Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-03-16
What the Legislature Did.

bills than usual were passed
but there we're many sweeping
measures adopted. There became
laws POS bills, 1OS bills were from the
senate and 1902 bills were from the
house. The total number OF bills
introduced was $40. There was no
retrenchment In expenses, appropria-
lions reaching s2,5Oo,0OO which il
within few thousand dollars Of those
Of two years ago. Tie tax levy, 81
mills, is the same as two years ago.
A number Of bills are Of great i'm
portance. They are as follows:
The Australian ballot law, which
goes into effect at the next general
election and thereafter all elections IN
Kansas State, county, city and special
are to be conducted under the Aus.
traliaD system The bill originated IN
the senate and was voted for by a ma.
jority Of the Republicans Of both houses.
A law compelling all corporations
AMI persons, except railroad companies
and agricultural corporations, to pay
their employees weekly; n penalty Of 8
per cent II not paid. This bill origin
ated in the senate.
Speaker Douglass bill to prohibit the
corrupt use Of money at elections. 1t
provides for imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for the unlawful use OF money
or any other things Of value at cleo
tions. 1t requires every candidate and
campaign committee to file with the
county clerk an itPmized statement Of
every expense and receipt In connection
with the campaign. Originated In the
house.
A mortgage redemption law, provid-
ing for a redemption period Of Is
months after sale under foreclosure
with possession for o months # a
homestead but where the court or
judge shall flnd that the lands aud
tenents have been abapdoned or are
not occupied In good faith as n home
stead by the family OF the debtor, the
Of redemption shall be six months from
the day Of sale; during the first nine
months the defendant owner has the
exclusive right Of redemptiOn; for the
next six months creditors may redeem
from each other. The terms Of redemp.
ton are: The reimbursement OF the
amount paid by the holder of the certi.
ticate, together with interest aud costs
OF suit; after redemption, the properly
is not subject to further execution for
any deficiency arising upon the sale,
and is not subject to execution for the
liens OF creditors who did not avail
themselves OF the privilege Of redeem
ing during the redemption period. The
bill as passed originated in the house
and was adoptedY the senate.
Worlds Fair appropriation of $65, 900
for Kansas exhibit.
A law amending the tax law by
which the March penalty Of per cent
is knocked out, making a reduction of
33i per cent before the sale of the
property, and after the sale of the
property for taxes the tax certificate Is
to draw 10 per cent interest instead OF
"a per cent as now. The bill as passed
originated in the house.
Senator Forney's bill for the protec.
ton of shippers of grain, seeds and
hay, which requires railroad companies
to construct scales for the weighing Of
grain at every station from which 100
cars of grain are shipped yearly; the
company is authorized to collect 25
cents n car for each car weighed.
Shippers are empowered to collect
through the courts damages for losses OF
grain, seeds and hay which occur while
the shipments are In transit, providing
the shortage is more than one fourth OF
one per cent.
The bill repeating the law Of 1887 by
which railroads are authorized to col
lect excess fares Of from 10 to 25 cents
from passengers who neglect to pur-
chase tickets before entering the train.
The bill received almost the unanimous
vote of both houses.
Senator Browns "valued policy"
insurance bill, requiring insurance
companies in case Of total loss Of
property to pay the face Of the policy,
unless there has been but partial de-
struction OF property. The practice
now prevails among insurance com
panies of insuring property for more
than its value and scaling down in case
of loss.
Green's bill making 1t illegal to
require gold contract in notes, mort
cages and other obligations, and max
Ing silver as well as gold legal
tender for all debts In Kansas. This
is a Populist measure. In the house it
received sixty three notes.-the precise
number necessary.
Senator Dumbauld's bill for the
preservation of the public health
against epidemic cholera, 1t sets apart
Ss5, 900 of the States funds to be used
In establishing quarantine in Kansas