Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09

The house disposed of branch normal
school bills by first defeating the Wichita
bill; "a to 65. The Concordia bill was next
under the axe and went to death; 40 to SO.
The Great Bend bill went the same way;
55 to SO.
The bill to stop the revenue Of the state
and the relief of state tax payers, by pro-
hibiting the sale of coal from the peniten-
tiary mine, now bringing in 100000 year,
was defeated; Al to So.
The house passed, 80 to 6, the same bill
already passed by the senate, only it is a
house substitute, to establish a reformatory
at Hutchinson.
cities of the second class to issue bonds for
the purchase or erection of water works.
resolution by Mr.. Lobdell, introduced
at the request of Superintendent G. E.
Faulkner, was adopted inviting the ma
tional meeting of the board of charities and
corrections to assent bic next year in To
peka
The senate passed two life insurance bills.
as reported by its insurance committee.
One authorizes assessment life insurance
companies to be established and regulates
their business. The other regulates the in
vestment in Kansas securities of the funds
of Kansas life insurance com panies.
The senate passed an exact copy of tn
Gardenhire railroad pass bill which the
house had killed sometime before.
The senate cut the appropriation for the
Reform school about $500 before passing it.
The appropriation for the Dodge City Sol
diers' home was also reduced from $113, 900
to $4,000. The original bill provided for
some new buildings.
The senate and house adopted the confer
ence report on the forestry bill the house
having already adopted it. The compromise
bill gives the commissioner of forestry $500;
two foremen $3.50 each for Deficiencies, $500;
for travelling expenses of com m issioner, 5000.
The provision of the house bill granting $500
for an experiment irrigation station was cut
out entirely.
The senate passed the bill intended to
suppress Harry Clarkson, insurance expert,
of Topeka, who, in his old age, sells his ad-
visory rate sheets to fire insurance compa-
MES.
The house and senate both adopted the
conference committee report on the irriga-
ton bill.
The conference committee on the fee and
salary bill could not get together and the
house, satisfied that no general bill could
pass, passed special bills for the counties of
Neosho, Wilson, Smith, Usage, Haskell,
Montgomery, Sumner. Marion, Dlckin-
son, Miami, Finney, Greenwood. Douglas,
Elk, Scott Clark, Morris, Comanche,
Chatauqua, Riley, sWallacs and Rocks.
The bribery bill which has passed safely
through conference makes 1t a felony for
any public officer to receive bride of any
kind.
The sugar bounty bill for 1893 and 1894
passed both houses.
concurrent resolution has passed both
houses which asks for place in statuary hall
in the national capital for statue of John
Brown.
The senate passed Senator SCOTS bill
giving women the right to vote at presiden-
tial elections
apportiontm having the Blair bill and
new one by Frazer under consideration.
From both a new bill was formulated and
passed. 1t changes present districts. this
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ara unchanged. The present Second dis
trict loses Bourbon. The present Third dis
trict loses Cowley and gains Bourbon. The
present Fourth district loses Butler. The
present Seventh district, which becomes the
new Eighth, loses S -dgwick, Kingman.
Pratt, Harper, Barber, Mcpherson and
Harvey.
Eckstein secur d reconsideration of the
Wichita Normal school bill. 1t was again
defeated 60 to 50.
By the final agreement in conference on
the agricultural college appro priation. the
5000 for connect ng the armory with the
heating apparatus and 5000 for sidewalks
were allowed, but the $4,000 for the domes-
tic science hall was cut out.
The senate passed an appropriation bill to
finish and equip the Hutchinson reforma-
tory.
The senate passed and the house acted
favorably, in committee of the whole, upon
the appropriation Of $4,000 and a mill levy
for carrying on the work upon the state
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the bill were Baldwin, Bowling, Cooke,
Helm, Jumper, Reid, Reilly, Sem, Staarer,
Smith and True.
bill passed the senate to make it unlaw-
full for any one but dentist holding a di-
ploma to pull tooth.
The houe killed the provision of $4,000
for new chemistry building and to repair
the old chemistry building for pharmacy
school at Kansas university
The house approved in committee of the
whole new fee bill for the state printer.
The deficiency item for the Topeka insane
asylum. first passed by the house at $4,000,
was cut in conference committee to $1l ,000
The house passed the appropriation for
the Hutchinson refOrnatory; 100 to 3. A
bill was also passed for thu transfer of GER
tain prisoners from the penitentiary to the
reformatory.
The house passed a bill to exempt from
punishment beneficiary or insurance money.
The second conference on the fee and
salary bill reported it hopeless for an agree
ment and both houses adopted the report.
The Soldiers home appropriation gives
$4,000 for current expenses for two years
and the erection of certain minor buildings.
The appropriation for the Winfield idiot
asylum includes provision for the purchase
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