The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-05
MANY BILLS PASSED
Kansas Legislature Makes a
Very Good Record.
REAL WORK IS ENDED
Few SoIons Awaiting the
Pleasure of the Governor
REAL WORK is ENDED

Topeka. March z-The 1901 session Of
the Kansas legislature practically came
to a close Saturday night Although a
fev members win renal nhere until We'd
nesday while the governor signs up the
various bills on his desk. the actual bus
mess Of legislation closed at midnight sat-
urday. AT O'Clock the senate quit the
consideration of all bills except those in
conference. The house ground an hour
longer on bills of a general character.
Among the house bills passed by the
senate at its last session were: Relating
to the maintenance of public libraries;
authorizing the transfer OF certain funds
in the state treasury; providing for the
leasing Of lands bid in by a countya. on
tax sales: making wife and child aban-
donTnent crime; TO encourage tree cult
ure by exempting lands planted in trees
from taxation.
The important house bills passed by the
house after supper were: Authorizing
the publication Of an additional 1850
copies of Secretary Columns biennial ag-
riculturaI report; to give relief to desti-
tute soldiers. sailors, their wives, widows
and children.
The Republican party need have no fear
in going before the people on the record
of the present legislature. There is moth
ing to be ashamed of and many things to
be proud Of No legislature has ever en-
acted more good, wholesome laws and
put through so few poor ones. The fol-
lowing is a list of the most important
bills enacted into laws:
Regula ting railrads
Knocking out fusion.
Relating to foreclosure Of money lien
mortgages.
Providing for free employment agencies
in first class cities.
Providing for cattle brand inspection in
western Kansas.
Organizing mutual hail insurance COM
panies.
Providing for the parole Of prisoners.
Permitting soldiers in the Federal Sol
d.ers' home to vote.
Relating to the registration Of absent
voters.
Permitting railroad men and travelling
men to vote away from home.
Aprortioning the state into representa-
tive districts.
Cutting out exemplary damages in libel
suits.
Giving the livestock sanitary commits
sion additional power.
Making stealing a. ride on a train a
crime The trainmen are clothed with
authority to make arrests.
Prohibiting Drize-hghts and boxing con-
tests.
To prefer tho wages Of employees Of de-
fun,et corporations.
Providing for the care and control of
neclec1ed children.
C,reatfrg state board of medical reg
istration and requiring PHYSICIANS to be
examined.
Recognizing the system Of managing
the state charitable institutions and pros
vjding for the trial Of persons charged
with insanity before q medical board in
stead on q jury.
Giving the state board Of health power
TO enforce its quarantine rules.
Accepting the abandoned Fort HAYS mil
itarv reservation and providing for the
establishment of a branch normal school
and agricultural experimental station
thereon.
Raising the fees for the inspection Of
grain
ish for contempt Of court without trial
by jury.
Recognizing the state militia on regu-
lar army lines
Providing for the erection Of a COVER
nor's mansion at Topeka
Consolidating school districts and en-
aiding school boards TO transport pupils
to adjoining districts.
Providing for a FAX commission to re-
wise the tax laws of the state and report
TO the next legislature.
Making joints nuisances. and declaring
that government liquor stamps shall be
prima fac.a evidence OF the existence of
joint
Prohibiting the sale oe morphine. CO.
oaine and chlorai except upon prescrip-
ton Of a reputable physician.
Placing the Mother Biczerdike home
under the control Of the state.
Accepting Pixies Pawnee Indian Village
in Republic county and appropr.ating
I money to nix it up.
/ A5oiishing od-year county elections
end providing Tor a constitutional amend
ment TO make township officers elected
( on even numbered years.
Giving the sherifs the right to call IN
/ bystanders to serve on a jury when the
regular panel is exhausted.
Providing for the vacation Of about IS
additions and townsites
The appropriations made by the legis-
iature aggregate IN round numbers $50
go. Ii viii take this sum TO meet the