SEC. 2. Every foreign corporation having a permit to do business in the state shall, in lieu of the statements or reports now required by law, during the month of February in each year, beginning with the year 1904, file with the secretary of state a written statement of the condition of such corporation at the close of business on the day of the last regular annual statement made by such corporation for its own use, and within 125 days next preceding the filing of such statement with the secretary of state. If no such regular annual statement for the use of such corporation shall have been made within such 125 days, then the statement filed with the secretary of state shall show the condition of the corporation at the close of business on the 31st day of December next preceding. Such statement shall show the full corporate name of such corporation; the location of its principal office or place of business without this state; the location of its principal office or place of business within this state, if any it has; the names and addresses of its officers and directors; the amount of its authorized capital stock and the amount of each share; the amount of its capital subscribed; and the amount and general nature of its resources and liabilities, in a form to be prescribed by the Charter Board. Such statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the president or general manager and by the secretary of such corporation, and shall be made upon a blank furnished by the secretary of state.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book.

Senator Kennedy moved that the substitute just read be printed and placed on the Calendar. .

Senator Noftzger moved, as a substitute for the motion of Senator Kennedy, that the bill be made a special order at two o'clock P. M.

The substitute prevailed.

Senator Sponable moved that the Senate take a recess until two o'clock P. M.

Senator Noftzger moved as a substitute that House bill No. 144 be read and that no other business be taken up until two o'clock P. M.

The substitute prevailed.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed House bill No. 969, An act to provide for the protection of banks of rivers and other watercourses in Maple Hill and Kaw townships, in Wabaunsee county, and St. Mary's township, in Pottawatomie county.

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Also, passed House bill No. 973, An act relating to the fees and salary of the sheriff of Montgomery county, state of Kansas.

Also, passed House bill No. 976, An act concerning the completion of a certain bridge in Reno county.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 646, An act to provide for the payment of the under-sheriff in Gove county, Kansas.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 510, An act in relation to the terms of the district court of Russell county, Kansas, and amendatory of section 2 of chapter 99 of the Session Laws of 1895.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 679, An act relating to the fees and salary of the sheriff of Barber county, Kansas. The bills are transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed House bill No. 729, An act in relation to roads and highways, and amendatory of chapter 108 of the Laws of 1874.

Also amended, and passed as amended, Senate bill No. 100, An act to create a board of examiners and regulate the business of plumbing.

Also, passed House bill No. 758, An act amending section 2 of chapter 55 of the Session Laws of 1895, being "An act authorizing cities of the second class to purchase, procure, provide, contract for and construct water-works, electric-light and gas plants, and to issue bonds for the indebtedness created thereby," and repealing the original section so amended.

The bills are transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

The hour having arrived for the consideration of substitute for House bill No. 955, An act concerning private corporations, the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 22, nays 9; absent or not voting, 9.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Codding, Crum, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Henley, Hurrel, Leidy, McKnight, Morehouse, Noftzger Pestana, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, and Wulfekuhler.

Senators voting in the negative were: Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, King, McMillan, Morrow, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Chaney, Conrad, Cubbison, Findlay, Fullington, Miller, Stewart, and White.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the

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sage of the substitute, the bill was passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 144, An act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization, government and compensation of the militia of the state of Kansas, to prescribe the duties for the township trustees, and for the levy and collection of a tax for the purpose of carrying this act into effect," was read a third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 38, nays 0; absent or not voting, 2.

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

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Senators absent or not voting were: Allen and Fulling

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

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House concurred in the. Senate amendments to House bill No. 476, An act providing for the election of township officers, and repealing sections 7758 and 7769 of the General Statutes of 1901, and all laws in conflict herewith.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 1, An act relating to county high schools.

Also, has concurred in Senate amendments to House bill No. 512, An act to amend section 415 of the General Statutes of 1901, being section 9 of chapter 47 of the Session Laws of 1897, relating to the management and control of state banks, and repealing the original sections numbered 415 and 9, respectively.

Also, concurred in Senate amendmend to House bill No. 715, An act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to trust companies, defining their powers and duties, providing for their management, control, and supervision, and providing penalties for violation of the

provisions of this act," approved March 2, 1901, and repealing section 2 of chapter 407 of the Laws of Kansas of 1901.

The bill is transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has concurred in Senate amendments to House bill No. 20, An act to prohibit railroads from obstructing public highways and streets, and providing a penalty therefor, being amendatory of chapter 169 of the Session Laws of 1897, and repealing the

same.

Also, passed House bill No. 957, An act vacating the town site of Avilla, in Comanche county, Kansas, and additions thereto, together with the streets and alleys therein.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 670, An act prescribing the maximum amount of salary and per diem and mileage of the county commissioners of Pottawatomie county, Kansas.

The bills are transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed House bill No. 951, An act in relation to the establishment of a county high school in Douglas county, Kansas.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 522, An act authorizing the State School-fund Commissioners to purchase refunding bonds of Salamanca township and city of Columbus, Cherokee county, Kansas.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 639, An act fixing the fees and salary of the sheriff of Wabaunsee county, state of Kansas.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 578, An act to enable the city of Independence to increase its bonded indebtedness.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 54, An act in relation to the course of study in high schools in cities of the second class.

Also, passed Senate bill No. 681, An act relating to cities having a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants, and empowering such cities to contract and fix rates for and obtain water, heat, light and power for public and private use, and repealing sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of chapter 82 of the Laws of 1897, in so far as said sections relate to such cities.

The bills are transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has concurred in Senate amendments to House bill No. 955, An act concerning private corporations.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed House bill No. 119, An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend section 3 of an act en

titled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in mines,"" being chapter 257 of the Session Laws of 1901.

Also, passed House bill No. 752, An act to amend section 24, article 2, chapter 27, of the Session Laws of 1868, entitled “An act relating to the supreme court," and being section 1917 of the General Statutes of 1901, and to repeal the original section 21 of article 2 of chapter 27 of the Laws of 1868, being section 1917 of the Statutes of Kansas, 1901.

The bills are transmitted herewith.

W. P. MASON, Chief Clerk.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

Senator Carpenter moved that the Senate go into committee of the whole for the consideration of bills on the Calendar under the head of "General Orders." A vote being had, the motion prevailed.

The Senate went into committee of the whole, with Senator McKnight in the chair.

After some time spent therein the committee rose, and through the chairman submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: The committee of the whole Senate have had under consideration bills on the Calendar under the head of "General Orders," and I am directed to report as follows:

Recommend that Senate bill No. 308, An act to establish a juvenile court and regulate the treatment and control of delinquent children, be indefinitely postponed.

Also, Senate bill No. 310, An act to amend section 1704 of the General Statutes of 1901, in relation to the deposit of county funds in certain counties, be indefinitely postponed.

Also, Senate bill No. 495, An act prohibiting the solicitation of life-insurance in this state and prescribing rules therefor, and providing penalties for the violation thereof, be passed as amended.

Also, Senate bill No. 496, An act in relation to life insurance, be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 573, An act to amend section 2 of chapter 165 of the Session Laws of 1887, the same being section 2401 of the Compiled Statutes of Kansas for the year 1889, be passed as amended, subject to amendment and debate.

Also, House bill No. 374, An act to amend sections 6424, 6425, and 6426, General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, be placed on third reading, subject to amendment and debate.

Also, House bill No. 550, An act providing for the suppression of mob violence, defining the crime of lynching, providing a penalty therefor, be passed as amended.