Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-03-06
No KANSAS EXPOSITION.
Scheme to Have a Semi-Centennial
Fair at Topeka in 1904 Killed
in the Senate.
MONEY FOR ST. LOUIS AND BUFFALO.
Appropriation for the Former Cut from
S1S5,OOO to 100000 and the Latter
from $4,000 to 81 O,OOO-Bin to Assess
Property at Cash Value Killed-NO More
Off-Year County Elections.

Topeka, Kan, March 2.-The bill to
make an appropriation for a Kansas
exhibit at the st. Louis exposition
was passed by the senate with an
amendment cutting the amount from
$175,0OO to 100000. The bill for a
Kansas exhibit at the Buffalo expo
sitiOn also was passed by the senate
with the amendment cutting the APP
preparation from $4,000 to $4,000 and
reducing the number of directors
from 12 to Z.
The plan to hold Kansas semi
centennial exposition in 1904 has been
declared off. Senator Ward had the
bill to appropriate 100000 struck
from the senate calendar.
The house. by a vote of 65 to A,
passed the bill authorizing railroad
employees to vote wherever they may
be on election day. Seaton made
hard fight against the measure on the
ground that it was class legislation.
The bill formerly included travelling
men and railway mail agents, but
these clauses were knocked out.
The house passed Mr.. Hoag's amend
ment to the Cubbison mortgage bill.
The senate promptly concurred in the
amendment. 1t is a compromise
measure. The Cubbison bill repealed
the law allowing Is months in which
to redeem real estate sold under
mortgage. The amended bill pro-
vides that only six months shall be
allowed for redemption when the
lien has been given for the purchase
price and when less than one-third
of the price has been paid. After the
payment of a third of the price Is
months shall be allowed for redemp-
tion.
Senator Vincent's garnishment bill
was defeated in the house 1t pro-
vided that all wages over 81 n week
should be taken for debt.
Carpenters bill requiring univer-
sal system of keeping books in the
various county treasurer's offices of
the state has been defeated in the
house.
The bill prepared by the joint leg
islative committee on taxation pro-
viding for the assessment of property
at it's full cash value and providing
penalty for an assessor failing to do
it was defeated in the senate.
Both houses passed the bill abolish
ing county elections in off years. Dis
trict judges are also included. About
C. dozen judges terms expire this fall
and it was provided that the governor
should appoint their successors to
serve until the 1902 election.
Gov. Stanley sent to the senate the
following names for members of the
state board of health: T. J. Crum-
bine, Ford county; Charles Lowry,
Shawnee: r. j. Morton. Clay; ]. NJ.
Minick. Sedgwick; G.. +. Locke, Jack
son: \. S. Gish, Dickinson: b. J. Alex
ander, Brown: s. w. Willister. Doug
las: G. w. Hollenback, Gray.
The senate passed bill favoring a
commission to investigate the validi-
ty of outstanding price raid and
"Quantrell raid" claims and report to
the next legislature.
Wulfekuhler's bill providing for a
salary of mayors of tirst-class cities
of not to exceed $1,000 and council
men 5000 year passed.
Landry's bill regulating the sal
aries of mayor and councilmen OF
second and third-class cities passed
the house. 1t provides that mayors
shall receive So and councilmen So foI
each regular meeting.
The county attorney "inquisition'
BILL which the conference committees
of both houses have been working
for since the early days of the ses
sion. has finally passed the senate
The senate temperance committee
has made the bill satisfactory to g
majority of the senator's by amend
ing it so that it applies only to vio
lations of the prohibitory law.
The house voted TO let Bucklin's
state grain commissioner bill die. II
provided for a commissioner to take
the place of middle men.