The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-02-21
STATE ODDS AND ENDS.
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IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The House Hereafter viii Hold Two
sessions Daily.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 14-When the
house convened Thursday the REM.
ker Dill 10 repeal the Mccain tobacco
law was taken up. The law prevents
the warehouse men from charging
commissions to farmers for sales. and
regulates regulations Thornton of
Owen, urged the defeat OF the repeal
bill. He said the law was protec.
tion to farmers, and its repeal would
ruin them. The Mccain law was dis.
cussed pro and con until 1890.
Clarks amendment to strike out tho
emergency clause of the anti-McCain.
law bill was adopted. The bill was
then put on its passage. and passed
by G3 to %, and a motion to recon
slider was tabled On motion of Mr..
Renlck. Of Clark, the house adjourned
at l2:40 o'clock out of respect to Jo.
seph Blackburn, jr.. who died here
Wednesday.
Frankfort, Feb. -Senate-The
senate passed a bill giving interurban
electric railway companies all the
rights and privileges of steam rail
road companies. The general Assem-.
bly, did little Friday but receive a good
ly number of new bills to be added to
the 600 already introduced. The ses-
sion is more than half gone and but
few of the later ones have any chaEce
to become law
House-The house r-ssed the
Thompson bill giving councils OF
fourth class cities absolute power In
fixing boundaries Of their cities. Bills
introduced LegaliZing slave times"
marriages of Negroes to make chill.
dren legitimate; making it unlawful to
point deadly weapon at another re
quiring vestihules for street cars after
November /, 1902; making all turn.
pixies in the state free roads: allowing
adjutant general to organize naval mi
litia so as to get government appro-
priation; to prevent the sale OF blend.
ed whisky.
Frankfort, Feb, Senate-The
following bills were adopted Saturday;
Prohibiting unlawful conversion of
electric currents belonging to another;
restricting the killing of rabbits to
the same period In which birds may
be killed 1t permits land owners to
Kill them at any time when they be.
come a nuisance; prohibiting any per.
son from being eligible as a member
VI the county board of school examin,
ers who is conducting a normal col
lcge for teachers.
House Because OF a great number
pf pending bills, the lower house
,dopted a resolution for two sessions
daily three days OF the week for the
rest Of the session The house passed
two bills and killed two Saturday,
Those passed were: Authorizing cir,
cult court judges to appoint an official
court stenographer in each county,
and raising the standard of attorneys
applying for license to practice, The
bills defeated We're Requiring all
legislative lobbyists to register in the
office of the secretary of state, and
providing for state board Of este
opathy.
Frankfort, Feb. 1S.-senate-Bfls
introduced: To amend section 1893,
Kentucky Statutes by providing a fine
for persons who carry a knife less
than Is inches in length or a pistol
less than 20 inches or less than three
pounds in weight, to prevent frauds in
procuring persons to take stock poll.
cies or membership in investment. In.
sNrance or stock companies increas-
ing the size OF Kentucky court of ap.
peais reports from $50 to 300 pages.
The Cox bill to prohibit stock of all
kinds from running at large on public
highways was defeated-yeas II, nays
90
Hou3e-The Wright bill providing
that state banks that paid excess taxes
under the Hewitt law shall he given
credit on their state tax bills for the
amount Of the excess, provided their
local taxes have been paid, was passed
unanimously. The house considered
in the committee Of the whole and
then passed without opposition the
Pogue bill amending the common
school law,
Frankfort, Feb. Senate-Bills
introduced; ENempting the library of
minister Of the Gospel from execu-
tion or attachment; allowing soldiers
OF state guard 81 per day while in
state encampment; prohibiting the
hllllHB pl QUdll until November 10,
1905; act creating school text book
commission of one member from each
railroad district from each city. first
and second classes, and the superin.
tendeut Of public instruction, The
Allan bill Authorizing the governor to
employ attorneys ta prosecute the
kentucky war claim against the gov
, ernment was recorsidered by the sen
ate, and adopted, The claims amount
to nearly s. nO0,0OO The house
amendment to the Carroll official court
stenogrepher's bill was concurred in
by the senate. and the bill will now
go to the governor for his approval.
House-The house adopted the New
comb bill giving the county ut Jeffer.
son six circuit judges The Naylor
bill to aid in the establishing and
building of ieyees for the public beue.
lit was passed. II allows county judges
to declare levies and provides for pub