Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-04
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed PrOceedlngs of the states Law
makers in biennial Session nc ToDeIxn.

makers In Biennial Session ne Topeka,
THE senate on the 28th adopted o resolution
requesting the Kansas delegation In congress
TO work against the issuance OF government
bonds the retirement OF the greenbaclSs and
not TO oppose tarlf legislation. The senate
also by vote OF ab TO II, refused TO take up the
Sn0w-Hudson state printing controversy.
Among the bills introduced we're; Providing
for uniformity OF textbooks by school district
vote; 10 reduce the price OF marriage licenses;
permitting law graduates OF the state university
to practice in any court in the state; to do
away with the rebate on full tax payments TO
appropriate $1,000 annually to the state
poultry association. Among the bills re-
ported for passage were: To place oil
penal and charitable institutions UNI
der civil service to secure uniformity
in listing and taxing OF bonds and mortgages TO
prevent the inspection and dockage OF hogs IN
public stock yards. In the house these bills
were passed. Making the husband and wife
competent to testify against each other In dl-
vorce cases; empowering clerks In cities Of the
second and third-class to administer oaths
The bill TO exempt corn from taxation for one
year was killed in committee. These bills were
reported favorably: To prevent blacl1listing OF
employees TO prohibit persons leaving camphres
burning along the roads, and to license ex-union
soldiers to canvass In the state Among the
bills introduced were; To remunernte persons
suffering damage from the herd law; requiring
tuition fee Of $40 for admission to the state
university, and to compel fire insurance COM
panies to settle losses on bases OF value agreed
upon at time property is insured.
THE senate on the goth took 0 test vote on the
question Of establishing more normal schools.
The result was tie, II TO II. The bill author
izing the school fund commission to loan school
IN - tl,a ptot nnd, io.t
security was reported for passage, as was the
measure to levy a tax OF three to Ave mills on
all property for the support Of common schools.
Hart introduced a bill giving medical colleges
bodies Of convicts dying In the penitentiary,
also inmates Of state institutions, warehouses;
and pOorhouses. The appointment Of Webb
McNall for insurance commissioner was con-
hrmed .... In the house Speaker Street an
nounced the appointment Of three additional
standing committees. Among the bills intro
duced were: Providing for patriotic exercises
in the public schools; providing that none but
practicing attorneys can be eligible to the ONCE
Of county attorney; for the taxation Of fire in
surance companies; for the election OF railroad
commissioners
IN the house on the 9Oth Ury presented his
bill TO consolidate several western counties.
Other bills introduced we're: BY Outcalt TO
give women the right to vote for presidential
electors; by Henley, to permit the use of con-
Wet labor upon Kansas roads; by Brown, Of
Cowley, to provide for the appointment by the
governor Of state board OF examiners OF rail-
road telegraphers, The committee on printing
reported favorably Taylor's bill cutting fees Of
the state printer. The house, by vote Of 70 TO
I, passed Hackneys bill to appropriate $50 900
for the current expenses Of the state uni
versity
THE senate on the list adopted o resolution
requesting Kansas members in congress to
work for an income tax law; also requesting
the legislatures Of Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas TO appoint committee to meet SINH
lar committee from Kansas to devise ways and
means for the construction OF a north and south
railroad to the Gulf OF Mexico. Senator Har-
ris introduced q bill for a bust of ex-Gov.
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 e. The house killed the adverse report on
the resubmission resolution and ordered the bill
printed for discussion on the floor The reso-
linton to instruct Kansas congressman to OPP
pose the retirement Of greenbaclSs and the
issuance Of bonds was voted down. These bills
were introduced: To regulate the state in
spection Of grain; to establish state normal
school at La Crosse; to authorize the forma-
tion of cooperative insurance companies pro-
viding that seven or more people in any county
in the state may form cooperative company
for any kind Of insurance. to authorize coun-
ties to vote bonds for irrigation purposes; pro-
viding for municipal ownership Of gas water
and electric light plants The bill requiring