Roll call and the following Senators responded to their names: Present-Senators The journal of Friday was read and approved. Message from the Governor through his Private Secretary, Mr. Moore. Senator Davisson presented a petition remonstrating against the reduction of railroad fare to 2 cents per mile; Which was referred to Committee on Railroad and Internal Improvements. Senator Busche introduced Senate bill No. 174, entitled An act to make it unlawful to ride or drive off with any horse or other domestic animal without the consent of the owner thereof; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Busche introduced Senate bill No. 175, entitled An act to amend section 3 of an act relating to the establishment of a board of police commissioners in the city of St. Louis, approved March 22, 1861, as amended, by an act approved December 12, 1863, entitled "Police;" Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Thomas introduced Senate bill No. 176, entitled An act to repeal an act entitled "Roads and highways; special road districts;" Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Thomas introduced Senate bill No. 177, entitled An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of the Session Acts of 1895, entitled "An act providing for changing the terms of county assessors, and for other purposes," by adding a new section numbered 3, creating an emergency clause, and by adding a proviso to section 1, relating to counties adopting township organization; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Vandiver introduced Senate bill No. 178, entitled An act to regulate abstracters of titles to land in the State of Missouri; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Vandiver introduced Senate bill No. 179, entitled An act to amend chapter 112 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889, entitled "The Militia," by enacting a new article, to be known as 11, entitled "Establishing a post of the National Guard of Missouri at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri;” Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Fields introduced Senate bill No. 180, entitled An act to amend an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled "An act to provide for working and improving the public road, by the organization of special road districts of territory not more than six miles square, in which is located a city of the third or fourth class, except cities of the third class, organized under special charters, and to raise a revenue therefor, and to further provide, that when this act shall become a law, it shall take effect and be in force only in such prescribed territory wherein the county courts shall, by order of record, declare the same to be the law in such prescribed territory where adopted by the legal voters thereof, with an emergency clause," approved March 9, 1895; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Vandiver introduced Senate bill No. 181, entitled An act to amend sections 5033 and 5037, chapter 65, Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri 1889, by inserting in line fourteen of section 5033, between the words, "fences" and "built," the words "other than division fences," and by adding to section 5037 the following words: "the owners or proprietors of adjoining lands shall erect and maintain lawful division fences as defined by sections 5032 and 5033; and amending sections 5037 by striking out in line ten, between the words "within" and "month," the word "eight" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three;" Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Vandiver introduced Senate bill No. 182, entitled An act to amend article 11, chapter five (5) of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri 1889, entitled "Animals restrained from running at large," by enacting a new section, to be known and designated as section 358a; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Mott introduced Senate bill No. 183, entitled An act to amend section 23 of an act entitled “An act to repeal an act entitled 'An act to establish a corporation in the city of St. Louis for the purpose of public education,'" approved February 13 1833, and all acts supplementary to and amendatory thereof, and to repeal article 4, chapter 143 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1889, entitled "Election of school directors in cities having over three hundred thousand inhabitants, and providing for the organization of all cities having three hundred thousand inhabitants and over. into separate school districts, and for the establishment, maintenance and government of public schools therein, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved March 23, 1897; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Farris introduced Senate bill No. 184, entitled An act to amend section 3959 of article 9, chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1889, entitled "Crimes and ments;" Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Miller introduced Senate bill No. 185, entitled punish An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to exempt farmers' mutual fire insurance companies from the provisions of chapter 89 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, entitled "Of Insurance," approved May 17, 1889; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Dowell introduced Senate bill No. 186, entitled An act to amend section 3570 of article 3, chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889, entitled "Crimes and punishments;" Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Dowell introduced Senate bill No. 187, entitled An act entitled "An act to repeal section 7, of an act entitled 'An act to increase the State dramshop license, and to change the distribution of the county dramshop license by amending section 7, of an act entitled 'An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in the original packages or otherwise,'" approved April 20, 1891, as amend ed, by an act approved March 8, 1893; Read first time and 150 copies ordered printed. Senator Busche presented a petition protesting against the passage of the bill reducing railroad passenger rates to two cents per mile; Which was read and referred to the Committee on Railroads and Internal Improvements. Senator Martin presented a petition protesting against the passage of the bill reducing railroad passenger rates to two cents per mile; Which was read and referred to the Committee on Railroads and Internal Improvements. Senator Young, from the Committee on Engrossed Bills submitted the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills to which was referred Senate bill No. 28, entitled i An act fixing the times for holding court in the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit; Also, 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 statute in lieu thereof; Also, Senate bill No. 84, entitled An act to amend sections 4286 and 4287, and to repeal section 4288 of article 10, chapter 48, Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889, entitled "Appeals and writs of error;" Also, Senate bill No. 105, entitled An act to amend section 5915 of article 2, chapter 89 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri of 1889, entitled "General provisions," by adding thereto certain words, Begs leave to report that it has compared the same and finds them to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct; Which was read. 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 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, with an emergency clause; Was taken up, read third time and passed by the following vote: The emergency clause to the bill was adopted by the following The President declared the bill passed. The title of the bill was read and agreed to. Senator Busche moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed. Senator Mott moved to lay that motion on the table. The latter motion prevailed. Senate bill No. 19, entitled An act to amend section 55 of the Session Acts of extra session, 1892, entitled "An act to redistrict the State into judicial circuits and fixing the terms of court therein," approved April 7, 1892; Was taken up and read, and on motion of Senator Clay, was ordered engrossed and printed. Senate bill No. 32, entitled An act to amend section 2267 of chapter 33, article 11 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri of 1889, entitled "Code of civil procedure in relation to costs of change of venue;" Was taken up, and on motion of Senator Farris, was ordered engrossed and printed. Senate bill No. 39, entitled An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to repeal section 6796 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, entitled 'Personal actions,' and to enact a new section in lieu thereof," approved April 9, 1895, and to enact a new section in lieu thereof, to be known as section 6796; Was read, and on motion of Senator Haynes, was ordered engrossed and printed. Senator Davisson submitted the fifth biennial report of the Industrial Home for Girls at Chillicothe; [For report see appendix.] Senator Mott, under regular order of the day, called up amendment to the rules, which was laid over from yesterday and moved its adoption. The motion was put by the President and declared carried. Senator Davisson called for a division with the following result: Ayes, 13; noes, 9. The amendment was adopted. Senator Whaley introduced Senate bill No. 188, entitled An act to amend section 3402 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri; Senator Thomas moved that the rules be suspended and Senate bill No. 28 be read third time and placed upon its passage. The motion prevailed. Senate bill No. 28, entitled An act fixing the times for holding court in the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit; Was taken up, read third time and passed by the following vote: Senator Farris moved to lay that motion on the table. On motion of Senator Haynes, the Senate went into executive session. The executive session having dissolved, the Senate reconvened. On motion of Senator Martin, Senator Morton was added to the Committee on Life and Accident Insurance. On motion of Senator McClintic, the Senate adjourned under the rules. TWENTIETH DAY-Tuesday, January 31, 1899. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The President pro tem. in the chair. A quorum present. Prayer by the Chaplain. |