Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-11
KANSAS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

| Topeka, Jan. 3o--Bills in the house are:
BIZ Al, by Mason To prohibit the mortgag-
ing OF exempt personal property without joint
Blu 49,, by Adams OF Sedgwick. To make the
once OF police judge in cities of the hrst-class
Bill 4S4, by Jaquins- To permit people to fish
with anything except seines and dynamite
fer OF cases in the appellate of court.
| Bill 4ss. by Wilcox. To regulate undertakers
Inc PHI provides for the creation of a state
board of embalmers to be composed of five
members whose duty it shall be to examine
persons engaged In the embalming business,
ana 70 grant such persons license if they be
qualified for the work. License shall cost $,
ana any undertaker violating the act shall be
| Bill 4s9. by Lawrence To prohibit railroad
companies from employing any but competent
Dill requires that engineers shall have served
| three years as hremen.
Topeka, Feb. 1.-The senate by vote of Il to
| Is has defeated Senator Stones bill abolishing
Legislative Investigating committees.
| Senator Lupfer'S bill providing for a county
instead OF a district levy for school purposes
The bills PASSED by the senate were as fol-
| lows:
| By Hart-Organizing joint school district Mol,
Norton and Decatur counties
By Jumper-AuthoriZing Usage City to levy
20 mills tax tax for school purposes.
By Crossan-Making receivers appointed by
courts amendable to the laws relating to en-
By Titun-Provtding state insurance for pub
lie school property.
county, and formerly in Chautauqua county, es-
tablished by Officers of Chautauqua county
By Anderson-Ceding a small tract OF Shaw
nee county to Jefferson county to enable the
| latter to build bridge across the Kaw.
The house committee ways and means eSt1-
mates that the appropriations of the legislature
VIII keep within 81, goo 600 The appropriations
| the legislature OF 1897 were S, Asa, 769.04.
There now 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
appropriat1ng $500 to rebuild the building at
the Topeka insane asylum. lately destroyed by
| fire.
Topeka. Feb 2-The house disposed of every
bill on third reading Below are the most i'm
pOrtant Of those passed:
House bill 95 by Campbell-To provide for
the appointment OF resident attorneys for non
resident parties upon whom to serve notices
papers and records in suits hereafter brought in
| House bill ). by Seayer-To prohibit probate
judges from practicing law in their own courts
House bill a. by Mason-To amend the law
requiring civil procedure.
House bill s5 by Crosby-T3 proviGe for the
ships
House bill g. 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
House bill 49, by Babb-To authorize boards
of counties along the Arkansas river to appro-
pirate money to fight the diversion OF waters OF
House bill 81. by Wheatley-To regulate the
carrying of concealed weapons
!
beZZlement law.
The DeBard bill-House bill ito amend the
mortgage law, was defeated
| Topeka. Feb 3-FoiloEing 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
same, regulating the sale Of drugs. nostrgs,
ointments and appliances, providing for penal
ties for the violations of its provisions, and be-
ing supplementary to chapter 129 of the Session
Laws al 1S85.-Mason-
lien OF grain for thresh1ng 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
cities of the first second third class acting
attorney adversely to said city in any litigation
in which said city may be directly Indirectly
interested. and providing penalties for the vio
| House bill No. 593-An act entitled IAN act to
erty to provide for the slection of county boards
of assessors, and the repeal of laws conflicting
herewith. Adams of SedgWick
John Seaton of Atchinson introduced reso-
state boards in buying supplies to secure them
from Kansas firms where articles purchased are
made or handled by Kansas merchants.
! At this mornings session of the house Brooke
of Shawnee introduced a bill authorizing a levy
BE properly in the state for the purpose Of com
plotting the state house. The bill also authorizes
the executive council to employ state architect
at salary not to exceed $500 per month for the
time actually employed
Topeka, Feb 4.-The judiciary committee of
the house this morning voted to recommend d
change in the state constitution to allow the
election OF four more members of the state SUI
prerne 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 a
law will curta1l 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 numD Der OF bills in the house to
date is 651, nearly 200 less than the total num-
Der introduced at the session of two years ago.
Every day now the senate and house have a
| batch of petitions introduced. against reSub-
mission. signed by the people all over the state.
bout 5000 names have already been sent in
: protesting against resubmitting the prohibition
; law.
1t takes $4,000 to pay the mileage of the mem
bers of the house alone, and probably two-thirdS
much to pay pay 6 the members d Of the senate
greatest distance to get to Topeka is Josiah
Crosby, populist, who lives at St. Francis,
Cheyenne county. He travels 942 miles and
gets SAP.
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 Fs Route.
For annual meetings Grand Lodge
A F. & A. NJ, Grand Chapter R. A NJ.
and Grand Council, r. & 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-
F turn until Feb. 10, 1899.
Annual convention Kansas State
. Temperance Union held at Topeka
Kans., Feb. IS. Fare and one-third
on the certificate plan via Santa Fe
; Route, certificate to be signed by Mr..
: T. E Stephens, secretary, 7O3 Jackson
street, Topeka, Kans.
Annual meeting Kansas Common.
wealth Institute held at Topeka, Kan.
Feb. 5-13. Fare and one-third on GER
tificate plan from points in Kansas
certificate to be signed by Mrs. Annie
L, Diggs, State Librarian, Topeka, KS.
W. j. BLACK, 6. P. A,
Topeka, Kansas.
There is water in the Arkansas river
now, but by the time the summer
months come the bed will be in suita-
BILE shape for cultivation.