The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-28
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Regular Session.

duced Thursday; To prohibit the SEEMING, ETC.,
In lakes and ponds owned by another without
his consent; to amend chapter of Kentucky
statutes. relating to salaries. Proposes to re-
duce salaries of state officers follows: Gov
ernOr to $500, adjutant general toSl 300, at
torney general to $1,000, commonwealth
attorney to $500, auditor TO 5000, in
spectOr OF mines TO 81, 800. inspector and exam
liner to $500. judge of court of appeals to S4O0
and other minor changes An act TO amend
Section 1898 of Kentucky statutes. Requires
the county fiscal court TO hold four terms each
year one each in January. April, July and Oc-
tober. Johnson of Lawrence-TO amend Sec
tiOn 1885 of Kentucky statutes. Requires mag
istrates to hold court once each month, instead
OF once i'll three months. The senate adjourn
ed till Saturday at ii a. N. in order to attend
the dedication of the A and NJ. college build
ing in Lexington Friday.
HoUSE-Bills introduced To regulate the
analysis of fertilizers; to regulate the sale OF
leaf tobacco in the public markets; to regu-
late the costs OF taking dispositions; act requir-
ing that shorthand reports of dispositions shall
be transcribed in long hand and then sub
scribed by the witnesses in the presence of the
officer; to require news organizations, to sell
their news to any paper demanding it; act pro-
viding for state board of embalming to Ii
CenSe embalmerS and regulate the practice OF
embalming; act requiring laborers to be paid
every Saturday, in lawful money. Adjourned
until Saturday at Ii a.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 25.-SENATE-New
bills introduced Monday; To appropriate S25,-
900 to improve the sewerage system of the Cen
trail asylum at Lakeland: to change the time of
holding circuit court in the TWenty-fourth jU-
dicial district, composed of Pike. Floyd, Mar
tin johnson and Knott counties. Bills re-
ported by committees: Act regulating the adj
mission of applicants to practice law; to pay
Judge Benefits widow balance of his salary;
act for benefit of J. E. Robbins. No expression
appropriations to officers Reported with a
substitute; act providing that the court of ap-
pealS should elect male state librarian in 1900.
HOUSE-The committee on elections reported
favOrably the Chinn school book bill, providing
for the contract system of supplying schools
books if they can not be ecured cheaper by
state publication; it further provides for a
school book commission of seven members,
the governor TO be chairman and the superin-
tendent OF public instruction to be secretary,
the contracts for books at a certain price, to
run for period OF five years before new con-
tract is made The bill also fixes a maximum
price of certain school books. Bills reported
by committees: To adopt the Barbour
and Carroll edition of Kentucky statutes.
Approved. To amend the ''champerty and
maintenance" statute. Adverse report and the
bill killed; bill defining the term adverse pos
session" Adverse report and killed; bill eX-
tending the time six weeks in which quail may
Der of prominent democtatic leaders are here
working quietly to have a very important
change made in the election laws. The pro-
posed bill, which has not yet been perfected,
will provide for a state board of election COM
missioners, who shall appoint three commits
siOnerS in each county. whose duty it will be to
appoint the election officers in every election.
FRANKFORT, KY. Jan. 26.-SENATE-Bills
introduced Tuesday: To prevent any d1Scrim-
ination against the currency of our nation and
to protect the debtor class of our citizens 1t
provides that where particular kind of mon
ey is specified in a contract it shall be con-
strued to mean any lawful money of the United
States: to regulate the practice of pharmacy
and to establish a board Of pharmacy. Re
enacts the present law. Senate bill
No. came up as special order
II provides that road OverSeerS can not use
their own teams and not be interested in teams
of others in working county roads. The bill
had been adversely reported by the commit
tee and on motion of Senator Siege it was re-
committed to the committee on agriculture
and manufacturers. Bills reported by commit
tees To authorize the use of shOrt-term con-
victS in construction Of cOurthOuseS, jails, pub
lie roads, bridges, ETC., and to authorize the
working of viOlatOrS of the penal laws thereon
in payments of fines to create board of penf-
tertiary commissioners and regulate the penal
Institutions of this commonwealth.
HOUsE-Fifty new bills were introduced
Tuesday, among them the following: To re-
Quire all passenger trains to stop at county
seats; making it a felony to sign the name Of
another to a petition, memorial or remOn-
STRANGE without permission; to reduce the toll
rate on toll roads for various animals and We
hicles: to levy a tax to erect state house at
Frankfort and create a board of state house
commissioners Provides for raising 100000;
to amend Section 4, Article B. of revenue law
so that whisky shall be assessed for county and
city taxes, like other merchandise; to amendSec-
ton 1906 of Kentucky statutes, so that county
roads may be maintained either by taxation or
bonds allotted, or both; to abolish the office of
adjutant general; abolishing the offices of SER
geant-at-arms, tipStaff, etc, of court OF ap-
peals, and creating Office of special law clerk
to said court; prohibiting any discrimination
against any coin or money in contracts for the
payment of money; to prohibit the granting Of
licenses to merchants and druggists to retail
intoxicating drinks.
FRANKFORT, KY, JAN e7.-SENATE.-The
senate committee on charitable institutions
Wednesday afternoon, by a viva vOce vote. de-
cided to report favorably the nomination of
DR.. Z. M. Wiley, gold democrat of HarrOds-
burg, as superintendent of the Lexington asy-
lum. a yea and nay vote would have shown
majority of the committee to be against
Wiley but the anti Wileyites did not care to
antagonize their friends on the committee, and
the favorable report which, in this instance,
means nothing, allowed to be adopted.
HOUsE--The commemorative attorneys won
their fight inthe house Wednesday, defeating
Mr.. Humphreys bill. which proposed to
abolish this office and consolidate it with that
of county attorney Mr.. Humphreys made a
strong ca for the bill, claiming that its pas
sage would reduce the expenses of criminal
prosecutions in the state $4,000 a year. Mr..
Chinn. of Mercer. and Mr.. Bradburn. of War
rem both members of the judiciary committee
led the fight against the bill Mr.. Tracey, of
COvingtOn, made a warm fight in the house in
behalf of his bill providing for a more rigid
examination of applicants for license to prac-
Jice law. The judiciary committee had report
ed it adversely, and finally succeeded in hav-
ing its report sustained.
Made a Clean Breast of 1t.
TOLEDO, o., Jan. 27.-Lavina An
drews proved to be the star witness in