The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-31


For pay of officers and
employees -..........-...S ob,bOO s4o,o4O
For maintenance and
repairs ............. $500 1O7, 600
Total. .s119,1OO SIS, $40
STATE PRINTERS FEES
House bill 233. by Taylor of Wyandotte
making horizontal reduction of 10 per
cen5 in the fees of the state printer, was
amended by the committee on printing
10 make a reduction Of % per cent and
recommended for passage
HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following were introduced:
House bill No. 491, by Cubbison-An
act to facilitate the sale of real estate
in the state of Kansas by providing for
taking ana enforcing deeds Of trust for
purchase money.
House bill No 497, by Merrill-An act
10 vaca:e and anDul Miller q Hillar's
addition to the city of Wichita, in the
county Of Sedgwick
House bill No. sol, by Larimer-An act
requiring the clerk of the district court
TO make a fee bill in every case on the
rendition of judgment.
House oil No 502, by Larimer-An
act ID prohibit officers from certifying
tile acknowledgment CT conveyances
and other Instruments affecting real es-
tate in certain cases.
House bill No. 504-An act relating to
forestry and irrigation, and combining
both lines Of investigation under commits
sloner, the manner of appointment,
length of time, defining the duties Of
said commissioner and making appro-
priatiCns for the further maintenance
and support of the two forestry stations
heretofore esta blished at Dodge City and
Olagah, and making appropriations for
the continuation of the experimental ir-
rigariOn station at Ollagah, and manag-
ing and repairing irrigation plants.
House bill No. sos, by Seaver-An act
to provide for the dismissal Of the public
schools whenever a legal holiday comes
on a school day during the term. and
providing for the payment of the teach
ers for the same.
House bill No. oil, by Brown Of Pratt
An act authorizing the county treas
now appearing in their books as a charge
,irer and county clerk of Pratt county,
Kansas TO charge the sum of $2,737 As
against he defunct Pratt county national
bank. of Pratt. Kansas. to the general
revenue fund of The county
Brown Of Pratt has a bill also that re-
quires county treasurers to publish the
amount behind and due in any and all
final tax notices.
CONVICT LABOR.
Representative Henley of Douglass
county, introduced this morning a bill
authorizing county commissioners to
make a requisition upon the warden OF
the state penitentaFy for not less than
twenty ECr more than forty convicts to
work upon the public roads These con-
Sicts viii not be sent out for less than
three months nor more than six to any
county a one time, and shall not be an
expense to the county more than keep
ing. Il is the object of the bill TO bet
ter improIe the public roads of the state
and do away with the manufacture of
goods and mining of coal by convict la
Dor except for state institutions.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Representa- Tive Haywood OF Kearney
county has introduced a new insurance
bill which provides that insurance COM
pa1ies doing business in this state shall
be divided for purposes of taxation into
domestic state and foreign companies.
Companies organized under the laws of
the state % Kansas are classed as do
mestic. those Of other states as state
companies ana all companies under the
laws Of other nations er a majority Of
the stockholders of which shall reside in
8 foreign country, shall be clasaed as
foreign
A sworn statement OF the gross nrem-
iuns received and expenses and losses
paid must be made on or before Nav
OF each year 10 the state superintendent
Of insurance and assessment for tsys
ton shall he upon the net profits al the
rate OF per cent Cor foreign compan Is
ana 2i2 per cent for domestic and state
companies.
The speaker this morning announced
standing committee:
Educational institutions-D. NJ. Rath-
weller, Kelson. Ernst, Foley, Stoner.
Irwin and Try.
STATE SCHOOL FUND.
Senator Cooke OF Beloit. who intro
duced the bin To loan the state perma-
nent school fund 10 individuals. has
pulled il through committee process
with a favorable report. Under the
provisions OF this bill any person can
barrow money OF the state school fund
commissioners in an amount equal 10
one-half the appraised cash value OF his
unincumbred real estate. but no person
can borrow more than 81 o00.
The law that allows counties so cents
Der Cay for the care Of insane people