Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1891-02-05
IMPORTANT MATTERS,
As Well as Some Fun In the Leg
iSlStUre,

AS well as some run In fhe Leg
islature.
TOPEKA, kAS.-The senate helps to provide
for the State Soldiers home at Dodge City.
Senator Rush wanted to act upon the bill
messaged over from the house. which appro-
pirates money for deficiency in funds of the
Dodge City Soldiers home.
There was some objection to passing an
appropriation bill before it was printed, but
explanations satisfied the senate and the bin
was passed.
ADMISSION TICKETS.
The senate had sent a resolution to tho
house for its concurrence. fixing the number
of tickets to be issued for entrance of the
hall OF the house during the joint session at
200; of which 300 were to be issued by the
lieutenant governor and COO By the speaker.
This the house did not act upon. but ar
rangements were made for Speaker Elder to
issue GOO tickets.
Whereupon the senate voted to recall the
resolution. As this resolution also provided
for the joint session to he held in the hall Of
the house, it left matters at sea.
STOCK YARDS INVESTIGATION.
The house had sent to the senate concur
rent resolution for the appointment of q
JOINT committee to visit the Kansas City
stock yards. After debate in the senate the
resolution was non-concurred in; the argu-
ments against being that action on the bill
before the legislature which is intended to
cure the existing trouble, would be delayed
to await a report of this committee; while
such report could not bring out any facts
not already well known in both houses
VOTING FOR SENATOR.
This action, in both houses, is to be found
in another place IN this paper.
MORE FUN.
The house sent to the senate concurrent
resolution providing for 4 Joint session. To
it was attached a street doicer, which had
appeared all over the city, containing the
words ''Sand burs stick" and Hay seed
firm
The senate at once unanimously adopted
this resolution:
Resolved, That house concurrent resolu-
tions No. 13 and Il be returned to the house
with the information that the same or any
other communications from the house of
representatives would not be received by the
senate except when presented with pariia-
mentary decorum, legislative courtesy, and
respectful form.
WORLDS FAIR IN THE HOUSE.
The house took action in committee of the
whole on the bill TO provide for represen-
tation of Kansas at the Chicago fair. 1t was
referred to the committee on ways aud
means.
The house in committee of the whole re-
commended the passage of this BILL intro
duced by Mr.. Rice, of Bourbon.
Any person who shall. under contract with
the owner of any tract or piece of land, or
with a trustee, agent, husband, or wife of
such owner, perform labor or furnish mate
rial for the erection, alteration or repair of
any building, improvement. or structure
thereon: or who shall furnish material, or
In in n nv nf tiyt
or machlnry in. or attachment TO- any such
building, structure, or improvement; or who
shall plant any trees, vines, plants or hedges,
in or upon said land, or who shall build,
alter, or repair. or furnish labor or material
for building, altering or repairing any fence
or footwalk IN or upon said land, or any
sidewalk in any street ahutting said land,
shall have a lein upon the whole of said piece
or tract of land. the building and appurte-
nances, in the manner herein provided, for
the amount due to him for such labor, mate
rial, fixtures and machinery. Such liens
shall be preferred TO all other liens or
membranes which may attach to or upon
said land, buildings, or Improvements, or
either of them, subsequent to the commence
ment of sucn building. the furnishing or
putting up of such fixtures or machinery,
the planting of such trees, vines, plants, or
hedges, the building of such fence, footwalks,
or sidewalks, or the making of any such re-
pairs or Improvements.
TAXING MINERAL LANDS.
A bill was introduced by Senator Norton,
relating to the assessment and taxation of
mineral reservations on lands of which the
surface right of which is sold for agricul-
tural purposes, in the coal and mineral pro-
duclng districts of the state. There has,
during the past years, abuses crept into this
sort of conveyancing. as the taxation is as
sessed against the holder of the surface right
only, there being no provision for assessing
the mineral and other valuable reservations.
These mineral and coal reservations are held
almost wholly by large corporations who are
thus exempt from any sort of taxation, while
the farmer is forced to pay the taxes. This
bill strives to correct this abuse, and meets
with approval by majority of the members
of both houses. The bill will no doubt pre-
cipitate fight of considerable magnitude.