Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-28
!: KANSAS LEGISLATURE.


Inc So-called anti-fusion election bill
has passed both houses but house
amendment caused the sending of the
Dill back to the senate. 1t was eau
Gus amendment, however Some fusion
members said this is what they had
been trying fors plan to cement to-
gether the opposition to the republi-
cans.
The house killed the bill to prohibit
persons from stealing rides On railroad
trains.
The senate gave a whole sitting to
the general county fee and salary bill
withoet results.
The bill permitting the state schcot
fund commissioners the right Il COM
promise the bonded Indebtedness held
against southwestern counties has
passed both houses
The house has passed bill for cat
TIE men which provides that personal
property brought into the state be-
tween March and September shall not
be required to pay taxes if the owner
can show that he has paid taxes in
some other county or state.
The house passed the bill permitting
counties to give absolute title to prop
erty sold for taxes after three wears.
Also the bill for free employment
agencies.
The house has passed the senate bill
providing for a commission to revise
the assessment and taxation laws and
report to the next legislature.
The bill has passed both houses
which requires county commissioners
to appropriate 500 to assist in conduct
ing normal institutes.
Both houses have passed the bill to
secure $685. governors residence in
Topeka.
The bill reimbursing the Santa Fe
Tor bringing home the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment has passed both houses.
The house passed the bill to build
the new insane asylum at Parsons.
The bill has passed both houses per-
hitting Franklin county to build a
$40, 1000 Jail.
The two railroad bills have gone to
the governor for his signature.
Committee clerks and doorkeepes
will scatter this week as committee
work is about finished.
The senate passed bill Just fol ty
minutes after it was introduced, dur
ing which time it went to a committee
and was reported. 1t makes the pres
ldent of the agricultural college a
member of the board of regents and
changes the terms of other regents so
that they will all expire at once.
The senate killed the bill to estab-
lish county high school in ever = coun-
ty with more than $4,000 people.
The senate voted for the purchase of
1000 copies of Dassler's compilation of
the statutes at S1.7O each.
The house has adopted Senator Hur-
rell's liquor law. 1t is very stringent,
and hits owners of buildings as we'll as
the joints; gives authority to all classes
of cities.
The senate passed the bill to create
commission to revise the assessment
and taxation laws.
The senate has ousted Senator Hop
klns and seated the contestant, Sena-
tor Buschow.
The senate passed the bill designed
to secure safety for coal miners.
The bill providing for a branch nor
NAL school and an agricultural expert
ment station on the Fort Hays reserya-
ton was passed by the senate.
The senate's vote on the Ross-Find-
ley contest was "a to for giving the
senatorship for the 35th district to
Robert Findley.
Eight senate bills were turned down
by the house committee on cities of the
first class. They We're: To remove
snow from the pavement at the expense
OF the property owners; to repeal the
Atchison city court law: to prohibit
city councils from granting permission
to build or extend city railways with
out the consent of owners of abuttinp
property; to authorize public owner
ship of telephones
The house passed the appropriation
OF $4,000 to counties for caring for
insane persons; also the $4,000 appro-
priation for Kansas agricultural col
lege.
The bill which passed the senate for
codlfying the laws provides that the
new books shall be sold to Kansas peo-
pie for So set and to non-residents
| for Sc set.
The text book measure is fought
| Inch by inch in the house.
The senate passed the bill requiring
| judges of probate to furnish assessors
! lists of persons having charge of es-
| tates.
| Mr.. Weilep's bill providing for alter
/ nate terms of court of the new Chero-
l<ee county district at Columbus and
Galena has passed both branches.
| The court of visitation law will be
| repealed when the house passes the
senate bill
The house passed the bill authorizing
| district boards to send pupils to schools
outside their districts; also the bill
authorizing a high school building in
Smith county.
The senate defeated the bill to raise
salaries of supreme court judges to
$1,000.
The Linn county printer bill was
passed by the house.
| One of the batch of 200 local bills
passed by the senate was the bill for a
| governors residence near the state
house.
Labette and Montgomery counties
are separated from Cherokee county,
the two first named forming a new iu-
dicial district.
The house appointed a committee to
revise the calendar; thus measures of
Importance will get to the head and be
first considered.
The Twenty-first Kansas regiment
has been given the privilege by the
legislature to place tabl ct in the state
house.
| The house passed the bill providing
that the railroad assessors shall assess
the express companies; also the bill
preferring the wages of employees of
corporations in insolvency; also giving
county attorneys authority to appoint
stenographers.
The house bill providing for the or
ganization and regulation of savings
and trust companies was passed; also
the house bill providing for taxing of
all foreign insurance companies was
passed.
Legislators get pay for only so days
but the employees of the two houses
will draw per diem until final adjourn
meut, and number of them longer,
| who will be kept on the pleathat they