The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-03-21
STATE ODDS AND ENDS.
THE KENTUCKY LEelslAruRe.
a Large Number of Bills Passed BY
Both Efa7eht3.

Frankfort. Maa,t l3 1taate-The
senate PIT ihe dsmocrat,c schoolbooi
measure out Of business for the rest
of the session by referring it to a com,
mittee packed in advance against it.
Bills passed The house bill regu.
lating the practice of barbering,
amended to make it apply only to cit.
les of the first. second and third
classes. and by striking ont the section
allowing certain prices to be fixed for
barber work providing that in cities
Of the fourth class no person holding
4 license from the city shall be eligl
BILE for councilman. to amend the jury
service law, proyidinr that no person
shall serve on jury C.tener than once
a year except in emergency CAGES. and
then only in discretion of the court
House-The house adopted resolu,
tion to authorize NJ. C. Lilly & Co., OF
Cincinnati, dealers in military sup.
plies, to sue the state for supplies fur
nished the state guard of Kentucky
in 1889 The Bradley bill. appropriat.
ing 100000 for additional cell room at
the Eddyyille penitentiary, was next
adopted. AT the opening of the after.
noon session the house passed the
Hawkins bill, appropriating $4,000
for a new heating apparatus at the
Frankfort penitentiary and defeated
a $4,000 appropriation for Eddyville.
Other bills adopted were the Nuckols
measure. allowing county auditors %
per cent. Of forfeited bonds. and the
Burkamp bill. requiring a notice in
writing to the property owner before
a subcontractor can take lien for the
chief contractor
Frankfort. March -Senate-The
congressional redistricting committee
OF the state senate Thursday afternoon
decided to amend the house bill reds.
tricting congressional districts by
striking out the proposed changes in
the Sixth and Ninth districts. taking
Grant county out of the Sixth and
placing 1t in the Ninth district and
leaving these districts as at present
constituted The fight of the gam.
blers for the repeal OF the law max.
lug gaming felony. which has been
passed in the lower house. was Grip.
pied in the upper body by unanimous
action of the judiciary committee. The
senate disposed of II bills Thursday
adopting l6,
House-The lower house passed the
| Klair bill amending the charter OF
second class cities by giving the city
clerk instead of the mayor. the au.
thority ts designate the official news
paper OF the city. The suffrage and
elections committee reported unfavor
ably and the house killed the Reed bill
providing that all primary elections
shall be held between April and May
| OF any year.
Frankfort, March l5,-Senate- Bills
| passed House bill authorizing cOun
ty fiscal courts TO purchase tools witt
which to work roads house bill tC
cure defective certificates of deeds
and to make the deeds prima faci,
evidence; house bill to authorize tn,
attorney for defendant in a crimtna
| prosecution to make his statement t
the jury Immediately following tina
OF the commonwealth II he so desires
House-B Bills passed Senate bill
proposing an amendment 10 the consti
tuition to enable cities OF the state o
any class to provide for taxation TO
municipal purposes on personal proI
erty. tangible and intangible. based o.
incomes, licenses or franchises in lie
OF ad valorem thereon, fixing thre
years, instead of two years, as the tim
at which policies of Kentucky life IL
surance companies shall have a cas-
surrender value; senate bill authors
ing counties having free pixies to col
demn quarry property
Frankfort, March IL. = Senate
Among the house hills passed Monda
were the following To authorize ma
isterial districts to refurd bonds ma
ing the law as 10 the embeZIlemei
from corporation, which is felon
applicable to private persons Gr
firms; sppropriating $4,000 to cor
plete tfNe prison wall at Eddyyillt
authorizing title insurance compani,
to organize in counties of less tina
10000 with $4,000 capital stock
amend the road law by providing thi
for failure to perform duties owe
seers may lie indicted to give count
attorneys 20 per cent of forfeited ba
: bonds; appropriating $1,000 to fent
: tho field of the battle OF Perryville,
y Boyle county, and to erect grave mar
ers; fixing penalty for kidnapping, pr
t viding for payment of miners eve
two weeks
House Senate hills passed in Il
house Providing that II speci
udRes in circuit court trials shall n
hs agreed upon by the parties in d
suit, then the governor shall appoi
the special Judge; permitting prisi
commissioners to allow railro
tracks 10 be run into peniten:iary {
closures authorizing the making a
preservation OF rolls of confedera
soldiers and Kentucky volunteers
the Spanish.American war maxi
y annual appropriation OF $50 goo for I
"a state guard; requiring county schC
superiptendents TO notify citizens
offers of scholarships in state A, a
NJ college