FIFTY-FIRST DAY-TUESDAY, March 8. MORNING SESSION. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The President in the chair. A quorum present. Prayer by the Chaplain. The journal of yesterday read and approved. Senator Bland presented a petition from citizens of Clinton county, Missouri, asking for a change in the dramshop law; which was referred to the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. Senator Byrns submitted the following report from the Commitee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 227, entitled "An act to amend section 5607, chapter 103, Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of fees,"" beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 227 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Byrns submitted the following report from the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 238, entitled "An act to amend sections 2025 and 2026, article 23, chapter 24, Revised Statutes, entitled 'Proceedings before justices in misdemeanor," " beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 238 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator DeArmond submitted the following report from the Commettee on Judiciary, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 211, entitled "An act in relation to the sale and leasing of the real estate of persons of unsound mind and re-investment and other disposition of the proceeds thereof," beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 211 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator DeArmond submitted the following report from the Committee on Judiciary, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 62, entitled "An act to amend section 2732, chapter 42 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, entitled 'Of judgments,' beg leave to report that have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 62 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator DeArmond submitted the following report from the Committee on Judiciary, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 150, entitled "An act to amend section eight hundred and six (806) article two (2), chapter twenty-one (21) of the the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of private carporations,"" beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 150 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Edwards of St. Charles submitted the following reports from the Committee on Engrossed Bills, which were read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 212, entitled "An act to amend section 3318, chapter 52, Revised Statutes, 'Of mortgages and deeds of trust,'" beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 137, entitled "An act to amend sections 833, 835 and 842, article 3, chapter 21, Revised Statutes, entitled railroad classification-charges-commissioners," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 141, entitled "An act restraining stock from running at large in this State," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 223, entitled "An act to amend section 1486, chapter 24, article 6, of the Revised Statutes, in relation to Crimes and criminal procedure,'" beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 229, entitled an act to amend section 2710, chapter 40 Revised Statutes, 'Of injunctions," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 84, entitled "An act to consolidate the permanent school fund and the seminary fund in certificates of indebtedness of the State, bearing six per cent interest, and to provide for cancelling the State bonds and certificates of indebtedness now held in trust for said fund," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate joint and concurrent resolution No. 13, providing for furnishing township clerks with the statutes and session acts of the General Assembly, beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished the Senators are correct. On second reading of Senate bills, the following were read and referred: Senate bill No. 245, entitled "An act to reorganize the geological survey of the State of Missouri," to Committee on Mines and Manufactures. Senate bill No. 246, entitled "An act to relieve the Supreme Court from the necessity of preparing written opinions in certain cases," to Committee on Judiciary. Senate bill No. 247, entitled "An act to provide for the indexing of the minutes of judges of courts of record in certain cases," to Committee on Judiciary. Senate bill No. 248, entitled "An act as to searches and certificates as to judgments," to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Cottey offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, 1. That the public printer be instructed to print the engrossed revenue bill at once, and that he give it precedence over all other matters until completed. 2. That the Secretary promptly furnish the printer with a copy of this resolution. Senator Cottey submitted the following report from the Committee on Ways and Means, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 173, entitled "An act in relation to bonds of ex-officio collectors," beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 173 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Cottey submitted the following report from the Committee on Ways and Means, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 182, entitled "An act to amend section 7628, article 1 of chapter 164 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of the State Treasury,'" beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 182 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Cottey submitted the following report from the Committee on Ways and Means, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred Senate bill No. 231, entitled "An act for the relief of Geo. W. Arnold and Geo. W. Fricke, and to appropriate money therefor," beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 231 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator Cottey submitted the following report from the Committee on Ways and Means, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 232, entitled "An act for the relief of Edward Price, and to appropriate money therefor," beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass. Senate bill No. 232 was taken up and ordered engrossed. Senator DeArmond submitted the following report from the Committee on Judiciary, which was read: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House bill No. 235, entitled "An act to amencsection 2963, article 6, chapter 44, and section 4030, chapter 72, Revised Statutes, concerning services of subpoenas," beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass with the accompanying amendments. House bill No. 235 was taken up, and the following amendment reported by the committee, was agreed to: Amend by prefixing to the first line, after enacting clause, the fol lowing: "Section 1;" and by inserting "either " between "served " and "by," and "by" between "or" and "any," in the tenth line of the bill; and by prefixing to the eighteenth line "section 2;" and by striking out "all" between "in" and "civil," in the thirty-fourth line of the bill. The bill, as amended, was then read third time and passed by the following vote: AYES Senators Allen, Bryant, Byrns, Bland, Cabell, Caldwell, Cottey, DeArmond, Dobyns, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Edwards of St. Charles, Gottschalk, Heaston, Hutt, Jacobs, Lloyd, McGrath, McMahan, Mabrey, Mackay, Manring, Morrisson, Naylor, Perkins, Rogers, Rouse, Stephens and Walker-29. NOES-Senators Manistre and Pehle-2. ABSENT ON LEAVE-Senators Bradley, Headlee and Heard-3. Senator DeArmond moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed, and to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; the latter motion prevailed. Senator Jacobs was granted leave of absence until next Thursday. On motion of Senator Edwards of St. Charles, the Senate took a recess for twenty minutes. The recess having expired, the President called the Senate to order. By consent, Senator Heard offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That one thousand copies of the address delivered on the occasion of the presentation to this State of the portrait of Hon. Edward Hempstead, be delivered to the Missouri Historical Society for the use of said society, and for distribution by it. The following message was received from the House of Representatives, through Mr. Hawley, Chief Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House, to inform the Senate that the House has taken up and passed substitute for House joint and concurrent resolution No. 1, memorializing Congress to oppose the passage of a bankrupt law: Substitute for House bill No. 66, entitled "An act to amend section 3170, article 5, chapter 46, Revised Statutes:" Also, House bill No. 140, entitled "An act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases among hogs and other cattle:" |
