Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-02-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Kansas Legislature.
| THE Senate on the 18th occupied the
| whole of the morning session deoaune the
| bill relating to probate judges, which n1es
their COMPENSATION on druggists sales OF
LIQUOR. In the afternoon a substitute for the
bill was adopted which abolsnes the TAX on
| to probate Judges After further debate the
bill finally passed by vote OF y to -. Inc
bill known as the Rock Island Dill was tneu
amended and passed In the Rouse 1ne
county lines question was the occasion OF
much debate which consumed the morning
The same squabble followed in tue AFTERNOON,
when the House finally got into committee
of the Whole on general orders ana con
t.nued in committee until six o'clock. When
the committee rose the bill increasin g the
salary of the Attorney General was ordered
to third reading subject to DEBATE. Al
iourned.
THE Senate on the 18th receded from its
amendment to the Legislative Appropriation
bill cutting of mileage to ofhcers 1t also
refused to advance the Woman Suffrage bill
on the calendar. The Legislative Apportion.
ment bill was advanced to the head OF the
calendar, and finally taken up for considers
smoothly until Leavenworth County was
reached, when q break occurred by which
that county lost one representative Pend
ing consideration the Senate adjourned
passed upon several bills. In the afternoon q
large number of local bills passed, and the
evening session was taken up in considering
bills in Committee OF the Whole. Ad'
jOurned.
In the Senate on the 10th the resolution
passed asking Congress to enlarge the
Soldiers Home at Leavenworth, also favor
ing an appropriation by Congress Of $780,
O0U to aid in making the Kansas river navi-
gable Then the tug of war commenced on
the AppOrtiOnment bill and continued until
adjournment, with 40 final result. In the
House Mr.. Finch. from a special committee.
reported a bill amending the livestock law.
1t abolishes the office OF Veterinary Surgeon,
but retains the Commission. whose powers
are restricted. The afternoon session was
devoted to the passage OF local bills, twenty
eight passing upon third reading. Ad-
jOurned.
In the Senate on the 18th the House
Apportionment bill as amended, BY taking
one representative from LeavenwOrth Coun-
ty and adding one to Linn, was passed by a
May 20 legal holiday passed. also bill sup
Elemental to the bill consolidating cities.
The time for final adjournment was extended
to Saturday. the auth: At the evening SEES
sion the bill to provide facilities for the de-
partment Of pharmacy in the State Univer-
sity passed. E. In the House the time for final
adjournment was extended to Saturday
noon. Among the bills passed was the bill
eral and grist of local bills. The House re-
fused to concur in the Apportionment bill
and 1t was sent to conference committee.
Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, but little
was done of general interest. Many local
bills passed. Also the bill increasing the
salary of county superintendents. Also the
bill to establish boards of arbitration. and
the bill increasing the salary of the Attorney
General. -. In the House the report of the
on the east wing of the capitol was pre-
scented. THE report sustains the charges
against the State House Commissioners and
architect, and protests against the policy of
making appropriations before estimates are
made, and closes by recommending the dis
missal of the present commissioners, archi-
tect and assistant. The resolution apprO-
priating $4,000 to secure the G. A. r. en-
campment in Kansas in 1887, was adopted.
The bill permit ng railroads to collect fare
in excess of three cents per mile when
tickets are not pure hased. passed. The Sen
ate having refused to recede from its amend
ments to the Apportionment bill and the
House refusing to concur q conference COM
mittee was appointed. Many bill passed, but
mostly local in their nature. Adjourned.
THE Senate on the 10Th passed the follow
ing bills: To punish malicious mischief; to
punish pickpockets; amending the act relat-
ing to weights and measures; to punish de-
ception in the sale of fruit; to prevent the
spread of disease among swine: to prevent
punishment of wages: to prevent the rum
ming at large Of animals affected with infect.
ious diseases, and number of other bills Of
less general Importance. At the afternoon
session the report of the committee on the
east wing of the capitol came up and was
finally adopted by vote of q to II. 1.-THE re-
port recommends the removal of the com.
missioner and architects.l The conference
report on the ApportionmentIbill was adopted.
Also resolution requesting the Governor
to remove the entire board of pharmacy.
during which the bill to punish hunt
ing on Sunday was passed, the Sem
ate adjourned. -. In the House the
report of the committee on the east wing
of the capitol came up, the forenoon was
devoted to its discussion and the matter
went over until three o'clock. At the after
noon session the House concurred in several
Senate amendments to House bills. adopted
the conference committees report on the
AppOrtionment bill. and then resumed con
sheraton of the report of the special COM
mittee on the east wing of the capitol, recon-
mending the removal of the commss onera
and architects. The report was finally
adopted by a vote Of it2 to 3. The miscel!ane-
Gus appropriation bill was passed. and the
House adjourned.