Also, Senate bill No. 112, An act defining the terms "graded" and "ungraded" schools, and repealing chapter 122 of the Session Laws of 1876 and chapter 331 of the Session Laws of 1907. Also, Senate bill No. 113, 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. Also, Senate bill No. 114, An act to amend section 1, chapter 386, of the Session Laws of 1905, relating to the discontinuing of schools and education of the pupils in other schools. Also, Senate bill No. 115, An act relating to the reports of teachers and school officers, and amending sections 6202 and 6166 of the General Statutes of 1901. Also, Senate bill No. 116, An act conferring upon the board of education of all cities of the first and second class the right of eminent domain. Also, Senate bill No. 117, An act to authorize certain school boards to make contracts of employment for limited terms of years. Also, Senate bill No. 118, An act to protect schoolhouses and school children from danger of fire, describing certain duties of public officers and penalties for the violation of this act. Also, Senate bill No. 119, An act amending section 6104 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to the report of the county superintendent of public instruction. Also, Senate bill No. 120, An act providing for an educational commission, defining its duties, and making an appropriation therefor. Also, Senate bill No. 121, An act to amend section 6120 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to division of property when a new school district is formed. Also, Senate bill No. 122, An act to amend chapter 318 of the Session Laws of 1907, relating to the power of district meetings. Also, Senate bill No. 123, An act amending section 6103 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to school-district boundaries. Also, Senate bill No. 124, An act to amend chapter 435 of the Session Laws of 1903, relating to instruction in the public schools. Also, Senate bill No. 125, An act to amend section 6240 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to the employment of relatives. Also, Senate bill No. 126, An act to amend section 6186 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to the suspension of pupils. By Senator Stavely: Senate bill No. 127, An act to establish a board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States. By Senator Hostrup: Senate bill No. 128, An act making an appropriation to the Park View Hospital and Training School, Manhattan, Kan. By Senator Fowler: Senate bill No. 129, An act to amend section 6331 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, being section 223 of chapter 92 of the General Statutes of Kansas. Also, Senate bill No. 130, An act relating to civil procedure, and amending section 4734 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901. Also, Senate bill No. 131, An act for the protection of depositors in banks and trust companies doing business within the state of Kansas. By Senator Fagerberg: Senate bill No. 132, An act relating to the control and operation of water-works, power, fuel and lighting plants in cities of the third class having a population of 1000 or over. Also Senate bill No. 133, An act to amend and repeal section 84 of chapter 25 of the General Statutes of 1868, being paragraph 1725 of the General Statutes of 1901, and to prescribe certain qualifications of probate judges. By Senator Glenn: Senate bill No. 134, An act concerning weights and measures and the regulations thereof, and to repeal an act entitled "An act regulating weights and measures, approved March 2, 1868, and as amended by chapter 167 of the Laws of 1886 and chapter 208 of the Laws of 1877 and chapter 280 of the Laws of 1897, and being sections 7920 to 7931, both inclusive, of chapter 116 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, and to provide for damages, fines and penalties for the violation thereof, and for the inspection of weights and measures and the enforcement thereof by the State Board of Health, and to provide rules of evidence, and to provide for certain fees and compensations. By Committee on Temperance and Hygiene: Senate bill No. 135, An act to amend sections 3, 7, 8, 11 and 14 of chapter 266 of the Session Laws of 1907, entitled "An act to prevent the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines and liquors, and to regulate traffic therein, and providing for the appointment of inspectors for carrying out its provisions, and to provide penalties for violation thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith," and repealing original sections 3, 7, 8, 11 and 14 of chapter 266 of the Session Laws of 1907. By Senator Milligan: Senate bill No. 136, An act to prohibit the hiring out of inmates of the State Penitentiary or other penal institutions of the State of Kansas, providing for their employment by the state, and providing for the repeal of all acts in conflict herewith and penalty for the violations of this act. By Senator Quincy: Senate bill No. 137, An act making appropriation for the Salina Hospital Association, Salina, Kan., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911. By Senator Huffman: Senate bill No. 138, An act prohibiting the use of automatic tools in certain cases, and providing penalties for the violation. By Ways and Means Committee: Senate bill No. 139, An act making appropriation for legislative purposes. By Senator Hunter: Senate bill No. 140, An act defining grades and qualities of wheat-flour, providing for branding of wheat-flour and labeling the packages, sacks or containers of wheat-flour, and filing statements with the secretary of the State Board of Health, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Also, Senate bill No. 141, An act amending section 6, chapter 386, Laws of 1907, and making an appropriation therefor. Also, Senate bill No. 142, An act to authorize cities of the second and third class to provide public parks for the inhabitants thereof, and repealing chapter 135 of the Session Laws of 1903. By Senator Robertson: Senate bill No. 143, An act making an appropriation to Edmund C. Bastin for money paid by him to the state on account of certain school-lands. Also (by request), Senate bill No. 144, An act to amend section 8 of chapter 141 of the Session Laws of Kansas of 1899, entitled "An act to amend sections 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 of chapter 131 of the Session Laws of 1897, entitled 'An act fixing the fees and salaries of certain officers and persons therein named.' By Senator Stewart: Senate bill No. 145, An act concerning child labor, prohibiting the employment in factories, workshops, theaters, elevators, packing-houses and mines of persons under fourteen years of age, and regulating the employment in other occupations or places of persons under seventeen years of age. Also Senate bill No. 146, An act to provide for better protection of people who assemble in public halls, hotels, or public houses of entertainment, lodgings, tenement-houses and other public places, and appointing a state superintendent of inspection, and repealing certain laws. Also, Senate bill No. 147, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 122 of the Session Laws of 1907, relating to the appointment of commissioner of elections in certain cities of the first class, and repealing the said original section. By Senator Porter: Senate bill No. 148, An act making appropriation for the Kansas State Poultry Association. By Senator Denton: Senate bill No. 149, An act concerning the assessment of property in counties of this state having a population of less than 30,000. By Senator Avery: Senate bill No. 150, An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of chapter 197, Laws of 1907, entitled "An act concerning drainage.' SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.' The following bills were thereupon read the second time, and referred to committees as indicated: Judiciary: Senate concurrent resolution No. 5, Providing for the submission of a proposition to amend section 3 of article 2 of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of Legislature. Senate bill No. 79, An act amending section 13 of chapter 35 of the Laws of 1867, as amended by section 2 of chapter 76 of the Laws of 1879, being section 575 of the General Statutes of 1901, and repealing said section 2 of chapter 76 of the Laws of 1879 and chapter 75 of the Laws of 1879. Senate bill No. 80, An act relating to liens for labor and material furnished to owners of leaseholds for oil and gas purposes and for materials and labor for the construction of oil and gas pipe-lines. Senate bill No. 82, An act relating to actions for damages by the widow or next of kin of any deceased person, and supplemental to chapter 356 of the Session Laws of 1903. Senate bill No. 89, An act concerning the power of the county commissioners of the several counties of this state to employ and provide for payment of assistants to the county attorney. Senate bill No. 94, An act relating to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees in certain cases. Fees, Salaries and Mileage: Senate bill No. 81, An act authorizing an annual conference of the state and local boards of health, providing for appointment of delegates and the payment of their expenses for attendance thereon. Cities of the Second and Third Class: Senate bill No. 83, An act requiring the mayor and councilmen of cities of the second class to provide a room or rooms for the purpose of holding the courts of said cities. Banks and Banking: Senate bill No. 84, An act amending sections 415, 418, 419 and 464 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, relating to banks and banking, and repealing such original sections 415, 418, 419 and 464. Senate bill No. 85, An act regulating banks and banking, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Ways and Means: Senate bill No. 86, An act making appropriatons for the support of the Saint Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kan., the Wichita Hospital and Training School for Nurses, at Wichita, Kan.; the Wichita Children's Home, the Wichita Rescue Home, and St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Wichita, Kan. Claims and Accounts: Senate bill No. 87, An act appropriating money for the payment of the pension of Mary Parks. Railroads: Senate bill No. 90, An act to limit the issuance of stocks, bonds and other forms of indebtedness by railroad companies and other common carriers. Senate bill No. 91, An act relating to franchises and privileges of railroad companies and other common carriers. Senate bill No. 92, An act to provide for the valuation of railroad property. Education: Senate bill No. 88, An act concerning publication and sale of the state school text-books. Temperance and Hygiene: Senate bill No. 93, An act to amend sections 3, 4, 7, 10 and 11 of chapter 382 of the Session Laws of 1907, etc. Committee clerks were announced by the various chairmen of committees, as follows: I hereby name H. D. Workman as my committee clerk. D. M. BENDER. I hereby appoint A. E. Watts, of Independence, Kan., clerk of the J. T. OVERFIELD, Chairman I hereby appoint Miss Lucy Southwick clerk of the Committee on I appoint Roy Hays as my committee clerk. R. T. FOWLER, Chairman. I hereby announce the appointment of N. C. Eddy as clerk of the Com- I hereby appoint A. H. Limerich, of Winfield, Kan., as clerk of the I hereby appoint J. E. Larimer as clerk of the Committee on Ways and I appoint Allan Wayne Dodge clerk of the Committee on Cities of the I respectfully announce the appointment of Wert E. Wilkinson as clerk of the Committee on Roads and Bridges. OSCAR FAGERBERG, Chairman. t |