Also, Senate bill No. 251, An act relating to constables in Kansas City township. Wyandotte county, Kansas.

By Senator Forney: Senate bill No. 152, An act to amend paragraph 6074 of the general statutes of 1889, and repealing said paragraph.

Also, Senate bill No. 253, An act to amend paragraph 6078 of the general statutes of 1889.

Also (by request), Senate bill No. 254, An act to provide for the medical treatment of inebriates.

Also (by request), Senate bill No. 255, An act conferring certain powers and privileges on the Kansas children's home society.

Also (by request), Senate bill No. 256, An act to prevent abandonment, pauperism and abuse of children.

SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.

The following bills were read the second time, and referred to the proper committees, as indicated:

Assessment and Taration:

Senate bill No. 219, An act relating to assessments, taxation and exemption of property from taxation, and to amend section 6848 of the general statutes of Kansas, 1889, and to repeal said original section 6848 and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

Senate bill No. 228, An act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to counties and county officers," being chapter 25 of the general statutes of the state of Kansas of 1889, and to repeal section 220 of said act.

Senate bill No. 227, An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the regulation and support of common schools," being chapter ninety-two of the general statutes of the state of Kansas of 1889, and to repeal sections 28, 136 and 178 of said act.

Railroads:

Senate bill No. 220, An act providing a protection for motormen and cablemen on street-cars, and providing a penalty for a violation thereof.

Senate bill No. 224, An act regulating the rates to be

charged for berths in sleeping cars, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

Elections:

Senate bill No. 230, An act authorizing the county commissioners of counties having a population of less than three thousand to post their proceedings and all other notices that officials are by law required to have published in some newspaper in said county, and to provide for the furnishing to the electors in each county casting less than five hundred votes at the last general election copies of the ballots to be voted instead of publishing the same in two newspapers in said county, and to provide for the printing of the official ballots.

Agriculture and Irrigation:

Senate bill No. 232, An act to establish a department for the inspection, grading, weighing and appointment of chief inspector, assistant inspectors and weighmasters of grain in the state of Kansas, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the same.

Judiciary:

Senate bill No. 221, An act to wholly exempt from seizure under any process whatever the wages and pay of any laborer, mechanic, clerk or artisan whose pay is $50 per month or less, resident of the state of Kansas, and who is a married man or the head of a family.

Senate bill No. 223, An act to amend section one of chapter 77 of the laws of 1891, in relation to civil procedure.

Senate bill No. 226, An act legalizing the printer's affidavit of the publication of notice to sell real estate for delinquent taxes, and charges thereunder by the county treasurer, in the county of Kingman, state of Kansas, in 1891.

Senate bill No. 231, An act declaring certain county records of Kearny county, Kansas, that were saved from the court-house fire of January 18, 1894, wherein certain county records of Kearny county, Kansas, were destroyed, that said county records saved from the court

house fire shall by this act be made prima facie evidence of deeds recorded before said fire occurred, and of land titles in said county, and to provide for their care and examination by the public.

Senate bill No. 233, An act in relation to garnishment and attachment of wages.

Senate bill No. 234, An act to repeal a part of section 286 of chapter 80 of the general statutes of 1889. Senate bill No. 238, An act authorizing George Elbert Davidson, a minor, to exercise the right of majority.

Ways and Means:

Senate bill No. 222, An act making an appropriation for a deficiency in the payment of salaries of district. judges for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896.

Cities of the First Class:

Senate bill No. 235, An act authorizing cities of the first class containing forty thousand inhabitants or over to issue bonds to pay judgments and refund bonds issued to pay judgments.

Public Buildings:

Senate bill No. 225, An act authorizing and empowering the township trustee, treasurer and clerk in the organized townships of the state to purchase land and erect thereon building for public purposes within said townships.

Education and Educational Institutions:

Senate bill No. 237, An act relating to diplomas granted by the state normal school and by certain colleges and universities.

Cities of the Second and Third Class:

Senate bill No. 229, An act to vacate certain lots, blocks, streets, alleys and public grounds in J. C. Rash & Son's addition, Hughes' addition, Eberhart's addition and West Park addition to the city of Salina, Saline county, Kansas, and to exclude the same from the limits of said city and to make the same a part of Smoky Hill township in said county and state.

Municipal Indebtedness:

Senate bill No. 236, An act authorizing the city of Hutchinson to fund its floating indebtedness by issuing funding bonds.

CONSIDERATION OF MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House concurrent resolution No. 7 was then read, and is as follows:

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Kansas assemble at 12 o'clock M., on Tuesday, January 26, 1897, in Representative hall for the purpose of electing a United States senator to represent the state of Kansas; and in the event of no election that such joint assembly meet at said hour and place from day to day until there is an election as required by law; and be it further

Resolved, That such other proceedings be had as is now provided for by law.

Senator King moved that the Senate concur in House concurrent resolution No. 7.

The motion prevailed.

House concurrent resolution No. 8 was then read, and is as follows:

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee of five-three from the House and two from the Senate - be appointed to examine the records in the office of the treasurer of state to ascertain the amount of state funds deposited in the banks of the city of Topeka, and report the result of such examination.

Senator Lamb moved to amend by inserting "the Senate concurring therein" after "House of Representatives" in line one.

The amendment was adopted.

Senator King moved that the Senate concur in House concurrent resolution No. 8.

The motion prevailed.

House concurrent resolution No. 9 was then read.

Senator Harris moved to refer House concurrent reso

lution No. 9 to Committee on State Affairs.

The resolution was so referred.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Senator King, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 184, An act to regulate the purchase, sale of, and to prohibit stealing poultry, establishing the license system, and defining certain duties of the probate judge, 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. 11, An act to provide a lien upon crops for the work and labor and machinery used in cutting, threshing, and preserving same, 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. L. P. KING, Chairman.

Senator Braddock, chairman of the Committee on Manufactures and Industrial Pursuits, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Manufactures and Industrial Pursuits, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 55, An act entitled "An act to repeal an act entitled 'An act for the encouragement of silk culture and for the dissemination thereof, and for the education of reelers, and to make appropriation therefor,'" have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 43, An act providing for the making and branding of articles manufactured by convict labor in the state of Kansas, and providing penalty for the violation thereof, 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.

J. T. BRADDOCK, Chairman.

Senator Crossan, chairman of Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 47, An act to amend section 27 of chapter 248 of the laws of 1891, 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. W. B. CROSSAN, Chairman.

Senator Benson, Chairman of Committee on Assessment and Taxation, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Assessment and Taxation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 5, An act amending paragraphs 6934, 6940, 6941, 6948, 6954 and 6955, of the general statutes of 1889,