The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23
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ago Bills Introduced. Most = HI
tory Of the 8tANe.

tory OF the STATE.
/ Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. al.
the Senate today Several progressed
constitutional amendments were ire
scented and 1853 bills were introdn<ed
\ OF the latter, more than, so were the
measurrs prepared by thE chf1di1H s
Code Commission. Another ,s,g
batch were bills prepared by the Re
vision Committee.
| A joint resolution, presented by
Senator Buford, calls for an invests-
CATION of the operations of the State
Highway Department. This was
presented, Buford explained. al the
suggestion of Gov. Gardner in his hi
ennial message to the Assembly. and
at the request fthe Highway De-
partment. The resolution was
passed It provides for committee
OF ten, five from the Senate and FIVE
from the House, to conduct the I'M
quiry.
Senator Kinney introduced a rese-
luton sailing for an amendments tt,
the Constitution under which it wilt
be optional with the people of St.
| Louis to elect Aldermen by wards I'M
stead OF at large
"A joint and concurrent resolution
sponsored by Senators Mccullough
and Duncan, submits constitution
amendment seeking to amend the
constitution to permit soldiers and
sailors III the service of the United
States to vote, and to provide for
absentee voting.
Bill No. in the Senate was the .
measure prepared by Senator Nc /
Knight. of Gentry County. granting
the right OF presidential suffrage t.,
women. This is the Dill that has the
approval of the suffrage organiza-
tons.
Bill No. was the workmen's COM 4
pensation measure that bears. the in
dorsement OF the State Federation OIL
Labor. 1t was introduced by Ser
ator Marx McGruder of Sedalia.
One OF the early bills was one by
Senator Mccullough, providing for
the calling of a constitutional CON
vention in August of the present
year and approprating $Ioo,ooo to
defra" the expenses OF the Conven-
ton. It calls for a body OF 6S men
bers. elected two from each of the
districts.
Senator Bowker of Nevada intro
duced a bill prohibiting the teachiue
Of any but the English language in
the craze school of the State.
Another bill by Bowker re-enact>
the present Supreme Court commits
sioners' law and extends the tenure
of office of the court commissioner
Of the court for another four years.
Two important measures were in
reduced by Senator Wix of Bate,
~ounty. One repeats the law Great
ng the State Tax Commission and
he other prohibits the killing at
luail in Missouri within a period OF
hree years.
Bills by Elder OF ST.. Louis provide
or the appointment of one member
of the Board Of Police Commissions
FRS of St. Louis. to be removable by
either the Mayor or Governor. The .
other bill aims to redstrict the State
II senatorial and representative dis
riots on the basis of the census fig \
,res OF 1910.
Senator Mayes of Pemiscot Coun- q
y introduced bill repeating the :
Whitaker act of 1917. abolishing 1
apital punishment in Missouri. z
Elder introduced measure provid- y
n" for the licensing of chiropractics !.
IL this State. Il
Senator Duncan introduced bills p
the income tax law by
the State tax receipt Off q
ct and providing for the callino of i Il
Constitutional. convention.
Senator Cunningham OF Shannon. o
Introduced bill seeking to amend a
he State primary law. 1t is provid- "
d in his bill that only vacancies on $
'arty tickets can be filled by party Il
Committees in cases of designations /;
n death. Places on tickets that u
we're not filled by the primary. could p
ot be filled by party committees and :.
would remain vacant. u
The series of children's code bills o.
we're introduced by Gardner. Kinney al
nd .Buford. and the series OF revis- a
IN measures by McClntic and Gard O.
er.