MORNING SESSION.

TOPEKA, February 15, 1873, 10 o'clock, A. M.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

President in the chair.

Roll called.

The following gentlemen were present and answered to their names:

Messrs. Brandley, Barker, Butler, Crichton, Edwards, Ely, Grimes, Guerin, Judd, Martindale, McFarland, McWirt, Moonlight, Morrill, Murdock, Palmer, Price, Rogers, Schmidt, Simons, Simpson, Topping, Walker, J. C. Wilson, V. P. Wilson and Winter.

Quorum present.

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. F. S. McCabe.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 58, An act to amend an act to amend the code of civil procedure, being chapter 80 of the Laws of 1868 approved March 3, 1870,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Jndiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 129, An act to remove disabilities,

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.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 126, An act to amend an act relating to liens of mechanics and others, passed March 2, 1872,

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.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 118, An act in relation to challenges of jurors in criminal cases, and to repeal section 205 of an act to establish a code of criminal procedure, approved February 20, 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 rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 94, An act to amend sections 704, 705 and 707 of an act to establish a code of civil procedure, chapter 80, 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 rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 93, An act to legalize the acts of A. A. Higginbotham as notary public,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 92, An act to legalize the conveyances of real estate heretofore made in the city of Neodesha, Wilson county, Kansas,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 91, An act authorizing the appointment of a stenographer for the several district courts of the State of Kansas,

Also the accompanying petition of L. Stilwell and others relating thereto,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 90, An act to change the terms of court in the fourteenth judicial district, and establishing courts in certain counties therein named,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommen-dation that it be passed.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Senate Bill No. 89, An act to amend section 6, chapter38, General Statutes,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom. was referred

Senate Bill No. 88, An act to regulate and fix the terms of court in the fifth judicial district,

Mr. Ely moved that the reading of the journal be dis-pensed with.

Which motion prevailed.

Mr. Guerin asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Matheny for one week.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Martindale, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, made the following reports:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred

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,

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.

W. MARTINDALE,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Agriculture, to who was referred

Petition of W. G. Ewing and others, asking for enforcement of State herd law in Drywood township, Bourbon covaty, Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the same to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to Mr. Simpson, Senator from Bourbon county.

W. MARTINDALE,

Chairman.

Mr. McFarland, Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, made the following reports:

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

Petition of John N. Ritter, county attorney for Cherokee county, and others, for new judicial district,

Have had the same under consideration, and I am directed to report the said bill to the Senate with the recommendation that it be rejected.

N. C. MCFARLAND,

Chairman.

Mr. President: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred