The Globe-republican., 1899-02-09

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BIN 4ss, By Jaquins 10 permit people to fish
~ HsP a1G or s5e trans
fer Of cases in the appellate Of court.
Bill 4Se. by Wilcox. To regulate undertakers
Of TOT the be q
members. whose duty It shall be to examine
persons engaged in the embalming business.
qualified for the work. License shall cost 8.
and any undertaken violating the act shall be
fined from $50 to Si0G.
Bin 49,. by Lawrence To prohibit railroad
companies from employing any but competent
engineers. conductors and dispatchers. The
Dill requires that engineers shall have served
three years as fremen-
Topeka. Feb: The senate by vote Of I! to
legislative investigating committees.
Senator Lupfer's bill providing for county
instead OF q district levy for school purposes
The bills PASSED b. the senate were as fol-
lows:
By Hart Organizing joint school district Mol,
!
BY Jumper-Authorizing Usage City to levy
% mills tax tax for school purposes.
By Crossan-Making receivers appointed by
| beZzlement
By Titun-Providing state insurance for pub
| lie school property.
county, and formerly in Chautauqua county, es-
tablished by officers of Chautauqua county.
! By Anderson Ceding small tract Of Shaw
nee county to Jefferson county to enable the
latter to build a bridge across the Kaw.
| The house committee on ways and means estl-
mates that the appropriations OF the legislature
the legislature of 1897 were 3454, 569OA
There now are 527 bills in the house The ses-
sion is nearly four weeks gone. yet only fifteen
| bills have passed to third reading.
The hovse passed the senate emergency bill
apprOpriating $3.50 to rebuild the building at
the Topeka insane asylum. lately destroyed by
! fire.
Topeka. Feb. e.-The house disposed of every
| bill on third reading. Below are the most i'm
pcrtant Of those passed:
House bill IS, by Campbeil-To provide for
/ the appointment Of resident attorneys for nom
resident parties upon whom to serve notices,
papers and records in suits hereafter brought in
| the courts OF this state.
House bill ). by Seaver-To prohibit probate
| judges from practicing law in their own courts.
House bill IS, by Masonic amend the law
requiring civil procedure.
House bill IS, by Crosby-To provide for the
disoEganiza.ion Of partially depOpulated town
1 ships.
House bill 81. by Francis-To authorize the
owners OF land not in an incorporated city to
lay. maintain and operate natural gas pipes for
/ the purpaSe Of furnishing the residents on said
lands with natural gas for light and fuel.
House bill Is, by Babb-To authorize boards
! OF counties along the Arkansas river to apprO.
pirate money to fight the diversion of waters OF
! the river.
House bill 81, by wheatley-To regulate the
carrying Of concealed weapons.
House bill g. by Masonic amend the en-
| be zzement law.
The DeBard bill House bill Ito amend the
mortgage law, was defeated.
Topeka Feb 3-Following are important
house bills on second reading:
House bill No 5s0-An act relating to the state
| and local board of health and the practice OF
medicine, surgery and midwifery, regulating the
same. regulating the sale Of drugs. noStrumS.
ointments and appliances, providing for penal.
ties for the violations of its provisions, and be-
ing supplementary to chapter l29 Of the Session
Laws at lSs5.-MaSOn.
House bill No. 567-An act to provide for a
lien Of grain for threshing the same. providing
for the enforcement Ofsuch lien and prescribing
| certain penalties therein.-Beezley.
House bill No. 572-An act prohibiting the
mayor and any member OF the city council OF
attorney adversely to said city in any litigation
in which said city may be directly or indirectly
interested, and providing penalties for the viO-
lation thereof.-Wilcox (by request).
House bill No. 59}-An act entitled An act to
regulate the assessment and taxation OF prop
efty 10 PROVIDE tor the SlectlOn OF county D0aru3
OF assessors. and the repeal OF laws conflicting
herewith. Adams of Sedgwick.
John Seaton of AtchinsOn introduced q reSo-
luton in the house this morning requiring all
state boards in buying supplies to secure them
from Kansas firms where articles purchased arc
made or handled by Kansas merchants.
At this mornings session OF the house BrcoSc
OF Shawnee introduced q bill authorizing a levy
of cnefOurth OF one mill on each dollar of taxa
tle property in the state for the purpose Of COM
p,eting the state house. The bill also authorizes
~ ovV1Y1lOv
at salary not to exceed $500 per month for I'd
time actually employed.
Topeka. Feb. 4-The judiciary committee Of
the house this morning voted to recommend
change in the state constitution to allow thu
election Of four more members Of the state SUI
preme court.
Brooke of Shawnee secured the unanimous
adoption Of his bill against hypnotism.
Stephenson OF Shawnee introduced this morn
ing radical bill on libel, which if it becomes
law will curtail the privilege Of newspapers very
greatly in the use OF cartoons
Special.-A bill amending the law regarding
the assignment Of mortgages was passed.
The total number OF bills in the house up to
date Is 63l. nearly 200 less than the total num-
Der introduced at the session OF two years ago.
Every day now the senate and house have
batch Of petitions introduced. against rcsub-
mission. signed by the people all over the state.
bout 5000 names have already been sent in
law. >'''AS ''''-'' ''''''''' '''0 p'0''''''''
It takes $4,000 to pay the mileage Of the meme
bers OF the house alone and probably twO-thirda
as much to pay the members Of the senate,
The man in the house who had to travel ths
greatest distance to get to Topeka is Josiah
Crosby, populist. who lives at St Francis,
Cheyenne county. He travels 9a2 miles and
gets sl4s.
S. A. Coover, editor of the Wilson
Echo, died last week. He has publish.
ed the paper during the last twenty
years.
Reduced Rates via Santa Fe Route.
For annual meetings Grand Lodge
A. F. & A. NJ, Grand Chapter R. A. NJ.
and Grand Council, Z. & s. NJ of Kan.
sas, held at Leavenworth, Kans., Feb.
1918, 1899. The Santa Fe will sell
tickets at one fare for the round trip. |
Tickets on sale Feb. Ills, good to re.
turn until Feb. Is, 1899.