The Globe-republican., 1895-02-08
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

The senate con firmed the Leavenwortl
| police board in open session.
The senate in commit:e. of the whole ap
proved Billiards bill to create appellate
courts. 1t provides for two courts with three
Judge, each. to be styled the northern and
southern departments.
Other bills approved: an act regulating the
pub ication of Official notices: an act return.
ing to the state II ,aeury what is left of the
state board cholera fund: an act to prevent
railway companies from employing inexperi-
enced engineers and conductors and provid-
ing penalty for the same; an act requiring
persons owning lands near the intersections
of highways with railroads to keep their
hedges cut.
Warner, of Cherokee. offered a concurrent
resolution which was adopted. which changes
the house committee to investigate charita-
e institutions. to joint COMMITTEES: Un-
der this resolution Speaker L0bdell ap-
pointed the five mem bers ON the part of the
house as follows: Representa- YES Warner.
Seaton. Eckstein, Price and Campbell Of
Stafford.
Mr.. Knipe, of Riley. introduced bill to
do away with the public ton of official bal
lots in county paper.
The house after long debate voted to
send a subcommittee of three of the com.
mittee on live stock, to Kansas City to in
vestigate alleged overcharge, and after
mOnopolistic acts of the stocks yards COM
. pany there.
The house comm ttee on educational in
stitutions reported favorably bill to locate
a state normal school at Great Bend. This
brought out representatives. of other towns
aspiring to that end who asserted that they
had not been given a hearing before thu
committee: SO the bill was ordered recon-.
mitte6 to the committee.
There seems to be a very general demand
from the members of the legis ature that
road taxes be put on a cash basis.
By one vote more than tn. necessary two.
thirds the senate passed joint resO ution
providing for the submission to vote at
the next general election of the proposition
to hold a convention for the purpose of re.
vislng the state constitution.
The senate passed the Cubbison anti-gam.
bling bill; also the house lottery bill was
passed.
Brown, of Pratt, IN, a jo' mt resolution
appropriating 5000 with VIII CHI to purchase
coal for the needy western farmers, as it
cannot be furnished ia It enough by the state
coal mines. Mr.. PANT r. of NJ ,ade, said he
was getting tired of the talk about tn, pow
erty of western Kans g. He did not know
of a man in his county that would accept
any coal from the state and it was pretty
we'll out towards the western border. He
said that the only :naa who had been at the
county poor farm for five years was the man
paid to stay there and take cara of it.
The house passed bill to place $4,000,
subject to draft of the railroad commission.
ers. with which to purchase seed to be loaned
to farmers of western Kansas.
CubbisO n's anti-pool-selling bill passed
the hou e.: % to %. Most of the opposition
was bees uss it excepted betting on races at
county fairs: but with that exception taken
out 1t would have been beaten.
A bill was introduced in the senate, read
three times and passed and then messa2ed
to the house. all in exactly ten minutes. 1t
was to give two rooms in the state house for
tn, use OF Grand Army headquarters and a
u. A. Il. museum.
The senate passed the stock yards and
commission merchant act, aimed at alleged
overcharges at tn, Kansas City, Kan, STOCK
yards.
Bills also passed the senate iu refund coun.
ties tor expenses in supp )rting insane per-
sons: for the esta biiShment Of an aylum
for the poor; to permit Harvey county to
levy tax to build court house.
The libel bill which was endorsed by the
state editorial asSociat on was reported upon
unfavorab.y by senat, committee.
The senate in committee of the who'e re-
ported favoraby upon DUN bauld's bill to
compel railroads to give return tickets to
shippers of fruit or live stock by the car;
Dennison's bill for taxation of judgments;
the bill which makes anything over per
cent. u.ury with penalty of forfeiture of
principal and interest and the bill which au-
thOrizes county superintendent to dissolve
school districts.
The senate con firmeG nominations of the
police board for Fort SEQ t.
The joint resolut on aboishin2 the double
liabilities of stockholders in corporations
was unfavorab.y repo ted to the senate.
The bill repeating tn, acs appointing a
state veterinary surgeon was annihllated in
the senate by an adverse committee report.
The senate passed bills: Requiring hedge
to be cut ut intersections Of highways and
railroads: making corporate stock subject
to levy and sale by judicial process making
appropriation for finishing and furnishing
the new cottage at the Be!oit Girls Reform
school; prescribing penalty for acc pting
brides; to prevent railroad companies from
employing inexperienced engineers and
conductors, and PROVIDING a penalty for
the same; providing that the state shall pay
no more for the care of insane person,
maintained by counties than was actually
paid out In Their support. Heretofore the
state has paid counties $3.50 per week for
each person so maintained; authorizing
county commissioners to levy tax and
build POOR houses. Two or more counties
may join in tstabishln2 Joint poor farm.
petition was read in the senate from a
number of citiz.ns of Topeka protesting
against the calling of a constitutional con-
vention.
Speaker Lobdell announced the special
for an investigation of the state
insurance department and the settlement of
the reciprocal tax to consist of Messrs. Cox,
Hanna and Moss.
The house insurance committee reported
on the bill placing beneficiary or
and fraternal insurance societies
under the control of the stat, superintend-
emit of insurance..
The house committee on railroads was in
strncted by resolution to prepare bill pro-