Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-14
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Three Normsl Schools Located Report
Against Woman Suffrage.

Three Normal orA0Ois LocAteu-Nepoft
Against Woman Suffrage.
TOPEKA, KAN, Feb. 9.-The senate
resolution, as amended by the house,
providing for . joint committee Of
eight to investigate tho securities held
by the state school fund, wss adopted
by the senate yesterday This COM
mittee will sit during the recess Of the
legislature.
Senator Lands introduced bill to
prohibit corporations from blacklist
ing employees The violation Of the
pfusisions Of the bill is made misde.
meAnor, punishable by fine Of $500
senator Scott's bill in relation to
county printing provides that the price
Of legal work shall be cut from 81 to
rs cents for the first insertion and from
50 to 40 cents for subsequent insertions.
Senator Sternc's bill, which exempted
oil wages from garnishment, was de-
feated in committee OF the whole by .
vote Of Is to g. II was argued by Its
opponents that to exempt wages from
garnishment would destroy the credit
Of wage workers.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house passed Mr.. senton's bill
creating . commission Of five to erect
suitable monuments TO mark the posi-
ton OF Kansas troops on the battle
fields Of Chickamagua and Chat
tanooga.
The house Judiciary committee has
agreed to recommend Tor passage the
resolution calling for constitutional
convention, and u bill making 1t .
felony to run Off mortgaged proper
ty. 1t may recommend also the repeal
of the mortgage redemption law OF
1893, but It's members are not agreed
upon measure to take It's place.
The Kansas house committee on ag-
riculture recommended for passage Mr..
Gardenhires bill for the protection OF
birds. BY It's terms it shall be unlaw-
full to catch, kill, shoot, cntrap or en-
snare any partridge, pinnalcd grouse,
or prairie chicken, quail, red bird,
robin, thrush or meadow lark, pro-
vided that quail may be shot
during the months of Novem-
ber and December, and plnnated
grouse or prairie chicken during the
months Of September, October, Novem-
Der and December. 1t Shall be unlaw-
full to hunt game Of any kind upon the
lands Of another without permission.
1t shall be unlawful TO sell or TO cx-
pose for, or to receive for transporta-
ton any game sought to be protected
by this act.
A minimum fine Of s. and maximum
fine OF S25 are provided for violation Of
the act, and the justice oi the peace
before whom the ease IS filed shall mp
point an attorney to prosecute, who
shall receive fec of 80, the same to
be taxed up in the costs The act pro-
vides for the repeal of the game law Of
1893.
Mr.. Robinson introduced bill ere
ating an appellate court. The bill
differs materially from the appellate
court bill passed by the senate The
Robinson bill is for the relief OF the
supreme court, and the tribunal pro-
posed will cease to exist March 81,
1901. The court will consist of six
Judges divided into two departments
OF three judges each, The Judges are
to be appointed by the governor, to
hold their offices until April /, 1871
The committee on assessment and
taxation introduced a bill as a substi-
tute for dozen bills on the subject OF
taxes. 1t provides for a county as
SCISSOR and certain deputy assessors,
fixing their compensation and defines
their duties The compensation
for county assessor is 50 per
day for not exceeding $50
days for each year, and depu-
ties are TO be paid $3.50 per day. BY
the terms Of the bill the assessors are
required to assess property at its full