Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-07

TOPEKA, Thirty seventh Day IN Session.
The house ground through the bill, fixing
MAXIMUM FREIGHT RATES.
This bill was big one, and two hours was
the limit voted to give for its consideration in
committee of the whole.
1t was opposed vigorously, but was recon-
mended for passage just as it came from the
railroad committee. 1t makes an average re-
duction on 5O-mile haul of about Sc per
cent, on a 100 mile haul about Al per cent,
on 5Oo-mile haul about A per cent. 1t has
an absolute provision that no road shall
charge more for short haul than for long
haul.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The committee of the whole house then
rapidly passed upon the appropriation bills
for the normal school, for the Beloit girls re-
forrnatory, for the school for the blind, for
the Soldiers Orphans home. for salaries of
district judges, for the school for the deaf
and dumb, for the agricultural college, for
maintenance of insane persons by counties
when there was no room for them in the two
insane asylums for the Horticultural society
and for the reform school for boys.
All these bills went through the committee
as reported by the committee on ways and
means. They had been passed by the senate,
but they were cut down considerably by the
house ways and means committee; IN the
items of salaries the cuts ranged from 10 to
40 per cent. Other reductions were made
here and there.
The first bill considered was for the Empo-
ria normal school, and an effort was made to
retain the amounts put in the bill by the sem
ate. This proved fruitless and So the rest of
fho hull M
position, it being evident that the house would
stand by its committee on ways and means.
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The Maddox bill was then passed through
the committee. 1t permits the class of mutual
insurance companies which Superintendent
Wilder has kept out of Kansas to come in
and do business.
CONGRESSIONAL APPoRTIoNMENT.
The house committee on congressional ap-
portionment reported a bill at 10:45 a. NJ; at
11:50 it had been read first and second time,
approved by committee of the whole, placed
on third reading, and passed by the house.
1t is said that this bill has been agreed up
on by all parties and is probably to become
the law. 1t divides the state into eight dis
trlcts, viz:
First district-Doniphan, Brown, Jackson,
Atchison, Jefferson, Leavenworth, ana Wy
andotte counties.
Second-Johnson, Douglas, Franklin, Mi
ami, Linn, Anderson, Coffey, Bourbon Allen
and WOodston.
Third-Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, Neo-
sho, Wilson, Montgomery, Chautauqua, Elk
and Greenwood.
Fourth-Butler, Cowley, Sumner, Sedg.
wick, Harvey, Kingman and Harper.
Fifth-Nemaha, Marshall, Pottawatomie,
Riley, Geary, Washington, Republic, Clay,
Ottawa and Cloud.
Sixth-Shawnee, Usage, Lyon, Wabaunsee,
Chase, Morris, Marion and Dickinson.
Seventh - Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitchell,
Jewel, Smith. Russell, Osborne, Ellis, Rocks,
Phillips, Norton, Graham, Trego, Cove,
Sheridan, Decatur, Rawlins, Thomas, Logan,
Wallace, Sherman and Cheyenne.
Eighth-McPherson, Reno, Rice, Barton,
Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Comanche, Kiowa,
Edwards, Pawnee, Rush. Ness, Hodgeman,
Ford, Clark, Meade, Gray, Garfield, Lane,
Scott, Finney, Haskell, Seward, Stevens,
Grant, Kearney, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton,
Stanton and Morton.
THE PRINTING BILL
came up as special order, but was re-commit-
ted TO the printing committee.
TAX PENALTY.
The house passed the bill to reduce the
penalty on unpaid taxes from a to 10 per
cent.
OMNIBUS
The house then passed a large batch of
local bills by an omnibus vote.
FOR REGULATION OF BANKS.
The senate concluded its consideration IN
committee of the whole of the bill providing
for the organization and regulation of banks
and approved 1t.
1t requires all banks which receive deposits
to become corporations, and provides for a
supervision of banks like that given unuer
the national banking law. All banks to
have paid up capital of at least $4,000.
BILLS PASSED.
The senate passed number of bills which
have herein been reported as approved by it
in committee of the whole.
CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS.
The senate spent long evening session on
bills applicable only to cities of the first
class and recommended their passage. A
number of local bills were also approved in
committee of the whole.