Owingsville outlook., 1898-01-20
EFNTUCKY LEGISLATURE


Regular Session.
FRhNKTuEr. Ky. Jan. n. SENATE In tho |
senate n, uday Mr. SINS presented % Ioiur rcso- !
IV'rou p pNidiug for two servant, To be- ap- /,
pointed ny the ~crECuut~ -af-auu- ui ,uUh .
.o'.-e whose duties Il shall hc fu clean up and /
Keep pc rooms In order and whose pa' shall |
E, =, go per day. After several bin, were [
r,E,u ihcir second readings the senate al |
.....uci TIL Tuesday AT noon.
USE Speaker Bcckman presented n list |
,, 'aadlng c, mmittces To the house Monday |
ming Only one republican was given a |
CnaImanShip. New bills introduced. To reg |
ulatc lire insurance companies; 10 repeal m
act for the protection of lrsUc~ Uf real estate;
To provide for taking d"po~irior- in shorthand: |
IN prohibit SEEMING. netting aud trapping uf
food fish in all streams in Ecuturhv; To pro- |
hiht the sale of cigarettes IN This state; ~ |
amend section 2i6i Of the statutes re- |
latInE to redemption ot land sold uu-
der decree OF court; tn prevent indil idualS |
or corporations from discriminating against
labor organizations; to abolish registrar "f |
land oiiiCr. io amend Article ~ Of Kentucky |
statutes 80 that the contract system may he
adopted IN supplying school books to the pub
lie schools amending Section !lo uf kentucky
statutes. increases from sluJ tn SaD IN"
amount uf Judgment from which an appeal To
the court of appeals will lie; to regulate ldmis-
slons tn the bar. To prevent butchers or other
persons from selling for food the flesh of any
animal diving otherwise than hv slaughter or
known to lie diseased when Slaurhtcrrd; to
prohibit the marriage Of first cousins; to pro-
hibit persons from setting fire To- any wooiS,
fences grass or other things capable Of spread
Ing fire on he land Of another; to abolish the
state board of equalization. To abolish office 81
register Of land office and consolidate il with
auditor, onic"; to acquire owners of dams
across certain streams to construct fish rounds
or ladders 81 ti~h may pass over the dams
FRANKFuRT, Jan. H. SENATE The senate
after deciding upon its committees and rccciv-
ing a number of new bills including the anti
schoolhouk tru~t measures. adjourned tIll We'd
ncsday
HoUSE Representative Charlton moved the
adoption of the following Hawaiian resolution
Tuesday: Whereas, There i AT present
pending in the United States senate u
treaty providing for the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands, and. Whereas. Annex
alton would hc tautamount to the admission uf
"A slave state. the representatives uf which would
necessarily work and vote Tor the "nNlaycmcut
Of labor; therefore b" it Resolved. That we
urge the United States senate to reject the
treaty of annexation and to take such other
steps may be necessary to maintain
amicahlc relations with Hawaii" charlton
made speech and MacQuot moved Ia refer
the matter To- the committee federal rcIa-
tionS. The house hy vote of p To- -. refused
TO refer, and the vote came on the resolution
majority on u viva Nocc vote.
FRANKFORT, Ky. Jan. H. SENATE We'd
nesday W. VI. Jones presented the following
resolution, which was adopted: Whereas.
During the late civil war many EcntucSian~
enliShcd aS state volunteers au'! rendered Ci-
hcicnt service in behalf Of the union; and
whereas. many Of said soldiers were wounded
while in service or contracted disease; and
whereas. there has never been any provisions
made for pcnsiOning same. he it therefore re-
solved, that our senators and representatives
in congress from this state be requested to Sc
cure the passage of such laws aS will secure
To the volunteers such advantages for pensions
as are now enjoyed by those who were regular
" enlisted in the United States army"
HORSE MIR. Lackcy tpopD presented a reSO-
luton expressing sympathy for the struggling
CuhanS and asking Kentucky congressman to
use their influence to have the United States
acknowledge the beligerency of the patriots.
The resolution was adopted Mr.. Conner, Of
Boone. introduced resolution favoring the
reduction of Salaries and fees paid To public
officers whether paid by the citizen or the
state. M Jarnigan (repD. Of Ohio county,
presented the same resolution about pension
ing Kentucky volunteers Us Jones presented in
the senate Wednesday and il was defeated
Mr.. Ingrams resolution asking congress to ap-
prOpriatc money to cut a channel around Cum
berland falls in the Cumberland river 50 a. to
admit passage OF fish in said river, also
defeated
FRANKFoRT, XIV, iL-SrSATs- New bills
presented: To abolish the Office of register OF
land ofticC and to consolidate IL with the sccrc-
tary of state; to protect unoccupicd houses.
Makes 1t u misdcmcanOr for any person to oc-
cupy an unt"nantcd hOuSelwithout permission
from the owncrD For the benefit Of farm la
horcrs Gives said laborcrS lien for their
labor ON crops. superior to all other liens. cN-
cept landlords lcn): the governor sent in the
following appointments, which were referred
to the committee On charitable institution:
John l.. Long. to he superintendent of the
fcCble-mnded institute, vice J. l.. Hun. resign
cd; Porter Prather. TO be first assistant phy>I-
elan at Eastern asylum, vice John L. Long re-
signed; CaS>iuS ID. Mansfield. to be SECOND ls-
, sistant physician at same asylum, and Louise
Bergman, to be third assistant physician at
same place.
HOUsE-Resolutions introduced: Asking
Kentucky congressman to favor "A bill prohib-
iting the appropriation of money for the relief
or benefit Of any individual or association ex-
ccpt in case OF absolute deStitution or suffer-
ing. Lies over; requesting that bill he drawn
TO amend the constitution so that United
State senator's shall be elected by the people.
Lies over; requesting Kentucky congressman
to urge the passage of a bill by congress to pro-
hibt the licensing Of whisky traffic in local op-
tion districts. Lies over; requesting Kentucky
congressman to favor the passage of the anti
scalping bill. Lies over; providing that the
investigate the management working and con-
tracts of the Frankfort and Eddyville prisons.
Friday Representative Chinn, OF Mercer, will
present new bill providing that all banks
that do not file an acceptance of the ad valorem
tax system for state, county and city taxes by
q certain time will have their charters re
pealed. Representative Laufer. Of Louisville.
will introduce an act to regulate the practice
OF embalming in towns OF 1900 or more in this
commonwealth
TRANSPORT, KY, Jan. I5.-SENATE-
senate committee on charitable institutions
decided Friday night to report favorably on all
the governors appointments for the a>ylumS,
except that of DIR. B. f. Porter. who was ap-
pointed To be third assistant physician n the
Lakeland asylum. Porter is u Negro and the
committee was unanimous in its report that
his appointment ought not to be confirmed.
Eight new bills were introduced.
HoUsE-Fifty-four new bills were introduce
ed In the house Friday. The house committee
on criminal law. at its meeting decided To
recommend the passage OF the bill of Repre-
sentative Tracy, of Covington. defining the
onense Of 'cmhczzlement-" The bill practic-
ally makes a breach of trust an embeZzlemcnt.
and all kinds Of employees, including clerks,
book-keeperS and others, are TO he construed
| as guilty II they commit breach of trust.
Option on General Ware Potterics.
TRENTON, n. j., Jan. l5.-It is ru-
mored here that syndicate of New
York capitalists has secured an option
on about ninety per cent. of the gen
eral ware pot cries in this city and
East Liverpool, o., the two principal