I hereby appoint Miss Lula E. Waldron clerk of the Committee on Manufactures and Industrial Pursuits. FRANK L. TRAVIS, Chairman. I hereby appoint Miss Laura Fankell clerk of the Committee on Legislative Apportionment. W. M. GLENN, Chairman. I appoint J. C. Wise clerk of Committee on Temperance and Hygiene. J. A. MILLIGAN, Chairman. I hereby appoint Burril Dickey clerk of the Committee on Federal Relations. JOHN T. DENTON, Chairman. I hereby appoint H. A. Hart to the position of committee clerk of the Committee on Public Buildings. VINTON STILLINGS, Chairman. I hereby appoint Joseph Frishman clerk of the Committee on Labor. P. C. HOSTRUP, Chairman. I desire to appoint Ingalls Z. Smith as my clerk during the present session of the Legislature. J. T. REED, Chairman. I appoint E. V. Welch as clerk of the Committee on Claims and Accounts. J. H. STEWART, Chairman. I desire to notify you that on the 14th day of January, 1909, I appointed George E. Moore clerk of the Committee on Elections. S. M. BREWSTER, Chairman. I hereby name A. C. Edington as clerk of the Committee on Charitable Institutions. J. B. LOWER, Chairman. I respectfully announce the appointment of C. J. Garver as clerk of the Committee on Railroads. GEO. H. ́HUNTER, Chairman. A communication was laid before the Senate from the Sunflower Club of Seattle, Wash., relating to the Alaska-YukonPacific Exposition, which was read and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. The president announced the Committee on Educational Institutions, as follows: Senator Potter, chairman; Senators Porter, Stannard, Hostrup, Brady, Smith, Carey, Ganse, and Milton. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Legislative Apportionment, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 75, "An act apportioning the state of Kansas into representative districts," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by striking out all after paragraph 4 of section 1 up to and including paragraph 53 of the same section, and inserting the following: 5. The city of Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth, shall constitute the fifth representative district. 6. The townships of Kickapoo, Easton, Alexandria, High Prairie, Delaware, Fairmount, Tonganoxie, Reno, Stranger and Sherman, in the county of Leavenworth, shall constitute the sixth representative district. The fourth, fifth and sixth wards of the city of Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte, shall constitute the seventh representative district. 8. The first, second and third wards of the city of Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte shall constitute the eighth representative district. 9. All that part of Wyandotte county outside of Kansas City, Kan., shall constitute the ninth representative district. 10. The county of Johnson shall constitute the tenth representative district. 11. First, second, fifth and sixth wards, city of Lawrence, and the townships of Grant, Lecompton, Kanawaka, Clinton, Marion and Willow Springs, all in Douglas county, shall constitute the eleventh representative district. 12. The third and fourth wards of the city of Lawrence and the townships of Wakarusa, Eudora and Palmyra, all in the county of Douglas, shall constitute the twelfth representative district. 13. The county of Franklin shall constitute the thirteenth representative district. 14. The county of Miami shall constitute the fourteenth representative district. 15. 16. trict. The county of Linn shall constitute the fifteenth representative district. The county of Anderson shall constitute the sixteenth representative dis17. The county of Allen shall constitute the seventeenth representative district. 18. The townships of Drywood, Scott, and the city of Fort Scott, in the county of Bourbon, shall constitute the eighteenth representative district. 19. The county of Bourbon, excepting the townships of Drywood and Scott and the city of Fort Scott, shall constitute the nineteenth representative district. 20. The townships of Lincoln, Sherman, Washington Crawford, Grant, Walnut, and the city of Girard, in the county of Crawford, shall constitute the twentieth representative district. 21. The townships of Osage, Baker, Sheridan, and the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford, shall constitute the twenty-first representative district. 22. The townships of Pleasant View. Cherokee, Mineral, Ross, Sheridan, Salamanca, Lola, Shawnee and all of Weir City, in the county of Cherokee, shall constitute the twenty-second representative district. 23 The townships of Neosho, Lyon, Garden, Spring Valley, Lowell, Crawford, and all of Empire City, Galena, Columbus and Baxter Springs, in the county of Cherokee, shall constitute the twenty-third representative district. 24. The townships of Mound Valley, Osage, Walton, Labette, Liberty, North, Neosho, and the city of Parsons, in the county of Labette, shall constitute the twenty-fourth representative district. 25. The townships of Montana, Canada, Howard, Elm Grove, Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Hackberry, Richland, Oswego, and the cities of Oswego and Chetopa, in the county of Labette, shall constitute the twenty-fifth district. 26. The townships of Sycamore, West Cherry, Cherry, Drum Creek, Liberty; Cherokee and Parker, and the cities of Cherryvale and Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery, shall constitute the twenty-sixth representative district. 27. The townships of Louisburg, Rutland, Independence, Caney and Fawn Creek, and the cities of Independence and Caney, of the county of Montgomery, shall constitute the twenty-seventh representative district. 28. The county of Neosho shall constitute the twenty-eighth representative district. 29. The county of Wilson shall constitute the twenty-ninth representative district. 30. The county of Woodson shall constitute the thirtieth representative district. 31. The county of Coffey shall constitute the thirty-first representative dis32. The county of Osage shall constitute the thirty-second representative district. trict. 33. The townships of Rossville, Silver Lake, Menoken, Soldier, and the first ward of the city of Topeka, as now constituted, all in the county of Shawnee, shall constitute the thirty-third representative district. 34. The second, third and fourth wards of the city of Topeka, as now constituted, in Shawnee county, shall constitute the thirty-fourth representative district. 35. The townships of Tecumseh, Monmouth, Williamsport, Auburn, Dover Mission and Topeka, and the fifth and sixth wards of the city of Topeka, as now constituted, in the county of Shawnee, shall constitute the thirty-fifth representative district. 36. The county of Jackson shall constitute the thirty-sixth representative district. 37. The county of Brown shall constitute the thirty-seventh representative district. The county of Nemaha shall constitute the thirty-eighth representative dis39. The townships of Blue Rapids City, Blue Rapids, Clear Fork, Cleveland, Vermillion, Noble, Rock, Murray, Guittard, Richland and St. Bridget, in the county of Marshall, shall constitute the thirty-ninth_representative district. 38. trict. 40. The townships of Herkimer, Öketo, Balderson, Logan, Marysville, Franklin, Walnut, Elm Creek, Center, Wells, Waterville, Cottage Hill, and the city of Marysville, in the county of Marshall, shall constitute the fortieth representative district. 41. The county of Pottawatomie shall constitute the forty-first representative district. 42. The county of Riley shall constitute the forty-second representative district. 43. The county of Geary shall constitute the forty-third representative district. 44. The county of Wabaunsee shall constitute the forty-fourth representative district. 45. The townships of Agnes City, Americus, Center, Fremont, Pike, all of Emporia township lying west of a north-and-south line extending from its northern boundary to its southern boundary and passing through the center of Commercial street of the city of Emporia, and the first and third wards of the city of Emporia, in the county of Lyon, shall constitute the forty-fifth representative district. 46. The townships of Elmendaro, Ivy, Jackson, Waterloo, Reading, all of Emporia township lying east of a north-and-south line extending from its northern boundary to its southern boundary and passing through the center of Commercial street of the city of Emporia, and the second and fourth wards of the city of Emporia, in the county of Lyon, shall constitute the forty-sixth representative district. 47. The county of Greenwood shall constitute the forty-seventh representative district. 48. The county of Elk shall constitute the forty-eighth representative district. 49. The county of Chautauqua shall constitute the forty-ninth representative district. 50. The townships of Beaver, Pleasant Valley, Liberty, Dexter, Cedar, Grant, Spring Creek, Silver Dale, Creswell, Bolton, and the city of Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley, shall constitute the fiftieth representative district. 51. The townships of Maple, Rock, Richland, Omnia, Harvey, Windsor, Otter, Silver Creek, Sheridan, Tisdale, Walnut, Vernon, Ninnescah, Fairview, and the city of Winfield, in the county of Cowley, shall constitute the fifty-first representative district. 52. The townships of Fairmount, Clifford, Lincoln, Sycamore, Chelsea, Prospect, Rosalia, El Dorado, Towanda, Fairview, Plum Grove, Milton, Murdock, and the city of El Dorado, in the county of Butler, shall constitute the fifty-second representative district. 53. The townships of Union, Clay, Rock Creek, Douglass, Richland, Pleasant, Walnut, Bloomington, Logan, Hickory, Glencoe, Little Walnut, Spring, Augusta, Bruno, and Benton, in the county of Butler, shall constitute the fifty-third representative district. W. M. GLENN, Chairman. Senator Huffman moved that an emergency be declared, the rules be suspended, and that Senate bill No. 141 be advanced to second reading, which motion prevailed. The bill was thereupon read the second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Senator Huffman moved that an emergency be declared, the rules be suspended, and Senate bill No. 139 be advanced to second reading, which motion prevailed. The bill was thereupon read the second time. Senator Huffman moved that an emergency be declared, the rules be suspended, and Senate bill No. 139 be advanced to third reading and be considered engrossed, which motion prevailed. Senate bill No. 139, An act making appropriation for legislative purposes, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 33, nays 0; absent or not voting, 7. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Brady, Brewster, Brown, Carey, Cooke, Denton, Fagerberg, Fowler, Ganse, Glenn, Hamilton, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Milton, Myers, Overfield, Porter, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Robertson, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, Stewart, Stillings, and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Cambern, Chapman, Milligan, Moore, Murphy, and Price. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Senate resolution No. 17, which follows, was introduced by Senator Brady: Resolved, That the Committee on Printing be authorized to have printed 500 copies each of Senate bill No. 11 (the good-roads bill) and Senate bill No. 31 (the public-utilities bill), and 1000 copies of Senate bill No. 140 (the flour bill). The resolution was adopted. 1 Senate resolution No. 18, which follows, was introduced by Senator Cooke: Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms be instructed to have 200 copies of the Senate Journal printed each day and copies placed on the desks of senators the succeeding legislative day. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Printing. The following Senate concurrent resolutions were introduced and read the first time: By Senator Brady: Senate concurrent resolution No. 6, A proposition to amend sections 1 and 2 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relative to finance and taxation. By Senator Cooke: Senate concurrent resolution No. 7, A proposition to amend section 1 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, and relating to the initiative and referendum in legislation. By Senator Anderson: Senate concurrent resolution No. 8, A proposition to amend section 1 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, and relating to the initiative and referendum in legislation. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL. The reading of the Journal proceeded until the consideration and reading thereof was dispensed with, on motion of Senator Quincy. Senator Huffman moved that the Senate do now adjourn, which motion prevailed. SIXTH DAY. MORNING SESSION. SENATE CHAMBER, TOPEKA, Kan., The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, the president in the chair. The roll was called. Absent: Senators Leidy, Price and Stillings. Invocation by the chaplain. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. The following petitions were introduced, read, and referrèd to committees, as follows: By the president: Senate petition No. 1, Concerning the relief of the high school at St. John, Kan. Signed by 134 pupils thereof. Referred to Committee on Education. By Senator Avery: Senate petition No. 2, Concerning amendment to the drainage law. Signed by V. A. Stewart and twelve others. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Porter: Senate petition No. 3, Concerning the polluting of the waters of Cow and Brush creeks, in Cherokee and Crawford counties. Signed by W. A. Smith and 160 others. Referred to the Committee on Temperance and Hygiene. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. The following bills were introduced and read the first time: By Senator Stewart: Senate bill No. 151, An act to amend section 2, chapter 407, of the Session Laws of 1901, entitled "An act relating to trust companies, defining their powers and duties, providing for their management, control and supervision, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act," and repealing said original section 2 thereof. By Senator Quincy: Senate bill No. 152, An act amending section 1704 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, relating to county funds, and repealing original sections 1703 and 1704 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901. Also, Senate bill No. 153, An act supplemental to chapter 140 of the Session Laws of 1907, relating to private corporations, providing additional purposes for which private corporations may be formed. |