The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-11
Tie nEASAS LE(siSisAFURE.

: ToPEzA. Feb. 81 In the Senate, to da,
:. .. No. lO4, providing ior the issuanc
o. eoun.v relief bonds, was recommended fo
: passage in committee OF The whole.
Secrion provides that countiss Wit
e a population @. 5000 and less can issu
| $500; 10000 inhabitants, or exceedin
5000, SO. 900: and no county shall issue I
exceed 10000.
: Section provides that the bonds shal
be issued in sums not less than SlV0, no
more than 500, 10 run not les than thre,
nor more than five years, at 10 per cent. in
terest.
Section provides that the bonds shal
rot be sold Tor less than 80 cents on tn
dollar.
Sections ) and provide for the furnish
ing by the State of blank book for the us
Of the counties under this act.
Section provides that the proceed
potatoes and thar any one family shall no
be Allowed more than 10 bushels Of wheat
30 bushels OF corn, Is bushels of oats and
bushels of potatoes.
Section provides for the payment o
bonds and interest, and that no taxes for
sinking fund to pay the principal shall
| ltNitu until Ofe-nall Oh tne time tne DOnU
have to run shall have expired.
Section 3 provides that the parties takin,
the relief shall give their notes, due in on
year, with 10 per cent. interest.
Section 10 provides for the making of alb
stracts OF said notes, and copy OF the note
shall be filed in the Office Of the register o
deeds.
Section II makes the note lien, 80 thai
the county commissioners can extend tn,
time Of payment, if one-third of the prin
cipal and interest is paid at maturity o
the note. -.
Section IL prvides that nottQDshaIl b,
deposited with he county treasurer, anC
that all paymen. shall be made there, anC
that he shall give receipt which shall bt
OF no validity until countersigned by the
county clerk, who shall charge the treasur.
er with the amount so collected.
Section l3 provides that no proposition
shall be submitted until petition signed
by one-fOuth OF the voters shall ask it, and
that majority OF the votes 80 cast must be
in favor of the bonds before they can be
issued
Section IA provides for the proclamation
OF election by the sheriff, requiring ten day.
notice.
Section Is provides that chapter "a OF
the laws of 1874 shall not apply to the issu
ance of these bonds.
Section IL repeals act of the special ses-
sion OF Sept, 1874, authorizing counties to
issue bonds
Section Is provides that the act shall
take effect after its publication in the
"Daily Commonwealth"
;. Il. No. /, also relief bill, introduced
by MIR. Hopkins, was the next taken up,
and its passage recommended This bill
provides that the County Commissioners
may furnish necessaries to the inhabitants
OF their counties, not to exceed seventy-five
dollars in value, TO the head of each family,
and to issue warrants in payment threfor.
The County Commissioners shall take, in
every case, a mortgage note, drawing inter-
est at seven per cent, and payable in one
year or less. The Judge of the District
Court shall first approve of the amount of
warrants to be issued any county that ac-
cepts the provisions of any other except the
law providing for State aid.
The following counties were included
within Its operation, by request jackson,
Pottawaitomie, Riley, Davis, Dickinson,
Marion, Chase, Morris, Brown, and Nema-
ha.
5. B. No. 26. By Mr.. Horton, constituting
Board Of Commissioners of State Sinking
Funds, was agreed to and its passage recon-
mended.
Mr.. St. Clair presented the petition o! L.
l.. Clark and .U6 Others, memoralizing Con-
gress to grant the right OF wav for a rail-
road through the Indian Territory.
In the house the follow ng petitions
were presented. By Mr.. Dawes
Petition OF NJ. 5. p, ierson, and for
tv-siX lllcrs, from Rock Creek township.
Jefferson county, Tor the passage of an act
authorizing townships to issue bonds Tor the
purchase OF iced and seed
By {. J. Brown. Petition from the
citizens cf the city Of Marysvii!e, and from
Center township, Marshall county, ASKING
authority TO Issue bonds to aid in the con-
struction OF a T-ilroad.
BY Mr Thacher. Petition Of the CITY
Council OF Lawrence, asking for law au-
thorizing cities OF the second class to mac
.adamize their streets aud alleys at the ex-
penSe OF the city.
By Mr.. Stevenson. Petition of Wm.
Pellet, and Others, asking the repeal OF the
law passed at the special session, requiring
the county treasurer to make public ex-
hibit.
BY Mr.. Morse. Potion of G. p. Donnev,
and n others. asking for a repeal of so
much oil the previous laws as relates to the
education OF colored children in separate
schools.
Among the - bills introduced in the
Hou-e, were the following:
BY Mr.. Campbell. III. t. No. 2Sj, relat-
ing TO railroad corporations, and. amending
chapter 3, OF the general statutes of 1865.
BY Mr.. Merriweaiher. H. Il. No. 29O, to
allow convicts in the Penitentiary credit
III remuneration of their sentence, and for
their being restored to citizenship upon Ger
tain conditions.
BY. Mr.. Carter. ii. B. No. 39l, amend
ing section 81 Of chapter OF the general
statues of lS6S, providing that probate
judges, ex-ofiicio, shall be registers Of deeds
in counties having population less than
1900.
BY Mr.. Carter. II. B. No. 292, provid-
ing for statutory form of deeds and mort
cages and for recording the same. on
By Mr. c. ]. Brown. ii. B. No. 296. to
authorize Marysville, Centre and Vermil-
lion townships, OF Marshall county and
State of Kansas, 10 aid in the construction
of a railroad.
BY Mr.. Motter. II. B. No. 299, to en-
courage persons or corporations in the pro-
lection OF valuable lands against floods and
foundations.
By Mr.. Burgess. II. B. No. SO1, to vacate,
annul and extinguish plats of town sites
and additions thereto and parts thereof,
and to vacate the streets, alleys and public
grounds therein.
By Mr.. Palmer. H. B No. 3O2, to amend
section l of an act entitled "An act to pro-
vide for the publication of statements show
ing the condition OF county treasures, and
the examination of the same, and to pre-
vent the improper use OF the public moneys,
and for the punishment thereof" and to re-
zeal section Of the original act.
BY Mr.. Thacher. H. B. No. 3O3,
to amend an act to provide for limited
partnerships, approved March 2,1S6S.
BY Mr.. Elder. ii. B, No. 304 to legalize
the, acts o! Boards of Commissioners in
vacating the streets and alleys and public
grounds, in villages, towns and cities passed
on third reading
The substitute for H. B. No. 2i5, max
ing an appropriation Of 5000 for the use
Of the State Central Relief Committee, for
the payment of freights that may be charg-
ed by railroad companies for carving
grain in bulk destined for general distribu-
tion to the destitute Of the STATE, p.sed.
The 800 relief bill was read 1by SEC
tions, amended and ordered engrossed