
put the Webb bill into effect in Mi
souri,.
\ The senate judiciary committee ha
d reported without recommendation tn
Workmen's Compensation bill.
Senator White introduced a bi
s holding up the time for the Publ
O Utilities bill to go into effect unit
4 June l. He said it was impossible Il
i the corporations to- comply with til
= requirements of the bill by April /
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