Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-02-06

appointment of commission to revise tn
| laws concerning assessment and taxation
was laid on the table. Jennings introduce
a bill to regulate telephone companies an
charges. Several other measures of an IN
important nature were also introduced. Sen
ate bill No. %, an amendatory enactmen
regarding the practice of medicine and sur
act providing for the organization, govern
ment and compensation of the state militia
also, the bill which makes the holding of
grand jury obligatory twice year in ever
county having over 5000 inhabitants; also
the bill making May Goth a legal holiday
also an act preventing cruelty to animals
| At the afternoon session number of bill
were read a third time and passed. Among
them was one abolishing the office of count,
auditor; one providing for the selection arc
running of grand and petit juries, one max
ing it unlawful for any person to at any time
hunt wild birds upon unOccupled or lmprOv
| ed premises and any highway adjoining
A resolution was adopted asking the attor
ney-general for information concerning the
state of the suits which have been com
menced against the Union Pacific railroad
Several bills were then acted upon in COM
mittee of the whole. After the committee
of the whole had been revolved back into
senate several bills were introduced and an
adjournment was taken until morning.
The senate met at 10 O'Clock a. M, Friday,
January 18th. Several standing committees
reported favorably sundry measures. The
bills were placed under general orders and
will come again. Hardness introduced a
resolution providing for an appropriation of
$4,000 to assist in defraying the expense OF
holding the national encampment of the
G.. A. r. in Kansas in 1887. Laid over.
Senate concurrent resolution No. 3D. reading
as follows was adopted: THAT the Indians
should at once abandon their tribal relations,
their reservations be abolished, lands taken
in severalty by individual Indians and the
remaining portions of their reservations pur-
chased by the government, the money to be
expended in improving their condition and
the purchased lands opened to settlement.
In committee of the whole number of
measures were passed upon after which an
adjournment was taken until p. m. Mon
day.
In the senate on February 1st.. Numerous
petitions on the reservations of kiowa coun-
ty and the enfranchisement of women were
presented and referred. Senator Blue in
troduceda concurrent resolution authoriz
ing the governor and attorney to employ as
sistant counsel to assist the attorney general
in prosecuting suits in the supreme court
of the United States, involving the constitu
tionality of the prohibitory law in cases of
John Walruff and Fritz Iseman. Referred
to committee on state affairs. Blue also in
troduced bill in relation to private or farm
crossings of railroads, and providing for pun
ishment for violation of the provision there
Of The following measures we're then plac-
ed on third reading and passed: An act to
authorize counties, 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. Act pror
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the hands of county treasurers. In addition
to the above number of local measures
were read a third time and passed.
In the senate February I'd, petition was
presented to have grounding day changed
from February I'd to February 1st believing
that such change would shorten winter.
Sol Miller's bill for the creation of the county
of Blaine was. indefinitely postponed. A
concurrent resolution authorizing the execu-
tive council to procure 10000 copies of the
speeches delivered on the occasion of the
quarter centennial exercises at Topeka at a
cost not to exceed $500 was adopted. The vote
by which house concurrent resolution No. Is,
requesting our members in congress to do
all in their power to secure the right of way
through the Indian territory for the Kansas
and Arkansas Valley railroad was not con-
Cured in, was reconsidered. and the resolu-
ton was adopted. Senate resolution provi-
ding for assistant counsel for the attorney
general in the liquor cases against John
Walruff and others, the same to cost not
over $4,000, was adopted. Several bills were
introduced.
At the afternoon session number of
measures were considered in committee of
the whole, and various recommendations
were made. Among the bills considered
was senate bill No. 81, an act relating to
capital punishment, amendatory of chapter
166, laws of 1862, the same being amendatOry
of chapter 50 of the laws of 1878. This bill
provides that criminals sentenced to the
punishment of death shall be hanged after
an imprisonment of six months after sem
tence. Senator Crane moved that the COM
mittee recommend the striking out of the
enacting clause. After considerable debate
the motion was defeated and the bill recon-
for passage. Adjourned.