Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-01-22
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.


the gen..r'l opinion that. after the
( prelimir:r; work wa, Opposed ri >atur-
I day and tbs rvp' rts of committees were
received. the Senate would adjourn
until Monday. that body resolved itself
into n Committee of the Whole for the
/ consideration of general measures.
There were some few bills introduced,
but none IF special importance. and
some discussion regarding the propriety
of making additional appointments to
the official force of the Senate was in
! dulged in The reports IF large num-
Der of committees were received and as
signed their proper places on the calen-
dar
President Pro Tenn. Hardness. who
was presiding. called Senator BENTLEY
to the chair, when the Senate went into
committee. and Senate bill No. ;, intro
duced by the Revision Committee, which
fixes the salaries of State officers and
their assistants. members of the Legis-
lature and their clerks and officers, was
taken up for consideration. This con-
sumed the entire day. until p. III.
Senator Osborne strikes a popular
chord by introducing a bill prohibiting
the employment of children under Il
years of age. and in an additional clause
regulating the employment of children
under Is years of age. The bill is a
very carefully prepared one, embOdying
the better and more advanced theories
on this subject adopted by many East
ern States, and meets with general APP
proval among Legislators.
4 bill that will be considered with
more than ordinary care was intro
duced, among others, by NJ. G. Kelley,
which requires the county treaSurers to
give notice to school district clerks ten
days prior to the time for holding the
annual meeting of the amount of money
drawn by the district and credit shown
on the treasurer books. After this
notification is made no moneys shall be
paid out of such funds until after the
annual meeting shall have been held,
This Obviates the many mistakes that
are annually made in the local school
funds and requires the clerks, as well
as the county treasurer, To know at all
times the financial condition of the local
school district funds
An appropriation is asked. by a bill
introduced by Senator Long. for money
to pay the bounty for sugar manufact-
ured in the State the two last years
To the Youngest men of Kansas there
will probably not be Il more interesting
bill introduced this session than the one
handed in ny Senator 7, NJ. Carroll
Saturday relating To the State mill
tia While the bill does not attempt to
reorganize the methods, it lops off some
of the top heavy official lists, lessons the
number of brigade divisions from four
to two, thus dispensing with two briga-
dier-generals and their stats, and de.
fines the manner of organization,
methods of government. and regulates
the powers having control over the
militia.
The first bill passed by this Legis,
lature was Senate joint resolution No,
the General Government to the Agri-
cultural College. 1t went through in
the afternoon.
TIRE HOUSE.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 19.-The Speaker
Saturday announced the following
standing committees:
Charitable observation-disclosures of
Butler. Craig, Doty, Simmons, Henry,
Steele. Harvey.
Assessment and T axation-Scott,W Wat
son. Ingram, Phinney, Chubb, Stahl,
Stewart.
State -Matchett, Barnett,
Dryden, Day. Bayer.
Hygiene and Public Hcalth-AIilner,
Simmons. Craig. Stephens, Tucker, Vail
Pearson of Allen.
Penal stitutionS-Duncan. Gable,
Everly. Gilmore. IIardicll. Stanley, Nc
Gilman. Rood, Tanner. Pearson of Pratt,
Cary, IIeber. iIelmick.
County Lines and Seats-MorrisOn,
Everly. Fortney, Stahl. Mitchell, Caster,
Hardy. Hicks, Hopkins.
Militia-NIitchell. ShOwalter, McCOn-
key, Campbell. Nixon. COons. Dryden,
Insurance-Jaclson, Saupine, Dono-
van, Templeton, Brown of Wilson,
Lovett. Douglass.
Engrossed Bills-Cleveland, Alex
ander, Matchett. Douglass, Rice Of
COffey. Scott
Mines and Mining-Dolan, IIartin-
bower, Fisher. Steele, Jones of Chero-
kee. Donovan. Lewis. Morris, Carey,
Carter, Bichoff, Willard. RaFnes,
acknowledgement, jackson. Jones of
Cherokee. Turner, Lewis Reed. Rihrig.
Stanley, Glover.
Joint Rules-Brown of Harvey, Coul-
son. Andrews.
The following special committees
were announced:
To ApportiOn Governors Message
Rogers of Marion. Douglass. Simmons,
Remington. Ooburn.
Conference-Patterso SeatOn. Ken
ton.
Jones. of Butler, introduced a bill on
stenographers' fees.
Wilmington. of Lincoln. introduced
bill abolishing the Office of State oil in
spectOr. This bill will undoubtedly
pass the House with scarcely dissent
ing vote, as the office is considered q
superfluous one,
Representative Wagner, of Phillips
County. offered Il resolution that will
pass both houses. 1t is to the effect
that the destitute Western settlers be
furnished coal from the State peniten-
tiary mines.
Representative SeatOh, of AtchisOn,
one of the old members and parliament
tarians of the House, called attention to
a number of errors that seem to be
creeping into the records
To Open the strip,
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan, Jan. 1S.-The