The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-15

the convention and by the people will
release the bonds of the city of st.
Louis after forty-seven years, the con-
stitution Of 1875 separating the city of
st. Louis from the county and treat
ing it as a separate county.
The committee amendment will not
supplant the other provision but pro-
vides the plan by which the city may
return to and become again part of
St. Louis county. Some members
thought the machinery should be left
for the general assembly to build, but
the committee urged that that was
simply passing the buck, and it was
a matter for the convention to deal
with. The additional plan proposed
by the committee and finally APP
proved in committee of the whole is
as follows:
"The City of St. Louis may again
return to and become part of and
be in st. Louis County and its gov
eminent may be, wholly or in part,
consolidated with the government Of
the said county in the manner and up
on the conditions following: The
Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment of said City and the County
Court of said county and the City
Counselor of said City as chairman
shall constitute commission whose
duty it shall be- upon the request Of
the Mayor of said city or of the pre-
siding judge Of said county court to
prepare scheme for the return Of
said city to said county, the consolida-
ton in whole or in part Of the gov
ernments of said city and county and
the adjustments of all issues that may
arise under such return of the city to
the county and such consolidation Of
the governments of said city and
county. Said scheme shall be signed
in duplicate by said board or ma
jority of them and one copy returned
to the Mayor of said city and one
copy to the presiding justice of the
county court within 80 days after the
request made upon said Board. With
in 80 days thereafter the legislative
body of the city and the county court
of said county shall submit such
scheme to the voters of the city and
to the voters of said county at an
election to be held no less than 20 nor
more than 80 days after the order
therefor; and if majority of the
voters of the city and majority Of
the voters of the county voting as
such election shall ratify such scheme,
then the City of st. Louis shall again
be a part of and in st. Louis county
with like effect as if it had never been
separated therefrom and possess all
of its powers and duties unaffected by
such return to the county except as
provided by said scheme: Provided
that the submission of any such
scheme shall not be submitted to the
voters oftener than once in three
years."
The convention has voted to keep an
office open in the capitol during the
recess period with an employee in
charge to look after correspondence
and keep the records in condition for
members. The committee on EN-
ployes has been instructed to arrange
for the opening of the convention in
the spring, securing the necessary re-
porters, clerks and other employees
necessary to start tho work prompt
ly and leaving the selection of COM
mittee stenographers and individual
clerks to the charmen of committees
and the individual members. 1t was
believed by the committee that the
force could be reduced without i'm
pairing it's efficiency.
The report of the Committee on
Corporations has finally gone to the
Committee on Phraseology and Ar
rangements, the finishing touches be-
ing put on the report in the conven-
ton Wednesday. The only section
remaining in question was the one
regarding the long and short haul.
The committee provisions had been
written, as is stated, to meet the re-
quirements of the federal transporta-
ton act, but some members objected
to its wording and sought to amend
the report. After some discussion,
however, the amendments offered
were rejected and the section passed
as introduced by the committee.