The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08
THE Kansas LEolLArUEE
what Was Done by the state soIOns Ye'


Cherokee counties Ia the sixth judicial
district, passed.
The senate coneurrel in tue hotlsa.
amendment To senate bill l2s. feiailng
to cities of thu: first class
House bill No IA, To autlnrize the
township of Solomon TAI Include HE
county and TO issue bands tor iise pur-
pose OF building any bridge ear bridges
therein. passed.
Senate bill 2S2, providing f1r the
establishing of the records and proeeed-
| ings of the counts OF Dickinson county,
passed.
Senate bill No. ,15G-Making an APP
preparation To and for the Parsons
library association at Parsons, Kansas,
and defining the dutIes of the attorney
| general ia r, faIion thereto, was amend
| cd Wy adding an appropriation of ~
500 TO the Campbell Normal university
at HOltOn, but the clause authorizing the
drawing of the warrant therefor, was
| killed.
The final legislative appropriation
bill introduced in the house, votes for
the publication of $65, coo immigration
documents from the agricultural depart
ment.
Burton, Slurges and Battlefield of the
investigation committee in the case oi
Judge Prescott OF the Sslina district re-
port not sufficient cause for action OF
the. house looking toward removal or
impeachment, which was conquered il
| part only by Glass
The reports have been ordered printed
of the governors veto of the Rush coun-
| ty salary bill, which was overriden By q
| two-thlrds vote of the house. The bill
passed over the veto by 50 ayes.
| Two appropriation bills passed, for the
! state reform school and the deaf and
/ dumb school, the latter by bare major
| ity. The vote was 81 10 %,
| In the senate this afternoon Senators
| Case, Hutehinson, Collins, Long, Ware,
Benson, Sexton. Blne. Finch, Wilkin
| and Williams filed protest against the
bill which passed this morning applying
money to the Parsons library, stating
that there was nothing to defend it.
In executive session the appointment
| of Hah, of Marshall county as a men,
Der of the state board Of oharities in the
| place of Faulkner, was confirmed. It
also confirmed A. Perry, of Troy as one
| of the penitentiary board IN place of w.
w. Guthrie, removed for cause.
The house III the afternoon received
and adopted the report of the conference
| committee on university appropriations.
The bills passed wereI
To reimburse Ford county for conrt
expenses arising from unOrganized coun'
| ties.
An appropriation of $4,000 for camp
equippage for the state militia.
Making drunkenness Il misdemeanOr
HOUsE-EEENING SESSION.
Burton renewed his efforts to advance
the Rector gambling bill but failed.
SCOTS house bill adding To the en-
doWment OF the normal school was
killed
TEACHERS senate bill making guar
| dIsn's deeds prima .fteie evidence of reg
ularity of proceedings passed.
SeAtOn's house bill 10 increase the
limit of the levy for school tax in ci!ies
of the first class from seven tn Ten mills
WIS killed.
Gillett's house bill enabling school
districts with fifteen children 10 vote ON
school house bonds passed.
Geo. ). Green's house bill 10 transfer
the funds and securities OF the agricul-
tural college to the state treasury passed
TOPEKA, March Elm the senate the
judiciary cOmmiitee's report on the SEN
ate concurrent resolution No is, direct
ing the attorney general tn institute in
inquiries as t. ths time during the cor
poratiOns under the territorial laws rec
commended.
A motion TO rescind the amendments
to the university appropriation bill was
lost
In the committee of the whole the
deaf and dun asylum bill. appropriate
ing 1854 900 for two years, was recon
mended for passage.
The blind asylum bull, appropriatiug
$27 ,SI1 for two years, was recommend
ed for passage.
n
approipriating $2iS,745 for two years
was recommended for passage
Penitentiary and coal shalt biIl-Ap-
propriating $23S. 295 for two years.
Passage recommended
st. Vincent Orphan Asylum bill-Ap
propriating $4,000 for two years. Pas
sage recommended.
Kansas Orphan Asylum bill-Appro-
prIation 81, 800 for Home for Friendless
Women, and the bull appropriaiing $4.-
800 for two years. Passage recommend
ed
Topeka Insane Asylum bill-Appro-
priating $193,314 for two years Passage
recommended.
appropriations to several items of state
expenses in maintenance OF destitute
insane persons for DEFICIENCIES to the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1879, June 30,
1880, June 30, 1881, June 80, 1882, and
June 30, 1883, and for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1884, and June 30, 1885,
approprIating $4,000 for two years:
state printer bill appropriating $75,912
Passage recommended.
An appropriation bill 10 pay Trave-
lers s. Co., of New York. $4,71s for gas
fixtures for the west wing of the state
house was favOrabty recommended.
Wilkie, Case and Hutchinson were ap-
pointed members of the conference COM
mittee on congressional apportiOnment.
In the house the constitutional CON-
YentiOn comes up tomorrow. The house
agreed to refer the bills amended by the
senate.
All resolutions for sine die adjourn
ment were tabled, one of them fixing
next Wednesday.
The Maria dis Cygnes Monument ap.
preparation was called in the house.
The half mill tax for the state house
passed.
The horticultural society appropria
ton was referred.
The conference committee on congres.
sIonal aDportionment from the house
are Butterfield, Stone, Martin. Daniels,
and Claypool
The appropriation bills recommended
fer passage at the morning session were
passed.
The bill to provide for the payment of
the agent of the state of Kansas for
prosecuting claims against the United
States was passed.
senate bill No. e76-To authorize the
citizens of Blue Mound township. Linn
county. to organize a graded school dis
trict. Passed.
House joint resolution No. 9-For the
replacement of the bridge over the Re-
publican river near Fort Riley, Kansas.
Passed
House bill No. 59-Relating to the
salaries OF officers of Rush county.
Passed over the governors veto.
House bill No. S0-An ACT To enable
the township of Salamanca, county oil
Cherokee, stale of Kansaa, 10 comprom-
ice and fund its present Indebtedness
was passed.
House bill No. 404-To authorize JOINT
school district No. 3 in WoOdson county
| to erect school house On the public
square in Toronto. and the title to said
public square in said school district for
| use as q school house site. Passed.
Senate bill No. 250-TO prohibit min
ors and others from playing about rail
road depots. turntables and tracks, and
from jumping, climbing or standing
upon and clingiRg TO locomotive engines
and cars. Passed.
Senate bin No. 17O-AmendiEg the
law relating TO cities of the third class.
Pissed.
Senatesbill No. 2J2-Relative to the
assessment and collection of taxes and
| amendatory oil section 81, chapter d of
| the general statutes of 1876, approved
March 4, 1876. Passed.
Senate bill No. 79-To amend an act
entitled an act to regulate voluntary AS
signments for the benefit of creditors.
Passed.
Senate bill No. I2O7-An act To amend
section No. of chapter 80, of the gen
eral statutes of 1863 Passed.
Senate bill No. 1S8-An acA TO amend
section 162 of chapter 81. of the general
statutes OF 1868, being entitled an act
regulating the jurisdiction and proceed
ure before justices of the peace in civil