"An act in relation to the inspection, storing, weighing and grading of grain, and providing penalties for the violation of certain provisions therein, and to repeal chapter 456 of the General Statutes of 1901, and chapters 325 and 326 of the Session Laws of 1903, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith," and to repeal said original sections 8 and 11 of said chapter 222 of the Laws of Kansas for 1907. Labor: Senate bill No. 438, An act to provide for the registering of farm names. Education: · Senate bill No. 440, An act providing for reports to the state superintendent of public instruction. Senate bill No. 441, An act to amend chapter 325 of the Session Laws of 1907, authorizing the establishment of free kindergartens, and repealing said original chapter. Senate bill No. 443, An act to amend chapter 305 of the Session Laws of 1901, and to provide for the voluntary disorganization and consolidation of school districts and transportation of pupils to and from school, to provide for the ownership of certain property, and to give special aid to such district. Senate bill No. 444, An act to amend sections 6291, 6271, 6275, 6306, 6309 and 6312 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to the organization of boards of education and the election, qualification and duties of their employees in cities of the first and second class, and repealing said sections. House bill No. 212, An act to amend chapter 380 of the Session Laws of 1905, relating to annual and special school meetings, and repealing section 6156 of the General Statutes of 1901 and section 331 of the Session Laws of 1907. House bill No. 221, An act to amend chapter 435 of the Session Laws of 1903, relating to instruction in the public schools. House bill No. 222, An act to amend chapter 327 of the Session Laws of 1907, providing for the conveyance of pupils to and from school. Cities of the Second Class: Senate bill No. 447, An act to amend section 1151 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to an appointment of a police judge of cities of the third class when the duly qualified police judge is sick, absent or incapacitated to perform the duties of his office. House bill No. 15, An act relating to cities of the second class. Temperance and Hygiene: Senate bill No. 448, An act for the suppression of quackery, and supplemental to the laws relating to the practice of medicine and surgery. Senate bill No. 449, An act authorizing the Board of Control of State Charitable Institutions to build and construct a macadam road from the Kansas State School for Feeble-minded Youth to a point directly west to the Southwest Kansas Conference College building, in Cowley county, Kansas, and making appropriation therefor. Mines and Mining: House bill No. 248, An act providing for the sprinkling of roadways, airways, rooms, cross-cuts or other openings in mines, for the protection of health, life and safety of employees, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred House bill No. 107, An act relating to fences on railroad rights of way and interurban lines, and amending section 5919 of the General Statutes of 1901, and repealing certain sections, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended in the following particulars, and passed: In line 12, section 1, strike out "twenty-six" and in lieu thereof insert "twenty-four." Beginning after the words "shall be," in line 20, strike out the words "one hog barbed wire below and." Also, Senate bill No. 249, An act providing for the safety of persons in charge of shipments of live stock on railroads, and requiring the railroad company to provide way-cars or cabooses on live-stock trains to their final destination, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 313, An act to regulate the maintenance of rail- Also, Senate bill No. 340, An act in relation to railroad companies, MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Elections, to whom was referred Also, Senate bill No. 6, An act relating to the printing and distribution of primary and general election ballots, and amending chapter 229 of the Laws of 1903, and recommend that it be passed. S. M. BREWSTER, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 244, An act to establish maximum rates for the transportion of illuminating oil, gasoline, fuel oil and crude petroleum; to forbid rebates, and provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and repealing chapter 353 of the Session Laws of 1905, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed. GEO. H. HUNTER, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House bill No. 79, An act to amend section 6 of chapter 386 of the Session Laws of 1907, relating to the protection of horticultural and agricultural interests and the Entomological Commission, and to repeal said original section 6 of chapter 386, and making appropriations to carry out the provisions of said original act to which this act is amendatory, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended as follows: In section 2, line 4, after the word "of," strike out the words "ten thousand" and the figures "$10,000," and insert in lieu thereof the words "five thousand" and the figures "$5000." In section 2, line 5, after the word “of,” strike out the words "ten thousand" and the figures "$10,000," and insert in lieu thereof the words "two thousand" and the figures "$2000." In section 2, line 6, after the word "and," strike out the words "ten thousand" and the figures "$10,000," and insert in lieu thereof the words "two thousand" and the figures "$2000." In section 2, line 8, after the word "if," strike out the words "the Executive Council of the state of Kansas shall." In section 2, line 9, after the word "Commission," strike out the word "find," and insert in lieu thereof the words "it shall be found." Your committee further recommends that the bill be passed as amended. CHAS. S. HUFFMAN, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 401, An act providing for the erection of armories for the use of the Kansas National Guard, etc., have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 378, An act for the relief and protection of the state permanent school-fund, and providing for the payment of certain bonds purchased by said fund from the city of Lawrence, and repealing sections 1, 2 and 3 of chapter 42 of the Laws of 1883, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 366, An act to provide permanent quarters for the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 395, An act relating to fish and game, amending sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 20 of chapter 267 of Session Laws of 1905, and recommend that it be amended as follows: Amend section 3 by changing from "October 1" to "November 1," with reference to open season for prairie-chickens. Also, by striking out section 5, and by renumbering balance of sections. And that it be passed with the above amendments. Also, Senate bill No. 367, An act providing for the erection of a Memorial and Historical Building Commission, securing a site, and making an appropriation therefor, and recommend that it be referred to the Ways and Means Committee on account of the appropriation. Your committee are favorable to the bill if the funds are available. Also, Senate bill No. 59, An act providing for the erection of armories for the use of the Kansas National Guard, and making an appropriation therefor, and to enable cities to levy a tax in aid thereof, and permitting said armories to be used by the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, and others, under the rules and regulations of the Military Board of the state, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 289, An act to provide for the licensing of architects, and regulating the practice of architects as a profession, and providing for the violation thereof, and recommend that it be not passed. EMERSON CAREY, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 54, An act in relation to the release of record of oil,. gas and other mineral leases, providing civil remedies in connection therewith, and repealing chapter 314 of the Session Laws of 1905, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it、be passed. Also, House bill No. 45, An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of chapter 197, Laws of 1907, entitled "An act concerning drainage," and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 172, An act to regulate contracts and releases between corporations and persons who have sustained personal injuries by the negligent acts of such corporations, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 324, An act amending paragraph 3590 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, and repealing said original paragraph, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 391, An act to provide the way for annexing to cities of the first class territory adjoining the city limits, and to repeal section 8 of chapter 114 of the Session Laws of 1907 and section 9 of chapter 122 of the Session Laws of 1903, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, and recommend that it be referred to Committee on Cities of the First Class. Also, Senate bill No. 279, An act to amend section 4542, article 8, of chapter 80 of the General Statutes of 1901, being section 108 of the code of civil procedure, and to repeal said section, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 257, An act to amend section 2068, the same being section 77 of chapter 31, article 3, of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 278, An act relating to civil procedure, and to amend section 4733 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, and repealing said section 4733 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 150, An act concerning drainage, and recommend that it be not passed, because House bill No. 45 covers the same subjectmatter. Also, House bill No. 357, An act to repeal section 18 of chapter 39 of the General Statutes of 1868, relating to the taxing of jury fees, and recommend that it be not passed, because Senate bill No. 68 has already passed the Senate and been messaged to the House. Also, Senate bill No. 286, An act authorizing the boards of county commissioners to designate an official county paper, provide for publications therein, and defining the requirements of any paper that shall be designated as an official county paper, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 418, An act to enable the counties of Wyandotte and Johnson, in the state of Kansas, to build and maintain a bridge across the Kansas river at Holliday, Kan., and to authorize the board of county commissioners of said named counties to levy sufficient taxes to pay for the building and keeping said bridge in repair, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 235, An act to amend paragraph 5763, General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, the same being section 325 of chapter 82 of General Statutes of Kansas, 1868, entitled "An act to establish a code of criminal procedure," and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 372, An act to repeal chapter 205 of the Session Laws of 1907, imposing certain fees in the office of the governor, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 320, An act to vacate a part of Warden's addition to the town of Russell Springs, in the county of Logan, in the state of Kansas, and the avenues, streets and alleys thereof, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 280, An act to amend section 3056 of the General Statutes of 1901, and to repeal said section, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 415, An act to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the city of Argentine, Wyandotte county, Kansas, to open, grade and macadamize a certain street in the city of Argentine, known as East Ruby avenue, and to issue bonds against the city at large, in any sum not exceeding $20,000, and levy and collect tax for the payment thereof, and recommend that it be not passed. Also, Senate bill No. 62, An act to provide for the inspection and management of hotels and public lodging-houses, defining hotels, and prescribing penalties for the violation of this act, and recommend that it be not passed, for the reason that a similar bill has been reported favorably to the Senate. Also, Senate bill No. 410, An act concerning intoxicating liquors, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 250, An act concerning the public schools in the city of Wichita, Kan., a city of the first class, and repealing the following acts, to wit: Chapter 227 of the Laws of A. D. 1889, chapter 349 of the Laws of A. D. 1901, chapter 427 of the Laws of A. D. 1905, and chapter 339 of the Laws of A. D. 1907, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 236, An act to amend section 34 of article 2 of chapter 68 of the General Statutes of 1901, the same being section 4249 of said statutes, and repealing original section 34, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 407, An açt relating to probate courts, and repealing section 3 of chapter 29, being paragraph 1976 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, and recommend that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 21, An act declaring what shall be evidence in cases where the original records of roads and highways are destroyed, and recommend that the following bill be substituted and passed. FRANCIS C. PRICE, Chairman. Substitute for Senate bill No. 21 was thereupon read the first time. Senator Hostrup moved that Senate concurrent resolution No. 17 be recalled from the House, which motion prevailed. CONSIDERATION OF MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. Senator Brady moved that the Senate concur in the House amendments to Senate bill No. 93. The question being, Shall the Senate concur in the House amendments? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 36, nays 0; absent or not voting, 4. Senators voting in favor of concurring in the amendments were: Avery, Bender, Brady, Brewster, Brown, Cambern, Carey, Chapman, Cooke, Denton, Fowler, Ganse, Glenn, Hamilton, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Lower, Milligan, Milton, Moore, Myers, Overfield, Porter, Potter, Price, Quincy, Reed, Robertson, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, Stewart, Stillings, and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Anderson, Fagerberg, Leidy, and Murphy. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of concurring, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. Senator Porter moved that the Senate accede to the request of the House in asking for a conference on House bill No. 576, which motion prevailed. The chair appointed Senators Chapman and Reed as conferees on the part of the Senate. |