which now have, or may hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or more, and to define the jurisdiction of said justices, and the practice in the courts thereof, and the duties of said justices, clerks and constables, and to fix their salaries and terms of office," approved April 23, 1891, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1897; Read first time an 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Farris introduced Senate bill No. 147, entitled An act creating a school book commission to select a uniform system of text books, and to report to the General Assembly of 1901, recommending that the State print them free, etc.; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Clay introduced Senate bill No. 148, entitled An act to amend section 5915, article 5 of chapter 89 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, entitled "General Provisions," so as to require fire insurance companies to confine their business to counties and cities in which they have local agents; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Clay, by request, introduced Senate bill No. 149, entitled An act to require the criminal laws in force in Missouri to be taught in the public schools of the State; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Anderson introduced Senate bill No. 150, entitled An act to amend an act entitled "An act to charter a female college," approved January 18, 1851; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. titled Senator Anderson (by request) introduced Senate bill No. 151, en An act to amend section 5897 of the Revised Statutes, relating to fire insurance, by adding to said section the words "unless it shall appear that the assessed made a written application for such insurance, and in said application overrated the property insured;" so that said section, when amended, will read as follows; titled Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Whaley (by request) introduced Senate bill No. 152, en An act to amend chapter 58 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889, entitled "Druggists and their licenses," by adding five new sections thereto, to be known as 4625b, 4625c, 4625d, 4625e, and 4625f, requiring registered pharmacists to re-register annually, and providing a punishment on account of failure thereof; to require the State board of pharmacy to furnish the county clerks and the recorder of deeds of the city of St. Louis with certified lists of all renewals issued to persons residing in the respective counties and in said city, and creating a special fund for the payment of the expenses thereof; also to repeal section 4613 of said chapter, as amended by an act to amend said section, approved March 31, 1893, and enact a new section in lieu thereof; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. } 1 Senator Drabelle introduced Senate bill No. 153, entitled An act to repeal section 5841, article 2, chapter 89, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889, entitled "Life and accident insurance," and to enact a new section in lieu thereof, to be known as section 5841; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. titled Senator Drabelle (by request) introduced Senate bill No. 154, en An act to amend section 7896, article IV of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1889; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Lyons introduced Senate bill No. 155, entitled An act to limit the recovery in any civil court, on any pay check, draft or warrant given in payment of services to the person to whom said pay-check, draft or warrant is due and payable for services actually rendered as employe of the person, company or corporation who signs the pay-check, draft or warrant; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Lyons introduced Senate bill No. 156, entitled An act to prohibit the delivery of any pay-check, drafts or warrants, due for services by any individual, company or corporation to any person or persons other than the one to whom the employer is indebted for those services, making the violation thereof a misdemeanor and fixing the penalty therefor; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. A message was received from the Governor, through his Private Secretary, Mr. Moore. titled Senator Morton introduced Senate bill No. 157, entitled An act for the preservation of fish; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Morton (by request) introduced Senate bill No. 158, en An act to amend section 7897 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Miller asked that the Committee on Fire, Marine and Tornado Insurance report Senate bill No. 56 for correction, So ordered. Senator Orchard, from the Committee on Criminal Jurispru dence, submitted the following reports: Mr. President: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, to which was referred Senate bill No. 46, entitled An act to repeal section 4243 of article 8 of chapter 48, relating to verdict and judgment and proceedings thereon, and enact a new section in lieu thereof, to be known as section 4243, on the same subject, Begs leave to report that it has examined the same and recommends that it do not pass. Mr. President: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to which was referred Senate bill No. 65, entitled An act to repeal section 3842, article 8, chapter 47, Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889, entitled "Robbing and desecrating cemetery," and enacting a new section in lieu thereof, Begs leave to report that it has examined the same, and recommends that it do pass. Mr. President: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to which was referred Senate bill No. 84, entitled An act to amend sections 4286 and 4287, and to repeal section 4288 of article 10 of chapter 48, Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889, entitled "Appeals and writs of error," Begs leave to report that it has examined the same and recommends that it do pass, with the accompanying amendment: Amendment No. 1: Amend Senate bill No. 84, by adding to section 4287 the following words: "Provided, said sheriff shall be allowed the same fees now allowed by law for like service;" Was read and agreed to. Mr. President: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to which was referred Senate bill No. 105, entitled An act to amend section 5915 of article 2, chapter 99 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, by adding criminal penalties thereto, Begs leave to report that it has examined the same and recommends that it do pass; Which were read. Senator Martin moved that Senate bill No. 46 be recommitted to the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. The motion prevailed. On motion of Senator Drabelle, the Senate went into executive session. The executive session having dissolved, the Senate was called to order by the President. Senator Lyons, from the Committee on Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, submitted the following report: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the 40th General Assembly of the State of Missouri: Your Joint Committee on Rules for the government of the Senate and House of Representatives, would most respectfully report that they have duly considered said matter, and would recommend that the following be adopted as the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives of the 40th General Assembly, to wit: JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE. Section 1. When the business requires the attendance of the Senate in the Representative chamber, they, with their secretary, shall be conducted within the bar and there be seated; and when so assembled, the President of the Senate shall preside, and every member of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be at liberty to make motions and debate; and the rules of the House of Representatives shall govern as if that the House were in Committee of the Whole House. Sec. 2. When a message shall be sent from one house to the other, it shall be, announced by the Doorkeeper thereof, and the import thereof respectfully communicated to the Speaker or President, as the case may be, by the person by whom it was sent. Sec. 3. Bills may originate in either house and may be amended or rejected by the other, and every bill shall be read on three different days in each house. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 26.) Sec. 4. All amendments adopted by either house to a bill pending and originating in the same shall be incorporated with the bill by engrossment, and the bill as thus engrossed shall be printed for the use of the members before its final passage. The engrossing and printing shall be under the supervision of a committee, whose report to the House shall set forth in writing that they find the bill duly engrossed, and that the printed copies furnished the members are correct. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 29.) Sec. 5. If a bill passed by either house be returned thereto amended by the other, the house to which the same is returned shall cause the amendment or amendments so received to be printed under the same supervision as provided in the next preceding section, for the use of the members, before final action on such amendments. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 30.) Sec. 6. No bill shall become a law until the same shall have been signed by the presiding officer of each of the two houses in open session, and before signing the bill he shall suspend all other business and state that the bill will now be read. If no objections are made, the bill will then be read; after the reading of which he will attach his signature to the same that it may become a law; the signing of the same shall be noted on the journal, and the bill immediately sent to the other house; if objections are made to the fourth reading of the bill, the objections shall then be heard, after which the bill shall take the course as prescribed in section 37, article 4 of the Constitution. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 37.) Sec. 7. When a bill has been signed it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate, if the bill originated in the Senate, and of the Chief Clerk of the House, if the bill originated in the House, to present the same, in person, on the same day on which it was signed to the Governor, and enter the facts in the journal. Every bill presented to the Governor and returned within ten days approved by him, shall become a law. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 38.) Sec. 8. Every bill returned without the approval of the Governor. and with his objections thereto, shall stand as reconsidered in the house to which it is returned; the House shall cause the objections of the Governor to be entered on the journal and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objection of the Governor thereto notwithstanding?" The vote upon the question shall be by yeas and noes, and the names entered upon the journal. If two-thirds of all the members elected to the House vote in the affirmative the presiding officer of that house shall certify the fact on the roll attesting the same by his signature. The bill, with the objections of the Governor, shall then further be sent to the other house, when like proceedings shall be had in relation thereto. If the bill received a like majority of the votes of all the members elected to that house, the vote being taken by yeas and nays, the presiding officer shall thereupon, in like manner, certify the fact upon the bill. The bill thus certified shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State as an authentic act, by the Clerk of the House, if it originated in the House, or the Secretary of the Senate, if it originated in the Senate. The bill shall become a law in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval of the Governor. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 39.) Sec. 9. All orders and resolutions requiring the approbation of the Governor shall also be previously examined and signed, and shall be presented in the same manner and by the same person as provided in case of bills. Sec. 10. When a bill or resolution which shall have passed one house shall be signed in the other notice thereof shall be given the house in which the same originated. Sec. 11. When any papers may come officially before either house of the General Assembly, or any communication of the Governor, and are proper to be acted upon by both houses, the house before whom such papers are laid, or to whom such communications are made, as soon as they have proceeded and acted upon the same, shall lay a copy before the other house. Sec. 12. When a vacancy shall happen in either house notice thereof shall be given to the other house. Sec. 13 All messages and communications between the two houses shall be conveyed by the clerk of the house originating the same. Sec. 14. When a bill has been reported upon by a committee of either house and ordered to engrossment, three hundred copies shall be printed, seventy-five for the use of the Senate and two hundred and twenty-five for the use of the House, and when the passage of the bill is reported to the other house the officer reporting it shall deliver the printed copies with the original bill. Sec. 15. There shall be a committee of six members-three from the Senate and three from the House-to be known as the Joint Committee on Printing, to whom shall be referred all reports and documents from the eleemosynary institutions of the State, the penitentiary, all reports from the heads of departments and special committee documents and evidence required to be printed by law or by order of either or both houses: Provided, however, when either house shall pass favorably upon any report or documents, 1,000 copies each shall be printed for the appendix to the House and Senate journals, if so ordered by either house, in addition to the number required for the use of the Senate and House, or other purposes as ordered. The chairman of the Senate committees shall be chairman of the joint committees. Which was read and adopted. W. F. LYONS, FRANK H. FARRIS, E. B. FIELDS, FRANCIS M. WILSON, Senator Lyons moved that the Committee on Clerical Force be increased from three to five members. The motion prevailed. Senate bill No. 4, entitled An act to amend section ten (10) of an act entitled "An act to provide for the election of justices of the peace, clerks thereof, and constables in cities which now have or may hereafter have a popula JOURNAL OF THE SENATE. tion of 300,000 inhabitants or more, and to define the jurisdiction of said justices and the practice in the courts thereof, and the duties of said justices, clerks and constables, and to fix their salaries and terms of office," approved April 23, 1891; Was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Busche offered the following amendment to Senate bill No. 4: Amend title of Senate bill No. 4 by adding thereto the words "with an emergency clause." The amendment was agreed to. On motion of Senator Mott, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock. EIGHTEENTH DAY-Friday, January 27, 1899. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The President in the chair. A quorum present. Prayer by the Chaplain. Roll call and the following Senators responded to their names: The journal of yesterday was read and approved. Senators Drum and Drabelle were granted leave of absence. Senator Dowell offered the following resolution: Whereas, Two of the five members of the Committee on County Courts and Justices of the Peace are on the committee of investigation at St. Louis, and are likely to be absent for some time; and Whereas, The business of said committee is retarded by the absent members, and they find themselves unable to properly transact the business coming before them; therefore, be it Resolved, That the President of the Senate appoint two additional members of said committee. Which was read and adopted. Senator Vandiver offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Commissioner of Permanent Seat of Government be instructed to purchase a typewriter desk, to be used by the stenographers and typewriters of the Senate, and a flat top table desk for use of enrolling force. Which was read and adopted. Senator Orchard offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence be increased by the addition of one other Senator, and that Senator Rollins be added to said committee. Which was read and adopted. |