Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
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TIE 6onato on the 10So put u JUG - ..o.o
day considering Mr. KimoAlfs Usury ou "a
COMMITTEES Of the Whole. At the evening
session local bills were similarly considered
The business in the House was rather t.me ~
when the third reading OF bus VS. sseusu -
following passed: Providing for the appon.
ment Of committees TO investigate me eHA.ts O
State institutions and conduct OF cmce.ss
iaeing 70 mortgages Of personal 1pfoPeny. -
drugs; TO prohibit the mcrtgaxing OF exemP.
personal property without ne Pus
consent OF husband and wfe: or
the protection OF children: reiauie
ing the issue OF patents TO certain school ianos
IN Alowa County: to provide for the current
support OF the Soldiers Orphans Home. ana
several local bills The proposition to amend
the Constitution 10 extend the session OF tho
Legislature to ninety days and to make the pay
i've dollars per day with ten cents mileage was
defeated. Bills were then considered In Com
mittee Of the Whole, the Irrigation bill being
under discussion. also the Fees and Salaries
bill. The latter was killed
WHEN the Senate met at ten O'Clock on
the morning of the 10th Saturday nearly an
hour was taken up in talking a motion to adj
lourn from II 80 o'clock to Monday. The mo-
ton finally prevailed and the Interest bill was
briefly considered in Committee OF the Whole
and the Senate adjourned The House dis
cussed at length the motion TO agree to q re-
port of the Committee Of the Whole the day be-
fore and finally rejected the report on the Fees
and Salary bull and agreed TO the Irrigation
bill, which was ordered to third reading The
House passed the Topeka Insane Asylum. the
Soldiers Orphans Home and Beio1t Re
form School for Girls Appropriation
billsi several local bills also passed A
petition from p coo women IF Topeka was pre-
sented protesting against the passage OF the
bill reducing the age OF consent from eighteen
to twelve years A concurrent resolution was
introduced by Mr.. Sutton asking Congress to
donate the Fort Dodge and Fort Hays military
reservations to the State for the purpose OF
providing the old soldiers and sailors Of the
tQf 10 wi Nome in hoir doe1s nip yea re
the evening session bills were considered in
Committee of the Whole.
THERE was a small attendance Of MEM
bers when the Senate met on the 18TH Several
bills and petitions were presented and bills
read second time. Senator Hardness
ceeded in getting his judicial Apportionment
bill (Which had been smothered in Committee
OF the Whole) placed back on the calendar In
surance bills were considered in Committee of
the Whole. Senator Buchan's bill authorizing
johnson and Wyandotte Counties to Issue
bonds TO build bridge at Bonner Springs
passed The bill passed authorizing
cities of the second class to extend
their police regulations over one mile
of contiguous territory, also a number OF local
bills. At the evening session the Executive
Appropriation bill was consiuered at length
In the House the substitute proposed by the
judiciary Committee relating to interest was
taken up as the special order and occupied the
morning and afternoon sessions. The bull was
finally recommended for passage. 1t fixes the
legal rate at six per cent and the maximum
rate ten per cent. and a forfeiture Of interest
and principal If more than twenty per cent is
charged At the evening session bills were
considered in Committee OF the Whole.
THE Senate on the 18th passed the bill
makingit misdemeauor to improperly wear
g. A R. badges. The Executive Appropria-
ton bill was again discussed, or rather the
item to increase the salary OF the Assistant
Treasurer. The 1ncr was defeated At the
afternoon session the Interest bill was again
the subject OF debate and finally recon-
n
local bills passed and at the evening session
bills were consi Tered in Committee of the
Whole 90 In the House the morning and afi er-
noon sessions were occupied in discussing Mr.
Guthrie's two bills, 25S and o., the one
providing for the inspection of live animals in
tended for human food, and prohibiting the sale
OF certain meats, and the second $3.50 prohibit
ing the sale Of unsound, diseased, adulterated.
and unwholesome articles of food, regulating
the SLAUGHTER of animals, etc. The enacting
clause was finally stricken out of the frst and
resolution amendin the Constitution so as to
extend the session OF the Legislature to ninety
days passed. The University bill passed
AFTER routine business the Senate on
the Goth agreed to the House amendments to
the University bill except the clause cutting on
the pay of regents while engaged in the per
Torrance of their duties. The House judicial
Apportionment bill was c, nsidered at some
length and defeated and the Senate bill the
same subject taken up. The bill TO prevent fire
insurance companies from establishing pooling
rates passed, but the vote was RECONSTRUCTED
and the bill went over. The bill making ap-
preparation for the girls industrial school
at Belo passed In the House among
| the bills passed were: To enable irrl-
cation companies to condemn the
| right Of way, concerning mortgages; the UNI
rersity bill; providing for an irrigation COM
missioner; amending the Grand Jury law to
restrain waste on mortgaged land ito amend the
law in regard to county auditors: to extend the
penalty for disposing of mortgaged ehattels;
amending the Interest law relating to fore
closure of origages for non-payment of inter
| est; amending the law relating to assessment
and collection of ts'xes: exempting ex-Union
soldiers from the payment of poll tax for the
relief of INDECENT soldiers, their wives widows
and orphans, and q host OF local and private
bills:
THE Senate on the 21st non -concurred in
the House amendmentto the Grand Jury bill,
and passed the Judicial Apportionment bill
Several Senators explained their votes on the
Age Of Consent bill, and communication
was read from the Equal Suffrage Association
| of Saina. denouncing the vote OF certain
Senators in favor of the bill. Insurance bills
were then considered in Committee of the
Whole At the evening session many appro-
priation bills were favorably considered and
recommended Tor passage In the House In
surance bills were considered in Committee of
the Whole and at the afternoon session theL bill
passed providing Tor oil inspector After
further debate on insurance bills the High bill
was finally passed with an amendment which
materially lessons the power of the State
superintendent of Insurance. Mr. Aohler's
Alien bill was then discussed.
University Centennial
WASHINGTON. Feb 22-The exercises OF
the centennial celebration of the Jesuit
University at Georgetown yesterday were
under the auspices of the alumni associa-
ton. CASTOR memorial hall, in which the
proceedings were held, was Handsomely