Hutchinson gazette., 1901-02-14
; KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

Mlhsourl legislature about anU.grain
trust legislation. The house commit
tee on employees decided TO discharge
81 employees,
A senate committee has killed the
scheme TO create the Office OF state fire
marshal
The house passed bills: To parmit
quails TO lie killed in November and
Decemberi 10 pay the expenses of the
travelling libraries; for maintenance OF
the state soldiers home; 10 pay the
Quantrell raid claims
Senator Smith has a bill making
lynching n crime punishable by death
or life Imprisonment,
The legislative apportioumcnt bill
has been introduced In both houses.
Under IL Greeley county loses It's repre-.
sentative and IL attached TO Wichita
county. Brown county gains one rep
resentatiye Atchlson city and the
county outside are now separate dis
trictsi the bill divides both city and
county In forming new districts, Wy
andotte and Douglas counties are
treated in n similar manner. Several
other counties are changed TO ft the
differences in the growth OF their
towns. Sedgwick county is so divided as
TO give each district a portion OF the
city OF Wichita.
Both houses have adopted the Joint
resolution accepting the Fort Hays
reservation from congress,
Secretary Barnes Of the Horticultur.
al society has secured what he was
after from the legislature-additional
powers and fair treatment.
The farmers In the senate killed the
bill to require attorneys to pass exam.
ination.
The Mother Bickcrdyke home at
Ellsworth will be adopted as state
institution.
Both houses have declared against
repeating the law TO create another In.
sane asylum,
The senate went home Saturday, but
the house remained and worked on
third reading of bills; 80 Of them being
passed; largely local bills. Under the
present law the jury making an exam
ination Of cases Of insanity, get no fees
unless the patient is declared insane.
One OF the bills passed changes this.
One OF the bills passed makes the costs
payable by the estate of the insane
person; II declared sane the county TO
pay the costs, except when the Jury
declares the proceedings to be without
good cause, the costs are TO he assessed
against the party filing the informa.
tion and he will be committed TO Jail
until the costs are paid Another bill
passed provides that proprietors must
furnish seats for female clerks; and an
other that an employer must not coerce
his employe to join any labor organiza.
tion.
The sub committee to draw up
substitute for the several railroad bills
are' Seaton, Rees, Miller, Grosser and
Mason.
A bilfwas introduced in the house
making II sufficient defense in an ac-
tion for smashing u saloon to show that
the property destroyed was used in the
operation OF n joint A motion to ad.
vance II to third reading as an emer.
gcncy, was defeated 81 to 20.
The leaders declare that the railroad
bill will be like the old commissioners
law with the provision added giving
the commission the right to go into the
courts to enforce their orders The
main fight will be as to who shall elect
the commissioners.
The bill is approved by committee
which provides for n raise of the sal
aries Of the district clerks Of Harvey
and Mcpherson counties to 81, 200 a
yen:.
Committees are, as usual, travelling
over the state, inspecting the state in
stitutions.
The house passed the Allen county
court house bill,
A joint committee Is at worl, revising
the laws governing the state charitable
institutions These laws have been
passed from time to time Ns n new in.
stitution has been established, and
tinkcred afterwards, causing n batch
of statutes not in harmony with each
other.
The house adopted n resolution ask
ing congress to pass law prohibiting
the insurance of liquor tax receipts in
Kansas,
The mileage accounts of the MEM
bers of the house aggregate SIS, 400; that
Of the senate will be SO, 900 or over. All
mileage is velvet as every member car
ries passes.
An effort will be made to provide by
law a way for the veterans at the Kan
sas national homes to vote.
Senator Morrow has introduced for
Supt. Nelson, bill providing state
levy Of mills to be divided among the
counties in proportion to the number
of teachers employed.
There are prospects for the passage
Of statutes that will result in civil
service in the charitable institutions Of
the state.
Senator Henly has n bill providing
forworlsing convicts in the peniten-
tiary on country roads.
Wagner is asking to be selected as
the location Of the new Sacred Heart
abbey.
The house approved by vote of 81
to 30 u county attorneys inquisition
bill 1t provides that witnesses
brought before that officer who refuse
to testify against jointists can be taken
before a justice of the peace who can
punish for contempt of court.
6The senate in committee Of the whole
voted approval by small majority of
the road tax bill, which requires pay
ment in cash.
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