Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS


ton; relating 10 the grounds of attachment in
cNll cases 20 amend section of chapter 81 of
the session laws of 1872 and sections Z ana -
chapter -, general statutes of 1858; relating to
,, IN e1vll suits; 10 enroll the late
soidlers, tneir WIDOWS and orphans, of the late
armies of the United States residing in the
Nerr;a, sehng appropriations for the State
i0ipersty Inc House passed the State
70 the Senate Congressional Apportionmenf
Dill. In tne Senate a bill to prevent and
Punlsn gaLnoIhg' being copy of the Missouri
quent personal property taxes shall become
liens on the real property of the delinquent
bill; also the bin providing for the sale of GER
I tam lands donated to the state for the benefit
OF the Dear and Dumb Asylum and the pur-
The Agricultural College Appropriation bill
! the horticultural Society Appropriation hill
anu tne OH making appropriations for protec-
ton, etc, Tor the Osawatomie Insane ASYLUM
passed. The Senate adhered to it's Congress.
slonal Apportlonment bill and asked for a
committee OF conference.
In the House the oath number of petitions
for railroad legislation were presented and
several bills introduced. Bills were read a
second ume and referred. The School Book
bill was discussed at some length when the
House HOUSE TOOK up the Pententiary bill. At the
afternoon session MI. Burton introduced a new
Railroad bill. Ii has no maximum rate
feature, put gives Commissioners discretionary
! powers, the commissioners to be appointed by
me Governor, with the consent of the Execu-
tive Council Among others. the following
passed; Relating tn coupons and notes in court
/ documents in series; to enable creditors of
corporations to prosecute indiyidual stocs-
hoiders; authorizing private courts to issue
orders OF attachments in the absence of the
District Judge; relating to the transportation
OF stock by corporations: 0ppropriating pay
10 start claim agent. IN the Senate, in
Committee of the Whole, the Normal School
4 APPTopr1ation bill, which appropriates S7,125
and the state University Appropriation bill,
which appropriates $64 800. were recommended
Tor passage. The bill providing that saloons
. "A md Cln Until
jury trial passed. Also the Normal School
and University Appropriation bills.
! More petitions were presented in the House
on the 18th asking for railroad legislation.
Bills were read a second time and referred.
4 The bill TO provide uniform and cheap text
DOCKS for the pubic schools was taken up, and
q motion 10 Indefinitely postpone lost The
House in the afternoon refused to agree to the
| report of the Conference Committee on rail-
road legislation by vote of ~ to AZ The
I evening session was expended in Committee of
ion b The 81 fne Pp
7 insane Asylum, Deaf aud Dumb Asylum, Osa-
watOmle insane Asylum and ST. Vincent's Or
phan &sylJim were each recommended for
passage. The Senate passed a resolution
requesting Congress to appropriate $5OJ,OOO in
accordance with the act of the Legislature of
| 1869, 10 pay claims for losses of property dur
| Ing 1906. y number of local bills passed. The
bill passed relating TO Texas cattle establishing
a tran through the State and changing the
quarantine lines; also the bill providing that i'm
cases OF appeals from Justices courts the par
ties may deposit money as a security instead
OF giving bond; also the bill TO prevent the
4 sale OF pamphlets, books, papers or pictures of
u IeWd- lascivious or immoral character.
A number of bills were read in the House
the 9th and referred The veto of the Gov
ernor upon the bill relating to the salaries of
ofhcers OF Jewell County was sustained by
| large majority vote. A large number of Sen
| ate amendments To House bills were concurred
I in. The Railroad Conference Committee was
! discharged. At the afternoon session a second
CrnR Qfl
was appointed, consisting of Messrs. George 5.
Green, Sturges, Elder. Aller and Titus. The
\ Senate 6lll was amended and passed placing
the funds of the State Agricultural College on
4 the same basis az funds of other educational
/ institutions, for investment by the Commits
u soner of state School Funds. Among the bills
passed were: An act authorizing the State
4 Claim Agent to investigate and adjust certain
! railroad land grants; Somebody's School Book
bill; appropriations for the Penitentiary. Law
. renee Idiot Asylum, Blind Institute, Deaf and
Dumb Asylum. both Insane Asylums,- appro-
priations of $3.50 each to four private charit-
! able Institutions and the Senate bill ceding
jurisdiction over the site of the Federal build
ing at Leavenworth. So. The Senate adopteda
. resolution instructing the Committee on Ways
and Means to place in the Miscellaneous APP
preparation bill an item of 5000 for the Maras
J des Cygnes Memorial Assoc alton. a number
OF private and local bills passed At the after
noon session the bin to transfer the miscel-
laneous books of the State Library to the
/ library of the State Horticultural Society, and
TO provide for exchanges of public documents
passed. The rest of the day consumed i'm
the consideration of the Temperance bill
Senators Buchan, Ware and Boiling were ap-
pointed mels bers of the new Conference Com
mittee on Railroad Legislation.
The usual number of bills were read in the
House a second time, the 2Sth, and referred
\ The House at the afternoon session refused to
receive the report of partial from
the conference Committee on Congressional
Apportionment The bill governing cities of
the first class having been withdrawn from the
Senate was amended and again passed APP
f no
! mittee of the Whole of the House for the State
Reform School, S49,50O; Deaf and Dumb
equipage for militia, 10000. The Conference
committee on Congressional AppOrtionment
reported inability to agree and was dis
charged At the morning session of the
Senate the bin making an appropriation as a
donation OF $2,400 for two years To the Samar-
ltan Mission. charitable institution located in
the City of Kansas, Wyandotte County passed;
also the bill to prevent drunkenness. Senate
JOINT resolution recommending q Constitutional
convention and providing for the manner and
+ tlrle OF voting upon the question was adopted
A ayes p, nays IL.
! The resolution passed the House March LIST
providing for an appropriation for printing
and mailing immigration documents. In the
Prescott impeachment case there were two re-
ports The majority report set forth that there
was not sufficient evidence to warrant inn
parchment. The minority report was quite
Yoluminous, and charged that Judge Prescott
had been guilty Of official misconduct, and
recommended his impeachment making spe-
4
printed. The bill relat ng to salaries of school
officers in Rush County was returned by the
Governor with his objections. 1t was passed
over the veto. Bills were read second time
and referred. The State Reform School De-
hciency bill was passed, also to provide for adj
ditional buildings for the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum.' ThoHouse in the afternoon received and
adopted the report of the Conference Commit
Tee ON the University appropriations. The bill
passed for the appropriation of 5000 for camp
equipages for the State. =. The Senate passed
the bill attaching Crawford and Cheroke e
Counties TO the SIKH Judicial District. and con-
CURED IN the House amendment to the Senate
bill relating TO cities of the first class The
Parsons Library bill passed, and Senators Case,
Hutchinson, Collins. Long. Ware, Benson, Sex
lion, Blue, Finch, Wi1kin aud Williams filed a
rNprotest against il In the executive session the
appolntmentof A. Hahn. of Marshall County.
as member of the state Board of Charities in
the place of Mr.. Faulkner. was confirmed. II
also confirmed A. Perry, of Troy. as one of the
Pententiary Board i'm place of w. w. Guthrie
removed for cause. The bills passed making
guardians deeds prima facie evidence of regu-
lar1ty OF proceedings; enabling school districts
with htteen children TO vote school house
bonds; to transfer funds and securities of the
Agricultural College to the State Treasury.
Jack McCarty, the notorious confidence
man, who was recently convicted at Dodge
City and escaped while awaiting sentence was
recaptured, but died four days after from
smallpox. i'H na 80,
The near-sighted college professor.
who once stumbled upon cow and said
politely: IL beg your pardon, madam. -
and again collided with lady and ex-
claimed; Get out OF the way you
brute" has been out-done by the Bos-
ton lady who. while carrying her dog
II in her arms foil violaytlv r1n0n tho ;oo