Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
NEW KANSAS LAWS.
LAVE of a General Nature Passed by the
LeRislature.


Legislature.
Below will be found the title of the acts
of general character passed by the late
Legislature. In addition to these 155 bills
of a purely local nature passed:
S. e. No / 8 relating 10 railway companies,
and giving additional powers TO the Board OF
Railroad Commissioners and prescribing certain
duties and liabilities OF railway companies
s B. No. 265, making appropriation To buy
additional land and to rebuild ventilatlng
clothes shaft at Osawstomie Insane Asylum.
S. B. No. A. creating the State Soldiers
home providing for the management thereof
and making conditional appropriations there
for
S. B. No. ia relating 10 mortgages on real
property and providing penalty for commit
ting wastes by removing buildings or other I'M
provemeDts therefrom-
S. b. No a providing for the condemnation
Of sites for county buildings.
s b. No q to repeal all laws making pre-
MUM rates taken by an insurance company a
lien upon the property insured.
S. B. No S. TO amend chapter III OF the sec
tion laws OF 1886, being an act entitled, AN act
IN relation to garnishments, and attachments
in certain cases for wages"
S. 3. No. 203, providing for the appointment
OF q State Commissioner 10 the International
Exhibition. Paris, France, for 1889, defining his
duties and making ap ropriations for expenses
incident thereto.
S. Is. S4s, TO amend section 15 article 8, Of
chapter %, OF the general statutes OF Kansas
1858, entitled, An act concerning private cor
porstions."
S. B. No 402, making an appropriation for the
construction of the State reformatory at Hutch
iDson.
s. B. No. 30. relating to the code OF criminal
procedure, and amendatory OF sections lf9 and
lS7 OF chapter 81 OF the general statutes OF 1868
II W IN for the notification of
the Supreme Court reports and re- ulate the
sale and exchange of laid reports.
S. B. No. 219 TO amend section chapter SO OF
the session laws of 1887, being an act providing
for the sale of certain municipal bonds to the
board OF commissioners OF the State permanent
schools fund IN certain cases, and prescribing
punishment for the violation OF the act.
S. B. No. $50. relating to mines and mining
S.B. No. Ia, amendatory of and supplemental
TO section 2. chapter 1S6, of the session laws OF
Kansas of 1879, being entitled act TO extend
the time of payment OF securities belonging to
the State permanent school fund and author
izing the commissioners OF said fund to sell
United States Government bonds in which a
part of said fund is invested, and to use the
proceeds in furnishing school district funds.
S. b. No. 12), relating to the code OF civil
procedure and amendatory of sections az and %
and 643, GA, GAG and 647, of chapter 80, Of the
general statutes OF 1868
.. Is NO. SU4, 10 enron Jne late SOluleTS,
widows and orphans, OF the late army OF the
United States residing in Kansas.
H B. No. 81. to amend section /, chapter %.
OF the sess laws OF 1870, being entitled an act
TO provide for the consolidation and extension
OF railroads in the State of Kansas.
H B. No. 1872, TO legaliLe the purchase of and
authorize the issue of patents for certain school
lands in kiowa County, Kansas.
H. B. No. 67S, to change The name OF Davis
County TO Geary.
S. B. No. 23s, making an appropriation for
current expenses OF the asylum for feeble
minded youths for the fiscal year ending June
30 1880, and June go 1891
S. B. $50 making an appropriation 10 pay the
bounty for sugar manufactured in the State Of
Kansas in 1887 and in 1888, provided for by law.
S. ID. "a, making appropriations to continue
the construction OF the main or central building
OF the State house, for incidental repair of the
wings thereof and the construction Of light and
heating plant, and to provide for special levy
of taxes therefor.
S. b. No. 46, making appropriation to pay the
Kansas National Guards, called into active ser
vice August =, 1888 to maintain order and pre-
serve peace in Stevens County, and to pay for
transportation and subsistence while engaged
in such service, and to pay the Kansas National
Guards called into active service TO preserve
the peace in Gray County, in January, 1889.
s b. No. 3D., TO amend section i of an act of
the Legislature OF the State of Kansas, entitled
IAN act to amend an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the health and safety of persons en-
ployed in and about the coal mines of Kansas,
and providing for the inspection Of the same"
being chapter III of the laws Of 1881 approved
March z 1885.
H b. No. 49, to regulate and fix the term of
the district court OF the Twentyeghth Judicial
district
H ID No. 81. making appropriation for the
Of huildiuU no of
OF the Republic of the department Of Kansas
and for charitable purposes.
II. B. No. 304, TO encourage the erection OF
mills and the manufacture of sugar and syrup
out of sorghum cane and authorizing towns hips
and cities OF the second and third class TO sub
scribe stock irsugar factories and to vote bonds
therefor.
II. B. 80, making appropriations for the
Legislative department, enrolling and engross
ing clerks, and committee clerks and other en-
ployes.
H. b. 755, making appropriations for the per
diem and mileage of delegates in the House of
Representatives.
II. B. 53l, making appropri ations for the fur
ther maintenance and support Of the two for
estry stations heretofore established IN the
counties Of Trego and Ford for the fiscal years
ending June 30. 1890, and June 81, 1891.
n. b. s4i, making appropriations for the cur
rent expenses of the Osawatomie Insane Asylum
for the fiscal years ending June 80, 1880, and
June 81, 1891.
H. b. go. making appropriations for the cur
rent expenses of the reform school for the
fiscal years ending June 80, 1890, and June 81,
1891.
II. B. 444. making an appropriation TO pay for
the publication of amendments to the Constitu-
ton submitted by the Legislature Of 1877.
H. b. 4SI, TO prohibit the mortgaging Of ex-
empt personal property without the joint con-
sent of husband and wife.
H. B. No. 233. changing the date of commence
ment of the school year and changing the date
OF annual meetings Of school districts and
amending sections 2 and 3, chapter 2I9 laws of
1887; also requiring county treasurers 10 give
certain notices to school district clerks.
H. B. No. 55l. regulating the rate of interest
upon money, prohibiting usury and providing
penalties therefor, and repeating section Of
chapter O. OF the session laws OF 1871, sections l
and OF chapter 1874 OF the session laws of 1872.
and sections and Of chapter 81 of The general
statutes of 1858.
H. b. No. 12s, providing for the appointment
OF committees to investigate the affairs of State
institutions and conduct OF officers.
H B. No. 50, relating to State, county and
city officers, to restrain them from specializing
in their ofices and amendatory of sections and
of chapter Isl, OF the laws OF 1871.
b. B. No. pa, to limit the liability OF counties
for costs in certain criminal proceedings.
n. B. No. SIS, relating to mortgages and 10
amend section Of chapter IS OF the general
statute of 1868.
n B. No 1876, relating to the registration and
sale OF patent rights and prescribing q penalty
for the violation of the same.
b. B. No. l42, TO encourage the planting and
growing OF timber.
b b No. 466, amendatory Of and supple
mental 70 an act entitled an act TO establish q
Soldiers Orphans Home and for the government
pristion therefor.
II II No l26 relating q the cont-ol and