The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

KANSAS LEGISLATURES.
condensed Proceedings Of the Biennial ses-
0on ae Topeka, with . Record of Bills
introduced and Hoy Disposed or.
The Kansas senate on the 18th. bv a
vote OF "A to z, passed Smiths substitute
20 CuDbison's deed Of trust law, which in
reality Is the reestablishine of the old
mortgage law which was repealed i'm 1s93.
Inc senate spent an hour in debating TEN.
pelance measures. A bill was passed re-
Iating to the illegal sales of liquor, de-
caring places where 1t was sold to be
- tn. ana providing means for county
attorneys to suppress them. Senators vot-
ing In the Affirmative were: Allen, Bra
nine. Chaney, Codding. Crum, Fitzpatrfck
burlington. Henley, Householder, Hurrel.
Aenneay: King. Miller, Morehouse, Nor
row, Nofztger. Pestana, Peterson. Ross.
Simons. Smith. Sponable, Stewart, white
ana wright. Senators voting In the neg
ative were: Carpenter, Fulton, Gabriel.
Mc knight. Mcmillan, Vincent Ward and
WuiIekuhler. Senators absent or not
Young were: Caldwell. Conrad, Cubbison,
Hopkins, Porter and Tapp. The senate
passed the bill authorizing district Judges
20 select jurors to fill vacancies on the
Jury from bystanders. The house passed
Dill making 1t a misdemeanor for any
person to sell cocaine morphine or chlo-
raj except upon the prescription of a phy-
sician. The house judiciary committee re-
ported adversely on Weilep's bill permit
ting debtor to repudiate any mechanics
lien for lumber If he proves that the
noIoer OF 1t belongs to a trust. The house,
In committee Of the whole, recommended
Tor passage the bill providing for board
OF Cancellation and arbitration. 1t is not
q compulsory arbitration act
J. The house on the 14th by an overwheln-
ing vote killed Hallett's bill providing
capital punishment in first-degree murder
cases. BY vote of so to q the house
passed the bill providing for a court of
Cancellation and arbitration. Other bills
passed were: Compelling county contri-
buttons to teachers Institutes; giving
county superintendents power to disor-
ganize school districts and providing pay
Tor conveying children to school. Rich
ardsons county attorney inquisition bill
was killed in the senate, 10 to IT, BY a
vote OF "a to the senate passed the hill
to appropriate 100000 to complete the
state house. The senate passed all the
dis on the calendar for the support of
state institutions. The measures carried
appropriations aggregating 81 ,25O, 900. The
house expunged from the record with
only one dissenting vote, the note from
King Edward VII. thanking the legis-
lature for it's resolutions of sympathy in
the sorrow of Britain over the death of
Queen Victoria
The bill of Cubbison, of Wyandotte, to
raise the salaries Of supreme court JUS
tices to 5000 year, failed to pass the
senate on the 18th. Only four senator's
voted for the bill and % against it. Other
bills passed by the senate were: To pro-
hibit the sale Of morphine, cocaine and
choral except upon prescription Of
reputable physician. This bill has passed
the house and will now go to the gov
ernor for his signature; providing for
the disorganization of school districts
and the transportation of school pupils
to and from school. This is also ready
for the governors signature. The bill OF
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 $4,000 Tor
the construction of a home for the gov.
ernor on the state house grounds Repre-
sentative Hamer. of Lyon county. intro
duced bill giving women the right TO
vote for presidential electors. Gov. STAN
1ey's bill providing for the conditional re-
lease and parole of prisoners was passed
by the house. 1t has already passed the
senate and will soon become a 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 a
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 a fee simple
deed to it to the person who buys it
from the county. thus doing away with
tax deeds. Among the house bills in
troduced were: By Bucklin, providing
for a 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
q bill providing for a state tax of one
tenth of one mill for the next two
years to be used in the erection of a
to the Kansas soldiers of
1S61-1865. This will raise about $4,000 The
senate passed q bill to wipe from the
statute books the court of visitation law,
declared to be unconstitutional.
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