The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-27

ty affairs T. porte ed on council bill No. 81
and recommended that the same pass.
This bill amends chapters So and 10 OF the
statutes.
The committee on judiciary asked for
further time in which to consider council
bill No. 81. Granted.
Under the head of miscellaneous busi-
ness Mr.. Pulliam renewed his inquiry AS
to the authority of the enrolling commit
tee in the matter of supplying missing
words in bills
Mr.. Mccartney thought the committee
might properly recommend such supply
for omissions, provided they called the at
tention of the council to such words
Mr.. Carswell thought that the commit
tee had the power to correct all evident
clerical errors
Mr.. Ross thought the committee had
authority to correct all plain errors,
| whether in any particular word, IN con-
structlon or punctuation.
! Mr.. McCredie took a different view,
holding that the committee must enroll
all bills just as they come from the hands
of the clerk. If corrections are made at
the body by which the COMMITTEES is ap-
| pointed.
Mr. Pulliam remarked that he and an
| other member of the committee, being old
school teachers. felt pride in having all
| bills that pass their inspection put into
| ineligible and grammatical form. They
! objected to allowing botch jobs 20 out Of
| their hands with their sanction. He
| meant no reflection on the author OF the
| bill specially referred to (Mr. Cannon) for
| he too, was geLtlemau of erudltlon. ana
any errors in his work must be mere slips
which are always liable to creep into
! bill
| The discussion was closed by the read
| ing of a section of law lnstructlng the
committee to make certain corrections.
Mr.. McCredie moved, in view OF the lnti-
nation of great amount or ungrammat-
lcal work shown in the various bills, that
committee OF one, school teacher and
graduate of the Normal school at Ed
mond, be appointed To correct bills and
put them in good form.
Mr.. Puiiiam inquired whether such
one could be furnished
Mr.. McCTedie replied that one could be
made to order in a short time.
On motion the council then went into
executive session, and then adjourned till
= O'Clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The council reassembled at2 o. clock p. m.
On motion the council went into COM
mitIee of the whole (Mr. McCredie in the
chain for the consideration of the bi;
legaiiZng an election held in the town of
kingfisher and for the issuance Of bonds
for the construction of water works
Mr.. Pitmau wished TO know whether the
bonds were already disposed Of. or whether
they were still in the hands of the city
authorities.
Mr.. Mccartney replied that they had
not yet been sold, but that parties stood
ready to purchase them at fixed price, in
case the election were legalized.
The bonds not yet having been sold, Mr..
Pitman said that he would vote for the
bill If they had already been sold he
would vote against it.
Mr.. Mccartney said that She was author
lied TO say that the people of Kingisher
asked for the passage of the bill.
After full consideration the committee
rose and reported, recommending the pass
age of the bill AS read and amended.
On motion of Mr.. Pitman the bill was
read second time in full, referred to the
committee on municipal corporations and
made special order for tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
MIR. Pitman moved that the rules be sus-
pended aud council bill No. "A be read
second time and placed upon its passage.
This is the anti-nuisance bill considered
yesterday.
Mr.. Fegan was surprised to learn that
the clause allowing the location of
slaughter houses at a distance of only
quarter of mile from any town had not
been amended. He supposed that it had
been; for he regarded IA slaughter house in
nuisance than that of cemetery. He
therefore moved that the bill be recon-
mitted, with instructions TO amend, by
fixing the limit at one mile. Carried.
Mr.. tegan took the chair.
Mr.. Pitman moved the amendment pro-
posed and il was adopted.
The committee then rose and recon-
mended the passage OF the bill as amended.
Mr.. Pitman moved that the bill be read
a third time, be considered engrossed, and
placed upon It's passage So ordered,
The bill was then read. the question
Shall the bill now pass? was put, aud the
vote was ayes, II; navs, o. The title was
agreed to by unanimous consent
The special order for O'Clock was taken
up. This was the report of the chairman
OF the Judiciary committee on bills l TO IA
inclusive and bills Is and 10.
MIR. Pitman stated that the report was
so informal as to be in fact no report at all;
but, considering it for the moment as all
right, by waving notice of this informally,
he moved to recommit the report to the
committee.
This gave rise to discussion, in which
Messrs. Pitman, Fegan, Mccartney and
Shaefer participated.
Mr.. Fegan wanted the subject matter
proposed to be stated in the bill, in order
that his constituents might know the
question under consideration, so that they
might instruct him as to his vote
Mr.. Mccartney asked the gentleman
whether his constituents did not know
enough to ascertain the matter proposed
to be repealed, when articles and sections
OF the law were pointed out.
Mr.. Fegan considered the question as ut
terly absured.
Mr.. Mccartney thought the bills in a
good, definite form to be considered. Tue
report of the committee spoke of the bills
as ''amendAtory,' while the fact Is they
simply repeal, and do not amend Mr.
Mccartney said that he had already re-
ceived quite definite instructions from
many of his constituents on the sections
proposed TO be repealed. He knew, for
instance, that they wanted the repeal Of
the act regulating navigation. Laughter
and this is one OF the laws inciu1ed IN the
report of the committee. Other laws
equally absured were also included in the
report.
At this point in the discussion a mes
sage from the governor was received re-
qujring an executive session Thereupon a
vote was taken upon the question of re-
commitment, it standing as follows: Ayes,
:; Nays, )
The council then went into executive
session 10 consider the message from the
governor.
AN INDIAN SERVICE BILL.
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