The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-01-23

for the full amount 30 expended by them IN
the interests of and for the State, and for
which their personsl obligation is now out
standing.
PRICE EAID CLAIMS
The report Of the board organized in rur-
suance of the provisiops of the acts of Feb
ruary llth, 1865, and February 26th, 1866,
to audit the claims Of citizens for services
rendered, material and supplies furnished,
transportation lost, and damages sustained
from the Price raid and in the Indian e1pe-
d,tion under General Curtis, il 1864, being
unsatisfactory, the Legislature, by an act OF
February 26th. 1867, provided for new
board, TO re-examine these claims. By this
act it was provided that the State should
assume the payment of the amount this
commission should award, by issuing to
holders of claims SO allowing interest bear
ing upon military scsip, to be paid ou; of
any appropriation that might thereafter be
msde BY Congress 10 reimburse the State
for such expenditure. The commission
awarded: For servicea, S2lS, $3.50, sup
plies and transportation, ISL ,6S2 80 dana
ses, SlSl ,093 IS; property lost, S35 5lS47
making total award Of s467, ,29S37.
By the act approved February II, 1869,
commission consisting OF three dlsinter-
ested citizens we're created to examine IN
every particular into claims rejected oy
either OF the former commissions Tor want
of proof, snd not having passed upon their
meri' anr all claims tbat had not peen
prior thereto audited BY either oil the Tor,
mer commissions. 1t Is further provided
BY this act that all claims audited and al
lowed by the commissioners appointed un
der the provislons OF the acts Oh feoruary
II, 1868, and February 70, 1870, togs ther
With all claims for services, transportation
forage, subsistence and property iost IN &C,
ton that might thereafter be audited and
allowed by the commissioners appointed
under this act, should be and were thereby
assumed by the State OF Kansas; provided
that no claims allowed by the commission
ers appointed under the provisions OF the
act oil February ii, ls6o, and rejected by
subsequent commission, should be assumed
unless re-audited and allowed by the com,
missioner. appointed under this act; and
provided further, that the amount assumed
ov The state should no: exceed the sum OF
| $500 900.
The commissioners appointed under TINS
act allowed claims TO the amount OF col
Il
claims S52S, ,5l4 96, being S2s 5l4 S6 more
han was authorized to be assumed under
| the provision OF this act A small amount
was also allowed by the Auditor and Treas
urer OF State, under the act ot March 4.h,
1873. 1850
Congress by act OF June oth, loi-, ap-
propriated 1887 ,O54 3s, which sum was
| placed in onr State Treasury to pay the
i lxfD franannrf
sud subsistence Of troops, by commission
created under an act OF Congress OF tebru
ary I'd, 1871. This money has been paid
cut by the Treasurer, but not strictly in &C
cordanCe with the purposes for which IL
vas appropriated, part OF 1t at least hav-
Ing been applied in payment OF scrip issued
on account Of damages and for service in
the Indian expedition, which scrip was not
covered BY the award y the commissioner
appointed under the said act OF Congress oi
February "a, 1871.
| Under the act of the Legisl ture, approx
ell March 8, 1877, State a. snt has been
| appointed, whose duty, amons other thing-
a. defined by said act, is 'to prosecute TO
tinal decision all claims oil the Stale oi
< ausas against the United states growin2
out of what is commonly known as the
4 auu dli o'HSA VI shS 'soN
arising out ot' depredations committed 10y
| the Indians, or occurring during the late
war, together with all claims which the
State may have against the United States
for expenses incurred in organizing, equip
ping and maintaining troops fcr the public
service"
While the above provisions ot the act
sre sufficiently broad and sweeping to au
/ h. 10 claims
of the Stste against the United States Gov
srnment, il by no means meets the oblIga
tions of the State to its citizens.
By the act OF February Il, 1863, the
Stale unconoitionaiiy assunleu 'h'se ciaIn
$500, eco. This Was not done until after
si67 ,29331 Of said claims hsd been passed
upon and allowed by its duly constituted
sgents and can zee no reason why all oi
the Sol ,22I59 allowed by the commission
created by the act OF February Il, 1869, a
we'll as the small amounts subsequently al
lowed under the act OF 1878, are not as just
and the holders thereof in excess OF ths
s500,000 assumed by the State III equity
equally entitled to be PAID. :,
can make no recommendation that, il
adopted by the Legislature. would in IN
| IuNSultut 1cuSCI "Oic tictit uhou thS 'ta'c
and mete out greater justice to the citizen,
directly interested IN this matter, than tt
ask that committee be appointed TO sscer
tain, a. nearly as possible, the s;nount o
scrip connected with this matter yet out
standing and unpaid and the adoption I"
sucq measures, during the present session
~ will provide the net -sary means Tor III
prompt payment OF whatever balance ma,
be 20 ascertsined, remembering that moth
ing inspires grester confidence In. re-Pec
for, and devotion to a State, than th'
prompt discharge oil every Just obiigstloI
to its citizens.
RAILROAD FARES AND FREIGHr..
There are about 300 miles OF railroad
in operation in h ksnsss, the assessed valu'
of which, IA shown by the report OF th'
Auditor OF State, Is slo, ,o2o,O33.Z3. "hii'
it is true that ,hes railroads have con
buted largely to the wealth, prosperity, an'
progress Of our STATE, 1; Is also equally tru'
that only our people, but the state an'
General Government, have contributed lib
orally toward their construction and cup
port.
ii Inc railway coiPof''iohs Oh hansis ue
rive their powers from, and the capital IN
vested therein Is cattle TO, and receive.
protection at the hands oi the state. mel
, income arising from earnings, is derivr'
mainly IRON the patronage oil the people o
Kansas, and the people. IN ieiurr' have th
strictions, aud resiations touching iare
and irelghts be iaPosed as VIII iniiy pro'.c
their interests, and at the same tins do no
rnr nrs.sn, law in NV Indictment, i
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