Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-21
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
A Condensed Report OF the Weeks Pro-
ceedinGS.

A Condensed Report OF the Weeks Pro-
ceedinEs.
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate
/ on the 9Th. The resolution for a deep water
| harbor In Texas was advocated by Senator
| Osborn in vigorous speech and passed unani-
| mously. No quorum appeared at the afternoon
| session and the Senate adjourned. . After
| routine business the House took up bills on
third reading and passed the bill for bridge
! at Kansas City. Several other loc.,l bills
passed. In Committee OF the Whole large
number OF bills were disposed OF. The bill pro-
hlbiting the giving or selling OF tobacco to
minors under sixteen years old was unanimously
agreed to. The House continued its work al
night session.
MANY petitions and few bills were
offered in the Senate on the 11th. The re-
malnder OF the forenoon session was occupied in
Committee OF the Whole. AT the afternoon
session bill was introduced to abolish the Office
OF county auditor of Bourbon County and was
amended to include every county auditor in the
State. No other business of importance was
transacted Bills were read q third time in
the House and number passed mostly of q
local character. The bill relating to fees and
salaries OF county officers was discussed at great
length, and at the evening session business was
transacted in Committee of the Whole
In the Senate on the 18th a petition was
presented for the repeal OF that part OF the
Jury law which disQualifes a person who has
read accounts OF the actions in newspapers.
Senator Mohlers bill relating to foreclosure OF
mortgages was killed in Committee of the
Whole. The Ways and Means Committee re-
ported favorably on the resolution TO pay the
expenses OF delegates 10 the Anti-Beef Com
bine convention Of States, which is designated
to be held at st. Louis. Bills passed: Pro-
viding for stay of execution until appeals have
been decided; Senator Ellisons Oleomargarlne
DILL requiring hotels ETC., that use oleomarga-
rlne TO keep notices posted TO that effect; bill
to provide for the assistance of INDECENT
soldiers or their families; giving additional su-
thor1ty 10 courts in divorce cases; changing the
grand jury law; concerning schools in cities,
and several local bills. In the House much
time was taken up in attempting to dispose of
Mr.. LeGate's bill IN regard to persons employed
IN coal mines, and after call OF the House and
many other motions it was finally placed on the
calendar. In the afternoon the bill to encourage
the erection of mills and that for q bounty on
the manufacture of sugar passed. Some thirty
bills of local nature also passed. Bills were
considered in Committee OF the Whole at the
evening session.
MANY petitions were presented in the
Senate on the 18th. few bills were intro
duced and Senator Moody's bill passed requir-
ing all officers empowered to take acknowl-
edgments of written instruments to keep re-
cord of the same. The bill giving mutual fire
insurance companies in the State power to in
sure all kinds OF property passed The re-
mainder of the day was devoted TO considera-
tlon OF various bills in Committee of the Whole
Bllls were favorably reported for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to erect an additional building for
the insane asylum at Topeka: also an appro-
priation for additional buildings at Osawato:Tie;
aboshing the Office of county auditor (amended
so as to abolish the office in all counties of less
I'M hoh tan cl fOr tiper hnrn
sugar. 80. In the House petitions were p esented
and long talk INDUCED in as to how long a
member should have the privilege OF talking. |
Mr.. Young's bill defining the Tenth and
Eleventh Representative districts in Wyandotte |
County passed, also the bill ceding jurisdiction !
to the Fort Riley Military Reservation to the |
United States. Mr.. Guthre's bill for assessing |
and taxing debts secured by mortgage was |
further discussed and finally lost. But little |
work was done at the evening session.
WHEN the Senate met on the 14th letter |
was read from Senator Plumb returning thanks |
for the unanimity with which he had been |
elected for third term. The honor of repre- |
senting such a constituency he said, quite filled |
the measure of his ambition. After the pre- |
sentation of petitions the Senate went into |
Committee of the Whole on bills relating 70 |
interest and usury. In the afternoon the |
County Auditor bill and the bills making ap-
preparations for construction purposes at the /
capital, insane asylums and for paying bounty |
on sugar passed. and the Judicial Appor-
tionment bill was considered and. after fight
recommended for passage. At the afternoon
session the bills relating to interest and usury
were again under fire until adjournment. . Pc
titions were p esented in the House and COM
mittees reported. The bill making approprIa-
tions for the support of the Soldiers Orphans
Home was debated at length in Committee OF
the Whole At the afternoon and evening ses-
sions appropriation bills were further ccnsid-
cred.
The Senate on the 18th put in the whole
lay considering Mr. Kimbalrs Usury bill in
Committee OF the Whole. At the evening
session local bills were similarly considered -.
The business in the House was iather tame and !
Then the third reading of bills was reached the
passed: Providing for the appoint
nent of committees to investigate the affairs OF
state institutions and conduct of officers; re-
ating to mortgages of personal property; to
provide against the adulteration of food and
irugs; to prohibit the mortgaging OF exempt
PERSONAL property without the Joint
consent of husband and wife: for
he protection OF children relating
% mutual fire insurance companies; authoriZ-
ng the issue OF patents to certain school lands
n Kiowa County: to provide for the current
upport of the Soldiers Orphans Home and
everal local bills. The proposition to amend
he Constitution to extend the session of the
legislature to ninety days and to make the paw
I've dollars per day with ten cents mileage was
efeated. Bills were then considered in Com
nttee Of the Whole, the Irrigation bill being
nder discussion. also the Fees and Salaries !
ill. The latter was killed.