[H. B. 474.] APPROPRIATIONS: Missouri Soldiers and Sailors Employment Commission. AN ACT to provide for a commission to assist discharged soldiers and sailors who enlisted or were inducted into the federal service from this state in the war against Germany and her allies in obtaining employment and to appropriate funds for such purpose, with an emergency clause. SECTION 1. Creating the Missouri soldiers and sailors employment commission. 2. Duties of the commission. SECTION 3. Adjutant general and labor commissioner to aid. 4. Appropriation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Creating the Missouri soldiers and sailors employment commission. For the purpose of assisting soldiers and sailors who enlisted or were inducted into the federal service from this state in the war against Germany and her allies in obtaining employment, a commission is hereby created to consist of the adjutant general and the commissioner of labor statistics, and to be known as the "Missouri soldiers and sailors employment commission." Sec. 2. Duties of the commission.—It shall be the duty of the commission to confer with former employers of discharged. soldiers and sailors of this state in reference to their reinstatement in positions held by them when called or inducted into federal service, and to report to the governor the reasons given by such employers for refusing to reinstate in their old or similar positions men who have been honorably discharged from the service. All reports of the commission shall be given publicity. Such commission shall keep lists of positions open to discharged soldiers and shall make all possible efforts to obtain employment for all discharged Missouri soldiers and sailors. Sec. 3. Adjutant general and labor commissioner to aid. The commission shall make use of the offices and quarters of the adjutant general and of the bureau of labor statistics, including the branch offices and free employment bureaus of the same, and of the employees of such departments, and it is made the duty of all employees of such offices, bureaus, and departments to render, without additional compensation, any and all services required of them by the commission. The members of the commission shall serve without extra compensation. Sec. 4. Appropriation. For the purpose of meeting the contingent expenses of the commission, including postage, printing, extra clerical service and traveling expenses, it [there] is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary. Sec. 5. Emergency. The fact that many soldiers and sailors now being discharged from federal service are without employment creates an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 23, 1919. [S. B. 449.] APPROPRIATIONS: Negro State Industrial Commission. AN ACT to create a negro state industrial commission, defining its duties, authorizing the appointment and fixing the salary of a secretary, and making an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. Creating a state negro industrial commission. 2. Duties of the commission. SECTION 3. Appropriations-pay of secretary. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Creating a state negro industrial commission.— There is hereby created a Missouri state negro industrial commission. This commission shall be composed of sixteen (16) members, one from each congressional district, appointed by the governor for a period of four (4) years with the advice and consent of the senate. Sec. 2. Duties of the commission. The duties of said commission shall be to discover, ferret out, survey and recommend remedies, eduational, moral and industrial for the betterment of the negroes of Missouri. Sec. 3. Appropriation-pay of secretary.-A secretary of said commission shall be elected by the members of the said commission who shall receive a salary of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month and there shall be appropriated out of any moneys available and not already appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to carry on the work of said commission. Sec. 5. Members to receive only expense money. Be it further enacted that the members of this commission shall receive only their actual expenses in serving on the commission. Approved June 3, 1919. [H. B. 1070.] APPROPRIATIONS: Pay of 50th General Assembly. AN ACT to appropriate money for the pay of mileage and per diem of the officers and members, and contingent expenses of the fiftieth general assembly with an emergency clause. SECTION 1. Mileage and per diem. 2. Contingent expenses. SECTION Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Mileage and per diem.-There is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury, chargeable to the state revenue fund, for pay of mileage and per diem of the officers and members of the fiftieth general assembly, the sum of one hundred forty thousand ($140,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Sec. 2. Contingent expenses.-There is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury, chargeable to the state revenue fund, for the contingent expenses of the fiftieth general assembly and for the pay of the clerical force, the sum of four hundred six thousand, two hundred seventy-five and 43-100 ($406,275.43) dollars, as follows: Contingent expenses of the house. Total.... $175,000.00 231,275.43 $406,275.43 Sec. 3. Emergency. It being necessary to pay the officers of the fiftieth general assembly before the expiration of the ninety days after the adjournment thereof, an emergency exists within the meaning of the Constitution; therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved June 7, 1919. [S. B. 622.] APPROPRIATIONS: Printing for Board of Boiler Rules. AN ACT to provide for safety of life and property by regulating the construction and use of steam boilers; creating a board of boiler rules to prescribe rules and regulations relating to boilers used or to be used in this state, which will be uniform with other state rules now in existence, in order to provide for the free interchange of boilers between the states; to define the power of the board of boiler rules; to provide penalties for the violation of this act and of the rules and regulations of the board of boiler rules; and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Creating a state board of boiler rules. There is hereby created, the Missouri board of boiler rules, consisting of five members, four of whom shall be citizens of this state of recognized knowledge of the construction and use of steam boilers, to be appointed by the governor. The fifth member shall be the state factory inspector, who shall be chairman of the board. The term of each of the four appointed members shall be four years except that when first constituted, two members of the board shall be appointed for two years and two for four years and thereafter two members shall be appointed every second year for the full term of four years, with the advice and consent of the senate. This board shall meet twice yearly, at a place to be designated by the board of boiler rules. This board shall formulate rules and regulations for the safe and proper construction and use of steam boilers in this state. The rules and regulations as formulated shall conform as nearly as possible with the boiler code of the American society of mechanical engineers. Sec. 2. Board to formulate rules governor must approve.The rules formulated by the board of boiler rules shall become effective upon the approval of the governor, but rules applying to the construction of new boilers shall not become effective until January 1, 1920. Changes in the rules of governing the methods of construction of boilers or the quality of material used shall not become effective until six months after their approval by the governor and attorney-general. Sec. 3. Penalty for violation of rules. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, or any person, firm or corporation violating any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the board of boiler rules shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment for not more than three (3) months or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 4. Appropriation-board members to be paid as state officers. The sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the printing and distribution of the rules promulgated by the board of boiler rules and to cover the expenses incidental to the preparation thereof. The members of the board. of boiler rules exclusive of the chairman thereof, shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day for their services when in actual attendance at meetings of the board, for not to exceed twenty days in any year, and in addition thereto their actual expenses, not to exceed seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per day, for not to exceed twenty days in any year, to be paid in the same manner as other state officers. The chairman of the board of boiler rules shall sign all vouchers for expenditures under this section. Sec. 5. Rules not to affect boilers now in use.-Nothing in this act shall be construed as abolishing any department, office or officer now existing in any city of this state, nor shall this act be construed as in any way preventing the use or sale of boilers in this state which have been installed or which have been in use prior to the taking effect of the act and which meet the inspection requirements of any insurance or casualty company writing boiler insurance in this state. Approved June 4, 1919. [H. B. 5.] APPROPRIATIONS: Public School Support. AN ACT to appropriate money for the support of the public schools of the state, with an emergency clause. SECTION 1. For support of public schools. SECTION 2. Emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. For support of public schools.-There is hereby appropriated out of the state revenue fund, to be applied to the support of the public schools of the state, one-third (1-3) of the ordinary revenue paid into the state treasury for the fiscal years from July 1, 1918 to June 30, 1920, which amount of said fiscal year apportionment shall be ascertained and set apart to said school moneys by the state auditor, as is or may hereafter be provided by law. Sec. 2. Emergency. It being necessary to set apart and transfer a portion of said fund before the expiration of ninety days after adjournment of the present general assembly, an emergency exists within the meaning of the Constitution; therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1919. [H. B. 4.] APPROPRIATIONS: State Capitol Bonds. AN ACT to appropriate money for the benefit of the state capitol bond sinking fund for the years 1919 and 1920 with emergency clause. SECTION 1. For redeeming state capitol bonds. SECTION Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. For redeeming state capitol bonds.-There is hereby appropriated out of the state capitol bond sinking fund the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the redemption of state capitol bonds becoming due, or which may be called in for payment, in the years 1919 and 1920. Sec. 2. Emergency. It being necessary to use a portion of the money hereby appropriated before the expiration of ninety days after the adjournment of the present general assembly, an emergency exists within the meaning of the Constitution, therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1919. |