Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16

They prohibited pool selling, except at
| county fairs in the state. The exception
only applies to fairs not held for a period of
| not more than two weeks cOnsecutlvely.
They made it a felony for public official
F., to accept a brlbe.
They passed judicial apportionment bill
and wiped out six judicial districts of the
! thrty-four.
They changed the law in regard to cities
! of the first class so as make the Offices of
! city treasurer, city ERIK and city attorney
| elective instead of appointive, as at present.
| They authorized cities of the first C ass to
! fund their indie btedness, contracted for in
! ternal improvements.
| They passed law requiring county treas
urers in counties of less than $4,000 inhab-
/ itants to deposit the county money daily in
| some bank or banks to be designated by the
! com missiOnerS.
They made Washington's birthday legal
| holiday.
| They passed a law recurring that Enclosed
and abandoned wells shall be filled
| clos d. This refers to wells left un protected
| on abandoned lands in the western part of
| the state.
They created the office of state accountant,
! whose duty it sha be to examine and audit
the accounts of state officials and institu-
| tons.
They abolished the office of state veterina-
| rian.
| They esta blished Grand Army museum
| for the storing of Grand Army relics.
They esta blished two appellate courts. with
Jurlsd lotion in civil cases, where the amount
involved does not exceed 81, 600.
They passed law for the protection of
fish, making it unlawful to catch fish with
anything except the hook and line between
the 18th of May and the 18th of August in
each year, and provided for the appointment
of a fish warden in each county having
streams whose duty it shall be TO see that
the law is not violated.
They made the carrying on of lotteries or
selling of lot cry tickets felony.
how auth rifjnG of fhn md aIo
to vote bonds for the purchase of water
works and electric light plants.
They turned back INTO the treasury the
expended balance of the cholera appropria-
ton.
They did away with the enrolling clerks
and provided that bills hereafter should be
enrolled by printing instead of being written.
They established the industrial reforma-
tory at Hutchinson for criminals of certain
class, between the ages of Is and E5, and
appropriated $97, 0CO to put it in operation.
They appropriated $4,000 to make expert
ment' in irrigation, under charge of board
of irrigation.
They Pa sed law VIII CHI provides for the
clearing out Of dead chattel mortgages which
now cum Der the vaults of every Office of
register of deeds in the state.
They appropriated 100000 to buy seed
grain for western settlers.
They provided for the erection of mOnu-
ments and ia bletS TO mark the positions of
Kansas soldiers on the fields of Chickamauga
and Chattanooga.
They exempted from taxation the real
estate and personal property belonging to
the Grand Army of the Republic in the state.
They strengthened the prohibtory law by
making the posse ssion of a government
license to sell liquor by persons who have
not permits under the state law prma face
evidence of guilt in cases of prosecution.
They appropriated $4,000 to buy coal for
destitute settlers.
They paSse a law for the destruction of
the Russian thistle.
They provided for the levy of tax in the
western counties to be used in preventing
prairie fires.
They appropriated what will amount to
$275,000 to carry on the building of the state
house, and $1,000 to fit up and beautify the
grounds
They authorized the establishment of kim
dergarten schools to BE- maint lined out of
public funds.
They authorized the listing of judgments
for taxation, and provided that all judg-
meuts not listed shall be invalid in one year
after renditi on.
Tn vacated great numbers of boom
towns and additions; relegatng them to
farm purposes.
obstruction of streets and highways by rail
road trains.
They authorized corporations to issue pre-
ferred stock
They provided for the election of railroad
directors so that some ola members may be
on the board all the time.
They levied tax on the fire insurance pre-
miums for the support of fire departments.
The exempted from legal process to bene-
fciaries the proceeds of life insurance poll
cies.
They provided for the Classification of pri-
soners IN the state penitentiary for the des-
cription and conditional liberation of the
same.
They made an appropriation for the bounty
on certain sugars manufactured in Kansas
for 1898.
court.
They authorized Shawnee county to erect
a bridge over the Kansas river on Kansas
avenue in Topeka.
They enacted provision for the health and
safety of persons employed in mines.
The bill which provided that drundard
might be sent to an inebriate cure at pub
lie expense was defeated in the senate to-
wards the closing hours.
The house passed a new fee bill for the
state printer but the senate took no action
on it. 1t materially reduced the fees allowed
by the law in force.
The congressional apportionment was not
passed, leaving our present seven district
representatives and one at large.
This subject, now due to our readers, might
have been more complete and satisfactory,
but for the botch work among the clerks in
both houses; notably the docket clerks from
whose records the information would natur-
ally be sought for.
The trouble is that there were too many
clerks which has caused positive information
unobtainabe until their work is sifted out
and brought into some kind of order in the
Office of the secretary of state.
Every department of legislative work was
numbered by from five to twenty times the
number Of persons needed to do the work
we'll. The presence of these crowds of
clerks hampered those who might and
would have done goodwork if left alone.
AS far as the above goes it is believed to
be correct, yet, possibly another article may
be required to complete it.
Does Not Need Help.