The advocate., 1891-04-01
HANDS ELBOW DEEP IN THE STATE
TREASURY.

Five members Of the Kansas State
Senate may hereafter be known to the
people OF this commonwealth as mod
ern adopts in the commercial and
mathematical elements Of addition,
division and silence. In the mani
iestO issued by the Representatives OF
the Peoples House they are espec-
tally mentioned, and their names and
residences are as follows: f. p.
Hardness, Of Clay county @. II. Kim
ball, Of Labette county; M. O. Kelley,
OF Crawford countyj Joel Moody, OF
Linn county I. b, Murdock, OF But
Ter county.
This body Of patriotic Senators
most felicitouslY styled themselves a
Senate revision committee, appointed
under Senate resolution No. 81, which
was offered in the Senate on the
afternoon Of March 2, 18S9-siter
state legislation had ceased-by Sen
ator Kimball. Senator Kimball
moved the adoption Of his resolution,
which motion prevailed, and Lieuten-
ant Governor Andrew Jackson Felt
appointed the committee under the
resolution as named above.
The text Of the preamble and reso-
luton No. 81 reads as follows:
Whereas, The statutory provisions relating to
powers and duties OF the various state depart
ments, boards and commissioners are In many
instances vague and indefinite, and without the
precision and dlreCtness requisite 10 Che intelll.
gent, systematical and methOdcal conduct OF
state affairs and the guidance OF state officers
and others intusted with the management OF In
BtltutlOns and the expenditure Of public fundsi
therefore belt
Resolved by the Senate, That committee OF
i've members OF the Senate be appointed, whose
duty IL shall be IN revise aud Codify all existing
laws, or II in their Judgment tho public Interests
80 demand, prepare for submission TO the next
regular session OF tho Legislature, bills specl-
acally defining the powers and duties OF state
OflCeTs, heads Of departments, boards and COM
mlsslOners created by law, and laws providing
for the state printing. Said committee shall
make its report In writing 70 the Governor on or
before the ist day OF December, $780, and the
Governor Is hereby requested to have the report
printed and TO transmit copy thereof to each
member elect " the next House and Senate be-
fore the cOnvenlng OF the Legislature Of 1901
The members Of the committee shall receive as
compensation for their services the same per
diem and mileage In attending meetings 40 is
allowed TO state Senators. The committee is
authorized 10 empl y q secretary, who shall re-
Ceive the same amount per diem rs Is allowed the
secretary Of the Senate.
The report of this Senate revision
committee to Governor Humphrey
occupies thirteen pages of pamphlet,
which is followed by twenty bills
which they singly and collectively
hoped would become enacted into the
statutes of the state
The text of the preface Of their
report is in the following language:
To the Honorable Lyman U. Humphrey, GoU-
CTnOT Of hc State ~ Kansas:
The committee appointed under Senate resOiu-
tOn No. o. ITO revise and cOdify all existing
laws, or lin their Judgment the public interests 80
demand, prepare for submission at the next reg
ular session Of the Legislature, bills specifically
defining the powers and duties OF all state ON
GERS, heads Of departments boards and commits
m'ssloners created by law and laws providing for
the state printing" report herewith SundrY bills
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