Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-31

To change the term of farm ten
antcy, making it begin February |
instead of March /.
To amend the jury law so that in
telligent people can serve on a jury.
To require courts to appoint law.
yers at salary to defend paupers in
criminal cases.
! Among the most important bills IN
troduced yesterday were:
By Smith-To change the medical
laws so as to drive quacks out of bust
ness in Kansas.
BY Smith--TO create an entomO-
logical board to promote and protect
the horticultural and agricultural in
terests Of the state
BY Cubbison 49, Giving municipal
boards of health absolute right to cs-
tablish quarantine in case of cpl
denies of contagious diseases.
BY Cubbison- Requiring city and
county officers and physicians and
other persons to furnish the state
board of health with vital statistics.
BY Noftzger-To prevent the sale
Of mortgaged property without the
consent of the holder of the mort
gage.
BY Chaney-To change municipal
elections from spring to fall.
By Smith-To hold contractors re-
sponsible for unsafe scaffolding used
by workmen in the erection of build
ings.
The house only held brief session
yesterday. There are plenty of bills
in he hopper, bui the committees
have not been able TO grind out re-
ports on many Of them so far, and it
was decided to give them "A chance
to work yesterday. so an adjournment
was taken at II O'Clock until to-day.
iiutlers bill to repeal the woman
suffrage laws went down to defeat be-
fore the Judiciary local committee.
Tapp's bill to require merchants to
provide seats for their clerks was re.
ported for passage.
The following general bills were in
troduced in the house yesterday:
By Martin-To prevent members Of
the school board from employing reIa-
tiyes as schooI-teachers.
by Babb--'ro enable first class cities
under 10000 to own and operate teIe-
phone systems.
by -I'ogenref--'ro establish rail
road commission.
BY Short-To enable the garnish.
ment of wages over Sc a week.
The house committee on elections
FINISHED the recount of vot s in the |
Owen-llackett contest case. Recount
of all votes in the district give Owen
a majority of 30. Questionable votes
were thrown out, each candidate hav-
ing an equal number. IIackett won
by 10 on the face of the original re-
turns.
Speaker Barker, of the house, ap-
pointed committees and chairmen as
follows: Cities of first class, D. d.
Hoag; county lines and county seats,
Stephen Cave; charitable institutions,
M. G. Hallett; rules, Rober. NJ Ha-
mer; claims and accounts, U. G.
mileage, C. W. Spurock.
The house in committee of the
whole, by a vote of IS to IS, struck
the enacting clause from the Mason
jury bill. This was the measure to
enable the state to secure jury for
Jessie Morrison's second trial.
The house adopted Babbs resolu-
ton to send Il committee to Hutchn-
son to inquire into the feasibility of
establishing state salt plant at the
reformatory.
The bill Of Senator Cubbison err
garding life insurance companies was
read for the second time and referred.
II provides that number of persons,
not less than seven, may associate
themselves together for the purpose
Of insurine lives against accident or
death.
Senator Smith introduced n bill pro-
viding for the arbitration of labor
troubles. The bill provides that a
court of record he established to have
jurisdiction in all labor disputes. The
court is to consist of three Judges
and possess full common law and
equity powers.
Senator Wulfekuhler wants the leg
islature to investigate all matters in
connection with the construction Of
the state capitol building and intro
duced a resolution instructing the
state auditor to furnish a complete
transcript of all the financial trans
actions between the state and the va
rious contractors. "The people Of
The bill to make it misdemeanor
for any person to practice hypnotism
was favorably reported by the senate
committee, on public health.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.