The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-20
OUR LEGISLATURE
THE TWO HOUSES AT LoGGERHEADS
AND FEW BILLS WILL GO TO
THE GOVERNOR.
The Eli to Modify the Police Commission
Law Killed In the Senate.
Australian Law Passed.

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dav morning. Among the petitions
presented this morning was one pray
ing that the law be SO amended as 10
require sherifTs to keep employed petit
jurors, when not trying cases to detail
them on the rock pile or at some other
cOngenial employment beneficial to
their country. in the interest Of re-
form. Among the bills introduced was
one providing that persons organizing
a corporation shall nay into the state
treasury a sum eXuai TO one half Of !
per cent. OF the capital stock authorized
to be issued under the charter. Another
bill making provisions for the appoint
ment of a special agent who shall aid
and assist soldiers, sailors and marin =
Of the late war in prosecuting their
claims before the pension department
at Washington. A bill WIS introduced
to enable cities Of the second and third
classes to change their corporate limits
50 as 10 exclude additions and subdiyis-
ions when found to be desirable. Mr.
Moody introduced concurrent resO!u-
ton similar TO that enacted I'm the Ohio
legislature whereby the Old soldiers at
the soldiers home might have their
votes recorded on national affairs at
their respective homes without the eX-
pense of going there. The resolution
WAS referred, after being adorted,
to the Judiciary committee.
Senator FOrney intro lUced u resolution
instructing the committee on state to
furnish, at the earliest practicable
moment the Information: "CAn the
state house be LETT in Its present incOm-
plcte condition for two years without
material injury to the same and the in
tcrcsts of the state?" and IF the same
cannot be done, can the necessary funds
for the completion of the same be
raised by the issuance of bonds bearing
a low rate Of INTEREST,"" The resolution
was laid over. Senator kelley's com
mercial congress resolution fixing Kan
sas City as the place for holding the
convention, and April II as the date.
This was in conformity with letters and
kilograms from boards of trade and
mayors of cities at Salt Lake, Denver
and other points interested. The
dynamite resolution was taken up. The
senate then considered fourteen local
bills and five appropriation bills, re-
commenting all for passage. The so.
diers' orphans home appropriation bill
ELECTED considerable discussion and
went over without report. Adjourned.
In the house little OF Importance was
done. Speaker Elder, of the committee
on ways and means, stated that the
committee held a certain bill which he
was interested for a month. and he
would like to have it reported. Ruble
of Sedgwick, this afternoon offered a
resolution calling upon congress to pay
the ex-Union soldiers the difference
between the deprecated currency they
received for pay and gold. The resOlu-
ton was adopted.
Feb. 1O.AIn the senate in anticipa-
ton of a severe contest over the bill
granting the right of way through the
grounds of the state to the water
power company. which was made d
PETER and Editor McLallen of the Ali.
ance Advocate, Endorsed the resolution
also, as did others. The police com
mission bill was taken up. Senator
Carroll demanded first a call of the roll
and afterwards call of the house.
thereby forcing every senator to record
himself in one manner or another. The
vote stood 10 for % against. The senate
went into executive session for the pur-
pose of considering the nomination, by
Governor Humphrey, of Hon. w. II.
Mcbride as commissioner of insurance
vice General ID. w. Wilder, time ex-
pired. The vote resulted-yeas, j:
nays, 3. In the house the entire morn
ing session was taken in discussing the
senate amendments to the concurrent
resolution. Rice'S motion to indefinate
ly postpone was lost. After a long and
warm discussion the bill was recon-
mended for passage. The committee
on railroads to-day reported a subSti
tute for house bill No. IA. This bill
provides that the maximum rate for
passenger fare in Kansas shall be cents
per mile. The present board of rail
road commissioners will go out April
!. Then a new board is to be appoint
ed, one by the senate, one by the house
and one by the exective council. They
are to hold their places until January.
1892.
Feb. lin the senate notice WIS
received from the house that they had
adopted the house concurrent resOlu-
ton providing the delegates for the
western counties with copies of the
statues, and returning the dynamite
resolution somewhat mangled. The
senate cOncurred in the resolutions As
reported. President Felt appointed as
the senate contingent to the joint COM
mittee to investigate the COffeyville
dynamite explosion, Senators Kimball,
Mohler and Carroll, of Leavenw0th.
Under the order of third reading of
bills, the calendar was cleared except in
the cases of senate bills already motor
iOus as the Topeka dam bills" which
were taken up and passed by votes of
q to and "a to 3 respectively. There
were just twenty bills passed. The
committee on assessment and taxation
made favorable report on the bill
the present law by proposing
TO assess and tax personal property in
certain cases. The object of the bill Is
10 correct the evil OF allowir g cattle AMI
other stock to be brought 10 Kansas
from other states for the purpose OF
feeding or grazing. All such live
stock brought in between the first day
Of March and the first day OF July of
each year shall be assessed and a tax
collected on them. Mr.. Kelly. intro
duced bill today which provides that
where moneys due, or which may be-
come due, any county of this state, and
where such county is deliquent to the
state on account of unpaid taxes,
sales of school land or other money due
the state. it shall be the duty OF
the auditor of state TO credit
such county with the amounts
A bill was introduced that no life in
surance company shall charge or collect
e., IL.
a term of years, more than per cent.
yearly on the the amount OF the policy,
and that not more than 40 per cent.
yearly on a policy for risk against
fire. The bill excerpts mutual benevo-
nd