Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-11
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings of the stnte's II
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iVnu plll uhu inc measure was engrohsed and
sent to the governor The committee appoint
ed TO investigate the Klngman and Cowley
county school bond deals reported. They found
nothing criminal in the transactions, but much
oiiicial negligence. Senators Householder and
Cooke were appointed as the senate committee
TO investigate the bribery charges made
by Senators Titus and Jumper. -.
Speaker Street appointed Representatives
Outoalt, Ravenscraft and Grimes as
the house committee to investigate the bribery
charges preferred by Senators Titus and
Jumper by vote OF 68 TO ~ the bill for the
weekly payment OF wages In cash was killed.
y, p. Bradley (rep) was declared legally elect
ed representative from Hodgeman county. All
normal school bills met their death blow when
amotion TO take them up was defeated,
Gov. LEEDY on the 9TH sighed the stock yards
bill and II will become u law as soon as pub
lished in the official state paper. The bill pro-
vides that every public stock yards in Kansas
must file with the secretary OF state, annually
on December 81 an itemized statement Of It's
business for the year preceding The yardage
charge shall be 10 cents per head for cattle,
cents for calves, cents for hogs and 4 cents for
sheep There shall be but one yardage charge,
The charge for hay shall not exceed 100 per
cent profit above tho average local market
price, ton Of hay to be 1000 pounds,
the price OF hay to be based on the
market of the day preceding. Corn In
the ear shall BIO 70 pounds to the bushel, shelled
30 pounds and not TO exceed 100 per cent, profit
shall be made on IT, All other feed shall be
sold ut no greater profit than 100 per cent The
bill also prohibits the docking OF hogs The
senate, by vote OF ~ to IL, passed the general
fees and salaries bill, after adding several
amendments The house refused to concur in
the amendments and the bill was sent to con-
ference committee, Several populist senators
who voted for the Harris railroad bill on final
passage filed a written protest against
the bill The senate, by vote OF "A to 8,
passed the bill providing for the municipal
ownership of gas, electric light, water and
heating plants, and giving municipalities the
power to issue bonds for said purpose, The
bill amending the Australian ballot law and
one prohibiting the publication Of insurance
schedules passed the senate. The bill making
husband and wife competent witnesses to
testify against each other in divorce trials
passed both houses -. 1t took the house Just 90
minutes to agree and recommend for passage
the congressional reapportionment bill. True
blood presented resolution fixing March II as
the day for adjournment, which went over.
THE grain inspection bill, which deprives
boards Of trades Of inspecting grain and places
all inspection under control Of the state
grain inspector and his deputies, was passed
by the senate on the 9th. Both houses passed
resolution providing that the legislative
work should cease Tuesday, the 9th, and for
the dissolution Of the legislature on the 18th
The senate passed the bill giving the state
school fund commissioners authority to COM
promise the bonds of Anthony and Cimarron
lnsolvent towns -, The house passed the bill for
state uniformity Of textbooks and providing
for commission Of eight persons to carry out
the provisions OF the bill The house, in COM
mittee Of the whole, recommended for passage
the Jaquins insurance bill, requiring all for
eign insurance companies doing business in the
state to invest so per cent of their accumula-
tions from policy holders In bonds and mort
cages on unincumbered real estate In Kansas
AMONG the bills passed by the senate on the
9Th were Abolshing the state board of health
the board of public works and the board Of IT.
rigation, and to redistrict the state for repre-
sentative purposes. The bill to redistrict the
state for congressional purposes, which passed
the house, was killed in the senate -. Among
the bills passed by the house were the follow
ing: To reapportion the state into eight con-
greSsional districts; to create a state textbook
commission and to provide for state uniformity;
to convert the buildings at the Ellsworth G. A.
II, reunion grounds into home for widows and
orphans of old soldiers to levy tax of two
mills in every township for fire protection, and
making township officers boards of fire COM
missioners; declaring express companies COM
mon carriers and prescribing rules for
their regulation; providing for o
joint committee to investigate alleged trusts.
BY vote of 80 to 55 the house killed the Jaquins
bill requiring foreign life insurance companies
doing business In Kansas to invest so per cent.
of their accumulations In Kansas mortgages
BY q vote Of 81 to 9 the house passed the
Breidenthal banking bill Taylor's anti-nepo-
tism bill was killed. Among the bills introduced
were; Depriving Chancellor Snow of the posi-
tion Of eX-officio member of the board Of re-
gents Of the state university and giving the
governor power to appoint regent in place of
the chancellor; appropriating S95, 900 a year for
the current expenses Of the state university
and making total reduction of IS, 900 year in
the salaries of professors; authorizing the
state school commissioners to compromise all
worthless state school fund bonds
THE senate on the 9th passed the following.
bills TO prohibit state officials from appoint
ing relatives to office; to dispose of the dead
bodies Of criminals and paupers to medical coll
leges; to protect hotelkeepers from dead beats;
to compel corporations to file copies Of their
charters and names of stockholders with reg
lister Of deeds; to exempt part of tenants crops
from lien for rent TO provide for the semi
monthly payment of wages in cash; to increase
the terms of state agricultural college regents
from three to four years. requiring treasurers
in counties of less than % 900 inhabitants to re-
port funds In banks; to deprive Chancellor
Snow Of the posiblon of ex-ofllcio member and
president of the state university regents to
elect the board Of railroad commissioners by
vote of the people. The bill to compel railroad
companies to pay salaries Of railroad commits
sioners was killed, The senate adopted report
Of the conference committee on the general
fees and salary bill, The senate receded from
q number Of immaterial amendments. The
house agreed to the report and the bill went to
the governor 80. Among the house bills passed
were: Providing for the election Of county
printers by the people every two years; giving
the live stock commission power to prevent the
shipment of cholera-infected hogs into the
state; relating to high schools in counties Of
less than 300 inhabitants; authorizing town
ships to purchase land and erect buildings
thereon; authorizing school districts to send
children outside their districts for school pur-
poses; to secure prompt payment for
damages to stock and by fire by
railway corporations; approprlating $4,000
for the current expenses Of the state univer-
sity and reducing the salaries of professors ten
per cent. The bill to exempt from taxation
real estate mortgages and bonds was killed as
was also the bills to prohibit public exhibitions
Of hypnotism and mesmerism, to compel
smelter companies to use smoke consumers, to
appropriate money for certain experiments in
irrigation,
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