The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-07
Wednesdays Proceedings.
SENATE,

Senator Towards interest bill was
substituted for the house bill covering
the same subject, and after amend
ment, was passed. The bill as passed
makes the maximum contract rate of
interest 10 per cent and the rate where
none is specified, 6 per cent. The reSO-
luton providing for an increase of
the house membership to l50 was
indefinitely postponed. The house
amendment to an appropriation bill,
providing for the appropriation of ST.
1Oi.2 for the mileage and per diem of
the militia called out into Gray county
last month, was agreed to. The house
resolution submitting an amend
ment to the constitution in
relation to the supreme court,
making seven Justices, was taken
up and passed. II. b. No. 60, to
amend section of chapter 90 of the
session laws of 1870, heIngRntitled IAN
act to provide for The consolidation and
extension of railroads in the state of
Kansas, was passed.
II. b. No. 67S, to change the name of
Davis county to Geary county, was
passed.
H. b. 469. to provide for the appoint
ment of three commissioners to be
known as commissioners of the SUI
preme court, and to provide for their
compensation, was passed.
A number of local bills were passed
and many measures favOrably reported
HOUSE.
The senate bill making appropria-
ton to pay the K. n. G. for services in
Stevens county, was taken up and
passed. Appropriation bills for the
OsaWatomie insane asylum, the Indus
trial school at Beloit, and for the State
| Horticultural society and some Others
were passed. A bill appropriatinl
$500, 900 to complete the state house
was passed.
GOvERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
The governor sent the following ap-
| pointments to the senate.
j. n. Roberts, Of Lawrence, for adju
Harrison Kelley, of Coffee count!
and b. F. Bond of Sterling, to succeed
| A. T. Sharpe and w. S Crumb az
members of the state board of char
tiles.
Members of the state boare of health
D. G. Jones of Shawnee county, w. L
Schenck of Usage county, L. c. Mus
Saline county, H. D. Hill of Butte
county, Frank Swallow of Jefferson
county and r. A. Williams of johnson
county.
Regents of the agricultural college
John Z. Hessin of Manhattan, A. z
Forsythe of Montgomery county
Joshua Wheeler of AtchisOn county
and Morgan Caraway of BartOl
county.
Regents of the state normal school
J. S. West of Bourbon county, Rudolph
Hatfield of Sedgwick county, AM
Charles w. Hull of Phillips county.
Senator L. NJ. Carroll was appointe
major general, and as above mentiOne
was confirmed.
| The following were appointed briga
dlers general of the state militia: &
NJ. Fuller of Topeka, brigadier genera
of the third district; Adam Dixon @
Belleyille, brigadier general of tn
fourth district; Murray Myers of WITCH
district, and S. l.. Patrick of Ottawa
brigadier general of the first district
J. n. Roberts of Lawrence, was ar
pointed adiutant general, and w. I
Ford of z ttsburg, assistant adjutan
: general.
The following were appointed men
bers of the governors staff.
H. F. Best, quartermaster genera
Frank NJ. Bonebrake of Topeka, paN
master general; G. G. Loghlin, lieutel
ant colonel and A. ID. c., NJ. Callahd
: of Wichita, lieutenant colonel and 4
d. G. and w. H Avery, lieutenaI
colonel and A. D. G.
For commissioner of forestry Il
governor appointed Martin Allen I
Ellis; for fish commissioner, j. ]
t Brumbaugh of Cloud county.