The advocate., 1891-02-18
KANsAs EEGrsEATUHE


Hays, Kelley Of Crawford, Kelley Of Nc
Phemon, Kirkpatrick, Lockard, Lcng,Mc-
TaggaFt, Martin, Moody, MurdoCk, Nor
ton, Rankin, Roe, Rush, Smith, Tuck0r,
Wheeler, Woodward and Wright
Senators Howard and King we're the
abgontees.
The bill provided for the abolition Of
Che metropolitan police bill in the citles
OF LeavenWorth and Wichita
The Senators voting for this proposed
amondAtory legislation represent the
counties Of Atchlson, Brown, Chase, Chey-
enne, Decatur, Doniphan, Edwards, FL
llo, Flnney, Ford, Cove, Graham, Grant,
Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodge
maD, Jackoon, Jefferson, johnson, Kear-
ney, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane,
LeavonWorth, Logan, Marion, Miami,
Morris, Morton, Ness, Ottawa, Pawnee,
Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Rocks, Bush,
Saline Scott, sedgwick, Seward, Shaw
nee, Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens,
Thomat, TFogo, Wallace WlOhita and
WyandOtte.
In the House seven bills were intro
ducod and ton bills we're reported upon
by the judiciary committee. Some Of
those committee reports are as follows:
Mn. sPnAKRR;-Tho committee Of the iu-
dietary, 10 whom was referred Senate bill
No. 94, entitled IAN act 30 amend SECTIONS
and 10 Of article Of an aCt entitled An
a6t 10 establish a code OF criminal proood-
uro, being chapter 80 Of Che general stasute5
OF Kansas OF 1889, " have had tho same un-
der confederation, and instruct mo 10 report
a back and recommend lts passage. The
amendment proposed remedies defect In
tho old law by providing, In proceedings 70
keep the peace, that II the magistrate shall
and upon examination that There was no
pfCbable cause 70 fear the commission of
Ench ofionso, and that tho same was inati-
huh0d from malicious motives he shall ta1
Che costs OF such examination TO the COM
planning witness. Under the old Law thQrO
was no provision requiring the prosecuting
witness TO pay the costs In proceedings OF
this kind. s J. s, DOOLwTI@ Chairman.
Nh. sPRAKRR--The committee Of Tho ju-
dioiary, 10 whom was referred House bill
No. 3sA, entitled "An RcH relating 70 Che dis
trlbutiOn OF money derived from taxes upon
railroads for school purposes, in the con-
struction OF which aid was given by voting
OF bonds, " have had tho Same under con-
slderation, and instruct me 20 report II book
90 Che House and recommend IT'S indefinite
pOstponemont, for the reason that Che COM
mittOO are clearly OF the opinion that said
bill, II enacted into q law, would bo unCon-
otitutiOnal and void.
In support of this opinion the committee
cite thO provision of the constitution and de-
Olsion OF che court upon which IL 10 bssod.
Mn. SpnAKRR:--The committee Of tho iu-
dietary have had under confederation House
bill No. 6l2, entitled "An act 10 amend SEQ
hon 2, chapter IA, Of the sessiOn laws Of
1883, entitled AN aoh respecting bonds,
nOte8 and bills Of exchange" and INSTRUCT
mo 70 report IL back, and recommend its
passage. The section proposed 10 be
amended provides, that whom a bond, note
or bill Of exchange shall be endorsed, as
provided in the preceding section, aftor due,
and the ondOrsee shall institute an action
thereon against tho maker, the defendant
shall bo allowed 10 set up the same defense
as no might have done had tho same sCtiOn
boon instituted In the name and for the usO
Of The pors0n 10 whom the said bOnd, note
Or bill wao originally made payable.
T'ha owoo,,Avna,,k rronnaed laaveq ont khe