Western Kansas world., 1886-02-27
KANSAS LEGISLATURE
HOUSE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II

The house passed supplemental bill to
the bill known as the Rock Island bill, which
relieves foreign corporations which extend
their systems into Kansas from having Kan
sas directors, and from maintaining gener-
al offices in this state. Conference COM
mittee's rtpOrt was adopted, which fixes
fees for assistant counsel to prosecute the
brewery cases in the United States supreme
court at $4,000. The house concurred IN
senate amendments to H. B. 259. the Rock
Island bill. Also to II. B. 81, relating to
powers of cities of the third class to extend
their corporate limits. The senate had
stricken out the preamble in the house bill
declaring May so a legal holiday, and the
house refused to concur by vote of four to
81. A concurrent resolution was adopted to
ask congress to provide for the sale of lands
of the prairie band of Pottowattomie In
dians. Bills were passed: H. B. 279, legal
izing tax levy in Lyon county. S. B. 81,
legalizing bonds of school district No. L,
Commanche county. s. B. sc, to make the
numerical index of Cherokee county evidence
of certain records. s. B. 129, to extend time
of building bridge in Douglas county was
stricken from the calendar.
After the noon recess third reading of
bills was resumed and house bills were pass
ed: Increasing the salary of the attorney
general to s., 500. Giving Cloud county an
additional term of court; and doing away
with the law term in Saline county. To pun
ish injury to merchantable ice. To change
the reserve fund in section 10 of law govern
ing mutual life insurance associations. To
change time for holding annual school dis
trict elections to the third week in July. To
authorize cities of first class to extend $50,
600, and of the second class $4,000, of aid
to provide right of way, depot grounds and
terminal facilities for railroads. Amending
law giving power to cities of the second
class to extend coporate limits. To govern
the movements of traction engines along
highways and across bridges. To punish
malicious mischief. Making pocket picking
felony. Permitting townships to enforce
herd law in the day time. To enable Barber
senate builds; To authorize Arvonia, Usage
county, to build town hall. To authorize
school district district No. 2, of Cove coun-
ty, to issue bonds and build school house.
10 cure title to cemetery ground at Wilson,
Ellsworth county. To authorize Clay coun-
ty build $4,000 court house, and Jewell
county one worth $4,000. To authorize
Center township, of Wilson county, to SUBJ
scribe to the capital stock of the Kansas.
Oklahoma & Texas railroad. The house bill
changing the line of Wabaunsee and Morris
counties was recalled from the senate, be-
cause the vote by which it had been passed
was challenged, and it was again passed.
Senate bills were then passed: To authorize
Mission township, of Neosho county, to vote
S25, 900 railroad bonds. The county line bill
was reached and amended SO as to re-create
the counties of Seward, Stephens and Mar
tin only; the latter name having been given
to old Kansas county, and passed in that
shape.
The evening session. was taken up in dis
cussing senate amendments to II. B. 283,
the legislative apportionment bill. The
senate had gone back to the original bill as
first reported by joint committee, except that
it took one representative from Leaveuworth
county and gave it to Linn. The house re-
fused to concur in any Of the senate amend
| ments.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Is.
An effort to advance appropriation bill for
chair of pharmacy in the state university,
failed. Report was made by the Joint COM
mittee ON state affairs, who were charged
with the investigation Of acts of the state
architects and the state house commission
writing ON foclscap. It condemns these Of
| fcers without stint, and recommends their
immediate dismissal. and that no further
work be done upon the state house until
there are plans and specifications prepared
and contracts let under them. The house
concurred In senate amendments to II. b.
No. 24O, governing the organization of new
judicial district from the counties of Doni-
phan, Brown and Nemeha was advanced and
passed. Also, 8. 3. fixing terms of court in
the sixteenth judicial district. II. B. passed
directing the secretary of state to purchase
:, 500 copies Of the compiled laws of Geo. w.
Crane, at a each. Senate resolution adopt
ed to appropriate $15, ,OO for expenses of ma
tional encampment Of the Grand Army of
the Republic IN 1887. 6RN No. GO, to author
ixe Mound Valley toWnship Of Labette coun-
to loan surplus fund, Vas ady1nced and
passed. AIoo. s. B. directing that tax rolls