The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-07
KANSAS NEWS.

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In the Senate, on the Gath, the Judiciary
| Committee reported the act relating 70 the
| organisation of tho counties in the wcstcrr
| part of the State 70 be unconstitutional rs "a
| the Counties of Decatur, RAwlns, Cheyenne
| Sheridan, Thomas. sherman. Lane, Buffalo
Footc, Meade, Sequoyah. Anah aska, Seward
Wichita, kearney. Grant. stevens. Greeley
changing of the name of Norton County "a
Billings was unauthorized. ....No Legislation
took place in the House.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Topeka In
sane Asylum bill, as amended by the House,
was passed. The bill making counties re.
sponsible for costs in criminal prosecutions
in case they can not be collected from the
tee Of the Whole. the bin for adjusting the
accounts of ex-Treasurer Lappin was recon-
mended for passage......ln the House, com.
Attorney General were read The House
adopted the majority report of the Commit
tee on Elections, awarding the scat Of the
sitting member, L. B. spillman, and also the
special report allowing the contestant, Allen,
mileage and per diem to date.
In the Senate, on the Goth, large number
OF bill, oflocal importance only. were dispos.
ed of in Committee of the Whole......In the
House, all the Appropriation bills were dis
posed of, as well as the Pension bill and rail
road matters.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the calendar
was cleanly swept or. ....The House was &C.
cupied in the consideration of the Senatorial
corruption matter, and the contumacy of
the teleyraphic manager, Smith. No con-
clusion was arrived at, and the House ad-
tourned.
In the Senate, on the 2Sth, resolution was
passed recommending the calling of a Consti-
tutional Convention and a number of bills re Il.
lating to city governments, county lines, con-
veyances Of real estate. etc. In the House,
local bills occupied most Of the day, and an
order was passed to place all appropriation
bills at the head of the calendar and make
them the special order for 2O'clock each day
after Monday next. A resolution was passed
asking the President to sign the anti Chinese
bill. The case of Representative McClintick,
of MCPHERSON County, who refused to tell the
Senatorial Investigation Committee the name
81 the person who offered him money 70 cast
his vote for u certain Senator was referred
back to the committee.
In the Senate, on the LIST of March, after
The routine business, the bill making IN APP
preparation to rebuild the Normal School at
Emporia was considered in the Committee
OF the Whole and its passage recommended.
II provides for appropriating SIS COO and the
County of Lyon and City of EmpOria are to
raise the same amount. An effort was made
to resuscitate the bill providing for State
Land Commission. but it failed. All bills on
the calendar were placed on third reading,
subject to amendment and debate. 80. In the
House, a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill defining the bound
aries OF Dickinson and Davis Coun-
ties was laid upon the table. A resolution was
adopted directing the discharge of all uncm-
ployed committee clerks. A resolution or
dering the State Printer to print the "Legis-
lative Manual" provided for by resolution
adopted on the 9Th OF February. was adopted.
Also, one to tho effect that the time lost by
adjournment after the Senatorial election,
shall be omitted from the nifty days time al
loved by law. II. j. Il. ], proposing an amend
ment to section !, article 5, of the Constitu-
ton, relating to suffrage, was read a second
time, and referred to Committee of the Whole.
The resolution offered by the Chairman
of the Investigating Committee. relative to
the refusal OF Geo. W. McClintick, a member
OF the House, to answer questions pro-
pounded to him by the committee, was with
drawn. S. j. II. ], relating to losses sustained
by citizens of Kansas, on account of the In.
dian raid of 1878, ordered to a third reading.
ii. G. II. 36, requesting Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress from the St1te of Kan
sas to take the necessary action to secure
payment of the posse" scrip, Issued to citi.
zens of Kansas for services rendered in as
sisting the United States Marshal to enforce
obedience to writs issued from United
states courts, was referred to Committee on
Claims, with Instructions to report at the
present session. Adjourned till the Sd.