The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Legislature.

Kansas Legislature.
THE Senate was not in session on tbs
10th. 49, In the House a bill was introduced
looking to the admission of the Rock Island
road into the State. The Senate bill ceding
| jurisdiction to the United States over certain
| lots in Wichita as site for Federal build
ing was passed The House then went inio
| Committee of the Whole, when the bill au-
! thoriZiEg railroads in certain cases to change
| their gauge and many bills OF local eharac-
! ter were favorably recommended. Ad-
journed.
THE Senate met at four p. m. on the LIST,
! when three bills were introduced and sew
| eral bills passed. Among the bills passed
| were: An act to authorize cities to establish
and maintain free hbraries; to authorize
counties, cities and municipal townships to
issue bonds to aid railroads in certain cases;
amending the general statutes relating to
fish, and several local bills. Adjourned.
| In the House quite a number of bills were
considered in Committee of the Whole and
! favorably recommended, among them the
one forbdding hunting on Sunday. At the
! afternoon session the usual petitions for
womans suffrage were presented. Among
| the bills introduced was one to compel
tramps to work in the county jail and giving
| all persons the righi to apprehend them.
Among the bills passed was one 10 authorize
! the Denver. Memphis e. Atlantic road TO
! change its gauge; also the bill authorizing
! the establishment of county high schools
| The morning session was devoted to the con-
sheraton of the bill in relation to the i'm
] prlsODment OF cOnVlctS In Cne reIOrmdtOry
| at Hutchinson. Adjourned.
! In the Senate on February ., the resolu-
ton providing that the Governor and Attor-
ney General employ counsel to assist in the
prescott on of the Walruff case was passed,
after being amended so that the payment for
such services should not exceed $1,000. Sew
eral bills were introduced and several uniIn-
portant bills passed. In the afternoon
! twenty-one bills. mostly of local nature,
were discussed in Committee OF the Whole
] .l~A To-. -.
/ changing the law in regard to the death pen
atty was taken up and discussed, when the
Senate adjourned. The bill changes the law
| so that persons convicted of murder shall be
! confined in the penitentiary six months, at
| the end of which time the warden shall exc
cute the sentence by hanging the convict.
! In the House Mr.. Holman introduced a bill to
/ regulate the levy and enforcement of q rail-
road tax for common schools. This act is to
enable all school districts to share alike the
/ benefits of taxes paid By railroads and cor
porations for school purposes. In Commit
! tee of the Whole the bill to create board of
| survey to conduct experiments to determine
/ the existence of coal or other minerals in
! Kansas, was recommended for passage. In
| stead of accepting the majority or minority
reports of the committee that investigated
! the workings of the Livestock Sanitary
| Commission, the House adopted resolution
| instructing a special committee to draw up
| bill on the subject. Ten bills, all local,
passed. Adjourned
MORE petitions for woman suffrage were
mittee on Agriculture reported back the bill
aboishing the Office of State Veterinarian,
with the recommendation that it be indeti-
nitely postponed A paper from the Attor-
ney General was presented in which that
official gave the opinion that townships vOt-
ing bonds in aid of railroads can not exceed
the limits fixed by the law of 1876. The bill to
authorize counte s, cities and municipal
townships to issue bonds for the purpose OF
aiding railroad companies in securing and
paying for lands for right of way, depot
grounds and terminal facilities was passed
or third reading, also the bill to enable NUM-
pal townships to subscribe stock in any rail-
road and TO provide for the payment thereof.
Also number of local bills passed. Adj
journed ... In the House 4 resolution passed
asking the Kansas delegation in Congress to
secure the survey and sale of the military
reservation in Ford County, known rs Fort
Dodge. Bills passed: An act relating to
switch connections at the crossings Of rail-
roads, and providing for their construction
and maintenance; an act to prevent hunting
and shooting on Sunday, besides number OF
bills of local character. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 4th the usual morn
ing petitions for woman suffrage were pre-
sented. Mr.. Kimball's bill relating to capital
punishment passed. The Apportionment bill
was introduced and read a second time. The
afternoon was mostly devoted to considera-
ton of the bill donating salt lands 10 the
Normal Scool. Adjourned ....I In the House
the Senate resolution providing for u nting
10000 cop es in pamphlet form of the speeches
passed after striking out the part referring
to DIR. COEdley's address on the Quantrili
raid. In Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Car
rolls bill providing for the enforcement of
contracts made by railroad companies in
consideration of municipal. county and town.
snip aid. was recommended for passage. The
AppOrtiOnment bill was introduced, and the
House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 5th another flood
of petitions for municipal suffrage for women
poured in. The House resolution direct
ing the State Board of Agriculture to publish
10000 copies of its biennial report was con-
Cured in. Among the bills passed were the
following: Relating TO the appointment and
employment of honorably discharged sol
diers and sailors of the United States; to pre-
scribe the manner of selling the suIphate
and other preparations of morphine: amend
mails; making appropriations for the Com
missioner of Labor Statistics, the State Re-
form School and the State Board of Health.
The bill apprOpriating Sl.5lU to Frank
the New Orleans exposition caused
considerable discussion but fln"y
passed by vote of 80 to 6. Adjourned
till Monday. In the House the Consolida-
toin bill was passed by vote of 81 to .. This
bill consolidates the cities of WyandOtte.
Kansas City, Kan, and Armourdale. The
bill donating salt lands to the State Normal
School was recommended for passage and
placed on third reading without amend
ment. Among the bills passed were: To
create a board of survey to conduct expert
mentS to determine the existence of coal or
other minerals; to authorize the formation
of companies for the detection and appre- !
hensiOn of horse thieves and other felons |
took up thGBeates Railroad bill. 1t was finally
recommended for passage as amended. Ad- |
journed to Monday.