Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-10
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Regular Session.

iucrd Monday: To provide for the operating
expenses Of the houses al reform. A2propri-
.tc> siSS per capita for each inmate and Sa"I
annually for other expenses: act To better Sc
| cure a more prompt administration and settle
| mrnt of assigned and insolNrut estates by AS
siences and receivers. The first Thing after
the reading of the journal ia the senate Mon
lay was message from the governor
| announcing his veto of the sMct hord rail
7oad freirh,-raic hin. The veto covers 10 type
written pages citing numerous authorities Ia
show that the hill l. uncu Institutional
HORSE At the afternoon session the house
defeated the hin to amend the landlord and
tenant law ~ that only fiVr days notice To va
,atc would he required instead " ~ days. as
now required The hill To change the Third
appellate district was practically defeated by
refusing Ia allow IL To he reported by the com
mittcr on statutes. IL can hardly be-
rushed through now in time to be
passed over the governors veto The
Gochcl election hill and the Eighth district
srrrymandcr hill were read and compared n
enrolled: the Trimble hill Ia require all rail-
road companies in the state Ia permit the
Postal Telegraph 60. a. well as the Western
Union Ia erect lines along their right Of way
was passed, yeas e., nays T.; Mr.. a. G. Brown
presented "A joint resolution calling on the ad-
luiant general Ia inform the legislature aS Ia
how many available soldiers he has in ease of
time OF Of holding courts in the Twenty fuurt =
| judicial district was passed
FRANKroRT. March s:ES,rE--Thc entan.
clements over the various important party
measures pending in The legislature are he
coming more complicated every hour The
fates Of the McChorl railroad hill the Bron-
ston prison hill, and the Gorhcl election hill
are all 81 interviewer that no one can
tell the outcome They may all I've de
featcd or they may all he passed over the We
toes. II depends on the action uf the caucuscs
that are being called ou the ~" first named
bulls The resolution providing Ter paving
Idiot claims for the time clap~Inp between the
expiration If the last inquest Period and the
time the new inquest WAS held Was adopted.
The hill Ia require assessors in cities Of first
and second classes to ASSESS intangible prop
crty and franchises for taxation WAS passed.
HORSE The hill to appropriate s3n01 for
building sewerage system for the Lexington
asylum was passed by vote of - To H. The
hill Ia adopt Barbour and CarrollS edition of
the kentucky statutes was defeated by II yeas
Ia IL nays. The senate substitute for the
Chinn school book bill was reported To the
house Tuesday The substitute il regarded aS
a nulliner Of the original hill and IA big victory
Tor the American Book Concern lIy vote
Of 81 10 - the house refused to concur in
the substitute This virtually destroys all
- cheaper the price Of books this session.
FRANKFoRr. March3 SENATE In the SEN
ate "Wednesday Mr.. Clark. the patriotic Sena-
ior from jackson county. presented the follow
ng resolution which was unanimously adopted:
That from and after this date there shall be
displayed from the dome OF the capitol the
national flag. For over 100 years. in war and
peace in sunshine and storm, by land and sea,
, its shield has been our protection and
3 al. Las
have Increased from l3 TO Is. moving
undimmed and undimInished I'm their orbs OF
light and grandeur. and not stripe is trailing
on the ground. In times OF threatened disas-
ter We look to its eagle, grasping heavens
thunderbolts. Kentucky has contributed her
full share TO these gloricS. and the people OF
no state feel greater pride and exultation a.
they look upon its waving folds. From the
devotion Of the heart let that feeling be ex-
pressed by placing the flag upon the Capitol.
HoUsE-The house adopted the resolution
calling on the adjut.nt general to report the
number Of troops available for immediate war
The Tracy bill to strike out the clause in the
present law which eNemptS from execution
80 in money for each member OF a family. was
1efeated-yeas, -; nays. - At the after
noon session the senate passed the bill
repeating the MadiSonyile graded school act
Bill providing for repuhlishing the Kentucky
reports that are now out of print was defeated
Senate Bill No ls0 providing for the condem-
nation Of land and material for constructing
repairing and rebuilding turnpike and grave
roads and bridges. was passed The house bill
amending the code 50 that in asking for in.
functions the plaintiff must 20 before the cir
cult court Judge in his district for trial Of the
motion, and not to any circuit Judge. was
passed.
FRANKFORT March A-SESArE-The follow.
building associations to create an Indebtedness
by borrowing money to meet certain obliga-
tons; TO authorize trustees OF graded schools
TO levy an additional tax was amended on mo-
tion of Senator Noires so as to require the
question 10 be submitted to q vote OF the peo-
pie, and passed as amended; allowing pay tC
jurors that are sworn.eyen IL they do not serve
a full day; requiring when cities of the fourth
class wish To extend their boundaries n petit
tion must be filed and property owners in the
new territories summoned to appear: appro-
priating $4,000 for new sewerage system at the
Lexington asylum; to create a state dental
board OF examiners; bill repeating the act re-
quiring notice to be given before suit on lien
is filed was passed, with an amendment allow.
ing the law to still apply to Louisville.
HousE-Bills passed: A resolution providing
for firing 100 guns on March in memory OF
Robert Emmett. the Irish patriot TO transfer
Madisonville from the fifth TO fourth class
cities; appropriating money TO enlarge the
dining room and the electric plant at the
Frankfort penitentiary; senate bill changing
the Third appellate district by cutting oui
Whitley county was passed enrolled and sent
to the governor; authorizing assessors to enter
bonded warehouses to assess the contents
FRANKFORT, March h-SENATE-F Friday
Senator McChord withdrew his appeal from
the decision of the chair on the McChord bill
nd he In rail
mittee with the expression OF opinion that il
ought to pass over the governors veto. The
question was then put, without debate
and the governors veto was sus-
tanned by vote Of 81 to IL. Bills
passed: To require trust companies 10 report tC
the secretary of state in the same way that
banks now report; to prevent railroads from
delivering to or receiving from other railroads
1 or common carrier freight at less charges than
/ IL charges or receives from other common car.
riers for like service etc. to regulate the prac-
| tice OF pharmacy in the state; to prohibit cor
porations from contributing in any way tc
, campaign funds In election.
HoUsE-The house refused to have the bill
prohibiting the reproduction OF prize fights by
pictures read a second time. thus killing it,
! The resolution indorsjng the action OF Miss
| Christine Bradley in refusing to christen the
battleship Kentucky with whisky OF
champagne was adopted. The will
Jams bill to prohibit the running OF
! excursion trains on Sunday was killed. Bills
| passed: allowing certain claims for supplies
| furnished state troops In 1891 TO be ltigated
I to better secure a more speedy settlement o.
assigned estates and estates placed in the
hands of receivers.
Physician Intimidated.
| WILLIAMSBURG, Ky, March 5.-One
new case of smallpox was reported