The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-04

of the president. Speeches were made /
against the sections of the bin which /
provided for the de-''pop" -ulati0n of +
some of the western counties and the /
tearing Of defunct political specimens /
from their own firesides to anguish in I
the zoo. Senator Noftzger- Nandegrift !
ably explained his bill and told why |
dogs were included in the list of ami /
made for the purchase of only half Of
the KaW river from BoWersock, in
stead of the whole thing. He said that
the supreme court had decided that
God owned half interest in the
claim.
This is the bill. as presented by Sen
ator NannoftzgeTgrift and passed by
the rag-time senate:
ISenate Bill No. 70s. BY Senator Noftzger.
AN ACT
To establish a State Geological Garden at
the city Of Lawrence. to create a Com
mission for the government of the same,
to collect and place in it wild beasts wild
fowl and fish. male and female. native to
Kansas: and also. fragment bands of In
dams, grangers, greenbackers populists,
middle of the readers. the farmers all-
ance. allied populists. sound money dem
Ocrats. free republicans. and sur
vivors of the republican state league,
male. and all domestic dogs. male and fe-
male: to make an appropriation for the
purchase of land and certain rights Of
=. j. Bowersoek, and for the expenses of
the commission: to regulate the operation
of railroad trains through the city
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section ]. There is hereby established at
the city of Lawrence a State Zool ogical
Garden for the preservation of wild beasts,
wild birds and fish, male and female, ma
tive to Kansas; and fragment bands OF In
dams. CHANGERS. greenbackers, popullsts,
middle OF the readers the farmers alll-
ance. allied populists. sound money dem
ocratS free silver republicans and surviV-
ors of the republican state lea que, male;
and all domestic dogs, male and female.
To and MANAGE the Af2Le
Geological Garden there IS by this act Gre
ated a commission, to be known as the
the same to consist of five members One
of the members of the commission shall be
man, and the other four shall be appointed
by the governor and removable at will A
quorum Of the commission snail consist
OF Bowersock or the olnef FOUR inehl1sIs.
Should there be a division, Bowersock IS
to decide all questions.
Sec. g. TO pay the salaries of the com
mission, 5000 is hereby appropriated, out
of the funds Of L he state, for the remain
der Of the year ending June 30, 1903: $4,000
Tor the year ending June 30. 1904; and $4,000
for the year ending June &c. 1905 The
salary of the commissioners shall be~S3,UV
a year apiece. 70 pay current expenses
until the year ending June 30 1863 $3o0oJ0
is appropriated To pay j. D. BoWersOck
for the half interest claimed by him in the
kaw river and riparian rights S19V,VVe IS
/ appropriated. And to pay said BowersocS
for his herd of hornless catfish in the pool
colony adjacent $4,000 is appropriated
provided however there is reserved TO
4 the said BoWersocl the right to take horn
~ no a.,
sufficient for his family on Fridays and
during Lent. and no more.
+ Geological Garden commission to immedl-
ately~ upon the publication Of this act, at
and offer rewards for the capture OF spec
/ linens of beasts and fowl, not to exceed
four pairs, male and female, Of The Sc
/ eral species, ana OF al domestic dogs
male and female. and for the capture OF
all the males Of the bands of Indians,
( grangers. gTeenbactersi populists, middle
sound money democrats. allied popullsts.
free silver republicans and survivors, of
/ the republican state league now hNihS
within the state of Kansas.
Sec 5. The commission shall lay oEt
! fields. lungles, forests, Swanlps and pOnds
/ for the use of the beasts, birds, ana nsnes
4 and shall erect habitations and lodge
rooms for the humanss The purpose IS 70
restore the anlIaals eAaknan ana ornl
/ state, as nearly asaessl b{s y or the sound
money democrats. a. uistiuefy shall be es-
/ tablished; and for the republican 1eaguers
! there shall be a field for sham battles The
! lodge rooms shall be sufficient for the d.
versions of others
Sec. s. The commission is hereby author
4 lied to buy ten thousand acres of land in
1 acres on the north side of the Kaw river,
adjacent to the limits of the city of Law
renee, for the use Of the Geological Gar
Sec Z. After the Both day of September,
/ 1903 DO passenger trains shall stop IT
| Lawrence. except the day before the fall
term of the State university shall open, the
day after commencement and during the
! holidays when trains may stop for the &C
I cOmmod3tion of students only. Freight
/ trains shall not carry passengers on any
road that passes through Lawrence and
they shall be ACCOMPANIED by armed
/ guards while they are within the city linn
/ its. Passenger trains shall move through
the town at rate not less than 90 miles az
Sec. s. For the accommodation of people
/ who desire TO leave the city after Septem-
| Der 90 1903. the State Geological Garder
to the railroad tracks, devices similar &c
the cranes used by railroads for CATCHING
mail bags by fast trains. There shall bf
not less than FIVE eff these devices, or more
than ten and they shall be equipped witt
padded cages and all safety appliances
possible People who want to get off a
Lawrence shall be thrown OF. provided
that railroads shall not be liable in dam
ages for the death or injury of person.
who shall attempt to get on or off q
Sec g. All acts or parts of acts in con
aict with this act are hereby repeated
Sec 10. This act shall take effect and D'
in force upon its publication in the o1lc1a
state paper
The passage of the bill was closely
followed by the trial of Henry j. Al
len, who was brought before the senate
by the sergeant-at-arms- who mad beer
! herding him in the lobby, and charged
with being seIf-made man. 1t hac
been decided before the show opened
to convict him, but he made such {
strong talk in his own defense that NJ
was actually acquitted of the charge
and before the senate could recover
from its surprise and trump up Othel
charges he had gone from their mids
like a dream of wealth and luxury
when the alarm clock blossoms out a
a. m.
After the trial of Henry Allen. i'm
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