ring, incumbering, destroying, concealing, or otherwise disposing of the same, and repealing paragraph 2452 of the general statutes of Kansas, 1889, the same being section 1, chapter 72, of the session laws of 1874, be passed; Also, Senate bill No. 121, An act authorizing county treasurers in counties of less than 25,000 inhabitants to deposit county money in a bank or banks, report progress, and ask leave to sit again. JOHN E. HESSIN, Chairman. Senator Hessin moved the report of committee of whole be agreed to, which motion prevailed. By request, the substitute for Senate bill 121, considered by the committee of the whole, was ordered printed. Senator Farrelly moved that when the Senate adjourn it be until 4 o'clock P. M. The motion prevailed. Under suspension of the rules, the governor's message was considered. STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. To the Senate: I have appointed, and herewith submit for your confirmation, as police commissioners for Fort Scott, Kas.: Robert Stalker, president, J. Bamberger, secretary, and J. E. Ball. January 27, 1897. J. W. LEEDY, Governor. STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE Department. To the Senate: I have appointed, and herewith submit for your confirmation As police commissioners for Kansas City, Kas.: Charles P. McCambridge, president, John C. Horton, secretary, and Junius W. Jenkins. As board of directors of the penitentiary: M. L. Drake, of Me Pherson county, to succeed M. M. Beck; A. A. Newman, of Clay county, to succeed Lair Dean. Very respectfully, J. W. LEEDY, Governor. Senator Shaffer moved the rules be suspended and the appointment of Robert Stalker, J. Banberger, and J. E. Ball, as board of police commissioners of Atchison, Kas., be confirmed. The motion prevailed. The question being, Shall the appointments be confirmed? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 33, nays 0; absent or not voting, 7. Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Coleman, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Harris, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser. Shaffer, Sheldon, Sterne, Stocks, Titus, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Campbell, Cooke, Forney, Hanna, Jumper, Ryan, and Wallack. A majority having voted in favor of the confirmation, the confirmation was made. Senator Lewelling moved the rules be suspended and the appointment of Chas. P. McCambridge, John C. Horton, and Junius W. Jenkins, as members of the board of police commissioners of the city of Kansas City, Kas., be confirmed. The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 32, nays 0; absent or not voting, 8. Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sterne, Stocks, Titus, Wallack, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Campbell, Coleman, Cooke, Forney, Hanna, Harris, Jumper, and Sheldon. A majority voting in favor of the confirmation, the confirmation was made. Senator Lupfer moved the rules be suspended and the appointment of M. L. Drake, to succeed M. M. Beck, and A. A. Newman, to succeed Lair Dean, as member of the board of directors of the penitentiary, be confirmed. The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 32, nays 0; absent or not voting, 8. Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser. Ryan, Shaffer, Sterne, Stocks, Titus, Wallack, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Campbell, Coleman, Cooke, Forney, Hanna, Harris, Jumper, and Sheldon. A majority having voted in favor of the confirmation, the confirmation was declared. By unanimous consent, Senator Helmick, chairman of Committee on Military Affairs and Claims, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Military Affairs and Claims, to whom was referred a message from the governor, announcing the appointment of H. N. Boyd, of Republic county, as assistant adjutant-general, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the message back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be confirmed. JASON HELMICK, Chairman. Senator Helmick moved that the appointment of H. N. Boyd be confirmed. The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 31, nays 0; absent or not voting, 9. Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Harris, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sheldon, Sterne, Stocks, Titus, Wallack, Young, and Zim mer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Campbell, Coleman, Cooke, Forney, Hanna, Hart, Jumper, King, and Lamb. The motion receiving a majority of votes the confirmation was made. By unanimous consent, 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 the nominations of Frank Wineshank, of Kingman county, and Taylor Riddle, of Marion county, as members of the live stock sanitary commission, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the nominations back to the Senate with the recommendation that they be confirmed. L. P. KING, Chairman. Senator King moved the rules be suspended and the appointment of Frank Wineshank, of Kingman county, for the unexpired term of J. B. Vincent, and Taylor Riddle, of Marion county, for the term of three years, beginning March 25, 1897, be confirmed. The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 33, nays 0; absent or not voting, 7. Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Harris, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, Jumper, King, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sterne, Stocks, Titus, Wallack, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Campbell, Coleman, Cooke, Forney, Hanna, Lamb, and Sheldon. The motion prevailed, and the confirmation was ordered. SPECIAL ORDER. Three o'clock P. M., the hour set for the consideration of Senate concurrent resolution No. 11, having arrived, Senate concurrent resolution No. 11 was read, and is as follows: Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring therein, That an appropriation be made by the legislature at the present session for the purpose of establishing one or more state normal schools. Senator Jumper offered the following amendment: Strike out the words “or more” after the word “one.” Senator Pritchard offered an amendment to the amendment, as follows: Strike out "one or more" and insert "at least two." Senator Forney offered as a substitute to Senate concurrent resolution No. 11 the following: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that we favor the establishing of one normal school, and instruct the Committee on Education to report to the Senate all propositions made relating thereto. Senator Jumper moved to rerefer all substitutes, amendments and the original resolution to the Committee on Educational Institutions. The motion did not prevail. A vote being taken on the substitute, the substitute was not adopted. A vote being taken on the amendment to the amendment, offered by Senator Pritchard, the amendment to the amendment was lost. A vote being taken on the amendment offered by Senator Jumper, the amendment was not adopted. A vote being taken on the resolution, the ayes and nays were demanded. The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 17. nays 17; absent or not voting, 6. resolution were: Senators voting in favor of the Messrs. Benson, Coleman, Crossan, Field, Fulton, Hart, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Mosher, Pritchard, Shaffer, Sterne, and Wallack. Senators voting in the negative were: Messrs. Armstrong, Braddock, Caldwell, Campbell, Farrelly, Forney, Harris, Helm, Helmick, Jumper, King, Morrow, Reser, Ryan, Titus, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Battey, Cooke, Hanna, Lamb, Sheldon, and Stocks. The resolution not receiving a majority of votes, was declared lost. The president of the Senate announced, as a committee. to take charge of the contest case of Riggs vs. Smart: Messrs. Harris, Lamb, and Hanna. Senator Farrelly moved to adjourn. |