and lands formed by the recession of the waters of navigable streams, defining the ownerships, and providing for the sale thereof, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by adding a new section, as follows: "Nothing in this act shall be construed as applying to or affecting any pending litigation," and passed as amended.

F. DUMONT SMITH, Chairman.

Senator Findlay, chairman of the Committee on Irrigation, offered the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Irrigation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 454, An act relating to the right of way and storage of water for irrigation and other purposes and to provide for the condemnation of lands for the storage of water, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that the accompanying bill be substituted therefor and that the substitute be passed.

ROBERT FINDLAY, Chairman.

Senator Chaney, chairman of the Committee on Ways. and Means, offered the following reports:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 345, an act providing for the payment of the state printer for his services, and to repeal paragraph 673 of the General Statutes of 1901, 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. 191, An act making appropriation to reimburse the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company for moneys advanced by it to the state of Kansas to pay the salary of a live stock sanitary inspector during a portion of the year 1899, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 339, An act for the relief of M. A. Stewart for loss sustained in Quantrill raid, at Lawrence, Kan., and making appropriation for payment of same, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed. JNO. T. CHANEY, Chairman.

Senator Allen, chairman of the Committee on Judicial Apportionment, offered the following reports:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judicial Apportionment, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 439, An act providing for the cre ation of a fire-marshal department, for the marshal and his assistant and prescribing their duties, and regulating the establishment and management of the office and appropriating funds for its support, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this

act, 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. 354, An act making it unlawful to use or wear the badges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, and other secret societies, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 282, An act relating to judicial districts, detaching Pottawatomie county from the thirty-fifth judicial district, and defining the boundaries of the thirty-sixth judicial district and providing for holding terms of court therein, and defining certain duties of the trial court in regard to cases undecided in Pottawatomie county at the time of the taking effect of the act, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. J. L. ALLEN, 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. 402, An act to provide for compensating school-district officers, 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. 115, An act relating to county boards of examiners, and to provide for professional certificates to be issued by county boards of examiners, and repealing chapter 175, Laws of 1885 and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed as amended. FREMONT LEIDY,

Chairman.

Senator Conrad, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, offered the following report :

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 379, An act regulating the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinery surgery, or any branch thereof, including veterinary dentistry, in the state of Kansas, and prescribing penalty for the violation of the same, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that the accompanying bill be substituted therefor and that the substitute be passed. H. W. CONRAD, Chairman.

Senator Tapp, chairman of the Committee on Labor, offered the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Labor, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 412, An act relating to waiver of exemption from garnishment process, have had the same under consideration,

and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the committee of the whole.

Also, Senate bill No. 375, An act for the suppression of mob violence, defining same and providing penalties therefor, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Also, Senate bill No. 131, An act to require a brand upon all goods, wares, merchandise or thing made for sale by convict labor in any penitentiary, industrial reformatory, school or other establishment in which convict labor is employed, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Jas. W. TAPP, Chairman.

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

Senate bill No. 7, An act making the secretary of mine industries inspector of weights, measures and scales at coalmines, and defining his powers and duties, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas.29, nays 0; absent or not voting, 11.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, King, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Porter, Sponable, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, Wright, and Wulfekuhler.

Senators absent or not voting were: Branine, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Kennedy, Leidy, Peterson, Simons, Smith, and White.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

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 appropriation for such aid, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 27, nays 0; absent or not voting, 13.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Codding, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana,

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Peterson, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Tapp, Vincent, Ward,
Wright, and Wulfekuhler.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Branine, Chaney, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, Kennedy, Miller, Simons, Stewart, and White.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

Senate bill No. 54, An act in relation to the course of study in high schools in cities of the second class, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 26, nays 0; absent or not voting, 14.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Morrow, Noftzger, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, Wright, and Wulfekuhler.

Senators absent or not voting: Branine, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, Miller, Morehouse, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, and White.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

Senate bill No. 250, An act to amend section 50 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate cities of the second class and to repeal former acts," was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 27, nays 0; absent or not voting, 13.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel. Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Noftzger, Peterson, Sponable, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Branine, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Morrow, Pestana, Porter, Simons, Smith, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

Senate bill No. 37, An act to amend chapter 93 of the Laws of 1874, entitled "An act to define the liability of railroad companies in certain cases," approved February 26, 1874, and to repeal said original act.

Senator Noftzger moved to amend Senate bill No. 37 by striking out the words "stating the cause and circumstances thereof, with the name of the agent or other employee of said company, if known, whose negligence caused such injury," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "Stating the time and place thereof." Motion prevailed.

The question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 23, nays 8; absent or not voting, 9.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Hurrel, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Smith, Sponable, Stewart, White, and Wulfekuhler.

Senators voting in the negative were: Caldwell, Gabriel, Householder, King, McMillan, Porter, Tapp, and Wright. Senators absent or not voting were: Branine, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Fulton, Henley, Miller, Vincent, and Ward.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

Senate bill No. 165, An act relating to the support of schools in cities of the second class, and to amend section 1 of chapter 149 of the Session Laws of 1886 and to repeal said section, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 27, nays 0; absent or not voting, 13.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse,