The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-19

This arrangement does away with
Democratic member of the board of rail-
road commissioners unless some Demo
crat is lucky enough to be elected. Jim
Simpson and Joe Lowe are placed in the
same district so that one OF them will
have to retire If this arrangement pre-
walls.
1t is said that this bill is likely to pass
both houses.
THESE BILLS BECOME LAWS.
A Big Batch of Them Now Ready to Go to
the Governor.
Inasmuch as number of bills passed
the senate yesterday are now laws ex-
cept for the governors signature and
publication, their passage is of consider
able importance. The bills were:
II. B. No. 259, authorizing the board of
county commissioners of Hamilton coun-
ty to issue bonds for the purpose of fund
ing the outstanding warrants and the &C
crued interest thereon issued prior to the
passage of this act. by Mr.. Pratt.)
FL. B. No. 145, to authorize the board
of county commissioners of Edwards
county to issue the bonds of said county
to fund its outstanding Indebtedness. by
Mr.. Wright)
q. B. No 155, to vest the title to block
No. in the town of Pardee, Atchison
the government and care of the same
| (Bv Mr.. Whitley
II. B. No. $40, to change the bounda-
ries of the town of St John, Kas., and to
vacate certain part of said city. by
Mr.. CampbelL)
II. B. No. 336. to release certain lands
from the corporate limits of Bison, and
restoring the same to Lone Star town
ship, Rush county. by Mr.. Rothweiler.)
II. B. No 339, to release certain lands
from the corporate limits of Rush Cen
ire, and restoring the same to Centre
township, Rush county. (By Mr.. Roth
weiler),
Fl. B. No 585, to release certain lands
from the corporate limits of Rush Cen
! ire, and restoring the same to Centre
township, Rush county. by Mr.. Roth
weilerl
H. B. No 334, granting to the superin-
tendent of Osborne county, the power to
disorganize partially depopulated dis
tricts and attach the same to adjoining
districts for school purposes tBy Mr..
Hiltonl
Fl. B. No. 731, to authorize the county
commissioners of Chase county to build
bridge. by Mr.. Chandlerl
II. B. No 500, for the relief of certain
taxpayers in Riley county. (By Mr..
Knipel
d. b. No. 379, to place tract in Ne
maha county outside of the corporate
limits of the city of Sabetha. by Mr..
| Johnson(
Fl. B. No. 712, making the township
board of Benton township Butler coun-
ty, the board of trustees of North Ben
| ton cemetery. (By Mr.. Satterthwaite).
Il. B. No. 1872, enabling the township
board of Little Walnut township, in But
Ter county, to invest and collect the pro-
ceeds of the sale of stocks in the St.
Louis, Wichita & Western, (now St
Louis & San Francisco) Railway COM
pany. (By Mr.. Satterthwaite.)
H. B. No 314, to legalize certain roads
and highways in Pratt county, and max
| ing the record of such roads and of plats
and surveys thereof evidence of the val
idity of the same. by Mr.. Brown of Pratt.
| II. B. No. 448, to restore certain lands
now part of the city of Columbus, in
Cherokee county, to Salamanca township,
from which they were originally taken.
by Mr. Warner)
II. B. No. 349, an act to legalize the
action of the clerk of the district court
of Stanton county in relation to the use
of an improper SEAL (By Mr.. Wilson)
H. B. No 405, to amend section one of
chapter 1856 of the laws of Kansas of
1898. and to repeal said original section
one. by Mr.. Bradley.)
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