Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

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one calling for three comm ssioners anC
$4,000 cash. This was formu ated by com
| mlttee on irrigation; the other. by Sutton
| of Russell. places 1000 with the agricul.
tural college for an instructor in irrigation
/ and Tor practical experiments. The latter
was first voted on and defeated. The first
was amended fixing the pay of the three
| commissioners at 81, 900 each, and approved.
| There were less than thirty open opponents
| to the bill, a score of populists and six or
eight republicans.
| At about the same hour the senate passed
| Its subcommittee bill, which provides for a
| board of irrigation made up of the governor,
| president of the board of agriculture, chan
| cellor of the university. president of the
| agr cultural college, with one appointed by
the governor. This bill carries $4,000 of
| appropriation.
| The house judicial apportionment COM
mlttee reported three bills which abolish
districts Nos. %, 26, %, %, IA and 80, and
distribute the counties com prising these dis
tricts among other districts.
The house instructed its committee on
ways and means to include an item in the
miscellaneous appropriation bill of $500 to
purchase portrait of Senator Plumb for
the Historical society.
The house railroad committee reported
unfavorably upon the Greenlee railroad bill,
as passed by the senate.
The senate adopted Leedy's resolution
calling upon the governor to enforce the
, law against trusts.
The senate finally finished the fight over
Harvey county abstracts by passing the bill
to legaliZe the records of that county.
The S nate reconsidered its former vote on
the resolution to grant quarters in the state
house to the Historical society, and a COM
mittee was appointed to examine the rooms
proposed to be given to that society.
The house spent its second day on the
Price school book BILL An amendment to
release boards from buying the books until
rod hxyo Il icAr 1Of- tod
and the bill was finally referred to the judi
ciary committee on motion of Mr.. Caldwell,
of Lawrence, with instructions to that COM
mittee to report bill providing for uni
formity and Individual ownership. The
vote to recommit was carried by 60 men,
bers voting for it. This is considered as the
death of the measure.
The senate finished work in committee Of
the whole on judicial apportionment bills
reported by the committee on that subject.
There were several DIRECTORS to certain dis
tricts as formed by the bills. In some cases
it was urged that the proposed districts
lacked convenient railroad communication !;
in others the aspirat ons of certain would
be.judges were interfered with by changes
in districts, etc. The bills were approved,
however, about as framed.
Four bills to esta bish state normal
schools have been favorably reported by
the house com mittee on educational insti-
tutions. They locate the schools at Great
Bend. Concordia, Wichita and Fort Scott.
The Great Bend bill calls for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 and the same amount Is car
red for Fort Scott and Concorda. The
Wichita bill provides for the purchase of
Garfield university at not more than three
ffths of its present cash value, $1,000 to
be paid July 1, 1895, and the remainder in
amounts of not less than 5000.
The house passed its rrig ton BILL The
vote stood 76 to o. The compromise di-
p oma bills issued by certain colleges was
also passed; also an act eXempting the real
estate and personal property belonging to
the Grand Army of the Republic from taxa
ton.
resolution to provide for commission
to sit after the adjournment of this legisla-
ture and revise the insurance laws was "a bled.
A resolution of Mr.. Warner, of Cherokee,
was adopted. It instructed the ways and
means committee to insert in the miscella-
neOuS appropriation bill an item of $4,000
for the purchase of camp equippage for the
Kansas National guard and the G.. A. r.
From the sentiment now expressed by
the members in their Sunday chat the leg
islature will probably adjourn sine die Sat
urday March ,.
Representative Sherman has a bill to au-
thorize his (Ros5yille) townsh p to establish
a high school, with three departments,
general, collegiate and normal.
The senate failed to pass Senator O'Bry-
ans bill giving overs or managers of thresh-
ing machines lien on grain threshed.
Senator Brown S concurrent resolution for
a constitutional amendment against the &C
C sptance of passes by officials was defeated
IN the senate.
The senate PISSED a bill to prevent unlaw-
full competition for any purse, sweepstakes
Or other prize offered by any association for
trial of speed, and prescribing punishment
for violation thereof.
The senate killed the house reso' ution for
committee to prepare general tax and as
sesSment Ia W.
Besides the regular appropriations there
are about 100000 of de6c. encie5 tosbe taken
care of.
The senate passed Senator Deonisons bill
to provide for the levying Of a township
road tax.
The house followed crooked trail in
normal schools measures. 1t first voted to
sub ii u e Lacrosse for Great Bend in locat-
ing one of the proposed normal branches.
Later this substitute bi had its enactlng
clause chopped off. The Fort Scott bill was
deca pitated in like manner Alter dinner,
in somewhat better humor, a motion to kill
the Wichita bill with the same kind of a
blow was voted down; 40 to 80, and the
Wichita bill was approved. The Concordia
bill met with like good fortune. The La
Crosse and Fort Scott bills were recon ~idered
md Great Bend restored in place of Lacrosse
and the bill approved.
The bill to require railroad taxes for school
purpo to be distributed among the dis
trlcts instead of just those through which
the railroads run was killed in committee of
the wRo.e house
The senate ways and means committee re-
ported recommending the pas sage of the
house bill for continuation of the work on
the state house. It appropriates $50, 001 and
makes a yearly levy of one-fourth of a mill
on each dollar of property for two years.
The enate passed $4,000 irrigation bill
1t provides for comm ssion of five. Those
who voted against the bill were Senators
Smith, lie dy, Carpenter, Helm and Hell
mick.
The house adop' ed the report of the con-
ference committee on the appellate court
bill; which is the compromise mea -ure.
The house virtually put TO sleep the SEN
ate bill making radical cuts in stock yard
charges.
The house passed amend ments to the
Australian ballot law: with the aim TO per-
feet details but making no change In gen