Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


R-sAne Aor railroad leg11iatlon, were present
ed After some routine work the House i'm
Committeeof the whole again took up the rail-
r0ao Dill The first three sections having been
eoopted, the clerk read the fourth section.
wnlcn was then considered. After a long de-
osIe me fourth section was adopted. In the
AFTERNOON the bill was further considered IL
was ADOPTED from section i've to fifteen and
the consideration of the sixteenth Commenced
oection makes the railroad connect with pri-
Nate Tracks anywhere. Section 7refers to cars
owned oy private parties. Section prohibits
Poolng contracts. Section creates Board OF
commissioners; 1t provides for their appoint-
ment by the Governor. Mr.. Scott, of Lyon
county, 0nered substitute for their election
Dy enc Executive Council for one, two and
Inree years, and then one each year for thres
years. Mr.. SCOTS plan was adopted. Section
70 requires annual statements by railroad CON-
panies to the Board and recites what the state
ments shall consist OF. Section Is makes il
the duty Of the Board to make schedules of
rates Tor all Kansas roads not higher than
those nxed by the bill -. The Senate went in
Governor, and confirmed the following appoint-
menus; Commissioner of Fisheries-W. 5. Gile.
heeent state University-Geo. r. Peck Trus-
tees or Charitable Institutions-Michael Malo-
ney, james Martin, A. Il. Sharpe and b. o. No
Alllster The afternoon was consumed in fur
tner consideration of the Kelley bill, which
tons, including two offered by Ware from his
bill, were adopted
The House having in Committee of the
Whole the previous evening adopted the re-
manning sections of the pending Railroad bill,
on the 10th resumed business of general
character. A number Of petitions asking for
railroad legislation were presented. The Ann
disabilities of forty-eight ex-COnfederate SOL
d1ers was passed by 90 to l. The House, at the
AFTERNOON session. passed Mr.. Walton's Clay
County Bridge Bond bill; Mr.. Speer's bill to
change Barbour County to Barber; Mr.. Mo-
shers Funding bill for Edwards County and one
changing the time of holding the terms of the
art in ha rfw1T 2-.I
deal was done in Committee of the Whole
The Senate in Committee of the Whole con-
cluded consideration of the Kelley Railroad
bill. :- rrF-I'-.lIT
In the House the 18TH another lot of petit
tons were presented asking for railroad legis-
lation. The House in Committee of the Whole
considered number of bills of local charae-
ter. AT FIVE O'Clock the Committee on En-
crossed Bills reported the Railroad bill correct
ly engrossed. Ii was put upon its third reading
and passed, ayes, 50; noes %: absent or not
voting, Il. At the evening session Mr.. Duns-
more bill to authorize cities of the third class
having less than 600 inhabitants, TO become
road districts by ordinance, was approved by
spent on a Printers Fee bill which cuts down
rates for legal publications, but final action was
not had. ..r 2
large number of petitions were presented
In the House the 18th, asking for railroad leg1s-
latiOn. Mr.. Green, of Leavenworth, presented
petition from the freeholders of the Four
teenth Judicial District, asking for the i'm
parchment of John III. Prescott, Judge of said
district. The complaint is made by John H.
Foster, which charges the Judge with willful
and malicious oppression, partiality, miscon-
duct and abuse of authority and of high INSIDE
meanors and conduct unbecominr n Judge in
his official capacity. number of bills were
introduced. The resolution regarding the
Prescott Impeachment was then taken up and
read by the clerk. 1t went over under the
rules. Several bills of local character
passed. The afternoon session was spent in
debate upon the proposition to resubmit the
Prohtbitory amendment, which was con-
timed at the evening session. In the Sem
ate the House Railroad bill was read a first and
second time and referred to the Committee of
the Whole. A bill passed fixing the terms of
court In the Third Judicial district. resolu-
ton instructng the Ways and Means Commit
tee TO include in the miscellaneous apprOpria-
ton bill an item of $500 TO the widow OF Sheriff
Shenneman, OF Cowley County, who was killed
by Cobb while arresting him, passed. The fol-
vide for and regulate the registration of voters
In cities of the first and seconds class, and
10 repeal prior acts in relation thereto: to es-
tablish the terms of holding courts In the Sew
enteenth Judicial district; for the protection
of passengers on railroad cars and comforting
police powers on conductors and agents in GER
tain cases; to establish the Asylum for the
Feeble Minded at Winfield, besides q number
of bills of a local character
In the House the 14th, numerous petitions
were presented asking for railroad legislation.
A number of bills were introduced and num-
Der read the second time and referred. Mr.
Knappenberger, Chairman of the House Rail-
road Committee, made a report turning over
all petitions relating to railroad legislation, and
other matter pertaining to the same subject
which the committee recommended be passed
to the Senate Railroad Committee. The report
was adopted. A resolution was adopted that
hereafter speeches shall be limited to ten min
utes except upon unanimous consent of the
House. The House then went into Committee
of the Whole for the further consideration of
House jointresolution to submit the Prohibto-
ry Amendment. The consideration of this sub
ject occupied the House until the afternoon
The Committee of the Whole finally recon-
90 to 50. Upon the question of agreeing to the
report in the House, the ayes and noes were
demanded, and a call of the House was ordered
The House rejected the resolution by vote of
IS to 81. Four bills were passed, viz: To pun
fsh killing fish by explosive substances placed
in oron the water; amending the fee bill in JUS
tees court; concerning road district ordinances
of cities of the third class; requiring township
officers to be electors, and providing that their
removal operate to vacate their Offices ..... In
the Senate several petitions asking for specific
railroad legislation were presented. The spe-
cial order for the hour was the CongressioD-
al Apportionment bills. The one known as the
mittee of the Whole by striking out the enact
ing clause. The bill reported by the minority
Of the committee 9n19 was then taken up and a
Counties were taken from the Third and
Fourth districts and placed in the Second dis
trict. -. 800 -
More petitions for railroad legislation were
presented in the House the 18th. Nine bills
were introduced Bills upon second reading
were appropriately referred. Mr. Borton in
troduced a concurrent RESOLUTION instructing
the Joint Committee on Ways and Means to re-
port an appropriation not exceeding $4,000
for sufferers by the flood in the Ohio valley.
At the afternoon session committee was or
IN from r1u,-
bills and appoint a time for INSTRUMENTATION.
A concurrent resolution asking Congress 10
provide for survey of lands which have not
been sectiOniZed but have been taken by set
tiers, was adopted. Mr.. Crichton's game law
received the approval of the Committee of the
Whole. 1t prevents the killing of prairie
chickens from September TO January /, and
quail from November to January l, and for.
bids the killing OF game at any time on occu.
pied or enclosed premises, without the permits
sion of the occupant or owner In the Sen
ate thc Kelley Railroad bill passed as a substi.
tute for the House bill. Every Senator present
voted for it The following bills passed: To
enable vernon township, in Cowley County, to
organize graded or high school, and prOvid.
ing for holding high school therein; relating
to the addition OF unincorporated territory in
TO any city ha:ing such territory within its
limits; for the better protection of the Univer
sity and Normal school funds of the State: To
regulate the SCHOOL fund; to regulate and fix
the terms Of the district court of the Fifteenth
Judicial district; concerning crimes and pun.
1shments: relating to the Representative dis
tricts i'm Washington County. During the even
ing session ths Senate had under consideration
bill TO provide for the Investment of the Per
manent School fund, the Normal School and
University funds.
Miles away from the coast in a GER
tain part of Texas. high and dry in the
rank prairie grass, lie the remains OF a
once gallant ship. The vessel is sup
posed TO be of Spanish build. and is
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