Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
APPROPRIATIONS BILL READY
CARRIES s4,isi,oe5, WHICH is AN
INCREASE 10 NEARLY ALL
OF THE ITEMS

or the total. s~2,4S2.O16.0S is 10 be
taken from the revenue funds, and ST.
7O9D4s.is from the special funds. In
other years the Appropriation for the
railroad and warehouse commission
ers has been $4,000 for the biennial
period. This year that has been elm
mated because of the creation of the
utilities commissions which has been
awarded $221,20O. This is not ex-
pected to be sufficient, and it is like
ly a large deficiency appropriation
will be asked at the next session of
the legislature.
The bill confirms the transferral for
use of the $751; 0 900 for the new capt.
toll, but this takes account of some
thing that should not appear in the
bill outside Of the granting of au-
thority to use the money.
Items in the Measure.
Some of the expenses set out in the
bill are:
Contingent expenses governors Of
nee ...s.-.. 1890
Current expenses executive man
sion 1900
penses -, ......e........ 1000
State auditors office ........,... S,s4O
Treasurer's office, contingent ex-
penSes ................. ........ Is, $50
Incidental expenses, lieutenant
governor l,SU0
Expenses attorney generals Of
flee IS. 600
Superintendent Of public schools. 49,, 700
Adiutant general ........ 10, 900
SunpOrt Of National puard 1A2 000
St. Louis court of appeals. ....... q, 290
Kansas City court of appeals. 26,O40
Springfield court of appoals.... 34,449
State fish hatcheries ............. AZ. 900
Criminal costs of the state. ..... .525, 900
State poultry. experiment station. 66,392
Board of agriculture. .,....."... 94,500
Temporary capitol, construction
and furnishing ....-......... 77,427
County farm advisers ........... 1000
Missouri agricultural experiment
state Fair at sedalia, improve
ments and buildings .........,. Jos, 900
Printing of state documents :. ..22S,2S0
Maintenance of insurance depart
ment . l0,O0O
Factory inspection ,,........... 35, 900
State banking department ........ $4,000
Fish and game commissioner . $50, 600
State board of charities .......... $500
Missouri library commission ..... 10, 200
House Must Hurry.
The continent appropriation bill is
the one that always causes fights
among the legislators.
With the last day Of the session
agreed upon by the house, the body
has come to a realization that it will
be necessary to hustle 70 get through.
AS a result, the appropriations COM
mittee reported the bill before all of
the items intended for it has been
finished.
Amendments will be proposed to in
corporate features left out in the
rush. One will be a $4,000 a%ppropri-
alton for the construction of build
ings at Upton. Chairman Swearin-
gen announced there we're several adj
ditions of this kind.
No Constitutional Convention.
The senate voted IA to 10 against
the bill calling a convention to draft
a new constitution for Missouri. The
passage of such a bill was urged by
the League of Missouri Municipal
ties. The action of the senate pre-
cludes the possibility of any similar
measure getting through before the
legislature closes in 10 days.
In recent years several efforts have
been made to call a convention, but
none of the bills ever has passed.
However, several amendments will be
submitted in November, 1914.
BY passing a bill fixing the maxi
interest which can be charged
by loan sharks, the Missouri senate,
by a vote of % to 0, attempted to put
the shark out of business.
The bill provides that short loan
men shall take out a license from the
mayor before they can loan money on
chattel mortgages. Failure to take
out the license subjects each person
to prosecution, a fine of from $500
to $500 and a jail sentence of from
80 to 80 days.
A bond shall be filed in the sum of
$4,000. This provides a method for
payment of any fines which may be
assessed against any person operat.
ing a short loan business.