Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-28
KANSAS Law MAKERS.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Legislature
C0nndesed.

Conndesed.
TIE senate on the 18th passed the bill for the
protection of fish The appellate court bill.
with amendments. was received from the
house and a conference appointed. Senator
Jumpers bill regulating passenger rates
railroads (hxiug fare at two cents per mile for
adults and one cent for children under IL years.
passed Other bills that passed were: APP
propriating $4,000 for experiments in irriga-
ton in western Kansas; Senator BouSeholder'S
bill regulating state charities: the bill fixing
telegraph tolls; giving the railroad commits
sioners power to fix express rates; requiring
farmers to destroy Russian thistles; topunish
train men who abandon their trains except at
the end OF a division At the morning session
OF the house several bills passed and at
o'clock the house went into committee of the
whole on the state soldiers home bill The
Senate bill granting pension to Erwin Convey,
who was injured during the Legislative war;
of 1898 was recommended for passage. The
house remained in committee until late hour,
discussing various bills
THE senate held dry session on the Goth.
The subject of assessment and taxation was
debated ut the forenoon sitting aud the after
noon was taken up in discussing the bills to
legaliZe the records of Harvey county. Bills
passed declaring unlawful all combinations be-
tween insurance companies; to provide for the
levying of tax for the support of common
schools, and bill to prohibit the carrying of
deadly weapons. In the house petition was
presented from % counties and containing over
1900 names asking for resubmission of the
prohibitory amendment. petition signed by
about 900 voters was also presented protest.
ing against reSubmisSion. Bills were then dis
cusSed in committee Of the whole. The school
text book bill was under debate nearly all the
afternoon. At the evening session the bill was
virtually killed by referring it to the JUDICIARY
committee with instructions to prepare new
bill.
THE senate on the 21st passed large num-
Der of bills mostly of local nature. The
printing committee reported favorably the bill
which cuts down the rate of legal printing
about 80 per cent. The bill passed abolishing
the ONCE OF state veterinarian, and provides
that in case o. emergency the veterinary sur
geon at the agricultural college may be called
on. Among the bills passed was one creating
the office of state grain inspector with various
deputies; also the bill making it unlawful to
sell any kind of deadly weapon to minor.
The Lands school tax bill also passed, but
MI Browns joint resolution to prohibit off1-
Gals of the state from receiving gifts, railroad
passes and express or telegraph franks was
defeated. Adjourned until Saturday 49,. The
house rejected the senate resolution to adjourn
February 3D. Nineteen new bills were intro
duoed Many bills passed, among them the
irrigation bill, which appropriates $4,000 for
the purpose of making experiments in frriga-
ton. In the afternoon the house had under
consideration the JUDICIAL apportionment bill.
Six districts abolished by the bill Ad-
journed until Saturday.
THE senate on the 23d passed forty-Seven To-
cal bills, and did but little other business. At
O'Clock an adjournment was taken until Mon
day morning at II o'clock. The house spent
nearly the entire day in Stmmlttee of the whole
considering bills for the establishment OF
branches of the state normal school. There
were six bills establishing branches at Wich-
tia, COncordia, Fort Scott La Crosse. Ness
City and Great Bend. Mr.. Bender introduced q
resolution requiring state Officers elected to
carry out, the provisions of the law in regard to
giving preference to old soldiers for employ
ment. The normal school bills were finally
faVorably reported, but fight will be made
when they come up for final action. At Z o'clock
the house adjourned.