Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-07

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 Tor reduction of sala-
rles CT codnty officers passed third read
ing-yeas q, nays Is.
HOUSE-FEBRUARY q.
S. @. R., ordering 10, 600 extra copies of
the revised reports of the State Board of
Agriculture for 1888 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 ele-
ments of" these topics.
Mr.. Greer had secured an apprOpria-
ton bill for building an idiOtiC asylum at
/ Winfield a position on the calendar for
! third reading, by working with the com
mittee on revision Of calendar. During
the furry caused by that revision he
succeeded in keeping it on third read
/ ing.
L44C DAODO6AGAOA "a TIC OAAOA Il aGAALG
/ Railway Company for settlement of pend
! ing quo 9gGrrdntO proceedings in the u. S.
/ Circuit Court, was considered. The prop
/ OsitiOn was accepted by the House, by
adopting e concurrent resolution to IN
struct the Attorney General to do so.
! Bills were read a third time as follows:
/ To constitute township officers boards of
| commissioners of highways; passed. To
| authorize cities of the first class to levy
/ tax or issue special bonds to pay amounts
! due In contracts for sewers, Culverts, etc,
passed. Also the railroad bin as it left
! the committee of the whole.
In the afternoon the different school
books bills came up as special order. The
| plans were many.
! Mr.. KelsO's bill would have all school
| book, manufactured by convict labor.
/ Mr.. BurtOn's bill would have them uni
form, and supplied through regular deal
! eTs, under contract price made between
! the State and the publisher, the State
/ being the jObber between the publisher
and the local dealer. Mr.. Kre-
! gers bill would have the State make a
price as between the publisher and
! the local dealer, but not take a hand IN
| the traffic. Senator YOung's bill, al
ready passed in the Senate, would make
/ the school district the direct purchaser
/ from the publisher; the district to loan
rent, or sell them at cost, TO patrons 0.
! the school Mr.. Edwards bill would
also authorize districts to levy tax tC
! purchase all books for the school
! All these plans have the idea o
! infOrmality; some to the extent Of the
! State, some in counties, and all in school
| districts. Senator YOung's bill was
! chosen for consideration after a discus
sion. 1t was then changed so as to take
from it all provisions for purchase OF
books by school districts, and as left
/ forms a complete system to establish
county uniformity of text books; and
! then recommended for passage. Mr.
! MOOre's bill to increase salary Of
| county superintendents was also ap-
proved in Committee of the Whole
/ 1t would make an increase of all grades
of about one hundred dollars. The
! Committee killed bill to change school
/ district meetings to June. Mr.. Jones
/ bill to authorize Garden City school dis
trict in Finney county to vote bonds fOl
/ school house, was read a third time and
passed.
/ In evening session appropriation bills
were considered IN committee OF the
whole and approved: For the Topeka
| Reform School, two for the WyandOtte
institution for the education Of the blind
and for the Lawrence Idiot Asylum.
The work of the Committee on Ways
and Means was sCrutiniZed critically, but
was approved here without change.
The Senate Pharmacy bill was also ap-
! proved.
Bill to change term of Office of the Su-
! perintendent Of Insurance from four to
| two years was advanced to third reading.
/