The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-03
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In the Senate on the 18th inst, bill
was passed requiring the state treasurer
10 give bond in tho sum of $500 OOi
and that tho present treasurer have sixt,
! days ia whitfr to- Gle u new bvn,i
The bill to repeal tho act requiring
county commissioners 10 give bond Wal
rejected ia the committee Of the whole
also the bill requiring the plaintiff IL
civil actions in district court 10 Civ,
security for costs or pay into the cour
slo tor security.
In ths House, the bill for tho pr"tec
ton of birds wa, considered IN the com
mlttee OF Tho whole. The bill provides
that II hall be trespass for any person
to kill any birds On any land except hi,
Own. The bill va, recommended .or
passage.
! la the Senate, on The 9Th inst, the
House resolution thar king Blame, Car
iicid aud others for TIL. i. stand on the
jeff Davis-amncsty bill was assed.
Tie bill limiting the right OF appea!
from justice courts Ia eases whore
/ the amount in controversy is less than
$50, or from tho district court to the
supreme court where the amount is less
than $780, was passed.
In tho House he concurrent resoa.
ton recommending constitutional COLI
vention was defeated.
The concurrent resolution authoriz-
in a committee of the two houses TO
codify the Laws was passed.
On the 2a,h, in the Hause, most of
the time was taken up By question of
privilege. Mr.. Allrich, mem Der from
Smith County. had written u gossippy
letter 10 one of his constituents, in which
no had spoken disrespe,tfuily of several
of his colleagues. Though not Intended
for publication, tho letter bad been pub
lished, and many Of tho members wore
seriously Offended. First resolution
of expulsion was offered, which was
modified to one Of ccnsurr, but before
coming to a vote, Mr.. Aldrich appeared
and made public apology, which was
spread upon the journals, and there the
matter dropped. /
House bill No. 90 was read a third
time and passed. This is u stringent
law for the protection of birds. The
bill received 80 votes for and IL against
il.
In the Senate Major Hopkins was
confirmed warden Of the
On Stat, House bill No. IL, an ac, in
relation To organization Of ucw counties,
population OF fifteen hundred,
.wo hundred and fifty voters of six
months residence, was thoroughly dis
:ussed and lis passage recommended.
The senate met in session aud after the
routine ofbusiness and Offering; of several
resolutions tho house went INTO the COM
nittec of the whole on bill directing
lie attorney general 10 bring suits agaInt
he four railroad companies which re- ;
:eived the 500 900 acres of inland i'm
land under the act of 1866 10
est the legality of that act, and recon-
mend its passage.
On February, 1t, tho Senate passed
he bill allowing counties To give a pre- ,
MUM OF five dollars per bushei tor grass.
copper eggs ana sixty cents bushsi for ,
lnfiedgc'i grassb"ppers. \
A lso passed bill making plaintiffs in -.
ivil cases give security for casts before /,
"a suit IN The district court. !,
The bill 10 require drawing and hi-to- +,
Y 10 be taught ia the district schools
vas defeated in the house 4,
The bill directing tho attorney general
q commence "A suit To test The consiitu- :
ionaliy of the gift oil five hunlred !,
hourand acres oi land TO railroads was I,
,asscd on the third reading.
The house spent considerable time on
till to lessen the evils groSing out OF
living clt.jhroat mortgages, and pro- /,
iding for different ,nanncr of fore I
lnelns mortgages, but adjourned with :
Ut pcrleeuing IL. &