The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08
OUR STATE soLoNs
Proceedings, OF the Kansas Legislature
Yesterday.

OF the Kansas Legislature
Yesterday.
TOPEKA. Kas. Mach 5.-Iu the sen
ate, house bill No. 40, an act requiring
of state to purchase tents
cooking utensils and camp equipage for
the use of the state militia and for other
purposes and making an appropriation
TO pay for1he same. passed.
House bill No. 80, supplemental
to an act entitled an act to
apooTtion the state for sena-
tors and representatives, attaching Lulu
township, Mitchell county, to the 105th
representative district, passed
House bill No. $40, an act authoriz-
ing the state agent 10 investigate and Sc
cure proper adjustment of certain
railroad land grants, passed.
A bill authorizing the appointment OF
a superintendent of bridges in Miami
county was introduced and passed
House bill No. 124, authorizing the
addition of adjoining tracts to cities of
the third class pc ssed-
Senate bill No. 279, concerning the
state house and fixing the term of the
state house commissioners and compens-
alton OF the architect AMI superintend-
cut WIS dllcuAGa 30 dS 10 ia Tue
salary of the architect az $500. The
bill passed.
In the house q majority of the inves-
tIgation committee in the case of Judge
Prescott, made a supplemental report,
giving the findings from evidence ex-
honerating him. Ordered printed
The house agreed 10 the senate amend
ments TO the funding bill of Salamanca
township, Cherokee county, and the
joint resolution for rebuilding the
bridge over the Republican river, near
Fort Riley.
The following appropriations were
approved in committee of the
whole: For gas fixtures, for the
west wing of the state house
"a, 70O.87; for state printing, two years,
81 ,408 81 for the Topeka insane asylum,
| including 100000 for the new build
ings; for the. chronic insane, $2l2, 600;
for payment TO counties for care of des-
titute and insane persons, 81 .424.S9.
TOPEKA, March 6.-Thirty-one sena-
tors answered at roll call this morning.
The report of the judiciary COM
mittee on senate concurrent resolution
| No. Is, directing the attorney general to
| institute inquiries as to the tenure and
duration of certain corporations under
the territorial laws, was adopted.
Adjournment resolutions were laid
sver.
House bill No. 251, authorizing the
state board to equalizc assessments in
the counties, was killed.
House concurrent resolution No. Al,
authorizing the state board of agricnl-
ture 10 issue 65.000 copies of pamph-
let containing agricultural, hoIticultu-
| ral and fn1ncfNfa1 utasfSfsaa nta xsroc
| passed.
The house passed The senate bills au-
thorIzing Franklin county to build
three bridges, repeating bounty on
hedges and stone fences, appropriation
to counties for the maintenance OF des-
tItute insane persons, appropriation for
state printing, appropriation for gas
| fixtures in the west wing of the state
house, appropriation for Topeka Insane
| asylum, appropriation for Prices raid
claims, and house bills legaliZing a tax
levy in Reno county making provision
for the distribution of the township
Indebtedness when the township bound
aries are changed after voting bonds,
authorizing CaWker township in Mitch
ell county to sell railroad stock and
build bridges, legalizing road surveys
and plats.
House bill No. St-An act for the
protection of birds, and providing al
what seasons game shall be shot, and TO
repeal chapter 90 of the laws OF 1881
Passed.
House bill No. 231-Relative TO build
ing school houses. Passed.
A substitute for house bill No. So
Providing that bonds shall be claim
against personal and real property.
House bill No. 1910 Iegalize The
tax levy in Reno county for 1882.
Passed.
House bill No. 450-To enable the
commissioners of Osborne county TO
fund the county Indebtedness. Passed.
House bill No. 435-To enable the
commissioners of Ellsworth county to
purchase poor farm. Passed.
House bill No. 436- LegalizIng GER
tam roads and highways in Ellsworth
county. Passed.
House bill No. 2G2-To amend town.
ship officers election law so that cleo
tons shall be held in the spring. Kill
| ed.
House bill No 441-Concerning wills
and relating to descent of properly, pro-
viding that married person having no
children may will away half his proper
ty was passed.
House Dill NO. 4AI-AulnOfIZlnS
school district SO, Barton county, TO
transfer and use certain moneys in pay
ment of outstanding Indebtedness.
Passed
The legislative appropriation bill ap-
propriating $31 900, including former
| amounts passed.
A resolution passed providing for
business to cease at IL m. Wednesday,
and for adjournment at II p. IN. Wednes-
day.
The house in the afternoon passed two
bills. The new senate cattle trail bill
| and school district bill for district No.
sc, in Barton county.
The rest of the session was spent on
appropriation for the executive and ju-
dicial departments, but did not COM
plete them.
Speaker Snoddy made fight on the
State historical society, and at one time
got its appropriations struck out entire
| ly. He has the floor for the evening
session.
The reporter of the supreme court
was given 81 600 clerk without asking
for il.