The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-07
Wednesdays Proceedings.
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o'clock tomorrow morning.
Wednesdays Proceedings.
SENATE.
TOPEKA, Jan. 31.-LieGtenant Gov
ernor Felt called the senate to order at
10 a. m. yesterday and Chaplain Bright
offered prayer. After the reading of
the journal for Tuesday the following
petitions were presented:
By Senator Bentley, from the county
commissioners of Crawford county:
praying for change in the time of
election of county clerks. Referred to
the committee of elections.
By Senator Chapman, from the coun-
to commissioners of Barton county, m
relation to abStracting; also from
Stafford and Rice counties for the
same. Referred to the committee on
judiciary.
By Senator Hays, by request from
the Equal Suffrage association of Lin
coin and fourteen others. praying that
women be placed on the state board of
charitable institutions. Rrferred TO
the committee on charitable institu-
lions.
By Senator johnson, by request from
thirty-One citizens of Jefferson county
same county, praying for inspection of
meat. Referred TO the committee on
public health.
By Senator Wilson from members of
the bar of Graham county praying for
relief in the Seventeenth judicial dis
trict. Referred to the committee on
judicial apportionment.
By Senator kirkpatrick from the bar
of Neosho county, praying for the pas
sage of the bill prohibiting special
questions to the jury. Referred to
committee on Judiciary.
By Senator Carroll of Miami, from
tWenty-one citizens of Miami county,
praying for passage of S. b. No. 81.
Referred to the judiciary committee.
The following bills were introduced
and read first time.
S. B. No. 268, by Senator Buchan:
An act relating to the police govern
ment of cities, and amendatory of, and
supplemental to, chapter 100 of Lhe
session laws Of 1887. being an act en-
| titled IAN act providing for the police
government of cities of the first class
through a board of police commits
sionerS appointed by the executive
council, and also for a similar govern
| ment of cities of the second class in
certain contingencies"
s. B. No. 269, by Senator Wright:
titled IAN act to create state and local
boards of health and to regulate the
practice of medicine in the state Of
Kansas" as approved March z, 1885.
s. B. No. 270, by Senator Kelly of
Mcpherson: An act to amend section
279, of chapter 81 of the general statutes
of 1868.
S. b. No. 2S1, by judiciary committee:
An act to amend section /, 2, and of
chapter IL of the general statutes of
1868, being an act relating to ATTORNEYS
at law, and to repeal sections /, 2 and
of said chapter.
S.B. No. 272, by Senator Norton: An
act defining the liability of insurance
companies in certain cases.
S. B. No. 273, by Senator Norton: An
act to amend chapter 125 of the session
| laws of 1887.
s. b. No. 274. (by request): An act to
amend section 400 of article 20, of chap
ter so of the complied laws of Kansas.
S. 3. No. 275, by Senator KING (by re-
| Quest) an act to amend section n of
chapter 80 of the complied laws of 1885,
being an act to establish code of civil
| procedure.
S. B. No. 276, by Senator BentIy:
An act for the protection of children.
S. B. No. 277, by Senator Kirkpat-
| rick; An act to amend section of
chapter 123 of the laws of 1871.
! S. B. No 278, by Senator Kirkpatrick:
An act to amend an act to establish a
code of criminal procedure, approved
February 20, 1858.
y. B. No. 279, by Senator Kirkpatrick:
An act to amend section 40 of article
5, chapter so of the compiled laws of
1858.
Senate bills 26S to 267 inclusive were
read q second time and referred.
On Senator Kelly's of Mcpherson
motion the rules were suspended and
the senate concurred in house amend
ment to senate concurrent resolution
No. Is in relation TO the printing of
400 instead of 800 copies of bills.
Chairmen Forney, from the commit
tee on engrOssed bills, reported that S.
B. No. 80 had been correctly engrossed
The chairman of the committee OF
ways and means, fees and salaries
state affairs, judiciary, military affairs
roads and bridges, and elections made
reports.
Senate bill No. 20, to restrict the
ownership of real estate in the state Of
J Kansas to American citizens and those
, who have lawfully declared their inten
tionS to become such, and so forth, aDC
to limit the quantity of land which cor
porations may acquire, hold or own
, came up for third reading and wa
passed.
| S. B. No. 90, an act to repeal ch apte
: 157 of the laws of 1887, entitled al
) act to regulate the salaries Of count
: clerk and county treasurer of Morton
county, % was read third time and tn
vote on final passage of the bill result
z | ed so to nothing in its favor.
: The following bills were introduced
j. II. B.-No. All. by Mr.. Gibson, o
: Dickinson. making an appropriation
{ for the use of WaterWoEks corpora
Q tions.
d state affairs. an1endatory Of section Il
s chapter 90, laws Of 1871, as amends
8 BY the laws Of 1875, chapter 1I2, sec