Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-23
NUMBER 2.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
The house killed the bin to reduce the legal

The house killed the bill to reduce the legal
limit of interest by vote of 66 TO 81.
The senate passed the regular appropria-
ton bills for the State Horticultural society :
| the Soldiers Orphans home, including pre-
vision for a new building; for Kansas uni
| VerSity; for the Be.oit Reform School for
Girls; for two insane asylums; for the state
normal and for the agricultural college.
The senate passed: An act providing for
| the letting of con tracts for the maintenance
and repair of public highways, and salary
and fee acts for Haskell and Marshall coun-
ties
A senate committee reported unfavorabIy
the house bill to prohibit book making and
pool selling.
Among bills reported fayorably to the
senate was the act for the protection of en-.
ployes and to prevent blacklisting.
The senate still has its periodical rows over
enrolling clerks and other employees
Hard labor for term of from six months
to three years is the penalty that may DO
given under a bill by Stromquist, of Nc
Pherson, to any person who wilfully, by
| violence or threats intimidate, molest or
| force any employe to depart from his hiring
or to prevent or attempt to prevent any
person, company or corporation to changa
| its mode of regulating its business.
Senator Metcalf's bill provides that q
township trustee may, at the July session.
| with the advice and concurrence of the
| county board levy tav on the property in
the township for the improvement of roada
and highways.
The house in committee of the whole fin-
ished its work on the Ballinger fee and sal
ary bill. Muititudes of amendments were
| discussed and voted upon and some Of them
| adopted. Mr.. Ballinger labored persistentlyl
| to keep the scale of salaries properly ad-
| justed and the various amendments consist
| tent with what had gone before. The bill
| makes total reduction of nearly $4,000 i'm
the salaries of county officers of the state, yet
| in some instances where counties are work
| ing under special laws, the bill necessarily
| raised salaries somewhat. The bill has ~
sections and fills nearly a page of the Daily
| Capital of February IA.
The house committee on manufactures
wrestled with the blue oleo bill through three
sittings and concluded it was no good, and
| 30 reported.
Among bills passed by the senate are fee
| and salary bills for the counties of Douglas
| and Crawford.
The house defeated the Joint resolution
providing for a constitutional convention
| by vote of "a to so.
| The house committee on charitable insti-
| tutions reported favorably on a bill to locate
a new in-an asylum at Salina, conditioned
! on that clty's donating 160 acres of land.
There is a bill in the house to au thorize
| counties to give bounty of not more than
3 cents each for the killing of srarrows.
The senate in committee of the whole APP
| proved the bill TO give corporations the right
| to issue preferred stock.
The senate passed the Marshall county
| high school bill.
The senate passed the house bill to create a
| commission and provide for the erection of
| monuments and abets at Chickamauga and
Chattanooga, to mark the position of Kan
J sas troops
Miller, of Morris, succeeded in having tho
| pay of justice court juror raised from so
| cents to 81 in the big fee and salary bill
| The printing committee has reported adj
| versely on the bill to create the Office ot
| printer expert.
| yya fo1
| the use of a room in the state house by the
| passage of a resolution to that effect, intro
| duced by Senator Taylor.
| The appropriation bill for the agricul-
! tural college was amended in the senate 80
| as to provide $4,000 for the erection of
| domestic science hall.
The house considered appellate court bills,
| in committee OF the whole. There was
| prevailing disposition apparent to accept
| the senate bill with some changes, although
| the Robinson bill had the endorsement of
| the judiciary committee and was preferred
| to the senate bill by large majority of the
| republicans in the house. All this results
| from urgent necessity of additional courts
| that the business of the state not so
| long be delayed; and because, if law is to
pass it must receive the sanction of the sem
ate.
There was an effort in the house to change
the big fee anG salary bill so as that it should
! take effect in January. '96 instead of imme-
| diately, but it failed by a vote of SO to 80.
| The bill was then passed; SO to 16.
| Up to February is there had been intro
duced in the house 8S7 bills, 105 resolutions,
eighty-one petitions, twenty-five concurrent
| revolutions and eight joint resolutions.
The room in the state house granted by
| resolution in both houses to the Horticul-
| tural society is the south room on the west
| side of the north wing of the state house.
| The senate approved in committee Landis'
bill for state tax for the support of COM
| mon schools; but killed Landis bill for
lfNyf faW fnF bQ
| The senate held a late evening session,
with small attendance. for the reading of
| Householder's state board of charities bill.
The bill introduced by Senator Landis'
| to pay back bounties on sugar raised in the
state was placed on second and third read
| ings by the suspension of the rules and
passed by the senate.
The senate passed the second appropria-
ton bill for coal as soon as it come from tho
| house. In this connection a resolution was
| adopted requiring the railroad commits
I sioners to make report to the governor on
| June /, 1895, of the manner of expending
| the money.
W. c. Corbett was confirmed as brigadier
general.
The house continued consideration of ap-
| pellate court bills in committee of the
whole. After much talk the amendment
was adopted SO to 81, to strike out of the
senate bill the clause which gave the
preme court ths power of confirmation ot
| governors appointment of appellate court
| judges. The clause requires that the con-
| firmation by the supreme court shall be
unanimous.
The senate PASSED another large batch of
local bills. vacating additions, changing
names and removing political disabilities
were passed on one roll call after having
been read half dozen at time by clerks
and memb
The house resumed the consideration of
the appellate court bill. Amendments we're
adopted providing that the judges should
each be elected for term Of three years jp
1897 and that the courts should cease to ex1
IN 1880, and TO give the supreme coEfzt
/ rer5ntendipg power over the appel at 80 .ss =
80 sfilasf rtf3 II I7h n .sr
cile6. The bill then passed By - t
to u. the opposition being q
divided between populists andN
The senate adopted school
which authorizes the board of dire
school district or the board of edl
city to purchase books and STATIC
furnish them free to all pupils
high school, but allows any pr
ing, to purchase books from
cost. Any book CONTRACTED
branch Is required to be reta
of not less than five years.
The house gave the sp1
admit visitors by ticke
while 50 many promiI
the city.