The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-29
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Ooadea.od FEoosedinss OF The state's Law


makers in Biennial Session at Topeka.
IN the senate on the 20th Jumper presented
bill to prohibit the contracting q eonTiets OF
the products Of convict labOri Titus, to compel
express companies to make monthly reports OF
earnings and profits; Young to make sheriHs'
deeds void unless publication fee is paid IN full
Bills for normal schools &C Fort Scott, Con-
cords and Wichita we're also presented In
the house fTF1eblOod presented q congressional
app0FtiOnment measure; Sh0use, to compel all
children between eight and Is years to ct
tend schools Taylor, 70 change the jury
law so that the votes Of nine OF the II
Jurors may nX the verdict also one pro-
yiding that the bodies o eonvicts who may die
IN prison unclaimed, EhsA be given TO medical
schools; also one pro7sding for q grand jury
once year Il 100 voters Of county petition
therefor The house adopted q concurrent
resolution asking Gov. Leedy not TO appoint
election commissioners, irrigation commits
sioners, silk commissioner, forestry commits
sioner and coal oil inspector until the legisla-
ture decided whether or not It would abolish
these Offices.
TX the senate on the sist the bin making It q
penitentiaTy Ohense to sell moTtgaged property
was reported faYorably The bill providing
that no city with 2, 200 OF more Inhabitants shall
be included in the corporate limits Of any toWh=
ship was reported faVoTably, as was the meas-
ure to place al state institutions under civil
service Senator YOung's bill reducing print
SIS fees for county printing ana legal notices
80 per cent was passed, % to s. Bills were in-
troduced as follows: By LeWelling to exempt
hohesteads having Improvements Of $3.50
from taXationi to appropriate s6,4l39l for de-
aciency to pay salaries Of district judges;
by Mosher, for state control Of inspection,
weighing and handling Of grain 10 reduce the
price OF sleeping car beFthsi providing that
legal notices may be posted instead Of pub
hshed in counties containing less than 500
people and that copy Of the ballot be mailed
by the county clerk to every voter IN the coun-
ty instead Of publishing it in newspaper. IL
also provides that county officers may contract
with outsiders to print the ofiCial ballot, thus
making the weekly papers compete with the
big houses Of the city.
AMONG the bills introduced in the senate on
the 22d were! For the maintenance Of a state
institution for the cure of dTunkards; to require
banks to pay taxes on the capital stock as shown
by the report Of the directors, also on all de-
pOsits loaned out; to compel eastern corpora
lions owning Kansas lands to pay taxes on the
same when duel making diploma OF the state
normal school valid as a life certifatei giving
all cities Of the first second and third-olass the
right 10 receive certain per cent rental from
ell franchises The following measures were
reported uniavOrably: To abolish the state
poll tax; to provide for a county ASSESSOR
for lien on crops for labor or machinery enc
ployedi for the branding Of all penitentiary
made goods; to abolish the ONCE Of coal oil in-
spectOF and commissioners OF forestry sld fish,
cries. In the house Speaker Street announced
uT6FN4or7u1 a,-,~-gAAna1
bills introduced were; By ROthWeileT, 70 pro-
hibit the giving OF accepting Of railroad passes
By Walters, that banks be taxed on full capital
stock and all deposits; by Ingle, compelling
trains to stop at every station; by Brown, Of
COWley, excluding voters in cities OF the first
and second-olass from participating in election
! Of county school superintendent by McKeever,
compelling railroads to carry bicycles
Of passengers free; by Rutledge to pre-
vent the diveFting Of the channel OF
the Arkansas river for irrigation purposes;
| by Finney, Of WOodsOn, to abolish the ONCE Of
state grain inspector, board Of irrigation, the
labor bureau, coal oil inspector, forestry ana
silk stations and board Of public works. and
that all penal institutions be managed by one
board that All el6sm0SynaTy institutions be
managed by one board of charities and all edu-
cational institutions be managed by one board
| Of regents
On the 23d these bills were presented: To
protect tenant against landlord and 70 prevent
the pooling Of rates on insurance. These bills
we're reported favOTably. By Cooke, to create
ponds foF the storing OF water; by Harris, to do
away with tax titles to land and provide for a
judicial title to be ineOntestable; to reduce the
| rate Of interest from ten TO eight per cent TO
prohibit the issuance Of passes to any person eZ-
cept the board OF railroad commissioners and
| railway assessors; reducing the rates on Pull
man sleepeTsi to exempt from punishment the
wages OF WOrkmen; to provide for lOaning the
permanent school fund to citizens Of the state.
.... In the house BOtkin, Of Reno introduced q
bill providing severe punishmentfOr those gull
ty Of rape or seduction.
BY vote Of "A to II the senate on the 25th
voted to exclude D. o. McCray, a newspaper
man, from the floor Of the senate. Among the
bills introduced was one to list all property at
actual cash value; to permit women to vote for
! president; TO absolutely prohibit the sale Of
! cigarettes; to compel railroads to furnish free
/ transportation to stock shippers; 90 appropri-
ate 1000 for a normal at Stockton and to sup
| press Quack doctors. Among the bills recon-
mended for passage were: Allowing jefferson
and Douglas counties TO bridge the KaW at Le-
compton; to prevent blscklisting; to prevent
| discrimination against union labor; to make
/ all securities unbelievable unless stamped by
! the county assessor as listed for taxation; to
/ place ali penal institutions Of the state under
! control Of three men. IN the house Barley,
OF Elk, introduced resolution to exempt corn
! from taxation for one year from March
/ 1; by Dingus, for the treatment Of drunkards at
! 6 Kelley institute at the expense Of the c0uR-
! ty where the drunkard lives; by Jaquins re-
/ curing foreign life insurance companies to in
vest 80 per cent Of their funds or Accommodations
Fecsievd annually from Kansas policy holders
| In bonds and mortgages on unincumbered Kan
sas real estate, worth so per cent more than the
! sum loaned thereon. These bills were reported
/ fav0Fably; Making the terms Of state officers
! four years and barring second term, and maxi
/ ing all county officers elected every two years
! thus doing away with annual elections; to re.
! store g tuition fee at the state university,