Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

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rHr Senate ON the sth passed the DALI
vhicn provides for aa1olishing the state boexo
OF Health Senator Osborn o1ssse .s . - -.
the Joint resolution appointing ooafo .. -
ninaer ofncera 70 examine the ucft1Wess 49,
Of the Gulf of Mexico for the location Q.
water harbor. In Commftsee OF e .''s
number OF bills were considered IN -
House Mr. Guthrtess bill to tax motse@ses
considered ut length in COMMITTEES OF NE
Whole. but final action reached the W.
In sugar manufactures Was favorabiy rePofso.s
also the bin providing for bounty Of two censs
Per pound for seven years on sugar.
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate
on the 9th. The resolution for deep vaser
haroor In Texas Was advocated by senator
Osborn In . vigorous speech and passed unans-
mously. No quorum appeared at the afternoon
session and the Senate adjourned After
third reading and passed the bin for . bridge
at Kansas City. Several other local bills
passed. In Committee Of the Whole . large
number of bills were disposed OF The bin pro-
hibitinR the giving or selling OF tobacco to
minors under sixteen years old was unanimously
agreed to. Tho House continued its work ut .
night session
MANY petitions and few bills were
offered in the Senate on the llth The re-
mainder of the forenoon session was occupied in
Committee of the Whole. At the afternoon
session q bin was introduced to abolish the once
Of county auditor of Bourbon County ana was
amended to include every county auditor In the
State. No other business OF importance was
transacted. Bills were read third time In
the House and q 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 petition was
presented for the repeal OF that part or the
jury Law which disqualihes person who has
read accounts OF the actions In newspapers.
Senator Mohler's bill relating to foreclosure or
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 to the Anti-Beef Com
bine convention of States. which is designated
to be held at St Louis. Bills passed: Pro-
viding for q stay OF execution until appeals have
been decided; Senator Ellison's Oleomargarine
ball. requiring hotels. etc.. that use oleomarga-
rine to keep notices posted to that effect; a bill
to provide for the assistance of INDECENT
soldiers or their families; giving additional au-
thority to 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 q 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 a 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. A few bills were intro
duced and Senator Moodys bill passed reQuir-
ing all officers empowered to take acknowl-
edgments Of written instruments to keep q re-
cord OF the same. The bill giving mutual hre
insurance companies In the State power to in
sure all kinds Of property passed The re-
mainder OF the day was devoted to considera-
ton of various bills in Committee Of the Whole.
Bills 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 Osawatomie,
abolishing the once of county auditor tamended
SO as to abolish the ONCE in all counties Of less
than ZOO inhabitants); for paying bounty on
and long talk INDUCED In to how long
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 cediug jurisdiction
to the Fort Riley Military Reservation to the
United States. Mr.. Guthrie'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 q letter
was read from Senator Plumb returning thanks
. for the unanimity with which he had been
elected for a third term. The honor OF repre-
senting such a constituency, he said, quite filed
the measure of his ambition. After the pre-
sentation OF petitions the Senate went into
i COMMITTEE OF the Whoie on olllS relating 10
interest and usury. In the afternoon the
County Auditor bill and the bills making ap-
| propriatlons 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
I were again under fire until adjournment....P
+. titions were p esented in the House and COM
mittees reported. The bill making appropria-
I ions 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 consid-
| cred.