On motion of Senator Chaney, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 577 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 577 was read and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

By Senator Conrad (by request): Senate bill No. 578, An act to enable the city of Independence to increase its bonded indebtedness.

On motion of Senator Conrad, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 578 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 578 was read and referred to Committee on Cities of the Second Class.

By Senator McMillan: Senate bill No. 579, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 55 of the Laws of 1895, of an act entitled "An act authorizing the cities of the second class to purchase, procure, provide, contract for and construct water-works, electric lights and gas plants, and to issue bonds for the indebtedness created thereby," and to give such cities the power to purchase telephone plants and other public utilities.

On motion of Senator McMillan, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 579 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 579 was read and referred to Committee on Cities of the Second Class.

By Senator Noftzger: Senate bill No. 580, An act to prevent the taking of coal or other fuel belonging to or consigned to any state institution by any railroad company or other common carrier, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

On motion of Senator Noftzger, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 580 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 580 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Noftzger, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate No. 580 was placed on third reading.

Also, Senate bill No. 581, An act to prevent the taking and appropriation of coal or other fuel in transit by any

railroad company or other common carrier in this state, without the consent of the consignee or owner, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

On motion of Senator Noftzger, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 581 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 581 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Noftzger, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 581 was placed on third reading.

By Senator Sponable: Senate bill No. 582, An act providing for additional salary for the sheriff of Mianfi county for pay for under-sheriff.

On motion of Senator Fulton, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 582 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 582 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.

House bill No. 734, An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Osawatomie State Hospital for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905, and for the purchase of additional lands, for the erection of a stand-pipe, for the building of an ice plant, and for the macadamizing of a road.

House bill No. 735, An act making an appropriation for conveying prisoners to the Penitentiary for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904. and June 30, 1905.

House bill No. 601, An act to amend section 7629 of the General Statutes, 1901.

House bill No. 762, An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905, for the fire protection, and for the construction of a road.

House bill No. 158, An act making appropriations for the Forestry Stations at Ogallah, in Dodge City, Kan., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905.

House bill No. 314, An act making an appropriation to reimburse the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Com

pany 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.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

House bill No. 5, An act providing for the election of county-high-school trustees and their term of office.

House bill No. 239, An act to amend section 6319 of General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, the same being section 211, chapter 92, Laws of 1876, and the same being an act entitled "An act for the regulation and support of common schools," and repealing the original section numbered 6319 and 211, respectively.

Referred to Committee on Education.

House bill No. 277, An act to regulate the construction and maintenance of trolley and electric wires over railwaytracks and the operation of street-cars over railway-tracks. Referred to Committee on Railroads.

House bill No. 374, An act to amend sections 6424, 6425, and 6426, General Statutes of Kansas of 1901.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

House bill No. 33, An act in relation to cities of the first class.

House bill No. 429, An act relating to sidewalks in cit ies of the first class containing not more than 20,000 inhabitants and providing for the building and repairing of the

same.

Referred to Committee on Cities of the First Class.

House bill No. 348, An act relating to county board of examiners and to provide for professional certificates to be issued by county boards of examiners, and repealing chapter 175, Laws of 1885.

House bill No. 368, An act amending section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1891, providing for the manner of holding elections for the election of members of boards of education in territory attached to cities of the second class for school purposes and for the payment of the expenses of such elections, and repealing said section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1891, being paragraph 6299 of the General Statutes of 1901.

Referred to Committee on Education.

House bill No. 271, An act in relation to the hour of opening the polls at elections in cities of the first class, and amending section 2727 of the General Statutes of 1901, being section 34, chapter 129, of the Laws of 1897.

Referred to Committee on Elections.

House bill No. 20, An act to prohibit railroads from obstructing public highways, streets, and alleys, and providing penalty therefor, being amendatory of chapter 169 of the Session Laws of 1897 and repealing the same.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

House bill No. 25, An act to amend section 104 of chapter 92 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, said section relating to the validity of teachers' certificates, and to repeal said original section.

Referred to Committee on Education.

House bill No. 26, An act fixing the terms of the district court of the eighteenth judicial district of Kansas. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

House bill No. 42, An act relating to interchange of state lands by the boards of regents on Fort Hays reservation. Referred to Committee on Education.

House bill No. 77, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 366 of the Session Laws of 1901, said section relating to the powers of mayor and council in cities of the second class having a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants, and repealing said original section.

Referred to Committee on Cities of the Second Class. House bill No. 108, An act to amend section 3 of chapter 25 of the Session Laws of 1895, as amended by chapter 194 of the Session Laws of 1901, and to repeal chapter 194 of the Session Laws of 1901.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

House bill No. 126, An act to provide a penalty for coercing or influencing or making demands upon or requirements of employees, servants, laborers, and persons seeking employment.

Referred to Committee on Labor.

House bill No. 171, An act to regulate the practice of the barber profession, creating a state board of examination and inspection commissioners, to prevent the spread

ing of contagious diseases, levying of fees, and prescribing penalties for violation of this act.

Referred to Committee on Public Health.

House bill No. 211, An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of chapter 124, Laws of 1901, being sections 1788 and 1789 of General Statutes 1901, entitled "An act providing for the appointment of stenographers by county attorneys, fixing the salary and providing for the payment thereof, and prescribing their duties."

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Substitute for House bill No. 236, An act to amend section 25, chapter 39, of the General Statutes of 1901, relative to surveyors' fees.

House bill No. 237, An act relating to the salary of the state superintendent of public instruction.

Referred to Committee on Fees and Salaries.

House bill No. 238, An act relating to public buildings, and providing for the issuance of bonds therefor in cities of the first class.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings.

House bill No. 257, An act providing for annual reports of the superintendent of insurance, and repealing so much of chapter 293 of the Session Laws of 1901 as relates thereto. Referred to Committee on Insurance.

House bill No. 260, An act to amend section 149 of chapter 36 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to the printing and distribution of ballots.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

House bill No. 264, An act relating to the procedure in actions for the specific performance of contracts relating to real estate situate within the state of Kansas.

House bill No. 304, An act for the protection of the occupants of certain buildings in case of fire.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

House bill No. 316, An act to amend section 7 of chapter 138 of the Session Laws of 1897, concerning the inspection of grain.

House bill No. 355, An act to provide for the extermina