The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-11
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURES.
SUMMARY OF pr,,esa,pr..

On tucu- Among the new senate Dill-
are OIe amending the law under which
counties, townships and cities are ena-
bled 10 aid IN the construction of rail-
roads; one 10 require railroad corpora
lions 10 make annual reports OF their
condition; one to establish and endow
Normal school at Concordia; an act to
authorize certain schools of Kansas to
Issue diplomas; one relating to cities of
the second class; one relating TO invest
ment of sinking funds in the hands OF
county, township and city treasurers;
one % authorize Pratt county 10 issue
and sell funding bonds; one to
legalize special township election in
Washington county, in the interest OF
court house fund; one creating com
mission for the insane" and one relating
to foreign corporations The bills pass
cd on third reading are, one authorizing
mining corporations tn cultivate the sur
face of lands in possession; one relating
To grounds of attachment in civil cases
one concerning graduates of the law de-
partment of the state university; one To
increase the powers of probate courts
one relating 10 pleading in civil causes.
In commiLIee of the whole, the senate
bill relating To the erection of the state
house was replaced by substitution OF
the bill which has already passed the
ApAoC o4A0 PooSC0 ONCls 40 AChNC oAAi
and the sixteenth judicial district bill
were recommended for passage, and the
seventeenth Judicial district bill, after
some consideration. was passed over till
another day.
HoUsE-The county clerks associs-
ton presented file of letters, circulars
and tabular statements, which was re-
ferred TO a special committee. A petit
ton was presented asking the legisIa-
ture to assert the power of the state over
railroads. Amoug the new bills are:
One to enable Cloud county to fund Its
Indebtedness; and one comforting the
power to dispose of duplicate volumes
in the state library. Among the bills
passed on third reading are: One for
the protection of birds; and one relating
to care of hedges along public high
ways. A committee was appointed
to confer with a senate committee ON
placing Il statute of John Brown in
the capitol in Washington. Among
new business introduced in the house
were: A bill to authorize townships to
build a bridge over the Arkansas river
between Barton and Stafford counties; d
remonstrance against changing the lines
of Cove county; u remOnstrance against
changing the boundaries of the city of
WyandOtte. A long time was consumed
in advertising a certain evening news
paper which Mr. Gates declared had
slandered him. His resolution proved
too strong to get majority vote, but his
defense elected hearty approval from
many. In committee of the whole the
bill to provide for the registration of
voters at county seat elections was APP
proved. The st. John county bill was
made special order for next Monday at
2 O'Clock. An effort was made to secure
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bills, but adjournment prevented action.
SENATE-The committee on judicial
appOrtionment reported a re-districting
| bill dividing the state into sixteen dis
tricts. The house resolution relating to
| the Worlds Fair was adopted and conf
mittee appointed. Mr.. Munsell's rail-
road resolution was voted down without
debate. Among new bills are: One to
establish maximum rates on railroads,
by classes of roads and classes of freghts /;
one appropriating $25, 900 for the relief
of the destitute in western Kansas; one
concerning lunatics and drunkards; one
to establish the survey of the
city of Wichita; one for the de-
struction of noxious weeds along high
ways. Or third reading the fence law
was passed. In committee of the whole
the bill to prevent the escape of assess
ment of cattle was discussed and passed
to third reading, subject to amendment
and debate the bill raising the salary of
the supreme court reporter lost its head
q bill raising the bounty on wolf and
coyote scalps to s., and taking off the
bounty for rabbit scalps, passed to third
reading; bill for creating the Office of
| county assessors was long discussed, and
| final action not yet reached.
HOUsE.-Among the new bills are
/ 0na fur the CnpHpnn Oafion IF cifao Enr
county buildings; one to permit Smith
county to create fund to erect county
buildings; one to help Atchison county
| get rid of some real estate; one to per-
NIT Phillipsburg township to issue
bonds to build court house for Phillips
| county; one for the relief of the desti-
tute in western Kansas; one to permit
Shawnee county TO bridge Cross creek,
and one assuming payment of Emporia
city bonds voted for the Normal school,
Mr.. Mccoy, prominent cattle man, by
invitation of the house, made an argu-
ment on the house concurrent resolu
Interstate commerce, asking congress r.
provide for a scientific investigation oil
the causes of prevailing cattle disease
| The resolution was discussed at length
| In the afternoon house concurrent reso
luton No. 81, instructing the attorney
general to institute quo IoGrrGnto pro
ceedings against CERTAIN railroad com
panies to force compliance with the Law
requiring them TO locate certain Of theil
offices In the state; or to press suit fol
forfeiture of their charters. The resolu
ton was discussed by Messrs. n. Green
Houston, SnOddy, Legate, Orner, Ady
Peak, Moody, Hall and Lawhead. Th'
resolution was adopted. A good deal O
routine work was accomplished.
TOPEKA, Jan. 4-SENATE-Senato
Metsker presented petition asking tina
cities of the first class may elect all o
their officers by vote of the people
Eight bills were passed on third reading
viz? 'rbe bill to prevent escape from as
sessment by owners of cattle on tn
range; four bills amending the codes
Treasurer Francis bill providing 70
crediting the sinking fund with certail
moneys received and receivable from tn
general government; one to empOwe
Crawford county to create fund 70
erection of county buildings; one I
avoid floating liens on real estate b
= killing tax certificates on lapse of cCrtai
time without taking out deed; and on
about mill dams. The committee o
ways and means made report of est
mated appropriations. Among ne'
, bills are one to enable Rocks county {
fund its Indebtedness. A test vote q
the state house erection measure wa
2 had on a motion TO postpone consider;
{ IiOn unit. appropriations for charitah
institutions had passed, resulted, 81 TO
against pOstponement; and house bi
No. IS, the capitol erection bill, weT
through committee of the whole senal
4 without amendments. The senate NEE
| NEXT ON Tuesday at O'Clock
HoUsE-In the house, leave of absenc
granted to the committee on mines an
i mining for purposes of visiting the CO,
c mines ut the penitentiary. Petition pr
. sented for establishment of the county
Garfield. A bill was introduced to re-
ulate pay as you go" life insuranC
J. companies; one making appropriate
o for the Enlporia Normal; one settiu
apart the remainder of lands granted I
J Kansas to endow the Emporia Norma
5 one TO authorize Oswego township. L
1 bette county, to compromise and fun
:, its general Indebtedness The commi
tee on public buildings approved Il
u bill accepting the gift by the railros
companies of q free library building
&c the capital square. It was announced
the sense Of the legislative apportio
d ment committee that the apportionnfe
o should be on basis of 100 represent
,t tives. The Rush and Ellis county liz
bill was discussed and sent back fro
u the committee of the whole to that
y county seats and county lines. In cor
q mittec of the whole there was done
vast amount of work; number of bill
= were condensed and many Of the
q killed.
- Dissruntled Senators.
'e WASHINGTON, Feb. The activi
.. on the part of several senators who q
- dissatisfied with 4 number of the nre.