The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-28

day, bat it was promptly tabled, and
the Senators went home.
The following communication was
from the Attorney General:
STATE OF KANSAS,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TOPEKA, Jan. 20, 1876.
To the Senate Of the State OF Kansas:
have received from you a eommuniea-
ton, as follows:
"ReSoIUed, That the Attorney General
be requested to inform the Senate Wheth-
er, In his opinion, under existing laws.
the counties in default Of school mouey,
same TO the State, or whether additional
legislation is necessary to secure the fund
against loss"
The school moneys referred to in the
above resolution are, / presume, the
moneys arising from the sale OF school
lands. The treasurers Of the several coun-
ties, being the collectors of the purchase
moneys Of such lands, together with the
interest on the deferred payments there
on, are by law required TO pay over such
moneys, semi-annually, to the treasurer
Of State, and any treasurer falling to do SO
Is liable to double the amount not paid
over on his official bond, to be Tecov cred
by action in the district court in the name
OF the State Of Kansas.
Such action is. in my judgment, the only
remedy OF the State for the recovery of
such school moneys as have not been duly
paid to the State.
think that additional legislation is
necessary TO secure the sshool funds, pei
manent and annual, against loss in this
report. Respectfully submitted,
A. II. F. RANDOLPH,
Attorney General.
The communication was referred to
the committee on Education.
The postage stamp fellows die hard,
and Gillespie, of Atchison, introduced
another resolution to furnish the mem
bers 90 worth OF stamps each, II was
''omediately" tabled. 1t will be up
again. Small steals don't give it up
so easy.
Then the Senate adjourned till Mon
day, this being Friday.
HoUsE.-After receiving and refer
ring petitions, Mr.. Click offered the
following important resolution:
Instructing the committee on roads
and highways to inquire into the pro-
priety of so remOdeling the road laws
as TO have work on public highways
done by contract. Laid over.
There is nothing more imbeeile or
utterly worthless, in our opinion, than
the road laws and road system, and
something else ought to be tried at
least.
The House adopted resolution to
hold only afternoon sessions after Jan.
24th, until further ordered. This was
a good move; will give time for COM
mittee work and generally expedite
and improve legislation. Now if some
means could be adopted to cut off the
wearisome and dreary speeches, and to
prevent members from introducing
bills to amend the tax and school laws,
and from introducing special bills on
subjects provided for in the statutes,
this would be one of the best legisIa-
lures ever assembled in the State, and
might accomplish some good.
Various resolutions and amendments
thereon were offered in relation to rail-
ways through the Indian Territory,
and the whole subject was finally re-
ferred, after much spouting, to the
railroad committee.
A resolution was adopted without
debate, that the unsold lands of Leav-
enwOrth, Lawrence s. Galveston rail-
road company be declared forfeited to
the United States in accordance with
the act of Congress which provides
that it any part of said railroad was
not completed within ten years the
land should so revert.
A resolution asking Congress to pro-
vide territorial government for the
Indian Territory was passed over.
The majority of the judiciary COM
mittee reported in favor of admitting
members from Barbour and Rocks
counties, on the ground that those
counties were organized prior to the
adoption of the constitutional amend
ment Of 1873. Two members, Messrs.
Snead and Clark, reported in favor of
the admission OF the member from Ed
wards, also. Messrs. Cook and Still
lings reported against the admission OF
members from Rocks and Edwards
counties. Mr.. Cochran of Barbour
was admitted by a vote of 50 to AZ.
Mr.. Flick, of Edwards, was rejected by
a vote of ~ to IL. We suppose that
ends that matter.