Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. JACOB WINTER, Chairman. Mr. Moonlignt, Chairman of the Special Committee on Senate Bill No. 124, made the following report: Mr. President: Your Special Committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 124, An act to amend an act entitled an act providing for certain improvements in Leavenworth county, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. THOMAS MOONLIGHT, Chairman. Mr. Crichton asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce Senate Bill No. 128, An act to exempt certain territory from the operations of an act entitled an act for the protection of stock from disease, approved February 26, 1867, and all the amendments thereto thereafter made. Read first time. Mr. Crichton moved that the rules be suspended, and Read a second time, and referred now. Which motion prevailed. Senate Bill No. 128, An act to exempt certain territory from the operutions of an act entitled an act for the protection of stock from disease, approved February 26, 1867, and all the amendments thereto thereafter made. Read second time, and Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Edwards moved that the Senate resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, upon bills on the Calendar. Mr. Murdock in the chair. After some time spent therein the Committee arose, and through their Chairman made the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 12, An act to amend an act relating to the conveyance of real estate, And recommend that it be passed as amended. Senate Bill No. 35, An act to amend sections 601 and 608 of chapter 80 of the General Statutes of Kansas, And recommend that it be passed subject to amendment and debate on third reading. M. M. MURDOCK, On motion Chairman. The report of the Committee of the Whole Senate was agreed to. Mr. Moonlight asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce Senate Bill No. 129, An act to remove disabilities. Mr. Murdock moved that the rules governing the Judiciary Committee be suspended, and that four members shall constitute a quorum. Which motion prevailed. Mr. V. P. Wilson asked and obtained leave of absence until Monday, at 2 P. M. On motion, The Senate adjourned. GEO. C. CROWTHER, Secretary. MORNING SESSION. TOPEKA, February 14, 1873, 10 o'clock A. M. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. President in the chair. Roll called. The following gentlemen were present and answered to their names: Messrs. Blair, Butler, Barker, Crichton, Edwards, Ely, Grimes, Guerin, Judd, Martindale, McFarland, Moonlight, Morrill, Murdock, O'Neil, Palmer, Rogers, Schmidt, Simons, Topping, Walker, J. C. Wilson and Winter. Being a quorum of the Senate. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. F. S. McCabe. The Journal of yesteday was read and approved. Mr. Blair asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. St. John. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Mr. Ely, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, made the following report: Mr. President: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills have examined Senate Bill No. 37, An act to amend an act regulating interest on money, And find the same correctly engrossed. A. F. ELY, Chairman. Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Public Institutions and Buildings, made the following reports: Mr. President: Your Committee on Public Institutions and Buildings, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 125, An act to establish the Kansas Reform Farm and School, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it is unadvisable to establish a reform farm and school the present year. Mr. President: SAM WALKER, Chairman. Your Committee on Public Institutions and Buildings, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 127, An act to establish a State reform and industrial school, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recom. mendation that it is unadvisable to establish a State reform or industrial school the present year. SAM WALKER, Chairman. Mr. President: Your Committee on Public Buildings, to whom was referred Petition of eight hundred tax-payers, praying for the establishment of a reform school, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recom mendation that it is unadvisable to establish a reform school the present year. SAM WALKER, Chairman. Mr. O'Neil, Chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries, made the following reports: Mr. President: Your Committee on Fees and Salaries, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 78, An act to amend section 14 of an act entitled an act fixing the fees of certain officers and persons therein named, approved March 2, 1868, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the same to the Senate with the recommendation that it be rejected. M. A. O'NEIL, Chairman. Mr. President: Your Committee on Fees and Salaries, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 98, An act to fix the salaries of certain county officers in counties having over ten and under thirty thousand inhabitants, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. M. A. O'NEIL, Mr. President: Your Committee on Fees and Salaries, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 99, An act to amend section 58, chapter 80, of the General Statutes of 1868, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. M. A. O'NEIL, Chairman. |