The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
6oNsTrUnoNAL CONVENTION
A ResOlutioa Providing for Ohs 1stE0dueed
In the kansas Legislature.

CONS III It9TNaE Lgtsf EfS tNtiS.
A Res0lutioa Providing for Ohs 1atr0duced
In the Eansss Legislature.
TOPEKA. Kan. Feb. s.-Senatof A. G.
Forney introduced q bin N the senate
to provide for q constitutional esnyen-
ton. The bill provides thatat the gen
sFal election held in 1928 the voters
shsH ali vote upon the issue to amend
the constitution Senator Householder
presented q free kindergarten bill il
provides tliat the boards OF e6ueation
in all cities sl5sH Be. Compelled to
establish kindergarte1 seke5ls snd
they shall be maintained by money
from the city school funds. At the
regular election held it shall be voted
an assessment Of twe mills on the dol
lar TO establish Che kinder
gsrteH fund. AlI children between
tile sges Of f5nr and SIS
can attend. Other Heasares presented
by Titus, to empower tie attorney
general to bring suit to collect the
principal and interest Of the perma-
Hent state school fund; to empower the
att0FHe5 -geheraI to compromise the In
debtedness Of Anthony; Harper county,
and Cimarron, Gray county, to the
permanent school and Agricultural
college funds; by Coleman, to make
it compulsory With counties Of $4,000
inhabitants and over, and discretionary
with counties of under 1900 popi;la-
ton, to establish high schools; by Wal
lack, 70 establish a state normal school
at Ellington, Atshisgn county;
and to compel railways to vesti-
Buls their ears The senate Fen-
mittee of judiciary has reported uIl-
favorably the Households bill to re-
quire a bond Of s., 900 for every chil1 or
waif brought to the state TO insure the
state against any crime or depreciation
which may be committed by such
child, and Zimmer's for the appoint
ment OF deputy eerAners in counties
having over $1,000 Inhabitants. The
senate, By a vote Of 80 to I, passed
Heuseholder's charities and corrections
Bit.
When Crossan's bill to maintain
separate schools for whites and blacks
came before the senate it was passed,
p 10 10, but before the result was an
nounced several senators changed their
votes from aye to no and tbs bill was
defeated, p to -. The senate passed
Foruey's bill to limit county, township
and city Indebtedness to five per cent.
Of the assessed valuation, after amend
ing So as to exclude cities Of the first
class
The house committees on live stock
presented a substitute measure on the
stock yards and recommended its pas
sage. lis provisions are very sweep
ing. In regard to charges the bill says:
cit shall be unlawful for the owners or
proprietors of any such stock yards
within this state 20 charge for yard
ing, watering and weighing of stock,
greater prices than the following; For
yardidg, watering and weighing cattle,
Is cents per head calves. s cents per
head; hogs, G cents per heads sheep, 4
cents per head, and there is to be only
one yardage charge"
BBrtis, of Finney, introduced in the
house a bill Is make an appropriation
of $40, 900 for the erection of an execu-
tive mansion for the governor in the
city Of Topeka. Brown, of Pratt,
presented a petition signed by
all the inmates of the state
soldiers home, praying that their
sons or daughters be not dismissed
from the home and sent out into the
world to make their own way until
they arrive at the age of 10. The
age now is II for boys and Il for
girls. The house committee Of judi
ciary has recommended for passage
bill to provide that grRdu-
ates OF the law department of the state
university shall be permitted to prae-
tiee without further examination, and
the committee viii fix the fees of court
stenographers at five cents per folio in
instead of ten, as now, and the
per diem at 81 instead Of Sc, and has
referred to the committee of tenn
Browns bill forbidding the
and sale OF cigarettes.
The house committee of the whole
has recommended Mr. Larimer's
bill to prevent extortion by
public officers 1t provides that
any officer who shall unlawfully
exact any reward for the perform
ance of his duty or who shall charge
more for such duty than the law au-
thorizss, shall be fined not more than
$500 or Imprisonment in the county jail
not more than one year, or be pun
ished with both such fine and impris-
Brown, Of Pratt, introduced a bill
that a government license in
possession of other than a druggist
shall be taken as prima facie evidence
Of the guilt of a person charged with
selling liquor. Hackney presented 8
measure 10 repeal the law providing
for the appointment of investigating
TO AUTHORIZE PASSES.