Dodge City times., 1889-02-21
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday.
TofKKA, February I2.-At the mornlnesss
SION after the ordinary morning business
the bull relating to foreclosures of mortgages
and giving longer time for redemption was
taken up as the special order and elicited a
long debate. The constitutionality of the
act was discussed by the lawyers and the
policy of it by others. Tho question was to
20 into committee of the whole to consider
the bill and finally that motion was adopted.
The bill provides thatin fore closures of mort
cages on homesteads six months time shall
be allowed to answer q summons. Proper
II cannot be sold on execution under six
months. These provisions apply to to fore
closures already commenced.
A motion was made to recommend tho
striking out of the enacting clause, that is
to kill the bill, which carried.
When the committee arose and the pre-
siding officer took the chair the ayes and
noes were called. On a motion to not agree
to the report nine senators voted aye and
twenty-five voted no. The report was then
agreed to and the bill killed. The commit
tess made reports and the aenate adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On reassembling the senate continued to
listen to reports from the standing commit
tees.
joint resolution was considered making
appropriations of s., 500 to pay the expenses
Of committees to q convention of several
states to consider the question of the So
called great beef trusts; The governor is
authorized to name the 18th of March as the
time for the convention if that time is ao-
ceded to by the governors of other states.
Tho place of meeting is to be st. Louis.
The resolution passed.
The senate then went to third reading of
bills and passed a large number, spending
the whole session on that order.
HOUSE.
At the forenoon session after preliminary
businefs motion was made to have the So
called mining bill printed and referred to
the committee of the whole. Tho bill al
lows alarger force to. be worked in mines un-
der certain circumstances, than the presenst
Law allows. The committee on mining had
reported against it and the motion to have
It printed was to get it before the house.
This called forth long debate and finally
at nearly noon a call of the house, when the
vote resulted in favor of printing and refer
ing to the committee of the whole.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house passed on third reading the
jodicisl appropriation bill and tho sugar
bill, both of which have been explained in
these reports. The bill giving bounty to
the manufacturers Of sorghum sugar also
passed.
The senate joint resolution appropriating
q, 800 to pay the expenses of the anti beef
trust came over from that body and was
passed under q suspension of the rules.
The house was on third reading of bills all
the afternoon.
Wednesday.
TOPEKA. February l3.-Ths committee on
ways and means reported agains. the bill to
build more cottages at Osawatomie
The same committee reported on the En- |
poria Normal school Appropriation house |
bill, recommending the insertion of some |
of the items struck out in the house.
The bill to mako it q misdemeanor for |
notary publics and other officers to fail to |
keep q record of their doings passed on tbs |
third reading. 1t has got to go through the |
house.
The bill to allow Kansas mutual iusur-
amos companies, under certain circum-
stances, to insure property in cites as
vell as farm houses. While the bill was on |
third reading and not subject to debate, yet
under the plea of explaining votes" there |
was q great many speeches msde. 1t was
stated on one side that the bill was q general !
one, while on the other side it was said it |
was solely In the interest of q company at |
Abilene. After an hours debate, it wes an
nounced that it had received but nineteen
votes, lacking two votes of enough to carry
1t. when there was a call Of the house
to bring in absentees. Two senators were
brought in who voted for the bill. and it
Waspassed.
A similar bill passed. the house last night.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
|
Of the whole ON the appropriation bills.
The first one vas making an appropria-
tion for an additional building at Topeka
for the Insane building. 1t recommends
the appropriation Of S35,OOO for this pur-
pose.
mittee were that it was an absolute neces-
sity 10 care for the insane and that this
was the quickest and cheapest way to do 1t.
At the same time the committee said they
should bring in bill providing for the
erection of another asylum in the western
caring for the insane, etc, was exhaust
lively discussed. Finally the bill was recon-
mended for passage.
The bill 70 make appropriations for the
state capitol building was then taken up.
1t levies two-fifths of mill for the first /
year and one half mill for the second year.
It also provided that land should be bought |
outside of the state house grounds on viii ch
to construct a light plant. etc, which vas
stricken out. Then q motion was made to |
have the lighting and heating plant in the
basement of the state house and this was
discussed for long tune and finally adopted
and the bill recommended for passage.
HOUSE.
At the morning session an attempt was
made to limit debate in committee of the
whole TO five minutes but it was voted down
on the plea that there was danger of too
much legislation aud the more talk the less
bad work would be done.
A bill to compel counties 10 pay witness
fees 10 criminal cases to the amount of $50 |
and for thres witnesses only came mp on
third reading and passed.
A bill passed changing the boundaries of
the representative districts in Wyandotte
county.
The house continued on third reading
until the time for adjournment.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house again went 10 tuIrd reading of /
bills and cleared off the calendar. Among
them WAS one requiring all doctors to have
q license and those not having one to pay a
license fee of ,10) month.
TIE house then went into committee of
the whole on ths bill which has been before
it a number of times. Reference is had to
the for the assessment and taxation on
deb secured by mortgage. As explained
befC. the bill provides that when any one
mortgages his property the person who
takes the mortgage shall pay the proportion
of the take, on the procerty that the
mortgage bears to the whole value of the
property.
Finally the motion to strike out the enact
ing clause, that is kill the bill, was carried
by q vote of 81 to A. The committee so re-
ported, when the roll was called on the mo-
ton to accept the report of the committee,
and il was lost on q call of the roll.
A motion was then msds that it be con-
sidered enerossed and put upon its final
passage now, subject to amendment and
deba.e, which mot on carried, and 50 the
fight commenced anew, a. the friends of tbs
bill wanted it amended in some particu-
lars. 1t was kept up till adjournment.
At the evening session q cOnstitn-