Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-11
HUTCHINSON. KANSAS, THURSDAY. MARCH Ii, 1887.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

resolution, as to -, the resolution
lacking eight votes of the necessary
two-thirds. 1t was a strict party vote,
excepting that llackbush, of Leaven-
worth, and Vogelgesang, Of Russell,
republicans, voted yea, and Tapscott,
Of Hamilton, democrat, voted nay, say
ing the resolution was a populist
whisky measure, and only the bum
element desired it.
The house passed the bill providing
for the election of county printers by
the people every two years. The bill
makes a reduction of % per cent. in
present fees.
Representative Fairchilds bill giving
the live stock sanitary commission
power to prevent the shipment of hogs
affected with cholera into this state
from other states was passed by the
house: also the bill providing for the
appointment OF election commissioners
OF all tirst-class cities.
Among other bills of Importance
passed by the house were the follow
ing: An act relating to the establish
mtnt OF county high schools in coun-
ties having population of less than
$500; authorizing organized townships
in the state of Kansas to purchase
land and to erect buildings thereon,
and providing for the payment of the
same; to authorize school districts to
send children outside their districts
for school purposes; to secure prompt
payment FOR damages to stock and by
fire oy railway corporations.
The house passed the bill appropriate
ing sos, 600 for the current expenses of
the state university. A cut of 10 per
cent in the salaries of the professors
was made. The bill for establishing a
county school fund was killed in the
house.
The house killed the Graves bill to
exempt from assessment and taxation
real estate notes or bonds and the
mortgages given to secure the same,
when the money which is loaned on
real estate security is the individual
money of bona fide residents of the
state of Kansas.
The bill prohibiting public exhibit
tions of hypnotism and mesmerism
was killed in the house; also bills to
compel snelter companies to use
smoke consumers, and to appropriate
money for certain experiments in irri-
cato
The senate passed the following bills:
To prohibit state officials from appoint
ing relatives to Office; to dispose of the
dead bodies of criminals and paupers
to medical colleges; to protect hotel
keepers from dead beats; to compel
corporations to file copies Of their char
tiers and names of stockholders with
register of deeds; to exempt Il
part of tenants, crops from lien
for rent; to provide for the semi
monthly payment of wages in cash; to
increase the terms of state agricultural
college regents from three to four
years: to deprive Chancellor Snow of
the position Of eX-oflicio member and
president of the state university re-
gents to elect the board of railroad
commissioners by vote of the people.
The bill to compel railroad companies
to pay salaries of railroad commission
ers was killed.
Senator Jumpers bill, providing that
the governor shall not be empowered
to cause an investigation to be made
of any state official, passed the senate.
The legislature is to be the only body
with power to authorize an investiga-
ton.
The bill to compel vendors of patent
medicines to pay monthly license of
500 was killed by the house. The
house passed the anti-Pinkerton bill.
The senate passed the bill requiring
foreign life insurance, guaranty and
indemnity companies to pay "a per
cent. tax upon the gross premiums re-
ceived from business in the state, and
providing for forfeiture of rights to do
business in case of refusal The senate
passed the bill from its committee on
printing to appropriate $40, 900 for state
printing for the fiscal year of 1898 and
$50 900 for that of 1899.