leased by a receipt indorsed thereon, signed by the mortgagee or his duly authorized attorney in fact, assignee of record, or personal representative, which receipt may be entered on the margin of the record, and shall have the same force and effect as the entry on the margin of the record, as provided in this section. Where the mortgagee or assignee of record is deceased, and where the estate of such deceased mortgagee or assignee of record is in process of administration, in this or any other state, a full release of such mortgage may be made by the executor or administrator without any showing as to the provisions of the will of the deceased, but there must accompany such release, as a part thereof, a certificate from a court of competent probate jurisdiction appointing such executor or administrator, under the hand of its proper officer, and attested by its seal, certifying as to such appointment, and that such executor or administrator is, at the date of such release, still so acting under the authority of such court. Where the estate of such deceased has not been administered upon, or where the estate of such deceased has been administered and settled and the executor or administrator discharged, such release may be made by the heirs at law or legatee of such deceased mortgagee or assignee, and competent evidence must be furnished by them of the fact. Such certificate shall not be required where the executor or administrator is acting under appointment of the probate court of the county where the real estate mortgaged is located. Where the mortgagee or assignee of record is a firm or partnership, such mortgage may be satisfied or released in full by a receipt or satisfaction, signed either by each member of the firm or partnership, or by the firm or partnership, or by the firm or partnership by one of the members thereof.

SEC. 2. That said section 4221 be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

The motion prevailed, and the substitute was adopted. House bill No. 137, An act to amend section 6, chapter 68, of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, relating to the release of mortgages, and repealing said original section, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Conrad,

Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, McMillan, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed.

Senator Kennedy moved that the title be amended so as to read as follows: "An act to amend section 4221 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, relating to the release of mortgages, and repealing said original section."

The motion prevailed, and amendment was adopted.

Senate bill No. 496, An act in relation to life insurance, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, McMillan, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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

House bill No. 859, An act making an appropriation to enable the Board of Medical Registration and Examination to enforce section 254, Session Laws of 1901, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, Mc

Millan, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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. 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 the year 1889, was read the third time.

Senator Branine moved to amend Senate bill No. 573, in section 1, line 110, of the printed bill, by inserting, after the word "fund," the following: "In counties in which any permit or permits are issued and in force, the probate judge shall receive, in addition to other compensation allowed by law, a salary at the rate of fifteen dollars per annum for each one thousand inhabitants in such county, during the time any permit or permits are in force in such county, which salary shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by the probate judge under this act." The amendment was adopted.

The question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 23, nays 0; absent or not voting, 17.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Chaney, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Fulton, Henley, Kennedy, King, Morrow, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Stewart, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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

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

Senator Branine moved to amend House bill No. 374 by inserting the following for section 4: Sections 6424, 6425 and 6426 of the General Statutes of 1901, hereby amended,

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are hereby repealed; also renumber original section 4, making it number 5.

The amendments were adopted.

The question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 21, nays 6; absent or not voting, 13.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Noftzger, Pestana, Simons, Smith, Sponable, Stewart, Tapp, and Vincent.

Senators voting in the negative were: Fulton, Gabriel, Morrow, Peterson, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Carpenter, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, Porter, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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

On motion of Senator McKnight, the rules were suspended, and House bill No. 552 was placed on third reading.

House bill No. 552, An act for the appropriation of interest received during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905, from the permanent fund of the Kansas State Agricultural College, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, McMillan, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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

Senator Smith asked to be excused until two o'clock P. M., and that House bill No. 250 be passed over until that time.

The request was granted.

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, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Crum, Findlay, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Pestana, Peterson, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Ward, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Conrad, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, Henley, Hurrel, King, McMillan, Porter, Smith, Sponable, Vincent, White, and Wulfekuhler.

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

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

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. 24, An act for the relief of Fred A. Rolfs, of Leavenworth, Kan., 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. 531, An act for the relief of B. F. Flennekin, and instruct to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed.

Also, substitute for House bill No. 774, An act making an appropriation to Georg● H. Evans for money due him as interest paid on state warrants, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate wtih the recommendation that it be passed.

Also, Senate bill No. 439, An act providing for the creation of a fire marshal department for the state of Kansas, and the appointment of a fire marshal and his assistants, and prescribing their duties, and regulating the establishment and management of the