The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-25

BY Mr.. Sutton. H. B. No. 404, to amens
section /, chapter 138, of the session laws O
|. 1873, in relation to Indian and Texas cat
t!e. This bill prohibits the driving through
or having in, any county of Kansas, Of In
dian or Texas cattle, between the first da!
d. November and the irt day of March.
The Flowing bills were passed on tn,
third reading: ssgi i- :
n. B. 4OS defining the boundaries o
Brown township, Eldorado county. n, !,
H-B., No.2a6, To amend an act, entitled
aan act for fherelief Of the poor" ~
II. 3. No. 32l, in relation to Atchisor
county, and prescribing the duties Of the
county treasurer thereof. -.
s. B. No. g57, empowering township trus-
tees to administer oaths to parties soliciting
relief from the stores appropriated by the
general government, was placed on a third
reading and passed.
twenty-five bills were recommended for
passage in the House committee of the
whole. .-
Topeka, Feb. 2S.-In the Senate, to-day,
Mr.. Peffer, chairman of the committee OF
conference on the SOS 900 relief bill, report
ed that the committee of the two Houses
had met, and had been unable to agree.
The following resolution was offered by
Senator johnson, and adopted:
Whereas, 1t appears from the report Of
the board OF commissioners, page 3I9, of
said report, that 4. J. Angell, one of the
board of directors of the State Peaitentiary,
is a partner doing business under the firm
name OF Angel & Foster, at No. $40 Chero-
kee street, Leauenworth, as lumber mer-
chants; and
Whereas, the law in relation to the pen
itentiary, found in section G, chapter a,
Of the general statutes, saws: No director,
warden, or any other officer Of the peniten-
tiary, shall be directly or indirectly con-
cerned in any contract, purchase or sale,
for or on account OF said penitentiary, un-
der the penalty of five thousand dollars
fine, therefore, be it
Resolved, that . special committee of
three be appointed to inquire if the facts
do not constitute sufficient cause for remoy-
al.
Mr.. Wells offered 5. c. f. No. 33, proyid-
ing ior the sine die Attainment OF the leyis-
lature on the Srd OF March, which was laid
over under the rules. '--.
The following bills were passed:
5. Il. No. l59, to amend an act entitled
IAN act to incorporate cities Of the second
class" and to repeal former acts, approved
February Is, 1872.
S. Il. No. 1S6, to vacate a section-line
road in Cherokee county. 1 -
5. B. No. 229, legalizing the election at
Peabody, by which certain town lots were
donated for the erection OF q library build
ing ., 1e....saH.,-.. e, ',.'s-',sr,a.z-,
>. In the Senate committee of the whole the
House bill. relating to State printing was
again taken up. After long discussson,
the bill was recommended for passage, sub
ject 10 amendment and debate.
: II. B. No. 9S, to amend an act entitled
act regulating the salary OF county su-
perintendents," approved March 3, 1869,
was next taken up and recommended for
passage.
The following bills were introduced in
the House:
> By Mr.. Jewett. No. 4O7, to repeal chap
ter Of the special laws of 1874, entitled
IAN act to define the duties of corpora
tons"
- BY the committee of ways and means
No. 4OS, making appropriations for the ex-
ecutive and judicial departments.
10y tnc C0uAuAbteS OlzWdSS anu .u1cdIH.
No. 400, making an appropriation for con-
veying prisoners to the State penitentiary
for the years 1874 and 1875, and for arrests
made upon the Governors requisition dur
ing 1874. "a SIX ~. IL. ir
BY the ways and means committee. No.
40, making appropriations for the State
Board of Agriculture, for the current ex-
penses for the fiscal year ending November
30, 1875 - ncf s.l'i '.s7 80 z.-st~ l'
BY the ways and means committee. No.
Ali, making appropriations for per diem
and mileage Of agents and trustees of public
institutions. for deficiency for the year 1878,
and the fiscal years ending November so.
1S74-s; and per diem and mileage the direc-
tons Of the State peniteasiary, for the fiscal
year ending November 80, 1875. .I.aEmaf
: By Nj. Hubbs. II. B. 10. 4Ie to amend
section "a, Of chapter 25, of the general
statutes Of 1868. The bill provides that
no new townships. shall be organized unless
it contains at least thirty square miles of
territory and 200 inhabitants. EXCEPT when
an iBeorporated cifyurtown is included
within the proposed limits.
In the committee Of the whole the follow