the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 622 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 622 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Tapp: Senate bill No. 623, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 169 of the Session Laws of 1901, being "An act to amend sections 7, 10 and 16 of chapter 130 of the Session Laws of Kansas of 1899, relating to a city court in Wichita city township, Sedgwick county, Kansas," and to repeal original section 1.

On motion of Senator Tapp, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 623 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 623 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Kennedy: Senate bill No. 624, An act concerning the election of a county printer in Coffey county, Kansas, describing his duties and compensation, and repealing all acts and parts of acts so far as they are in conflict with this act.

On motion of Senator Kennedy, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 624 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 624 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Wright: Senate bill No. 625, An act creating and fixing the salary of the under-sheriff of Lyon county.

On motion of Senator Wright, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 625 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 625 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Findlay: Senate bill No. 626, An act relating to the fees and salary of the sheriff of Stafford county, Kansas.

On motion of Senator Findlay, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 626 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 626 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Cubbison: Senate bill No. 627, An act providing for the appointment of an additional deputy county attorney in all counties of the state of Kansas having a population of not less than 65,000, prescribing their duties, fixing the compensation therefor, providing for the payment thereof, and increasing the salary of the deputy county attorney now allowed by law to be appointed therein, and providing for the payment thereof.

On motion of Senator Cubbison, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 627 was placed on second reading. Senate bill No. 627 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Cubbison, the rules were suspended, and Senate bill No. 627 was placed with other bills on third reading.

By Senator Cubbison: Senate bill No. 628, An act to repeal chapter 107 of the Session Laws of 1897, to provide for the disposition of the business pending in the city courts of Kansas City, Kan., and providing salaries for justices of the peace.

On motion of Senator Cubbison, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 628 was placed on second reading. Senate bill No. 628 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Cubbison, the rules were suspended and Senate bill No. 628 was placed with other bills on third reading.

By Senator Tapp: Senate bill No. 629, An act relating to the fees and salary of the sheriff of Sedgwick county, state of Kansas.

On motion of Senator Tapp, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 529 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 629 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

By Senator Allen: Senate bill No. 630, An act in relation to crimes and punishment.

On motion of Senator Allen, an emergency was declared, the rules were suspended, and Senate bill No. 630 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 630 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Allen, the rules were suspended and Senate bill No. 630 was placed with other bills on third reading, subject to amendment and debate.

By Senator McKnight: Senate bill No. 631, An act relating to mutual or cooperative life insurance companies.

On motion of Senator McKnight an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 631 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 631 was read and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

By Ways and Means Committee: Senate bill No. 632, An act providing for the appointment of a commissioner to make certain investigations and findings with regard to "union military" scrip, and providing for the issuance of bonds to pay such "union military" scrip that is now unpaid, and defining the duties of the governor and the auditor and the secretary of state in connection therewith, and making an appropriation to pay the expenses of such commissioner.

On motion of Senator Chaney, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 632 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 632 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Chaney, the rules were suspended, and Senate bill No. 632 was placed with other bills on third reading.

By Ways and Means Committee: Senate bill No. 633, An act creating a court of claims to hear and determine claims arising out of the military service in Kansas prior to 1885 and providing for the appointment of members thereof, defining its duties and jurisdiction and making appropriation to pay the expense thereof.

On motion of Senator Chaney, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 633 was placed on second reading. Senate bill No. 633 was read a second time.

On motion of Senator Chaney, the rules were suspended, and Senate bill No. 633 was placed with other bills on third reading.

By Senator Henley: Senate bill No. 634, An act authorizing the board of county commissioners of Douglas county to levy and collect a tax upon the taxable property of the county for the purpose of equipping and furnishing the county court-house.

On motion of Senator Henley, an emergency was declared, the rules suspended, and Senate bill No. 634 was placed on second reading.

Senate bill No. 634 was read and referred to the committee of the whole.

SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.

House bill No. 173, An act to limit the amount of bonded indebtedness of cities of the first class having a population of 50,000 or more.

Referred to Committee on Cities of the First Class.

House bill No. 415, An act authorizing Plum Grove township, Butler county, Kansas, to issue bonds to aid in the construction of railroads.

House bill No. 542, An act authorizing Twin Grove township, in Greenwood county, Kansas, to vote bonds not to exceed $5000 for the purpose of prospecting for coal, ore, natural gas, or other valuable minerals, and utilizing the same if found.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

House bill No. 656, An act fixing the salary of clerk of the district court of Ottawa county, Kansas.

Referred to Committee on Fees and Salaries.

House bill No. 405, An act relating to filling vacancies in the office of mayor and councilmen in cities of the third class.

Referred to committee of the whole.

House bill No. 673, An act to change the names of cer

tain citizens of Sedgwick county, Kansas.

House bill No. 687, An act relating to the salary of commissioner of the poor in certain counties.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senator McMillan introduced concurrent resolution No. 28, as follows:

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That it is the sense of this Legislature that a great injustice is being done the citizens of this state engaged in agriculture and kindred industries, comprising, as they do, seventy per cent. of the population and paying eighty per cent. of the taxes, by the delay in sending out, for lack of postage, the Thirteenth Biennial Report of the Board of Agriculture of this state, and we urge upon the conference committee, to whom the appropriation for postage has been referred, to immediately arrange this matter so these volumes can be sent out without further delay.

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Stewart moved that a committee of three be appointed to draft a general bill covering all local bills in reference to fees and salary of sheriffs of the various counties.

The chair named the following senators as the said committee Messrs. Stewart, Ward, and Hurrel.

Senator Morehouse requested that the senators pay attention to the journals as printed, and call the attention of the clerk of the revision committee to any errors which may be found therein.

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

Senator Ward asked that Senate bill No. 331 be passed over at this time.

Senate bill No. 325, An act to provide for the erection of a soldiers' and sailors' monument, and making appropriation for the same, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 32, nays 2; absent or not voting, 6.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Branine, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Conrad, Crum, Cubbison, Findlay, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Henley, Householder, Hurrel, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Pestana, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, Stewart, Tapp, White, Wright, and Wulfekuhler.