The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-17

Legislature. All were adopted in com
mittee OF the whole, but it is thought that
only the first W II receive the necessary
two-thirds vote on the third reading.
The house, after the routine business
took up the bill appropria;ing s25, 900
for centennia. Purposes. and spent the
entire day on it, as well as the special
session last night, which lasted until
midnight.
On The 10Th inst, the centennial ap-
preparation bill was killed in tho house
Topeka, Feb. I1.-The house in the
committee of the whole, this morning,
passed a bill providIn. that the district
clerk shall pay to the county treasurer
all fees in his hands Gncaiiod for for one
year, and If not done he shall be
guilty of mIsdemeanor.
! The committee of the house on state
affairs, who have been examining INTO
the bonds Of the permanent school fund,
made "a partial report concerning the Co
manche county bones, reporting that
they were forged by A. j. Nowry, and
/ introduced "a resolution that he be ex-
PEELED. The evidence was submitted, but
at the request Of the committee was not
allowed to be seeh or read, II Is supposed
because others are implicated and the
committee is not yet through taking tes-
timony.
The report censures Smallwood, late
Secretary of state, and McCarty, late su-
perintendent of public instruction, for
purchasing the bonds in opposition to
|. the advice of Attorney General Viii
iiams.
Mr. Mowry arrived here to-day, waived
examination and Was held TO bail in
the sum $500, and goes to Doaiphan
county under charge OF the sheriff to-
morrow, to procure bondsmen.
Witnesses from Rice county are in the
city, by command Of the house, to tell
what they know about the fraudulent,
Rice county bonds.
TOPEKA, Feb. Ia house concurrent
resolution requesting congress to repeal
the specie resumption act, passed the
house to-day, by vote OF IL TO 40.
Twelve bills wero Introduced in the
house, and about dozen concurrent reS-
olalions were killed.
A resolution to cxpel Mowry Wa.
postponed until next Thursday.
The senate did big days work in
com mittee Of the whole, recommending |
tne passage OF Il number OF unImportanl
bills
TOPEKA, HAS, Feb. li-'Fhc senate /
passed twelve bills to-day ON third read +
ing, mostly local. One was TO taxa the .
publishing of stays from the Kansas
Farmer and give them To county papers;
one making portions OF county attach
ed TO another one Responsible for It's
share OF the debts one allowing Leav-
county TO have one auditor;
county treasurers from july Ia October,
iHd one preventing corpUratious from ,
setGng inj0rctions restraining tho COZ
e,tion oil taxes.
The hoase also passed ten bills on
bird reading. One was appr0priating
50 600 10 pay for publishing .menImets I,
q the constitution last fall at bait legal
and half rate. contracted for by tho sec :
-ctary Of r;atc one was making 1t IN
awful for any railroad company to con F,
,truct within two miles Of the state line
any depot, Office or place of business i,
lnler !, penalty OF 50 to SO for the first !,
,Geucc, and SlC0 tor each Subsequent I,
1ne. /,
There is to be three sessions = day OF
he house hereafter
On the 18th inst, in tho House, tho
everal proposed amendments 10 the t
were considered. Mr. Dun |
an, of Harvey offered tao following in y
edition to section l Proposition Tro ;
Section 9 # article Is Of the the cun. t,
titulion Of tho state of Kansas shall be Z,
Imcnded so ~ 10 read az follows: See ,
ion :. The legislature in 1877 shaI pro f
.ido BY law for submitting the question a
# permanently re locating the capitol OF B
he state 10 a popular vote, and :. ma lor- e
" of all votes east shall be necessary =
or SUCH relocation. The vote 10 sub a
ms the proposition to the people pass :
d, 90 TO IS. {,