Senate Bill No. 122, An act to authorize the Austin Mill Company to build and maintain a dam across the Neosho river in Neosho county. Read second time, and Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 123, An act to authorize counties, incorporated cities and municipal townships to aid manufactures. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures. Senate Bill No. 124, An act to amend an act entitled an act providing for certain improvements in Leavenworth county. Read second time, and Referred to the Leavenworth Delegation, as a Special Committee. Senate Bill No. 125, An act to establish the Kansas Reform Farm and School. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Institu tions. Senate Bill No. 126, An act to amend an act relating to Mens of mechanics and others, passed March 2, 1872: Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 127, An act to establish a State Reform and Industrial school. tions. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Institu Senate Bill No. 110, An act to provide for the invest. ment of school district sinking funds, and the payment of interest on school bonds. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Education. Senate Bill No. 111, An act supplemental to and amend atory of an act to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Finance and Taxation. Senate Bill No. 112, An act to authorize the incorporation and establishment of loan and trust companies. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Corporations. Senate Bill No. 113, An act entitled an act authorizing and empowering Elizabeth Ellen Todd, trustee of the minor children of Asa Todd, to sell real estate. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 114, An act to provide for issuing bonds of Blue Rapids township, of Marshall county. Read the second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 115, An act to authorize counties of over thirty thousand inhabitants to issue bonds. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 116, An act to limit the time for the transfer of the bonds of Atchison county to the Atchison, Oskaloosa and Lawrence railroad. Read second time, and Referred to the Atchison delegation as a Special Com mittee. Senate Bill No. 117, An act to authorize counties and cities to fund matured indebtedness. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Corporations. Senate Bill No. 118, An act in relation to challenges of jurors in criminal cases, and to repeal section 205 of an act to establish a code of criminal procedure, approved February 20, 1868. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 119, An act relating to the printing and binding of the reports of the decisions of the supreme court, and to provide for the purchase, sale and disposal thereof. Read second time, and Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill No. 17, An act with reference to cities of the first class, Was read third time. And the question being: Shall the bill pass? Yeas, 20; nays, 0. Gentlemen voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Blair, Barker, Crichton, Edwards, Ely, Grimes, Judd, McFarland, Moonlight, Murdock, O'Neil, Palmer, Schmidt, Simons, Simpson, Topping, Walker, J. C. Wilson, V. P. Wilson and Winter. Gentlemen absent or not voting were: Messrs. Brandley, Butler, Guerin, Johnson, Martin, Mar tindale, Matheny, McWirt, Morrill, Price, Rogers St. John and York. And so a constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, The bill pssed, and The title was agreed to. Ordered that the Secretary inform the House thereof. Mr. Ely, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, made the following report: Mr. President: have examined Your Committee on Engrossed Bills Senate Bill No. 39, To amend an act entitled an act relating to the sale of property without appraisement, approved March 1, 1872, And find the same correctly engrossed. A. F. ELY, Chairman. Mr. Grimes moved that the rules be suspended, and House Bill No. 6, be passed over. Upon which a vote was had, and The motion did not prevail. House Bill No. 6, An act to remit the penalty on unpaid taxes in certain cases, Was read the third time. Mr. Grimes moved a call of the Senate. Which motion prevailed. The following gentlemen were present and answered to their names: Messrs. Blair, Barker, Crichton, Edwards, Ely, Grimes, Judd, McFarland, Moonlight, Murdock, O'Neil, Palmer, Schmidt, Simons, Simpson, Topping, Walker, J. C. Wilson, V. P. Wilson and Winter. Mr. Blair moved that further proceedings under the call be dispensed with. Which motion did not prevail. The Sergeont-at-Arms was directed to bring in absentees. After some time, the Sergeant-at-Arms returned with Messrs. Butler, Guerin, Martindale and Morrill. Mr. Blair moved that further proceedings under the call be dispensed with. The motion prevailed. And the question being: Shall the bill pass? The roll was called with the following result: Gentlemen voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Butler, Crichton, Ely, Grimes, Guerin, Moonlight, Palmer, Schmidt, Simons, Simpson, Walker, J. C. Wilson and Winter. Gentlemen voting in the negative were: Messrs. Blair, Barker, Edwards, Judd, Martindale, McFarland, Morrill, Murdock, O'Neil, Topping and V. P. Wilson. Gentlemen absent or not voting were: Messrs. Brandley, Ely, Johnson, Martin, Matheny, Mc'Wirt, Price, Rogers, St. John and York. And so a constitutional majority not having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, The bill did not pass. Ordered that the Secretary inform the House thereof. |