The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-20
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Emergency Declared-Read the Sec
ond Time and Referred.

House bill No. 523 by Foster-An ac
rela ting to the terms of district cour
in the SD judicial district.
House bill No. 421, by Orr-An ac
relating to escape shafts in coal mines
and extending the time in which same
House bill No. ASH, by Nichols-Ar
act authorizing the transfer OF certain
funds belonging to Fargo township
Seward county. Kansas.
House bill No. 123, by Gordon-Ar
act. relating to public bridges, and
amending para graph SIT of the Genera
Statutes of Kansas of 1903.
House bill No. 80, by Davis of Gray
An act to amend section 1851 of the
General Statutes of 1909, relating to the
powers of cities of the third class tG
impose license tax.
House bill No. 26S, by Wilson, OF
Crawford-An act to prevent automo-
bile accidents at street and highway
crossing of railroads and ipterurbar
tracks, and providing a penalty for the
violation thereof.
House bill No. 22S. by Satterthwaite
An act relating to the calling of cleo
ton for the purpose of voting bonds
House bill No. PSI. by Herr-An act
in relation to free schools, and amenda-
tory to section 1880 of the General
Statutes of Kansas of 1909, and repeal
ing said original section.
House bill No. $50, by Perryman (by
request)-An act amending section
1927 of the General Statutes of 1909 as
amended by chapter 242 of the Session
Laws of 1911. Judiciary Committee.
House bill No. S79, by Atkinson
An act relating to township Officers
and commissioners of highways, and
repeating sections 10 and % of chap
ter 24S of the session laws of 1911,
and section L of chapter 234 of the
session laws of 1887, and section of
chapter SO of the session laws of 1898.
Roads and highways committee.
House bill No. $50, by Atkinson
An act relating to roads and highways,
and amending sections SO and fl OF
chapter 24S Of the session laws of
1911. Roads and highways commit
tee.
House bill No. ISL, by Atkinson
An act requiring railroad companies
and electric lines in the state of KAN
sas to keep their right of way clear
penalties for. the. violation of the same.
State affairs committee.
House bill No. 8S2, by Atkinson-An
act to enable cities of the second class
to refund their Indebtedness, and pro-
viding penalties for the violation
thereof, and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts in conflict herewith.
Cities of second class committee.
House bill No. $50, by Atkinson-An
act authorizing the. county commits
sioners of Wyandotte county, Kansas,
to improve a certain public highway in
said county and supplemental and
amendatory to chapter 276 of the laws
ing the county of Wyandotte to i'm
prove and maintain certain public
highways, and to levy and collect taxes
for that purpose. Roads and high
ways committee.
House bill No. SS4, by McCollum-
An act relating to the testing of grain
sold or purchased when the grade or
test is determined wholly or in part
by weight, and providing penalties for
the violation thereof. Agriculture COM
mittee.
House bill No. SIS, by Hendricks
An act relating to the final settlement
of guardians of the property of minors
acts and parts of acts in conflict with
the provisions of this act. Judiciary
committee.
House bill No. ss6, by Shuey (by
request)-An act providing for the
working of the convicts in the Kansas
state penitentiary upon the public
roads and highways within any coun-
ty, and upon the streets and alleys
within the cities and incorporated
towns located within the state of Kan
sas, and to repeal all acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith. Penal insti-
tutions committee.
House bill No. SS7, by Gibson Of
act to prevent the solicit
tation by any person for his own gain
or for that of another person to sue
at law or in equity for making liti-
gious claims or knowingly prosecute
case in which his services have been
as a result of such solicita-
ton, and providing penalties for the
violation thereof. Judiciary commit
tee.
House bill No. $50, by Jocelyn-An
act amending section 1899 of the gem
eral statutes of 1909, repeating said
original section 1888 and all other acts
and parts of acts in conflict herewith.
Cities of the first class committee.
House bill No. S91-An act to
amend section of article IL of chap
ter 122 of the laws of 1907, being sec
ton S72 of the general statutes of
1909, entitled, IAN act relating to
cities of the first class, and repeating
chapter 81 of the laws of 1881 and all
acts amendatory and supplemental
thereof, and chapter 81, laws of 1897,
and all acts amendatory and supple
mental thereto in so far as the same
relates to cities of the first Glass;
House bill No. 80, by Sharpless (by
requesD-An act concerning county
and city printing, and confirming official
county and city publications to be en-
acted by the state of Kansas. Printing
House bill No 1893, by Gordon (by
requesD-An act to provide for the
safety, of persons employed in and
steam railways, and to provide for GER
tam experiences OF persons seeking
as locomotive engineers,
and to prevent the employment or pro-
motion of incompetent persons to the
position of locomotive engineers and
on steam railways in the
state of Kansas. and providing a pen
atty for the violation of the same.
Printing Committee
House bill No. 1914, by Gordon-An act
relating to the sale and taking of sand,
gravel and mineral from the beds of
navigable rivers of the state and of
hay, timber and other products from
lands lying in the beds of such rivers,
and prohibiting the taking thereof
without the consent of the board of
of drainage districts or