The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-03-09

bers, and appropriates s2,0Oo for their
expense.
All of the normal schools are past re-
demption, but it is thought an amount
win be tackled on the miscellaneous ap-
preparation bill sufficient to pay all ex-
penses 10 March lst.
The work Of the Legislature is nearly
done, and the bills of any Importance
will be passed.
There are about FIVE hundred bills on
the calendar that will not be reached.
The OsSawatomie asylum gets but
S2l 600 to complete the building going
up, and nothing for new ones.
The Topeka asylum gets but $4,000,
reappropriated, which was on hand from
last year.
Both houses will be in session most Of
the night, but the final adjournment
will not take place till Friday or Satur-
day.
Topeka, March 2.-The new school
bill, which is compIetec omplation OF
an luN ~ > VII wv SdblNNlJ anu i1lNb
allows colorcd children TO attend white
schools, passed the house us il came from
the senate.
All the appropriation bills except the
miscellaneous, have passed both houses.
Tho revenue bill is not yet intro
cduced
Topeka, March 3.-The legislature has
virtually closed, bnt it will remain nomi-
nally IN session till the bills are enrolled,
which will take about twenty four horrs
The day has been spent in agreeing 20
the GisagrcementS between tho cx houses
on the appropriation bills. They came
together on the last till about o'clock
this afternoon. a near as can ap-
p"oXimate, the total amount Of appro-
priations arc abont Si50,000 The tax
levy for general purposes is 3! mills,
and | mill for interest and sinking fu.d
Il of the bills to regulate freight and
passage on railroads. and the bill to
force them to have dcpots, etc. in the
state, were killed, in fact not a bill I'D
verse to the railroad interests was
passed, and all the legislation they asked
for was given.
A dispatch was received from the
mayor OF Denver, rendering the hospitai-
ties of that city to the members on their
excursion TO the mountains, and free
ride from Pueblo to Denver. The in
.vitaiion was accepted. The excursion
leaves here at six o'clock a. m. Monday.
G.. w. Click and w. j. Parkinson
were to-day appointed ne members Of
the Centennial board This fills the
board.
The time for the consideration Of bills
has been extended until twelve o'clock
tonight and the final adjournment until
six a. m. next Monday.
The committee on the tempered Leav-
enworth law reported that Senator
johnson, Of LeavcnwOrth, did the oct.
the bill being given to him by d. NJ.
Adams, of Topeka. who got 1T from the
chief clerk. NJ other parties aye entire
~ eXonerated.
Mr.. Johnson Immediately rendered !
his resignation and it was accepted.
The senate to-day confirmed " W !
REYNOLDS Of Parsons and f. T. Ingalls, I
of Atchison az regents Of the university |
and A. ii. Horton of Atchison and y. J.. I
Kingsburv of Burlington ~ regents Of !
the agricultural college. The governor
has appointed "a the new centennial /
+. IT. Bancroft. Of Emroria {: I
&. +. Rooster. of MarvsviIle; r. e. /
Henry, Of Abilene, and w. Z. Barnes.
Of Douglass county. He also appointed
II. W Wright, Of Oswcgo, in place Of
one who resigned. There are two more
vacancies yet to he filed.
Topeka, March 4.-The presiding Of
ficcrs Of the two honses and clerks and
4 few members, have been IN session
most Of the dav, and will be till i-rcivc
o clock tonight, Mt which time il ~ *
pectcd that the school bill viii be- cnro-
ed and sighed. and then final adjnuru-
nent will be had. All bills Lni that
which WAS enrolled were signed before
SIX tonight.
The governor vetoed the bill dsorcnn-
zins Barbour and other counties, mainly
Tor the reason that no provision were
made for transferring the business in the
courts to other counties.
One hundred and torty-seven bill were
passed.