Hutchinson gazette., 1901-02-21
!; KANSAS LEGISLATURE.


! k''N'h'' iNp'"NHNN hVhV lno htht'
house,
Labette and Montgomery countic,
are separated from Cherokee county
tho two first named forming new ju
dicial district,
Legislators get pay for only so day
but the employees OF the two houses
will draw per diem until final adjourn
ment, and number of them longer
who will be kept on the pleathat they
are needed 10 put things In order,
The house appointed committee 4
revise the calendars thus measures o
Importance will get TO the head and b,
first considered,
Committee clerks and doorkeepei
will scatter this week us committee
work Is about finished,
The Twenty'hrst Kansas regiment
has been given the privilege by the
legislature to place tablet In the state
| house
The house passed tho bill providing
that the railroad assessors shall assess
the express companiesi also the bill
preferring tho wages OF employees Of
corporations In insolvency; also giving
county attorneys authority to appoint
stenographers.
The governor having vetoed the bill
requiring the state soldiers home TO re-
ccive Robert McCanse and A. III. Nal
comb, the house passed another bill
authorizing the home 10 receive them.
The bill authorizing the state board
TO assess the property Of telegraph
and telephone companies was passed
by the senate,
The house accepted tho senate amend.
ments TO the jury law allowing the
Judge TO select jurors from bystanders
when the regular panel Is exhausted,
The senate passed all OF tho appro.
priation bills for the support of state
institutions, aggregating 81, ,960,OOO
When the house county attorney in
quisition bill reached the senate It's en-.
acting clause was stricken out by q
vote of ~ TO IL,
Messrs. Babb, OF Sebgwick and
johnson, Of Decatur, made speeches
against the bill TO organize cadets in
the state colleges, taking the ground
that II is wrong to cultivate spirit OF
militarism among young people.
The senate has defeated one Of the
proposed schemes TO multiply boards
by defeating the bill for plumbers
board.
The house passed the county attor.
ney inquisition bill the anti.grain
trust bill; the cadet corps bill; the SEN
ate joint resolution for biennial elec.
tions; the doctors bill for examination
Of doctors and TO exclude fakes and
quacks; forbidding school officers from
employing relatives as teachers; the
anti-cigarette BILL the bill for inspec-
tion OF brands on cattle that are TO be
shipped, and butchers to exhibit hides;
the bill for appointment OF officers OF
cities Of the second class Ia senate bin;
the bill allowing counties with more
than 5000 people TO construct macadam
roads; bill 10 allow the use of voting
machines, and forty local bills.
The bill for the completion OF the
state house has passed the senate.
The house approved the bill which
places fine upon each act Of selling
or disposing Of cigarettes or cigarette
papers. Favorable action was taken
upon the bill providing for cadet corps
at the state institutions. The good
roads bill was approved. 1t provides q
2-mill general tax for mncadam roads
and IS per cent on that amount ON all
property within one half mile of the
road to be improved.
The bill authorizing the use of voting
machines was approved; also the bill
for re'appraisement OF state school
lands.
Bills were approved in the senate for
. mill state school tax and for a 3
mills county school tax; also the bill
requiring registration for primaries
A senate committee killed the bill
for n tuition fee at state institutions.
The house passed the bill to create u
court Of Cancellation, with Judges at
Sl,200 pear, to handle labor disputes.
Governor Stanley has vetoed special
bills granting admittOnce to the state
soldiers home on the ground that IL
would be a bad precedent.
The house passed bills; to authorize
cities OF the second class to fund their
floating debt to provide for the ap-
pointment of state brand inspectors;
for the consolidation Of weak school
districts; to give Cherokee county II
district court of its own; to require
boards of county commissioners to pro-
vide for the support Of county teachers
institutes
The bill TO change municipal cleo
tions from spring to fall was killed by
the senate committee, and also the
voting machine bill.
The senate killed the bill to create
the Office of state fire marshal.
The senate passed two house bills; to
prohibit the sale OF morphine, cocaine
and chloral except upon prescription;
and the house school district disorgan.
i2atiou bill.
The senate passed these senate bills:
to permit towns, townships and coun-
ties TO dispose of.railroad stock; TO give
old soldiers the preference in the pub.
lie service; providing for codifying the
laws of Kansas
The senate has passed the bill re-.
quiring merchants to provide seats for
women clerks.
The house ways and means commit
tee killed the bill for the payment of
outstanding Price raid scrip
The senate defeated the bill to raise
the salaries OF district judges to $1,000
The bill requiring city boards of educa-
ton to pay the cost OF the bonds Of
their treasurers was defeated
Governor Stanley's parole bill has
passed both houses.
The house killed the bill for payment