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Show HOUSE REACHED ITS CALENDAR AT THE AFTERNOON" SESSION. . Joseph was absent at the evening session ses-sion of the House Thursday and there was no one present who felt capable of filling his position of "chief amendment offerer." As a consequence the House cleaned up its calendar for the first time, ' and did it with surprisingly little debate. There was a bare quorum of twenty-three twenty-three present when the roll wrts called at 7:30 o'clock, but Speaker Hull announced that several other members were In a . . committee meeting and could be secured if wanted. w The evening's work began with the taking ta-king up of the House calendar. H. C. R, No. 3. by Joseph, calling upon the treasurer of the St. Louis World's Fair commission to turn Into the State treasury the sum of $213U2. now In his hands, was referred to the special committee com-mittee appointed to investigate the affairs of the commission. , II. B. No. 28, providing penalties for any one-befouling the watera of streams or springs, by bedding, dipping or washing sheep therein, passed unanimously. The change from the present law Is in the clause forbidding the bedding of eheep within a half mile of a stream or spring used for domestic purposes. H. B. No. 89. by Kinney, providing for the filing of Judgments In counties other than those In which entered, passed with 26 ayes and no nays. H. B. No. 9S. a companion bill, by Kinney, Kin-ney, providing for the enforcement of ex- ecu t tons of Judgment, passed by the same vote. Roberts H. B. No. 110. allowing cities of. the first and second class to establish libraries by levying a tax of 1 mill, passed the House without a dlssetfting vote. S. B. No. 36 went to the foot of the calendar cal-endar as it carried the emergency clause, and there was not a two-thirds majority of the House present. H. B. No. 108. by Marks, making the time allowed in which to answer summons in City courts ten Instead of six days, passed. H. B. No. 108, by Marks, changing the wording of the present law relating to the making of pleas, went through without debate. . H. B. No. 132. by McCrea, relating to the concurrent duties of the City courts with the District courts, received the unanimous unani-mous support of the House. If H. B. No. 136 passes the Senate It will make the State Treasurer custodian of all the bonds of all State officials except his own. The Secretary of State will be custodian cus-todian of the State Treasurer's bond. The bill carried the emergency clause, but this was stricken out In order that It might be passed at Thursday's session. |