Terms of court. Butler county. CHAPTER XCVIII. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. AN ACT entitled "An act fixing the terms of court in the Eighteenth Judicial District, and amendatory of section 2 of chapter 102 of the Laws of 1883." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 102 of the laws of 1883 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The terms of the district court shall be held in the county of Butler on the first Tuesday of January, May, and Sedgwick county. September; in the county of Sedgwick on the first Tuesday of Kingman county. February, June, and October; in the county of Kingman on the third Tuesday of March, the third Tuesday of June, and the first Tuesday of December. SEC. 2. Section 2 of chapter 102 of the laws of 1883 is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall be and remain in force and effect from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved February 18, 1886. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 19, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State. Terms of court. CHAPTER XCIX. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. AN ACT to regulate and fix the terms of court in the Twenty-first Judicial Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. The terms of the district court in the twentyfirst judicial district shall commence in each year as follows: county. In the county of Riley on the second Monday in January, on Riley county. the first Monday in May, and on the first Monday in September; in the county of Pottawatomie on the first Monday in Pottawatomie February, on the third Monday in May, and on the fourth Monday in September; in the county of Wabaunsee on the Wabaunsee first Monday in March, on the first Monday in June, and on the third Monday in October; and in the county of Osage on Osage county. the first Monday in April, on the third Monday in June, and on the second Monday in November. SEC. 2. All summonses, subpenas, bonds, recognizances, notices, and all other process which may have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of the district court of the respective counties mentioned in the first section of this act, as heretofore required to be held, shall be deemed and are by this act made returnable to the terms of court as herein required to be held; and all proceedings, causes, and matters pending in said courts shall be taken up and proceeded with at the terms of court herein required to be held, the same as if no change was herein made in the times of holding such terms. SEC. 3. Section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved February 11, 1886. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 12, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State. county. 1 CHAPTER C. RELATING TO FRUIT TREES, ETC. AN ACT to punish misrepresentation and deception in the sale of fruit, SECTION 1. Any person or persons who shall misrepresent, deceive or defraud any person or persons in the sale of any fruit, shade or ornamental tree or trees, or any vine, shrub, plant, bulb, or root, by substituting inferior or different varieties, or who shall falsely represent the name, age or class of any fruit, shade or ornamental tree or trees, or any vine, shrub, plant, bulb, or root, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be liable to the party or parties damaged or injured thereby in treble the amount of all damages sustained, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved February 19, 1886. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 27, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CI. RELATING TO OBSCENE LITERATURE. AN ACT to suppress and prevent the printing, selling, loaning, making, advertising, giving away, or exposing to view, or showing or taking subscriptions for any indecent or obscene literature, prints or etchings, drawings or papers, or any article or instrument of immoral use, and prescribing the punishment therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. Every person or persons who shall bring or cause to be brought into the state, or shall buy, sell or cause to be sold, or shall advertise, lend, give away, offer, show, exhibit, or shall have in his possession with the intent to sell, lend, give away, offer, show, exhibit, distribute or cause to be distributed, or shall design, copy, draw, photograph, print, etch, or engrave, cut, carve, make, publish, or otherwise prepare or assist in preparing, or shall receive subscriptions for any indecent or obscene book, pamphlet, paper, picture, print, drawing, figure, image, or other engraved, printed or written matter, any article or instrument of immoral use, or any book, pamphlet, magazine, or paper devoted principally or wholly to the publication of criminal news or pictures, or stories of deeds of bloodshed or crime, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not to exceed thirty days, or both. or SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved February 19, 1886. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 27, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CII. TO PREVENT SHOOTING ON SUNDAY. AN ACT to prevent hunting and shooting on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. Every person who shall engage in hunting or shooting on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved February 19, 1886. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 25, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CIII. RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND AGENTS. AN ACT in relation to State officers and agents, and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That any officer or agent of the state who shall be empowered to expend any public moneys, or to direct such expenditures, is hereby prohibited from making any contract for the erection or repair of any building, or for any other purpose, whereby the expenditure of any greater sum of money shall be contemplated, agreed to, or required, than is expressly authorized by law; and any officer or agent of the state violat |