The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

condensed Proceedings Of ths ststss law
makers IN BienRisl Session st Topskss
IN the senate on the 9th bills we're intro
dueed IS follows; To appropriate Sis. toeom
| ptete TIE Hutchinson reformatory; to proVid,
tos tbe payment OF fve-eighths Of cent Del
/ pound bounty Ter the #snuiaeturs Of sugar L
Kansas; to make the proceeds Of the se OF prop
/ eFty under foreclosure proceedings Is sdtisfi
/ the mortgage in fulls 70 exempt from sttacH.
ment for rent ole-thifa 81 q crop raised bv ten,
ants to elect street e0mmissioaef, elerk arii
marshal OF cities Of the seeond-class; to pre-
vent the issuance Of passes TO voters at times
| OF election; TO establish branch OF the STATE
/ agricultural college, & state normal and
pubic park at the Fort Hays mill.
itary reserYationi &c revise tie present
| banking law, making directors fssbQhslsle foi
/ any crooked dealings Of the bank aud previditis
heavg penalties f0r. making false euuies... Ir
the house Speaker Street introduced 9 rigid
measure against issuing aid accepting passes
! The speaker also appointed committees "a -
yesugate the Cowley and Kingman county baad
deals and to investigate eX-Coal Oil Inspector
Iaylor's accounts The house also sus.
tanned the report OF the ways and means com
nittee III quitting. down the current expenses fol
the state unifegsft5 ID SEQ ,O5l
TIE senate on the 18th adopted & fssalBtioE
requesting the Kansas delegation in congress
to work against the issuance Of government
bonds; the retirement of the greenbacks and
net 70 oRpose taria isgislatioH The senate
also, By vote Of % to H. reiused "a tsIze as the
! SnoW-HudsOn state printing controversy.
Among the bills introduced were: Providing
for uniformity Of textbooks by school district
vote; to reduce the price Of marriage licenses;
permitting law graduates Of the state university
to practice in any court III the slbteF 70 do
away with the rebate on full tax Payments; "a
appropriate Sl,C0l Annually to the state
poultry ASSOCIATIONS AmoHg the bills re-
ported for passage were: rs place all
penal and charitable institutions un-
der civil service: TO secure uniformity
in listing and taxing Of bonds and mortgages; to
prevent the inspection and doclSage OF hogs in
public stock yards. IA the house these bills
we're passed: Making the Husband aid wife
s0mpetent % testify against each other in di-
Eorce cases. Empowering clerks in cities Of the
second and third-class to addiihisteF 5aths.
The bill to exempt corn from taxation for one
year was killed in committee These bills were
reported faYoTably: To prevent blacklisting OF
employest 20 prohibit persons leaving eampfTes
burning along tie reads 8nd 10 license eE-union
soldiers TO canvass in the state 8fi6f7g Sic
bills introduced were; To remunerate persons
suffering damage from the herd law; requiring
q tuition fee Of $40 for admission to the state
university ard 20 compel fire insurance COM
panies to settle losses on bases u Taiue BgFeed
upon at time property is insured.
TIE senate on the 29th took a test vote on the
question Of establishing more normal schools.
The result was tie, II to H. The bill author
4I.,s- Z
funds to citizens Of the state on good ZEAL estate
Security TaS reported for passage as was the
measure to levy tax Of three to five mills on
all property for the support o. coiHRo6 schools:
Hart introduced a bill giving medical colleges
bodies Of convicts dying in the penitentiary,
else inmates Of state institutions, warehouses
and pOOThouses, Tie appointment Of Webb
McNall for insurance commissioner FCs con-
hrmed 49,. In the house Speaker Street au-
nOunced the appointment Of three additional
standing committees, Among the bills intro
dueed were: Providing for patriotic exercises
in the public sehe0isi providing that none but
bfactieiHg Gttotneys can be eligible to the office
Of county attorney; f0r the t6SatioH Of Ere i1=
surance companies for the election OF railroad
commissioners.
IN the house on the 3Oth Try presented his
bill to consolidate several western counties
Other bills introduced we're: BY Outcalt, to
give women the right to vote for presidential
eleotorsi by Henley, to permit the use OF con-
Wet lhbot HBoH KaHsBs rcadsi bP Brown, OF
Cowley, to provide Tor the sFtCiutueHt by the
governor of a state board Of examiners Of rail-
road telegrapheTs. The committee on printing
reported favorably TaylOT's bill cutting fees Of
the state printer. The house, by vote OF 20 to
], passed Hackney's bill to appropriate $4,000
for the current expenses Of the state uni
veysitF
THE senate on the list adopted 9 resolution
requesting Kansas members in congress t6
work for an income tax law also requesting
the legislatures Of Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas to appoint a committee TO meet a SINH
lar committee from Kansas to devise ways and
means for the construction Of north and south
railroad to the Gulf Of Reziee Senator Her-
Tts introduced a bill for a bust Of eE-GdT,
Charles Robinson, to be placed in the chapel Of
the state university; King, to prevent the state
printer from putting type machines in his
ONCE. The house killed the adverse report on
the Tesg5misSiOu resolution and ordered the bill
printed for discussion on the docr. The resQ-
ntion to instruct Kansas congressman 60 ops
pose the retirement Of gTeenbacks and the
issuance Of bonds was voted down. These bills
were Introduced: To regulate the state in
spectiou Of grain to establish a state normal
school at La Crosse; to authorize the forma-
ton Of cooperative insurance companies, pro-
vidilg that seven OF more people in any county
in the state may form q cooperative company
for any kind Of insurance; 10 authorize cOun-
ties to vote bonds for irrigation purposesi pro-
viding for municipal ownership Of gas, water
and electric light plants. The bill requiring
county attorneys to be practieing lawyers vas
reported fGy0rablys