Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-19

mCYe from the general Statutes certain
useless provisions which from lapse OF
| time and other causes have become mop
| erative and unnecessary, the following
| mentioned paragraphs of the general stat
| utes of lSS9 are hereby repealed as b, Ing
obsolete, imperative or redundant. Tpen
| follows a list Of the paragraphs repealed,
amCng others being 1888, 1898, 2060, 2jl6, l0ZJ,
| 207S 20S0.
Paragraph 1898 of the general statutes,
which was repealed by the Ferrelly bill,
originally Established judicial district num-
her il, composed of Cherokee, Labette and
( MCntgomery counties. n. II. Skidmore Is
Paragraph 2000 established the Twelfth
judicial district, composed OF washington
Republic and Cloud counties. The judge
ParaEraph 27l6 established originally dis
trict seventeen, composed of Norton, Phil
lips, Decatur, Pawlins and Cheyenne coun-
ties. A. c. T. Geiger is the judge.
Paragraph 2029 established district num-
Der 21 composed of Riley, Marsall and
Clay counties. Robert S. Spilman is the
Paragraph POTS established district num-
Der 81, composed of Rocks. Graham, Sher-
man, Sheridan and Thomas counties
Paragraph 2.0SO established district No. IS.
composed Of Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie and
Usage counties. w. Nj, Thomson is judge.
Paragraph ] $50 established district No. G.
composed of Linn. Bourbon and Crawford
counties W. l. SimOns is judge.
The bill repeating all of the paragraphs
establishing these courts was passed in the
senate by a vote of IS to 0. IN the house
the bill passed by a vote OF 81 TO l. Repre-
sentative HemingeT was the only member
OF either house voting against II, and he
did not do so because OF the irregularity
The OBJECT Of the bill was TO get rid of
the large amount Of unimportant stuff in
the general statutes and condense the new
edition soon to be published. The sections
in relation to courts were certainly inad-
Vertently incorporated in the bill, as nOth-
ing is contained in the title, that would in
dicate that there was TO be a wholesale
Adjustment ef courts.
Attorney General Boyle says that, the law
is worthless, and that II viii be Knocked
out the first time its validity is questioned
in the supreme court. lie claims that ii
was not. the intent of the legislature to
bill does not express the subject matter.
Then beside, the constitution prohibits the
complete abolishment Of district courts in
counties. II any districts are wiped out.
the counties in that district must be added
to some other district for judicial purposes.
This bill did not annex counties affected to
any other districts. 1t simply wiped the
courts out of existence.
In order TO get rid of the law the attorney
general will ask someone to bring an action
In the supreme court to test it In that
way he says, the act will soon be knocked
out This same law also repeals a number
of paragraphs fixing the time for holding
court In other districts.
The attorney general says that the courts
affected will simply ignore the law.
When the case to test the constitutional
ity Of this law comes before the supreme
court for consideration in order to knock 1t
out Judge Doster will have to reverse him.
self again. In the Davis case he said that
courts were usurping too much authority
OF the legislature. and indicated that he
would not decide law passed by the leg
unconstitutional or void unless 1t
fraud or the like As to this act no such
charge is made Everything indicates that
1t was purey a mistake.