Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-02-19

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In Senate, afternoon, s. B. No. 90, an
act for the better protection OF the
University and Normal School funds OF
the State of Kansas, passed.
s. B. No. Is, an act providing for the
condemnation of sites for county build
ings, passed.
Senate bill No. 1lS, an act to authorize
Larned township and Pleasant Valley
townships, lin Pawnee county, Kansas, to
appropriate Townships money tor public
highway purposes. Passed.
Senate bill No. 81, an act providing for
the disposition of surplus taxes in the
hands of county treasurers. Passed.
The question of donating twelve sec
tons of 'Salt Springs" lands to the
Normal S hool occupied the whole OF
the balance of the afternoon, and, reach
ing a vote on third reading, the enact
ing clause was stricken out-yeas, IS;
nays, IL.
HOUsE-FABRUARv 10.
Among new bills are one relating
to bridge in Morris county. Mr.. Ben
ming, of Atchison, introduced bill to
change the boundaries of the Second,
Twelfth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts
One by Mr.. McTaegart, relating to
bridges in Cherokee township, OF Mont
gomery county.
The Committee on Charitable Institu-
tions made report of their visit to these
institutions The report compliments
the management Of the Osawatomie and
Topeka insane as, lums in emphatic
terms. They found at the former bad
ventilation in the old bnllding, and some
sickness caused by that and faulty drain
age. They report the management of the
Idiotic ASYLUM at Lawrence as worthy
of all confidence, and recommend the
con tinnance OF that institution there, and
that The new building asked for be pro-
vid-d. The main objection to the pres
ent location has been faulty water sup
plv bnt this ha. been remedied by action
OF the City Council of Lawrence.
The committee concur in the pre-
position for higher education for the
blind. They say that the Wyandotte
Blind Asylum is open to criticism. OF
the State Reform School at Topeka, they
saw that it manifests the best manage.
ment. The report closes with recon-
mendation that the Board of Trustees of
the charitable institutions be required to
visit each of them at least once each
month.
Special committee to investigate the
work of the State Board If Equalization
made report. They think that the chief
cause OF complaint is the statute prohib-
iting the Board to change aggregate as
sessments.
The House refused to concur in Senate
resolution asking Congress to dispose of
the residue of the Usage coded and d.
minished reserve lands at public sale, at
minimum of fifty cents per acre.
The House adopted Mr.. Anthony's con-
current resolution directing the pnblica-
ton in the DAILY Comnaonwea tn of such
laws as are ordered published in any
newspaper.
The House by unanimous vote adopt
ed concurrent resolution thanking Major
w. B. Shockley for his unselfsh and pat
riotic efforts to secure the location Of the
Soldiers Home in Kansas. Mr.. ]. B.
Johnson, Mr.. Anthony, Mr.. Carroll, MIR.
Kelso, Mr.. Slavens and others supported
the resolution in feeling speeches.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion MIR. McNall, chairman of the Rail-
road Committee, moved to make the
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next Thursday afternoon. This was met
by several members of his committee in
sisting that it had been agreed in the
Railroad Committee that a special order
should be made of all the railroad bills
at the same time. The especial order was
carried for Tuesday next at 2 p. H., un.
der a promise that all railroad legislation
should he considered at that time. Mr.
Finch, MIR. Gillette and MIR. Blain made
a fight for the consideration of all rail.
road bills at the time of the special
order.
The House passed the following bills
on third reading: II. b. II, placing ap
pointn.ent of appraisers of school houses
when there is 8 change in school house
sites, in the County Superintendent. H
B. 81. permitting issue ofthlrd grade GER
tificates to teachers a second time. Mr.
Anthony's H. B. $40, requiring statistics
of honOrbly discharged soldiers. This
bill also extends the census law to unor
ganized counties, aud provides for proper
officers to take such census therein.
H B. Sc. authorizing Larned and Pleas
ant VALLEY townships, of Pawnee county
to appropriate money for highway pur
poses.
H. B. 23s, correcting boundary line be
tween Harper and Sumner counties.
| H. B. 164, authorizing the Topeka schoo
board to submit proposition to issu,
bonds t. build more school houses.
II. B 255, legalizing the plats and sur
veys Of the city of Hanover.
H. B. 46, tor the relief of r. H. Tim
norman q, Smith county.
H. B. 1852, to leyalize certain levies ant
taxes IN Lyon county.
H. B. 232, to authorize Wyandott,
county to issue Z per cent funding bond
to redeem it's outstanding bonds matur
ing October l, 1886.
H. B. l5l, to vacate the La Cygne- Gem
etery.
H. B. 272, funding bill for Washington
county.
H B. $50, to authorize Lyon county t.
build a bridge.
H. b. 292, legalizing sale of schoo
land in Greenwood county to II. G. Jack
son.
House bill 3l2, authorizing Lincol,
county to create a bridge fund; and to a.
sumo the bonds of Indiana and Elkhorl
townships.
House bill 294, authorizing school dis
tric,s in unOrgaDized counties to lev,
taxes for school purposes.
House bill 3l9, changing the name o
Knowles to Haddam City.
| House bill 800, amending section 10S o
the civil code.
| H. B. 293, authorizing Justices of tn,
Peace of the township to act as Polic'
Judge in cities of the third class, in Ger
tain cases.
II. B. 29l, arpropriating $4S and inter
est. from the school fund to J. q. Foster
i H. B. 266, authorizing Lincoln count,