Cooke, Denton, Hamilton, Milton, Murphy, Overfield, Smith, Stavely, Stewart, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 768, An act to amend sections 17 and 20, chapter 122, Session Laws of 1903, and repealing said sections, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 28, nays 0; absent or not voting, 12. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Brady, Brewster, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Chapman, Cooke, Fagerberg, Fowler, Ganse, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Milligan, Milton, Murphy, Overfield, Quincy, Robertson, Stannard, and Stewart. Senators absent or not voting were: Denton, Glenn, Hamilton, Myers, Porter, Potter, Price, Reed, Smith, Stavely, Stillings, and Travis. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. Substitute for House bill No. 760, An act authorizing the boards of county commissioners of the various counties of Kansas to issue bonds for the purpose of funding the outstanding warrants existing against the said counties, respectively, prior to January 15, 1909, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 22, nays 2; absent or not voting, 16. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Brady, Brown, Cambern, Carey, Chapman, Fowler, Ganse, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Milligan, Milton, Overfield, Porter, Potter, Price, Reed, Robertson, Stewart and Travis. Senators voting in the negative were: Fagerberg and Stew art. Senators absent or not voting were: Brewster, Caldwell, Cooke, Denton, Hamilton, Huffman, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Murphy, Myers, Quincy, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 994, An act relating to the terms of court of the sixth judicial district, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 22, nays 0; absent or not voting, 18. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Bender, Brady, Brewster, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Chapman, Fagerberg, Fowler, Ganse, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Milligan, Milton, Porter, Potter, Price, and Quincy. Senators absent or not voting were: Avery, Cooke, Denton, Hamilton, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Murphy, Myers, Overfield, Reed, Robertson, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, Stewart, Stillings, and Travis. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 908, An act repealing chapter 217 of the Session Laws of 1901 and chapter 214 of the Session Laws of 1901 so far as said chapter 214 applies to Wyandotte county, Kansas, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 23, nays 0; absent or not voting, 17. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Bender, Brady, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Chapman, Fagerberg, Fowler, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Lower, Milligan, Milton, Porter, Potter, Price, Quincy, Robertson, and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Anderson, Avery, Brewster, Cooke, Denton, Ganse, Hamilton, Leidy, Murphy, Myers, Overfield, Reed, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, Stewart, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 405, An act to prevent nuisances, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 2; absent or not voting, 17. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Bender, Brady, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Fagerberg, Ganse, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Milligan, Milton, Porter, Potter, Price, Quincy, Reed, and Robert son. Senators voting in the negative were: Stewart and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Avery, Brewster, Chapman, Cooke, Denton, Fowler, Hamilton, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Murphy, Myers, Overfield, Smith, Stannard, Stavely, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 612, An act to amend section 6469 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to school districts furnishing textbooks, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 6; absent or not voting, 13. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Avery, Brady, Brewster, Brown, Cambern, Carey, Fowler, Glenn, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Leidy, Milligan, Myers, Porter, Potter, Price, Reed, Stannard, Stewart, and Travis. Senators voting in the negative were: Bender, Caldwell, Fagerberg, Hodges, Lower, and Milton. Senators absent or not voting were: Anderson, Chapman, Cooke, Denton, Ganse, Hamilton, Murphy, Overfield, Quincy, Robertson, Smith, Stavely, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. House bill No. 998, An act relating to the payment of and appropriation of fees collected by state officers, state agents or state institutions, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 0; absent or not voting, 19. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Brady, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Fagerberg, Fowler, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Lower, Myers, Porter, Potter, Price, Quincy, and Stannard. Senators absent or not voting were: Brewster, Chapman, Cooke, Denton, Ganse, Hamilton, Hunter, Leidy, Milligan, Milton, Murphy, Overfield, Reed, Robertson, Smith, Stavely, Stewart, Stillings, and Travis. A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. Senator Milligan moved that the Senate concur in House amendments to Senate bill No. 135. The question being, Shall the Senate concur in House amendments to Senate bill No. 135? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 0; absent or not voting, 19. Senators voting in the affirmative were: Brady, Brewster, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Carey, Fagerberg, Ganse, Glenn, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Leidy, Milligan, Myers, Porter, Price, Robertson, Stannard, Stewart, and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Chapman, Cooke, Denton, Fowler, Hamilton, Hunter, Lower, Milton, Murphy, Overfield, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Smith, Stavely, and Stillings. A constitutional majority having voted in the affirmative, the amendments were concurred in. REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. Senator Huffman submitted the following as the conference report on Senate bill No. 659, and moved its adoption: MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee of conference have had under consideration the differences existing between the Senate and the House of Representatives on Senate bill No. 659, and after consideration thereof they have come to the following conclusions: That the item under the Pittsburg Manual Training School for maintenance, salaries, repairs, supplies, equipment and apparatus be amended so as to read as follows: "1910, $45,000. 1911, $50,000.' That the item for equipment, library, apparatus, improvement of grounds, be amended so as to read as follows: "1910, $20,000. 1911, $5000." And that when so amended the bill be passed. CHAS. S. HUFFMAN, W. P. BROWN, On part of Senate. W. L. CUNNINGHAM, F. H. STANNARD, C. F. LOUDERBACK, On part of House. The question being, Shall the conference report on Senate bill No. 659 be adopted? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 0; absent or not voting, 19. Senators voting in the affirmative were: Anderson, Brewster, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Chapman, Cooke, Fagerberg, Fowler, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Milton, Murphy, Porter, Potter, Price, Reed, Stannard, and Stewart. Senators absent or not voting were: Avery, Bender, Brady, Carey, Denton, Ganse, Glenn, Hamilton, Leidy, Lower, Milligan, Myers, Overfield, Quincy, Robertson, Smith, Stavely, Stillings, and Travis. A constitutional majority having voted in the affirmative, the report was adopted. REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. Senator Brewster submitted the following report of the conference committee on House bill No. 1002 and moved its adoption: MR. PRESIDENT: Your conference committee, to whom was referred House bill No. 1002, have had under consideration the differences between the House and Senate and report as follows: That the House accepts the Senate amendments to item 22 of section 1 and items 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, the same being items in reference to extra compensation for Senate employees, and accepts Senate amendment to item 34 of section 1; and the Senate recedes from its amendment to item No. 35 of section 1; and the following paragraphs and items in reference to House employees are inserted: W. K. Faulkner, clerk House Ways and Means Committee. H. G. Jamison, Journal clerk. Richard Coyle, stenographer House Judiciary Committee. C. W. Miller, clerk House Judiciary Committee. Charles Brilhart, assistant chief clerk. J. L. Logsden, docket clerk. Nelle Fox, clerk.. Lulu Clugsten, clerk ... Lola Maxwell, stenographer. $50 00 30 00 30 00 25 00. 25 00 50 00 25 00 20 00. 20 00 20 00 To the following-named persons, who acted as employees of the House of Representatives at various times at the beginning and during the present session of Legislature, whose claims have been allowed by Committee on Employees, the following sums are hereby appropriated as payment to each of them in full of all demands against the state: Anna K. Kimball. $6 00 36 00 36 00 45 00 16 00 88 00. 20 00 20 00 4.00 Also, add to item 11: "Postage for Z. E. Wyant, secretary of the Senate, $10." That items Nos. 9, 19, and 21, being covered by the preceding paragraphs, be stricken out, and that the paragraphs of section 1 be numbered to correspond with the changes. S. M. BREWSTER, J. H. STEWART, On part of Senate. W. Y. MORGAN, J. H. MERCER, On part of House. The question being, Shall the conference report on House bill No. 1002 be adopted? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 0; absent or not voting, 19. Senators voting in the affirmative were: Brewster, Brown, Caldwell, Cambern, Chapman, Cooke, Fowler, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman, Hunter, Leidy, Lower, Murphy, Porter, Quincy, Robertson, Stannard, Stewart, Stillings, and Travis. Senators absent or not voting were: Anderson, Avery, Bender, Brady, Carey, Denton, Fagerberg, Ganse, Glenn, Hamilton, Milligan, Milton, Myers, Overfield, Potter, Price, Reed, Smith, and Stavely. A constitutional majority having voted in the affirmative, the report was adopted. REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. Senator Stewart submitted the following report of the conference committee on Senate bill No. 667, and moved the adoption thereof: MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee of conference, to whom was referred the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Kansas on Senate bill No. 667, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report: 1. We have agreed to the House amendment of said bill by striking out item No. 9 in section 1 thereof. L 2. We have agreed to the House amendment in item No. 12, that the description of the land purchased by Bernard Hickert read "S. 2 of 16-3-38" instead of "S. W. 1⁄4 of 16-3-38." 3. We recommend that item 13 of section 1 of said bill, together with the House amendment thereto, being all of item No. 13, at the top of page 3 of said bill, be stricken from the bill, for the reason that the same has been included by amendment in House bill No. 1002. 4. We recommend the adoption of the House amendment to item No. 14 of section 1, on page 3 thereof, inserted after the figures "$422.66," in line 5 of said item 14. 5. We recommend the adoption of the House amendment of item No. 16 in section 1 of said bill, by striking out in lines 4, 5 and 6 of said item the words "and the further sum of $3876, as accrued interest thereon, the total of $16,542.67." 6. That all of item 30 be stricken out. 7. That the House amendment in item 53 be adopted by striking out the word "Robert" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Richard" before the name "Broyler," and by correcting the spelling to "Broiller." 8. That all of item No. 56 of section 1 of said bill be stricken out, together with the House amendment thereto, and that a new item No. 56 be inserted in lieu thereof, as follows, to wit: No. 56. To the city of Topeka, Kan., on account of certain paving done in the years 1906, 1907 and 1908, the sum of $3200, with the understanding that the acceptance of this |