The Iola register., 1881-02-18
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.


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Summary Of Proceedings. tst
TOPEKA, Wednesday, Feb. e
In the Senate eleven new bills were intro
duced, the more important being as follows:
Amending the law under which counties.
townships and cities are enabled to aid in the
construction of railroads; to require railroad
corporations to make annual reports of the.r
condition; to establish and endOw q Normal
School at Concordia; to authorize certain
schools of Kansas to issue diplomas; relating
to cities of the second class; relating to in.
vestment of sinking funds in the hands of
county, township and city Treasurers; Great
ing "Commission for the lnsane; relating
to foreign corporations. In Committee of the
Whole the Fence bill and the sixteenth Ju-
dicial District bill were recommended for
passage, and the Seventeenth Judicial Dis
trict bill, after some consideration, was
passed over till another day.
In the House q petition was offered by Mr..
Wright, of Ford, asking the Legislature to as
sert the supreme power of the State for the
protection of fits citizens. by the passage of
such laws as viii compel q uniform and rea-
s0nable passenger and freight rate on the
railroads Of iAnsas Al resolution Ry IN Mr. Nil.
and cost of intemperance, was on motion OF
Ar. .Adyindef1nitelyp postponed. Mr. Haberlein,
of fLeavenworth. offered aresOlutiOn inquiring
int0the causes that lead to mental alteration
through religious monomania. or temper
ance excitement, ETC.. On motion of Mr.. Rus.
sci the resolution was tabled.
THURSDAY, Feb. 5.
The Senate ordered printed the Railroad
bills introduced by Senator Brown. They are
three in number. The first is an act to estab.
lish maximum rates and fares ON the different
railroad lines operated within the State. It
provides for the establishment of q schedule
of merchandise and the rates for carrying the
same, also rate for fares within the State.
The minimum rate per mile, under the pro-
visions OF this act, will be 8 cents per mile;
and the maximum rate 81 cents. The second
bill requires all railroad corporations Oper-
ated within the limits of the State to make q
full and complete report annually OF all Its
business and condition, including Its receipts
from all sources its expenditures and its net
earnings. The third bill provides that In case
OF q failure of any railroad within the State
charter and franchise are to be relinquished;
also, that all bonds voted to aid in the con-
structiOn of railroads within the State shall
be made payable only to the railroad c9mpa; aIpa,;
be unnegotiable. The object of this bill is to
prevent the hypothecatiOn of bonds by rail
road companies to whom they may be issued
before the work is fully completed. Among
the new bills introduced was one by Senator
Sluss relating to lunatics and drunkards. Sew
eral bills of no general interest passed.
In the House the concurrent resolution of
Mr.. Osbon, of Washington, was brought up on
special order and read. The substitute by
Mr.. n. Green, of Riley, was then read, and af-
ter some discussion and the voting down of a
a number of amendments, the substitute was
adopted. The resolution, after reciting the
fact that the Kansas Pacific Railway
Company, having been consolidated with
and merged into the Union Pacific
Railway Company, and ceased to do business
as q corporation has therefore forfeited its
franchises to the State. directs the Attor-
ney General to institute proper proceedings
in the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas
in the nature of quo warrantO against both the
companies named for violation and disregard
of the law in such cases made and provided.
A number of bills were reported from COM
mittees. several were passed, and a number
were considered in Committee of the Whole.
FRIDAY, Feb. 4.
The Committee on Ways and Means, in
obedience to the instructions of the Senate,
submitted the following statement:
Total ationsrecommended
tions ons.................... 100000
Total appropriations. s............$ l,5OO,O 900
Estimate value of taxable property
for the year 1881. $l65, 1000
Estimate value of taxable property
for the year 1882 ss2..................:. l75,oooooo
Average ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000 900