Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-21
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings OF the Biennial ses-
Sion at Topeka, with a Record of Bills
Introduced and. How Disposed OF.

The Kansas senate on the 18th, by
vote of "a to z, passed Smiths substitute
TO Cubbisons deed of trust law. which in
reality is the reestablishing of the old
mortgage law which was repealed in 1898.
The senate spent al hour in debat ting tenn
per8nce measures. a bill was passed re-
lating to the Illegal sales of liquor, de-
claring places where it was sold to be
nuisances and providing means for county
attorneys to suppress them. Senators Vot-
ing in the affirmative We're: Allen, Bra
nine, CLANCY, Codding, Crunn, Fitzpatrick,
Fuilington. Henley. Householder, Hurrel.
Kennedy, King. Miller, Morehouse Nor
row, NofZtger, Pestana, Peterson, Ross,
Simons, Smith, Sponable, Stewart, White
and Wright. Senators voting in the neg
ative were: Carpenter, Fulton, Gabriel,
Mcknight, Mcmillan, Vincent, Ward and
Wulfekuhler. Senators absent or not
voting were: Caldwell, Conrad, CubbiSon,
passed the Dill authorizing district Judges
to select jurors to fill vacancies on the
jury from bystanders. The house passed
bill making it a misdemeanor for any
person to sell cocaine, morphine chic
raj except upon the prescription of a ply
stefan. The house judiciary committee re-
ported adversely on Weilep's bill permit
ting a debtor to repudiate any mechanics
lien for lumber if he proves that the
holder of it belongs to a trust. The house.
in committee of the whole, recommended
for passage the bill providing for a board
of Cancellation and arbitration. It is not
a compulsory arbitration act
The house on the 14th by an overwhelm-
ing vote killed Hallett's bill providing
capital punishment in frst-degree murder
cases. By a vote of so to % 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 superintendent power to disor-
ganiZe school districts and providing pay
for conveying children to school. Rich
ardson's county attorney inquisition bill
was killed in the senate, 10 to II. By a
vote of "a to the senate passed the bill
to appropriate 900 to complete the
state house. The senate passed all the
bills the calendar for the support of
state institutions. The measures carried
appropriations aggregating $3.50, 900. The
house eXpunged from the record with
only one dissenting vote, the note from
King Edward VII. thanking the legis-
lature for its 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
tees to So, 900 year, failed to pass the
senate on the 18th. Only four senators
voted for the bill and % against it. Other
bills passed by the senate were: To pro-
nibit the sale of morphine, cocaine and
choral except uppn prescription of
reputable physician. This bill has passed
the house and will now go to the gov
ernOr for his signature; providing for
the Reorganization 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 appropria ting $25 900 for
the construction of a home for the gov
ernor on the state house grounds. Repre-
sentative Hamer, of Lyon county, intro
duced a bill giving women the right 10
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 the 18th passed Lulings
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 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
a bill providing for state tax of one
tenth of one mill for the next two
years to be used in the erection of a
monument to the Kansas soldiers of
1S61-1S65. This will raise about $40 COO The
senate passed a bill to wipe from the
statute books the court of visitation law,
declared to be unconstitutional.