Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-16
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings Of the Senate and
HOuse-ThS BILLS Introduced
md PnAaod.

THE house In committee Of the whole on the
9th, by an almost unanimous vote, recon-
mendod for passage Bonene's anti-buoket-
shop bill, also the Dawes bill to limit the OUT
put OF state prison coal The house committee
on ways and means recommended for passage
| an appropriation bill carrying 100 900 annu ally
for the maintenance Of the state university;
also IDS, QUO for new chemistry building In
the senate Lupfer OF Pawnee introduced
stringent interchangeable bill, which pro-
vdes that all butter OF every grade and variety
ahall be labeled. Forney, of Sumner, intro
duoed n measure providing for the manuiac-
ture by convict labor In the state penltentiary
OF appliances and furnishings for all state In
situations. and for the manufacture OF binding
twine by convlcts
THE house on the 9TH passed u stringent
chAttle mortgage law, prescribing penalties for
disposng OF mortgaged property. The Wheatley
bill regulating the operating OF lead and zinc
mines, was passed unanimously by the house.
A resolution was adopted extending vote OF
thanks to Senators Harris and Baker for their
vote on the ratification OF the peace treaty,
Among the bills introduced were: Providing
for seven judges OF the supreme court provld-
Ing that funds placed In banks by city, town
ship, county, school disctrlct or secret order
shall be kept as special deposits, unless consent
| IN given OIutTWlHb' lnb houuJo III COmulILtu
OF the whole recommended the following bills
for passage: 10 remove the disabilities OF oil
ex-coniederates; encouraging the Woman's
Relief corps In the maintenance OF the Mother
Bickerdyke home and hospital ut Ellsworth
and making appropriation for the support Of
the institution; compelling railway companies
TO employ at least one porter or brakeman on
each train, exclusive of the conductor
IN committee OF the whole the house on tho
9th killed the Foglo bill passed at the extra
session, providing for u state society OF mines
Populists voted for the bill The house passed
the Grafton bill, providing In effect that any
reputable college In Kansas may grant teach
ers' certificates TO It's regular graduates The
house Judiciary committee reported favoraoly
the hill TO work penitentiary convlots on the
public roads Among the house bills intro
duced was one which makes wife competent
to testify against her husband In n criminal
assault case In the senate u motion was
made TO 20 into executive session TO consider
appointments by Gov. Stanley but II was de-
feated, II to IS Gov Stanley nominated
Charles +. Scott Frank @. Crowell and j, W.
Forney to be regents OF the stute
university The senate passed Senator Far
relly's bill empowering the senate to convene
In extra session after the adjournment OF the
regular session TO hear the Stuart Falcon
contest case from the Twenty-second judicial
district The senate again reoommitted the
state oil inspection bill The senate commit
tee Of judiciary introduced bill authorizing
Crane q Co., OF Topeka, to compile and publish
n revision Of the statutes The work Is to be
done at no expense to the state, the publishers
to get their pay from sales OF the statutes
The house, by vote OF "a to 0, passed New
mans bill to remove the political disabilities
| Of all ex-contederates In Kansas The house
| also passed the following bills, among others;
Prohibiting the practice OF hvpnotsm upon
children prohibiting state officers and en-
ployes from holding municipal ofilces TO pro-
| vide for an inspector OF lead and zinc mines;
permitting foreign guardians to institute and
defend suits In the courts Of this state to pun
fish body snatchers and persons who purchase
bodies Of them; transferring Usage county TO the
| Northern department Of the court II appeals;
to prohibit probate judges from Issuing tenn
porary injunotiOns to be enforced longer than
the next term Of court to protect hotelkeepers,
hotels and boarding house keepers from dead
beats; giving school boards authority to desig-
nate legal holidays; to abolish the olfce OF
election commissioner in oil first-class cities
except Kansas City permitting u legal voter
| to vote In cities Of the first and second class
without registering, under certain restriotousi
TO prevent the writing OF fire inSur-
anco Ia the state through dummy agents;
/ providing for the payment OF poll tux In
| cities OF the second class. 80. The senate, by
vote Of 81 to .. passed the bill amending the
state textbook law II provides for state uni
/ formity Of high school books, charts, maps and
globes The senate also passed the Lupfer
auti-oleo bill by % vote OF IS TO 5. One Of the
chief provisions Of the bill Is that requiring
hotel and restaurant keepers 10 place on every
dining room table q card on which shall BIO
| printed IN letters one-hnlf In height In black
| ink statement as to the kind OF butter or sub
stitute therefore used
| In the house on the 10th the joint committee
delegated to inspect the binding twine factory
| In tho Minnesota penitentlary made its report,
| recommending that q similar plant be estab-
| lshed In the Kansas penitentlary ut Lansing.
The house. 50 to 85, killed the bill by Adams, OF
Sedgwick providing that au accused person
cannot be tried for any offense greater than the
one OF which he was first convicted The house
passed the bill providing q salary Of $40 per
annum TO mayors Of seoond-class cities Of over
B. 00J population The committee on elections
reported on the election contests OF Walters
! (rep) VS.. Elder (pop }. and Of Scott 'rep) w.
Marks (pop) In each case the populist was
sustained e.. The senate passed bill appr0-
priating 80 9DL7j to citizens who loaned tho
state money for replacing the burned electrical
engineering machine shops at the state uni
versity The senate also passed th1 deficiency
appropriation bill, providing for the payment
TO state officers and employees the sums rec
naming unpaid because OF the insufficient mp
Precipitation two years ago The sum appro-
prlated aggregates sl7 $3.50