The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-03-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
THE LEaTsLATURE.

The Senate, on the 3D., passed the follow.
ing bills Of general application: 8. B. 3ls. to
provide revenue for the years 1877. 1873 and
1879; the tax 10 reduced in the aggregate one.
half mill. The Penitentiary DeAeiency bill; Tie
bill making appropriations for denciencys mile:
public institutions for 1873 to 1879; for state
printing to June 30. 1877 70 1879; fixing the sala
~ Of County Commissioners IN counties having
over q. 900 Inhabitants; reducing the expenses
of litigation in the Supreme Court; authorizing
cities Of the second class to support libraries for
public use; allowing cities to maintain libraries
authofizlng the transfer Of the insurance fund to
the general revenue Of the state; suthori.ing q
:s6Ois and l fox s'a'p: '0f:.ssr s Mr.
..Ths House1 onsidered the vote on the To-
peka Insane Asy16m bill, and then passed it.
ships AID cities to extend aid in The oonsGustion
Of railroads passed, also making appropriations
70 the state Board Of Agriculture for dencisn-
cies for 1916 to 1873; providing for the appoint.
State against the United States; IN act for the
regulation and support Of common schools; aP-
prOpriating to the State Historical Socteey ~:
Executive aspsIsmesss ' Of he state;
an act 70 authorize tse grant grant,
other. and to authorize the county surveyor 70
survey coal mines, TO ascertain the facts in re-
lation thereto an act to provide for the destruc-
ton OF insects injurious to the farming interests
The Sergeant at Arms was directed to watch
the railroad trains to prevent the exodus OF
members until next Monday night.
The Legislature, on the 9th, passed the
appropriation for the Topeka Insane Asylum
the one for the building Osawatomis failed. In
executive session the Senate confirmed the ap.
pointment Of John Il. Crichtou ~ Director OF
the Normal School at Emporia. in place Of Z.
H. Knapp, resigned; also, c. B. Pierce to sue
coed Thomas Moonlight as Director Of the
Leavenworth Normal school; and also W. H.
Moore. For the Concordia School James Strain
was appointed to succeed =. W. eturgis, and
Theodore Laing to succeed W. e. Price. Ex-
Agent to collect disputed claims At washington.
The Legislature, on the 9th, extended its
time for final adjournment till Il O'Clock to-mor.
row. This il to enable the clerks to finish On.
rolling bills. Only members enough remained
70 receive messages from the Governor. The
House, by unanimous consent, TO- day took up
six Senate bills and passed them. Among them
sna, and tSs iii for ,os acOn
stroying grasshoppers. The House refused e
concur in the Senate amendments making an
appropriation for teachers Of the nmPoria Norma
tions made: For the seven months ending JUNE
30, 1871, $50 ,074. -; for the year ending JUNE
g. 1873; e4e5 400; for the year ending June 70,
ISIS, e476. el5.
The Legislature adjourned sine die on the
It'll, at noon. Quite q number Of bills, some Of
them important. were not reached. No session
Is to be held again for two years. The work o.
the Legislature, as q whole, 10 generally regard.
ed with favor. Several very beneficial measures
we're adopted, and numerous needed changes
made in the present laws. and the appropriation
kept down to rs low o figure a. desiI1ble OF
practicable.
General Notes.
Following is table Of appropriations
made by the Legislature, to cover the time
from December 1, 1876, to June 80, 1879, .
period of two years and seven months:
Pvrpose 1871, 1878. 1879.