The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-01

tuuuiu Oh TIC uupdlu PURCHASE ulOnS13
The remainder of such purchase money
may also remain on interest at Z per
cent. per annum, at the option of the
subject to the regulations of
said board of directors. Any interest
which may become due, under the pro-
visions of this act, or the act to which
this is amendatory, shall be subject to
such penalty as the board of directors
may prescribe, not exceeding twenty
five per cent of the amount, and in the
event of failure on the part of the pur-
chaser or Purchasers to pay such inter
est within three months after the
same shall become due, he or they
shall forfeit the amount of purchase
money and interest paid on the purchase
of said lands; and the title to said lands
shall revert to the state. for the purposes
and uses of said school, as fully and as
effectually as if the same had never
been sold, and any contract or agree
ment in writing entered into with such
purchaser by the board of directors or
their authorized agent, for the sale OF
such land, shall be null and void.
There was no opposition to the bill and
it passed without debate. Whether or
not the bill will pass the house depends
more or less upon the length of the
session.
THE TREsPAss BILL.
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vides that trespassers shall pay to the
owners of property injured twice the
amount of the injury and be in an
amount not to exceed $500. The bill
was the cause of lengthy debate, being
recommended for passage finally, how
ever. Senator Riddle explained that
the aim and interest of the bill was the
protection of orchards. He knew Of
one man in Girard who bad lost one
thousand bushels of apples from the
depredatlons of the school children OF
that town.
THE PURIFY OF THE JUDICIARY.
Senator Hackncy's bill for the preser.
walton OF the purity Of the Judiciary
which has been recommended for pas
sage by the senate in committee of the
whole, is a very good measure, and
though the senate was somewhat preju
diced against it at first, it tackled to II
very kindly when the measure was read
The bill stlpulates that all ballots cas-
at any election for any person holding
the Office of a judge of district court oil
of justice of the supreme court, except
for a judicial Office shall be deemed
and held to be void, and shall not be
counted by the judges and clerks at any
election, nor by any canvassing board
nor shall any record be made by any
canvasslng board nor any certificate is
sued. Any person violating the act il
to be held guilty of misdemeanor ant
upon conviction TO be confined in the
county jail not less than three nor NOR
than six months.
RAISING SALARIES.
Senator Cranes bill TO raise the salaE
les of certain state officers has been th'
subject of a good deal of debate in the
senate committee of the whole, being
finally placed upon third reading ant
subject to amendment and debate. l
provides that the salary of the governo
sh all be raised to $4,000; that of thu
treasurer to $4,000; that of the attorue.
general to $4,000 and of the reporter o
the supreme court to $4,000. Severa
senators were afraid that should the bill
pass the governor would veto it in OF
der 10 make political capital.
TAX LEVY LOCALIZED.
The senate has passed the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Scott in the house t
legallze a tax levy made by the boar
OF commissioners of Lyon county. TIL
following is the bill entire:
Whereas, The board of county com
missioners of the county OF Lyon hav
usually heretofore combined in one lev,
| current expenses of said county, tn
building and repairing of bridges, ex
penses of poor farm, expenses for pau
| pers, and roads. under one levy, demon
mated "for general purposes" and il
making the levy for the fiscal year end
| ing July list, 1888, (the taxable propert.
OF said county for the frs
time exceeding five million dollars,
the said board of county commissioner
made an estimate TO meet over ten thous
and dollars to cover a deficit occurring
the previous year, and also to meet til
| following expenditures, to- wit: building
| and repairing bridges, eighteen thous
and six hundred and iorty-seyen dollar
($18,0 47; poor farm, one thousand on
hundred and ninety-four dollarsl ,194)
paupers, two thousand seven hundret
and thirty four dollars( g, 734) and road
four Thousand dollars ga. 900; and 70
s'current expenses" and denominateC
such, levy of "nine and one half mill
for general purposes" and, whereas
said county is in need of the none,
which could be raised by said levy, ant
the greater part of the tax so levied ba
been paid, and the same is just and equIt
able: therefore,
BE at enacted By tie Legislature Of tn
State Of Kansas:
SECTION, 1. That all the acts and pro
ceedings of the said board of county
commissioners of the county of LyoI
incident to and in the matter of maxim.
a levy of nine and one-half mills on thu
dollar on all taxable property in saiC
county, and said levy and tax for gener
al purposes, for the said fiscal year end
ing July 1. 1888, be and tie same arr
hereby legaliZed and made valid anC
binding, and hereby declared TO be ;
lein on the property in said Lyon cOun
ty, and the county treasurer of said coun
ty shall collect the same as in ordinary
cases; aud the same shall be as regular
and effective charge and lien as If the
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said county had been less than five mil
lion dollars.
SIC .. This act shall take effect anC
be in force from and after its publication
once in the EMPoRIA WEEKLY News.
RATHER pIsPIRITISG-
Tue announcement yesterday after.
noon that the house had refused to con
cur in the report of the conference com.
miIIse upon the railroad bills was cal
culated to dishearten the friends OF leg
islation upon that subject 1t now
seems certain that there will be an extra
session, for great many members Of
both the senate and house are going
away Friday and Saturday, and it is
Doubtful if quorum can be kept later
than the latter date. The time Of the
regular session closes ON Wednesday
and it is hardly probable that even the
necessary business can be transacted by
that time. The general appropriation
bill has not come in yet and may not be
presented before the end of the week, SO