to attorneys at law, and to repeal original sections 2 and 3 of said, act, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 139, An act to amend section 2 of chapter 307 of the Session Laws of 1901, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate, with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 119, An act amendatory of section 13, chapter 159, of the Laws of 1897, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

Also, Senate bill No. 214, An act to amend sections 4221, 4222, 4223, and 4224, chapter 68, of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, entitled "An act concerning mortgages," and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 212, An act for the protection of the occupants of certain buildings in case of fire, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by striking out section 2, renumbering the sections, and passed as amended.

Also, Senate bill No. 202, An act authorizing the refunding of the legally existing bonded indebtedness of disorganized and merged school districts, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by adding the attached sections 5, 6, and 7, and passed as amended.

Also, Senate bill No. 207, An act regulating the redemption of real estate sold under special execution or order of sale, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 246, An act permitting J. H. Constable, of Ludell, Rawlins county, Kansas, to avail himself of the provisions of section 2, chapter 174, of the Laws of 1887, being section 6681 of the General Statutes of 1901, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 106, An act declaring the person therein named the adopted daughter and heir of A. D. Gilkeson, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 132, An act regulating the appointment of an attorney in divorce cases, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 126, An act to amend section 1821 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to appeal made from surveys made by the county surveyors, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 135, An act amending section 41, article 1, chapter 50, of the Laws of 1891, as amended by the Laws of 1875,

chapter 112, section 4, and repealing said section 41 of article 1, chapter 50, of the Laws of 1901, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 206, An act creating a negotiable-instrument law, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 19, An act in relation to the admission of attorneys at law and providing for examination of those persons desiring to be admitted to practice law, and repealing sections 1 and 2 of chapter 2 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1868, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 174, An act for relief of F. C. Borthwick and G. A. Borthwick, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Also, Senate bill No. 178, An act to amend paragraph 1033 of the General Statutes, 1901, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 111, An act to exempt from taxation the homestead of Union soldiers and sailors and the widows of Union soldiers and sailors, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed, for the reason that it conflicts with section 1, article 2, of the constitution.

Also, Senate bill No. 215, An act to amend sections 4354 and 4355, chapter 76, of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, entitled "An act to provide for the recording of land patents," and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 136, An act providing for the punishment for abandonment of wife and children, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 120, An act amendatory of section 12, chapter 139, of the Session Laws of 1897, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

Also, Senate bill No. 94, An act to legalize certain acts and votes, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 167, An act to amend section 74 of chapter 80 of the General Statutes of 1868, entitled "An act to establish a code of civil procedure," and repealing said original section, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 194, An act for the protection of birds, and instruct me to report the bill. back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 249, An act providing for the appointment of an attorney or attorneys by courts or judges thereof, or examining magistrates, to assist county attorney in prosecutions of certain actions wherein the state of Kansas is a party, and to regulate and fix the pay for such attorney or attorneys by the county interested in the prosecution, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate concurrent resolution No. 8, An act for the submission of a proposition to amend section 10 of the bill of rights of the constitution, and instruct me to report the resolution back to the Senate with the recommendation that the attached substitute be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 248, An act providing for the payment of the expenses and per diem of non-resident witnesses who shall attend on behalf of plaintiff in the trial of criminal actions, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 31, An act to amend section 2 of chapter 234 of the Laws of 1887 and to repeal said section 2, chapter 234, of the Laws of 1887, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 162, An act changing the boundary line be tween Marshall county and Washington county, Kansas, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate concurrent resolution No. 9, and instruct me to report the resolution back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. F. DUMONT SMITH, Chairman.

Senator Leidy, chairman of the Committee on Education, offered the following reports:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Education, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 259, being An act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a county high school in Cheyenne county, Kansas, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 141, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 170 of the Laws of 1877, amending an act entitled "An act for the regulation and support of common schools," and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 49, An act relating to the establishment of a county high school at Hill City, Graham county, Kansas, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 65, being An act to amend section 6251 of

the General Statutes of 1901, relating to annual meeting in certain school districts, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 54, being An act in relation to the course of study in high schools in cities of the second class, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by the addition to the second section of the words "and no other part of the tax levied for school purposes in such city shall be used to support a high school," and that said bill as amended be. passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 40, An act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a high school in Stohrville township, in Harper county, Kansas, and to authorize the issuance of bonds for the erection or purchase of a school building and to authorize the levy of taxes for the support and maintenance of said school, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 34, An act to authorize school district No. 5, of Harper county, to make an additional levy for school purposes, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 129, An act making appropriation to aid in the support and maintenance of district school No. 75, located at Lansing, Kan., for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Also, Senate bill No. 8, An act to provide for instruction in industrial training in the schools of this state, permitting and fixing levies therefor, providing for state aid thereto, and making appropriations for such aid, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 38, An act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of high schools, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

FREMONT LEIDY, Chairman.

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Senator Stewart introduced Senate resolution No. 46, as follows:

Resolved, That the adjutant general be requested to secure, if possible, a certain flag owned by company G of the Tenth Kansas infantry regiment, and carried by them during the war of the rebellion, and supposed to be now in the possession of the heirs of the late Governor Harvey, said flag to be placed and kept with the other flags now held in the adjutant general's office.

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Carpenter introduced Senate resolution No. 47, as follows:

Resolved, That the president of the Senate be directed to add two more names of senators to the Committee on Congressional Apportionment.

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Allen introduced Senate resolution No. 48, as follows:

Resolved, That the secretary of state of the state of Kansas be instructed to procure, for the use of the senators, a sufficient number of file-books for the purpose of pasting in the bills now before the Senate.

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Smith introduced Senate concurrent resolution No. 19, as follows:

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas, the House of Representatives concurring therein :

That a joint committee of the House and Senate of thirty-five members shall, immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, be constituted and appointed, as follows: Ten members from the Senate to be appointed by the president of the Senate, the minority of said Senate to be represented thereon to the extent of at least two members, and twenty-five members from the House of Representatives, the minority of said House to be represented thereon to the extent of at least six members; that to said committee, so constituted, the tax bill prepared by the State Tax Commission, being Senate bill No. 114 and House bill No. 150, shall be immediately referred; that the said joint committee shall select its own chairman and stenographer, and shall as speedily as possible consider the said tax bill and report the same to the two houses with such amendments as said committee may suggest, to the end that unity of action between the two houses and a fair and non-partizan consideration of said bill may be had.

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Kennedy introduced Senate concurrent resolution No. 20, Relating to the submission of a proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to the election of state printer.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, twothirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein:

SECTION 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors