The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

4 ing mucn.
Many bills of peculiar character have
been introduced in both branches of the
legislature. These bills cover about
everything that can be legislated on. and
many measures unique in the extreme
have been reported favorably by commit
tees. Nisbett, the Pottawatcmie county
member of the house, Will probably re-
ceive the medal for introducing bills out
of the ordinary. He has a number OF
bills in the house that no one but such
unique character as Nisbett is could have
thought OF in connection with legisla-
.tiQn. He has a bill in the house to ere
ate a matrimonial board in each county
in order that persons desiring marriage
licenses shall be examined to ascertain
their physical and mental fitness before
the license Is issued. In addition 20 this
he has a bill which makes 1t crime to
rob bird nests during certain seasons Of
the year. However, some OF the bills in
troduced by the Pottawatomie county
man have more than ordinary merit and
are reported favorably by the committee
having the measure under consideration.
One of Nisbett's measures, providing for
the employment Oh COUNTY COnNlClS. mas
been approved by the committee on peni-
Tertiary and reform institutions.
The measure requires the board OF coun-
ty commissioners of the several counties
to utilize the labor of county convicts
and whenever the convicts number six or
more the commissioners may provide for
the erection OF county workhouse in
connection with the county poor farm.
Any person convicted of misdemeanor
and whose punishment has been assessed
at Imprisonment in the county Jail for
any term. or who are unable To pay pc
cuniary fine at the discretion of the judge
of the district may be ordered to the
workhouse. The convicts may be put to
labor upon the public highways. bridges
etc, when their work cannot be utilized
on the county poor farm or IN the county
workhouse-
When a convict who has been commit
ted to Jail in default of payment of fine
and costs Is required TO do manual labor
he shall be credited upon such fine and
costs at the rate of 30 cents for each day
he may labor. and upon satisfaction Of
such fine and costs in fun at said rate he
shall be discharged; provided. such work
roads. or county poor farms. No convict
under this chapter shall ever be required
to work or be hired for more than one !
year.
II a convict Of the kind described IN |
the preceding article be an artisan or |
mechanic. and may be put 70 labor at /
his trade or calling IN any workhouse I
or on any public work. he may be cred I
tied upon the fine and costs against him 1
with such extra compensation for his 4
labor as the county Judge may deter
mine 70 Be Just ard proper.
The next fight OF the Southwestern
Normal school at weatheTford viii be
N the appropriation for the maintenance
~ The school for the next two years. Ia
der the law creating the school there ~
IN appropriation which will enable the
school 90 rua Cor one year. but wi;hos;
al appropriation for the year Is11 the
school would b Handicapped fl itz work
Ind perhaps compelled 70 Close Stree the
iefest Of Tire bin TO repeal The law n0z
IN the statute books very little hss beea
aid about the southvests-u sctoo1- Tss
jresr county people have 70. given up
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where 70 begin again. slice Xathe1-s
Measure went down n the cosiocii The
rfenss % wea;herso-6 state that :. ~fii
sot make any difference II = eght -
made o. an s7Propr1stsor Tor IRE norrnzi
Is thei- strength IN TIE n-sf srht f5ei-
.ztec that they VII b able 20 ksasie a
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ss.As-s I'm vas up. Bot e w2s con- ,
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