Senator Conrad presented Senate petition No. 13, as follows:

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Kansas:

We respectfully ask the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Kansas that section 2069, Revised Statutes of 1901, providing what shall constitute grand larceny, should be amended so as to include all domestic fowls, wheat, oats, potatoes, cured, fresh or salt meat, or canned goods of any description, lard or butter, and harness or saddles, without regard to the value thereof, It has become the practice of what is known as "petty thieves" to steal just enough of the domestic fowls to be below the twenty-dollar mark, leaving it petty larceny instead of grand larceny, making their trips frequent; so that a law of this kind becomes a necessity. Signed by William Lassey and twenty-eight others.

Referred to Judiciary Committee.

Senator Leidy asked the unanimous consent of the Senate to cast his vote for Chester I. Long for United States senator at this time.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Senator Smith: Senate bill No. 231, An act to provide for the purchase of the right to use a voting-machine by the state of Kansas, for the manufacture thereof and supply to voting precincts, providing for an appropriation therefor.

Also, Senate bill No. 232, An act to prescribe the boundaries of Montezuma township and Ingalls township, Gray county, Kansas.

Also, Senate bill No. 233, An act to amend section 6129 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901.

By Senator Porter: Senate bill No. 234, An act to establish, at Pittsburg, Kan., an auxiliary manual-training school and making an appropriation therefor.

On motion of Senator Porter, an emergency was declared, and Senate bill No. 234 was read a second time and referred to Committee on Education.

By request of Senator Porter, Senate bill No. 10 was withdrawn.

By Senator Porter: Senate bill No. 235, An act for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of cities of the second class.

By Senator Kennedy: Senate bill No. 236, An act authorizing the State School-fund Commissioners to purchase refunding bonds to be issued by Le Roy township, Coffey county, Kansas.

Also, Senate bill No. 237, An act authorizing the State School-fund Commissioners to purchase refunding bonds to be issued by the city of Le Roy, Coffey county, Kansas. Also, Senate bill No. 238, An act providing for the drainage of swamps, bottom or other low lands in Coffey county.

By Senator Chaney: Senate bill No. 239, An act to erect and maintain certain dams across the Kansas river, and granting the right of way over a certain strip of land over and across the Insane Asylum grounds in Shawnee county for certain purposes.

Also (by request ), Senate bill No. 240, An act providing for the payment of certain union military scrip held by F. O. Black.

By Senator Codding: Senate bill No. 241, An act to amend sections 2 and 3 of chapter 11 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1868, the same being an act relating to attorneys at law, and to repeal original sections 2 and 3 of said act.

By Senator White: Senate bill No. 242, An act to amend section 2 of chapter 147 of the Session Laws of 1886, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of county high schools," and repealing said section 2 of the Session Laws of 1886.

By Senator Hurrel: Senate bill No. 243, An act to amend section 15, chapter 31, General Statutes of 1868, being paragraph 2000, General Statutes of 1901, relating to the crime of manslaughter.

By Senator Findlay: Senate bill No. 244, An act in relation to the giving of bonds by public officers.

Also, Senate bill No. 245, An act to vacate certain streets and alleys in Gem addition and Hutchison addition to the city of Lyons, Rice county, Kansas, and to exclude the land bounded by said vacated streets from the limit of said city.

By Senator Buschow: Senate bill No. 246, An act permitting J. H. Constable, of Ludell, Rawlins county, Kan

sas, to avail himself of the provisions of section 2, chapter 174, of the Laws of 1887, being section 6681 of the General Statutes of 1901.

By Senator McMillan: Senate bill No. 247, An act to enable Hodgeman county to drill wells for gas, coal, and oil, and to provide for the control and disposition of the same and to issue bonds therefor.

By Senator Pestana: Senate bill No. 248, An act providing for the payment of the expenses or the per diem of non-resident witnesses who shall attend on behalf of plaintiff in the trial of criminal action.

Also, Senate bill No. 249, An act providing for the appointment of an attorney or attorneys by courts or judges thereof or examining magistrates to assist county attorneys in the prosecution of certain actions wherein the state of Kansas is a party, and to regulate and fix the pay for such attorney or attorneys by the county interested in the prose

cution.

By Senator Conrad: 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."

By Senator Morehouse: Senate bill No. 251, An act making an appropriation for the Industrial School and Hygienic Home for Friendless Persons, of Hillsboro, Marion county, Kansas.

By Senator White: Senate bill No. 252, An act to repeal section 7 of chapter 77 of the Session Laws of 1893, being section 2734 of the General Statutes of 1901, relating to filing of statements of expense by candidates for public offices.

By Senator Vincent: Senate bill No. 253, An act creating a State Fair Association and providing for its location, establishment and operation, and appropriating funds for its maintenance.

SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.

Senate bill No. 205, An act repealing certain acts and parts of acts of the General Laws of Kansas for 1901.

Senate bill No. 206, An act creating a negotiable-instrument law.

Senate bill No. 207, An act regulating the redemption of real estate sold under special execution or order of sale. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senate bill No. 208, 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.

Senate bill No. 209, An act providing for the application of excess fees and deputy clerk hire of certain officers of Johnson county, Kansas.

Referred to Committee on Fees and Salaries.

Senate bill No. 210, An act relating to sidewalks in cities of the second class, providing for the construction thereof and the payment therefor.

Referred to Committee on Cities of the Second Class.

Senate bill No. 211, An act to provide law-books for the justices of the supreme court and appropriating money therefor.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate bill No. 212, An act for the protection of the occupants of certain buildings in case of fire.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senate bill No. 213, An act in relation to the vacation of a certain portion of the city of Wilson.

Referred to Committee on Cities of the Third Class. Senate bill No. 214, An act to amend sections 4221, 4222, 4223 and 4224 of chapter 68 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, entitled "An act concerning mortgages."

Senate bill No. 215, An act to amend sections 4354 and 4355, chapter 76, of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, entitled "An act to provide for the recording of land patents."

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senate bill No. 216, An act providing for the levy and collection of a tax during the years of 1903 and 1904 for the creation of a fund for the erection and maintenance of a monument to the memory of the patriotism and heroic service of the Kansas soldiers and sailors of 1861 to 1865. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

Senate bill No. 217, An act to amend section 24,

article 4, chapter 122, of the Session Laws of 1876, entitled "An act for the regulation and support of common schools," and to repeal original section 24, article 4, chapter 122, of the Session Laws of 1876, being section 6184 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1901.

Referred to Committee on Educational Institutions.

Senate bill No. 218, An act to disorganize school district No. 70, in Washington county, Kansas, and attach the territory thereof to other districts.

Referred to Committee on Education,

Senate bill No. 219, An act for the relief of O. C. Beeler, city treasurer of Leavenworth, Kan.

Senate bill No. 220, An act for the relief of O. C. Beeler, city treasurer, ex officio treasurer of the board of education of the city of Leavenworth and state of Kansas.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate bill No. 221, An act to amend an act approved February 29, 1868, entitled “An act providing for the selec tion and summoning of grand and petit jurors.”

Senate bill No. 222, An act to provide for the extermination of prairie-dogs, prescribing additional duties for the township trustees, and for the levy and collection of a tax for the purpose of carrying this act into effect.

Senate bill No. 223, An act in relation to automobiles and motor vehicles, regulating their speed and operation on the public highways in this state, providing for their proper equipment, and requiring the owners of such vehicles to register with the secretary of state.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senate bill No. 224, An act in relation to life insurance and life-insurance policies.

Referred to Committee on Insurance.

Senate bill No. 225, An act to regulate the practice of dentistry, prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing chapter 125 of the Session Laws of 1885, chapter 152 of the Session Laws of 1887, chapter 110 of the Session Laws of 1891.

Referred to Committee on Public Health.

Senate bill No. 226, An act to make appropriations for -9 Sen.