Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-03-05
sENArE-EERRrrARy 26.

sENATE-EEBRUARY rs.
Tie Senate was occupied the whole
forenoon discussing the reference of the
$4,000 appropriation bill to Soldiers
Home, finally referring it to Committee
on Claims, and discussing the bill to re-
duce feesof county officers, pending which
the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate, nearly the whole after
noon was taken up with the Temperance
bill blouse No. 367). A great many
amendments were proposed, and several
carried.
A long discussion resulted on an
amendment of Senator Jennings, to pre-
vent railroad companies from violating
the law by supplying liquor to be sold or
distributed contrary to law.
Senator Blue got in an amendment to
compel persons and companies transport
ing and selling liquor to label their kegs,
casks, bottles, etc
The following amendment, by Senator
Allen, was adopted:
Any officer, agent or employee of any
railroad company, express company or
| other common carrier, who shall know
ingly carry or deliver any intoxicating
liquors to or for any person, to be sold in
violation OF this act, or the act to which
this act is amendatory and supplemental,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than 500 nor more than $500
and be imprisoned in the county Jail not
less than thirty nor more than sixty days
House bill No. 5, concerning teachers
and studies IN common schools, passed on
third reading.
HOUsE-FEBRUARY rs.
The Senate's amendments to the
House bill to create Board of Pardons
were concu1red in.
The forenoon was taken up in discus
sion of choice between the two bills
reported by the Special Railroad Com
mittee. The majority report makes
it the duty of the Railroad Com
missioners to fix schedules of rates when
complaints are made and found true.
| The minority report makes it their duty
| to fix such schedules of rates anyway,
and for each railroad in the state. 1t al
so legislates the present commissioners
out of Office and provides for appoint
ment of new board. Both reports
change the appointment of commission
ers from the Executive Council to the
Governor and Senate. The majority bill
| was advocated by Messrs Clogston, Hat
field and Buck. The minority bill was
advocated by Messrs. McNall, Simpson,
Butterfeld, Collins, Kelly and Greer.
Mr.. McCammon and Mr.. Stewart could
only be suited by taking some features
from each bill. Neither of these favored
iron-clad rates. The committee rose
while Mr.. Gillett held the right to the
| floor.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion MIR. Benning was excused from SER
vice on the Committee to visit Olathe,
and Mr.. Hogue appointed in his place.
The Committee started on the morning
train.
Discussion was resumed on the reports
from the Special Railroad Committee
and the present Railroad Commission
ers. Mr.. Overmyer while not agreeing
with Mr.. Gillett was opposed to fixing
arbitrary freight rates. Mr.. Matlock and
Mr.. A. w. Smith followed favoring the
Minority bill. A vote vas reached on
consideration of the Majority bill now;
and it stood SO to 81.
The minority bill was then considered
and the feature of legislating the present
board out of Office was changed by sub
stituting the section on the same subject
of the other bill. A further long dis
cussion was had upon motions to further
amend the minority bill 80 as to en-
power the commissioners to fix
rates instead of making it the
duty to do so; and the bill
was so amended. A proviso was offered
which would prevent making schedule
for any one road until such road is mott
fed and given an opportunity to be
heard. This was adopted after it was
changed so as also to require notice by
publication of the intention to make such
schedule. An amendment was adopted
which empowers railroads to sell excur-
sion tickets at reduced rates. The bill
was approved as amended.
| In the evening session the Price Raid
bill was again considered.
MIR. Overmyer moved to substitute the
original bill for the bill reported by the
Committee on Claims and Accounts. The
original bill provides for payment OF the
Price Raid scrip, interest and ALL He
made speech of an hour and half in
support of his motion. The motion to
substitute was lost, Immediately followed
by vote to indefinitely postpone the whole
matter-35 to 81. The House then voted
by roll call on agreeing with the report
of the committee of the whole-ayes IS,
noes 81.
| SENATE-FEBRUARY II.
House bill, No. 346 (the Temperance
billy passed the Senate this forenoon,
yeas, Senators Allen, Barker, Blue, Bu-
chan, Case, Congdon, Crane, Donnell,
Humphrey, Jennings, M. C. Kelley, H.
B. Kelly, John Kelly, Kimball,
Kahler, Marshall, Picker, Redden, Rit-
ter, Rush, Shean, Smith, WATSON, Whit
ford, Young.
Nays-Harwi, Hewins, Lloyd, Lingen-
felter, Lowe, Miller, Sheldon.
House bill fixing the terms of holding
court in the Eighth judicial district
passed third reading.
The Senate bill for reduction of sala-
ries of county officers passed third read
ing-yeas p, nays 18.
HOUsE-FEBRUARY 81.
S. c. R., ordering 900 extra copies of
revised reports of the State Board of
Agriculture for 1883 and 1884, was con-
cured in.
The House concurred in Senate's |
amendments to the House bill requiring
instruction in the public schools, and |
that teachers be required to pass exam
ination in hygiene and physiology,
which changes the requirement to "the
elements of" these topics.
Mr.. Greer had secured an appropria-
ton bill for building an idiotic asylum at
Winfield position on the calendar for
third reading, by working with the COM
mittee on revision of calendar. During
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