Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
KANSAS LEGISLATURE

Jan 1s.-In the senate twenty bills were
introduced. Many of them covered matters
for which bills had already been introduced
Speaker Street announced following stand
ing com mmittees:
State Affairs-E. c. weilep, chairman;
Messrs- Palenske. Taylor. Walters. Werhle,
Perry and Gates
Assessment and Taxation-Isaac Conger,
chairman; Messrs- Foley Carr, Stevens
Fulton. Rutledge, Mccarthy, Finney and
VOgelgesang.
Railroads W. B.. Brown. chairman.
Messrs- Keefer. Fairchild, Merrill, Roth
weller. Jameson. Jaquins, Jones, Russell
Fulton, Ward, Basgall, Simmons, Burtis
Henley, Ury and Brooke.
Agriculture-william Lewis, chairman;
Messrs- Crosby, Loomis Farrell. Carr, John
SON of Case, Brown OF Greeley. Bennett and
Reed.
Charitable Institutons-w II. Ingle,
chairman; Messrs Feighner. Marks. Bean.
Johnson of Labetta, Hollenbeak and
Shouse
Manufacturing-Isom Wright chairman;
Messrs Graves, Cassin Muenzenmayer
Seaton. Hackbusch and Henley.
Mines and Mining-James Cassin, chair
man; Messrs- McGrath, Lewis, LOOMS
Jameson. Walters. Dingus, Feighner
Goodno. Hackbusch, Heminger, Botkin and
Dewitt
Federal Relations-J. w. Gray, chairman;
Messrs- Ingle, Singleton, Epperson, Fouts,
wilson and Jackson of Comanche-
Militia-F T. johnson, chairman; Messrs'
simmons Davis. Dalton, Jaquins. Aker and
Bacon.
Municipal Corporations H Turner.
chairman; Messrs. Rutledge, Stevens Arm
strong, Smith of Brown, Bradley and Heck
man
Banks and Banking-Paul Russell, chair
man; Messrs. Gillespie, Palenske Ward
Williams, Marty. Burkholder. Seaver and
Giesler.
Public Lands-R ]. Wallace, chairman;
Messrs. LOOMS, Gray. Doyle, Lewis, Grimes
and Hickman
Public Buildings and Grounds-Alfred
Lawson, chairman; MesSrs. Keefer, Mott
Muenzenmayer, Metzler, Keddie and Hay
wood.
Engrossed Bills-Dr. F. H. Smith, chair
man; Messrs- Outcalt, Gillespie. Wright
Richards. Shouse and Dewitt
Judicial Apportionment-C W. Fairchild
chairman; Messrs. Marks, Ernst McKeever
Simmons. Outcalt, Goodno, Davis, Harvey,
Botkin. Russell, Walters Doyle Barkley,
Farrell, Bradley, Turner, Merrill. Jaquins,
Wright Marty, Johnson of Nemaha Bas-
gall. Armstrong. Lambert of Lincoln.
Ravenscroft, Tapscott, Lobdell, Conger and
Palenske
Cities of the Second Class-M. T. Jones,
chairman; Messrs. Muenzenmayer, johnson
OF Labette, Brown of Cowley Lambert of
Lyon Buell. and Barker.
Mileage. :. Richards. chairman; Messrs.
Gillespie, Wallace, Smith of Sherman Dali
ton Jackson of Harvey and Poison.
Live Stock-E. Jacquins. chairman; MessrS
Conger, RavenScraft, Singleton, Russell,
Lambert of Lincoln, johnson of Nemaha
Stuart and Irwin.
Temperance-H. w. Dingus. chairman;
Messrs- Barkley, Davis, Carr. Maxwell.
ShouSe and Poison.
Roads and Highways-L d. Fulton, chair
man; Msssrs. Fell, Wallace Malin Maxwell
Lewis. Bacon. Bradley and McKeever.
Jan 19-The Senate and House met In
joint convention in Representative hall al
noon and elected John S. Parks of Beloit tc
be state printer for the term commencing
July l, 1897. Parks received IA votes from
the House and % from the Senate-1O3 in
all The Republicans complimented Major
J.-k- Hudson. He received At votes from
the House and 10 from the Senate ST in all
number of bills were introduced in both
houses
bill for the reduction of fees to be charged
by publishers of newspapers for legal no
tees. The bill makes a reduc ton of fifty
per cent in the present rates charged for
such notices. Mr.. Young introduced bill
for the reduction of sleeping car fares The
measure provides that no sleeping car com.
pany shall charge more than fifty cents for
double berth for any distance not exceed
ing 100 miles. nor more than half a cent q
mile for any distance greater than 100 mile,
In the state OF Kansas. The House held q
brief session and adjourned in order to give
com mitteeS chance to work.
Jan Ex-senator Hanna of Clay Introduce
bill putting all water, gas and electric ligh.
companies under municipal control and
providing that the municipalities granting
franchises shall receive a portion of tht
proceeds as rental for the use and occu.
pancy of the streets and alleys The bill
provides that, after the company las paid
all of its running and contingent expenses
and enjoyed per cent profit on the sum
actually invested, all else of the companyr
income shall be turned over to the city al
rental for the franchise rights. number
of other bills were introduced. Muir at Hal
stead briefly addressed both houses. Speaker
Street announced a number of committee
appointments The House session was brie!
and only few bills were introduced