Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-02-23
KANSAS tRcisLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings Of tine Biennial ses'
sion ut Topeka. with Record Of Bulls
Introduced and How Dlsposed or

The bill OF Cubbison, OF wyandotte. Il
raise the salaries Of supreme court jus
tices TO 5000 a year, failed to pass tn,
senate on the 18th. Only four senators
voted for The bill and % against IT, othei
bills passed by the senate were: To pro
hibit the sale OF morphine. cocaine ant
choral except upon prescription OF Q
reputable physician. This bill has passed
the house and will now 20 to the gov
ernor for his signature; providing fol
tho disorganization OF school districts
and the transportation OF school pupils
TO and from school. This Is also ready
for the governors signature. The bill oil
Pestana, of Russell. providing death
penalty for train robbery, was rec.
commended by the judiciary committee OF
the senate. The senate and house ways
and means committees recommended for
passage the bill appropriating $25,0oo for
the construction Of home for the gov
ernor on the state house grounds. Repre-
sentative Hamer. Of Lyon county. intro
duced a bill giving women the right 10
vote for presidential electors. Gov. Stan
ley's bill providing for the conditional re-
lease and parole Of prisoners was passed.
by the house. II has already passed the
senate and will soon become n law. The
house killed the Nichols bill providing for
the payment OF road taxes In cash.
The house on the 18th passed Luling's
bill for the protection Of game birds and
forbidding the shooting OF quail for n
period OF five years. Among the bills
passed by the house were: To permit the
organization OF joint irrigation districts
In two or more counties: to prevent the
waste of waters In irrigation districts;
providing that after property Is bid In
by the county for three years In success
sion the sheriff can issue n fee simple
deed to II to the person who buys Il
from the county. thus doing away with
tax deeds. Among the house bills in
troduced were: BY Bucklin. providing
for state grain commissioner who shall
have headquarters at Kansas City. Chi
cago. Duluth and Galveston. and who
shall handle on commission all grain
shipped by Kansas farmers: by Green,
providing for the Henry George theory
OF taxation. Senator Branine introduced
a bill providing for state tax Of one
tenth Of one mill for the next two
years to be used In the erection OF a
monument to the Kansas soldiers OF
lS61-lS6j. This will raise about $4,000. The
senate passed bill to wipe from the
statute books the court of visitation law.
declared to be unconstitutional.
by a strict party vote on the 10Th the
senate unseated George II. Ross (pop.).
Of the Thirty-fifth senatorial district. and
seated Robert Findley. rep. The vote was
q to s. Senator Carpenter presented a
petition from negro voters pleading for
the passage OF Smiths bill providing that
all persons convicted Of mob violence shall
be subject to capital punishment. Smiths
bill TO provide for the compilation and
annexation OF the Kansas laws was
passed. 1t provides that the books shall
be sold 10 Kansas people at g per set.
and to non-residents for So per set. The
senate ways ana means committee has
! eferred back TO the whole house the bill
to appropriate $4,000 for a Kansas ex-
position. II will now go on the calendar
and will be fought out on the floor. The
bill to establish branch of the state
normal school and agricultural station ut
Fort Hays passed the senate. II already
passed the house. The house committee
appointed to visit Hutchinson and inves-
tigate the feasibility Of establishing a
state salt plant there reported against
the plan.
The senate passed the bill OF Peterson.
Of Norton. providing for the appointment
of board OF tax commissioners to revise
the tax laws OF Kansas. The board is TO
he made up OF two senator's. appointed by
the president of the senate. and three
OF the house. appointed by the
speaker OF the house. The senate dis
posed of the Observation-Disclosures contest by
seating Buschow (rep.). by vote Of
q to q. The house passed Hurrells bill
relating To the sale Of liquors. declaring
places where II IL sold Illegally to be nui-
sanccs. The bill has already passed the
senate and now goes TO the governor. The
vote for passage stood rs TO %. BY n vote
of 50 to n the house refused to advance
the "double-hend bill to third reading
and have It made special order. This
Is regarded the death blow to the bill.
The Textbook bill. which Is practically
re-enactment OF the present fusion law.
was recommended for passage by the
committee OF the whole In the house.
MO LEG