The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-06
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Legislature has not been enga

The Legislature has not been engaged al
any thing during the last week worthy its
attention Some Of the members evince q
wonderful faculty for CAB, which they en-.
deavor to palm off as oratory. Their time
is almost entirely occupied in introducing
bills, discussing "nice points" &c. They
have drawn their pay for services up to date,
and We suppose will lengihen the session to
the time allowed by law, provided there are
signs of their getting anything else than
scrip for their services.
The have begun tinkering with the Con.
stitution already. A bill has been intro
duced in the House to amend that portion
Of the Constitution which provides that
each organized county shall lie entitled to
at least one representative. 1t was intended
by the bill to re apportion the State so that
county to be entitled to representative
must have at least two thousand inhabit-
ants. Such an apportionment would tend
to disfranchise Western Kansas 1t was
defeated.
The Committee of Ways and Means in
the Senate have reported resolution to the
effect that the State assume the War tax,
levied By the General Government, instead
of collecting the tax off of the people, as
intended by the law of Congress. The
amount of this tax is S71,743.33. The
committee scouts the idea of asking Con-
gress to exempt the State from this tax, and
says: " To people as loyal as are the ci,i-
zens of Kansas, the idea Of becoming the
subjects Of charity cannot but be repulsise."
a resolution has been adopted in the
Senate calling upon the House to appoint
committee of three, to act with committee
from the Senate, as an investigating COM
mittco, TO inquire into the acts Of the State
officers concerning the sale of the State
Bonds of Kansas, authorized by the last
session of the Legislature.
The report on An Act to change the
name Of Brcckiuridge county to Lyon"
recommends the passage of tlIis Bill for the
following reasons !: Such change would en-
blazon upon the history of Kansas the name
of the brave General that fell under the
stars and stripes at Springfield; it would
wipe from the records the name Of one of
the prominent actors in the present rebel
lion.
a resolution has been introduced into the
House memoralizing Congress to extinguish
the Indian title to the Cherokee neutral
lands, Usage, Pottawat'oluie, kickapoo, Ot-
tawas and the absent Shawnee Indian lards,
and to make appropriations for the cxten-
sion of the lines of the public surveys Of the
uusurveycd portion of the State, with the
provision that such lands shall not 6c sub
ject to sale for ten years after the survey
and to grant to each actual settler l60 acres
for Homestead.
The question Of locating the State Uni
versity promises to be an exciting one
Lawrence, with her usual rapaciousness, is
after it, and will be the chief competitor of
Manhattan Emporia would also like to
have it. The Lawrence Bank will of course
be brought into requisition, and it bclcoves
the people OF Western Kansas to b. GU the
alert. Manhattan is the point.
The Bill providing for geological sur
vey Of the State, was referred to the Com
mittce on Agriculture, who reported it back
and recommend its passage.
On motion q committee of three was APP
pointed by the House, to wait upon Gen.
Lane upon his arrival in the city, and in.
yite him to address the members of the
Legislature, and the citizens of Topeka, in
the Legislative Hall, on the subject Of the
war policy for the preservation of the
Union.