The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-03-08
For a Reason He Doth State ] hat
we Would Repudiate, and Thus
Try the BIoated Bondho!d-
ers to Cheat, On!
This is Very Sad, But Then You
Know it Makes Us Glad, That to
Kill the Bill He Didn't Try
to Freeze 1t,
While the Best That we can Do is to
Lee! the Matter Go, and Advise
Our vrtuous Governor
to "Cheese It,"
PRACTICALLY ENDED.

Topeka, March 6.-The legislature ex-
tended it's inc for final adjournment until
II m. tomorrow. although the session is
practically ended. This is to enable the
clerks to finish enrolling bills. Most Of
the members have left, only enough remain
ing to receive messages from the governor.
The house, BY unanimous consent. to-day
took up the senate bills and passed them.
Among them was one providing for the
sale of university lands, and the bill for
concerted action for destroying grasshop-
pers.
The house refused to concur in the senate
amendments making an appropriation for
the teachers of the Emporia normal school.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following are the total appropria-
tiOns made for the seven months ending
June 3Oth, IS77-S320,O74 40. For the
year ending June Both, lS7S-$465, 400.
For the year ending June 30th, lS79-S4s6.-
6I5.
A 81 all private party leaves here on the
regular train on the Kansas Pacific to.
morrow for Denver. They will return via
the A., T. & S. F. r. K.
Topeka, Kan, March 6.-Ihe time for
the final adjournment of the Legislature
was postponed, by . resolution passed this
morning, till twelve o'clock to morrow, but
all legislative business closed at noon to-
day, and the rest of the time is to be spent
in receiving messages from the governor
announcing the approval of bills passed.
As quorum is not necessary for this pur-
pose, the most Of the members lett for their
homes by the noon trains.
THE VETOED BILL.
The following is . copy In full Except
the title) of the bill for restricting the tax
levy in Leavenworth county which passed
both houses, but failed to become law for
the want Of tine governors approval:
SECTION /. The Board Of County Com
missioners Of the county Of Leavenworth
are hereby authorized to levy each year up
on the taxable property in raid county, the
following taxes and no more, to-wit: For
the current expenses of the county, four and
one half lis on the dollar; for the sup
port of the poor Il the county three-fourths
Of mill; for county bridges and repairs,
road expenses and damages, one half mill !;
| for interes. on bonds issued to redeem coun-
~ "Sardms ., ,bs sprn;rs,;nn nf ,La ss, W."
sufficient SUN such sums as may be neces-
saIy to pay the interest on the so-called
court house bonds, not exceeding one and a
half mills and seems sufficient to pay the
| lnterest "a the same accrues on bonds issu-
ed In payment OF former indebtedness and
such OF said bonds as shall come due during
the year.
SEC. 2. Any county commissioner voting
to appropriate any money OF the county to
purpose different from that for which 1t
Is or may be levied, shall be deemed guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punished by fne OF not more
than one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment In the county Jail not longer than
twelve months, or BY both such fine and
imprisonment.
SIC. 8. Chapter ninety of the laws of
1876 is hereby repealed.
SEC 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its publication in
the Leayenworth DAILY TIMES.
u,o, N. endorsement, and ,ecommerd,-
| :,
''on VI I'll 'ne lnen'oelS iron i~@Sen"or'h
county, this bill passed both houses OF the
legislature, but wa. returned by the cover
x;,hou, b;.s;,,.,,,. and .ooons,;.a
W" "A1 pa"'e"
oy tne following message:
Tothe Legislature:
return to you herewith substitute for
H. B. 3O4 entitled IAN act in relation IN
taxation in Leayenvor,h county. and 10 re-
neal cbapter ninety of the laws of IS76n 7
cannot approve this bill. and a, . reason
therefor submit the following objections:
| The bill undertakes to limit the power of
local taxation given to the commissioners
of the county of Leayeuvor,h by the
st.tutes. n a given rate per cent on the
taxable properry of the county. and names
m. rnrpo.es for which sucb lew and col.
lection ALI he made II .Iso forbid, the
| Low, md colIsct;on Of ,.,ss 70 an amonn,
bevond or for purposes other than those
named in the hill and denonnces . nen,I,v
of fine ard imprisoument against The com
missioner. on conv;c,;on N :. v;oi.,;on ~
i,s nrov;,ions
| The Circumstances ont Of which the n,o-
poeed legislation grev are sub.,,n,;,l,x a.
follows: The county of Lesvenvortb md o.
.n,boritv Of the e.n.,,I st,,n,s. - ~.
state. i..ued from time 70 tim. in The n.s,
large amounts of bonds IN Aid In n. con.
.truc,ion Of railroads. both within and h.
yond It's bonds: the statute under vh;ch
such honda we're issu-d cont.inino. man.
datory provision ihat the commissiooer.
should lew and collect taxes from the nrop-
erty of the county TO nav the irteres, .nd
| PRINCIPAL of such bonds. -
OF thee obligations there are nov ont.