The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-01-20
IN REGULAR SESSION.
kansas LeGislature of 1899 Assemblies at
T0peka-OabOrN Elected speaker of tho
House-Popuiisss Organize Senate.

THE house held 15-minute session on the
nth and then adjourned to give The speaker a
chance to arrange his committees. -. Among
the senate bills introduced we're: Declaring
February 12. Lncolns birthday anniversary,
legal holiday creating civil service system
for state employees: regulating state penal in
situations: for new system for state oil in
spection: providing for the erection of public
buildings in cities OF the first class and for the
issuance OF bonds therefor: to do away with
the offices OF penitentary directors managers
Of the Hutchinson reformatory and state re-
form school md placing them under single
board Of three members for a more stringent
enforcement OF the prohibitory law by provid-
Ing for the punishment, not only OF the joint
keepers but also OF county officers who fail to
enforce the law.
By vote of 90 to Ave the senate on the 18th
decided that George w. Hanna could retain his
seat as senator from the Clay-Dickfnson dis
trict Among the bills intro iuced were the
following: To reimburse citizens of Lawrence
for rebuilding the engineering house of the
state university: to FORBID the granting OF
franchises to street railw ~ companies without
a vote Of the peoples to revise the game laws.
prohibiting the sale and shipment of
game birds from the state; to require
every barber to pass an examination before
state board: for the building of stone
BRIDGES by counties and for tn .ir payment
without bond Issues; to reduce sleeping car
rates to make Leavenworth county a judicial
district by itself: to reduce passenger rates
and prohibit the issuing of passes; appropri-
ating r20OD' for Kansas corn exhibit at the
Paris exposition; to encourage irrigation in
western Kansas by providing for the erection Of
reservoirs 90. The hou sc held q brief session
and adjourned without transacting any BUSH
ness of moment
In the senate on the 18th Ryan, OF Crawford
presented a bill providing that orders issued as
scrip" shall be PAYABLE in 80 days in money or
merchandise, at option of holder Oth-r meas
ures included the fo. lowing: By Hart. to grant
three-year teacher certificates to graduates
of the state university school of arts: by Stone.
repeating the law relating to lie ,islative COM
mittees for investigating state officers: by
Cooke. allowing the state treasurer to loan GER
tain funds TO private citizens at five per cent.
interest by Andrew. making the offices of
marshal and street commissioner in cities of
second and third classes appointive Both
houses adjourned until Monday, the 10Th
Gov STANLEY sent a short message to the
senate on the 10Th Withdrawing all of ex- Gov
Leedy'S appointments that were not acted upon
Among the bills introduced were Bv H ,nna
providing that b hereafter no person in Kansas
can enter the bu >incss of healing diseases,
whether "bv medicines drugs. m ,chanical de-
vice. manipulation. mental impression or in
other manner until he has passed an exami-
nation and received license from the state
board OF health. By Farelly. to remove the
political disa Dilties of all ex-confed rate SOL
diers Bv Anderson, to appropriate money to
families of men killed while in the employ OF
the state. Among the house bills introduced
were: By Fairchild, for uniform system of
taxation OF personal property Throughout the
state; by Scott, making it crime for city an
township assessors to agree upon scale Of
values to be placed on personal property.