Governor may appoint agent to demand offender.

Application.

Before governor shall demand.

Applications for requisitions to be made to conform to rules.

Governor of this

state may on demand deliver offender.

CHAPTER CIX.

RELATING TO FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

AN ACT relating to fugitives from justice, and repealing section 5, chapter 44, General Statutes 1868.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. The governor of this state may, on application, appoint an agent to demand of the executive authority of any other state or territory any offender fleeing from the justice of this state: Provided, That such application is accompanied by sworn evidence that the party charged is a fugitive from justice, and that the application is made in good faith for the punishment of crime, and not for the purpose of collecting a debt, or pecuniary mulct, or of recovering the alleged fugitive to a foreign jurisdiction, with a view there to serve him with civil process; and also by a duly-attested copy of an indictment, or a duly-attested copy of a complaint or information made before a court or magistrate authorized to take the same, such complaint or information to be accompanied by an affidavit to the facts constituting the offense charged, by a person or persons having actual knowledge thereof, and such further evidence in support thereof as the governor may require.

SEC. 2. Before the governor of this state shall demand any fugitive from justice from the executive authority of any other state or territory, the county attorney of the county wherein the alleged crime is said to have been committed shall examine into the case, and if satisfied that a crime has been committed, and that the person charged is the guilty person, he shall so certify to the governor, with a certified copy of the affidavit, information or indictment presented, and ask a requisition to be made in accordance therewith.

SEC. 3. Applications for requisitions on the executive authority of any other state or territory for the surrender of fugitives from the justice of this state shall be made to conform to such rules and regulations as may be adopted and promulgated by the executive authority of this state.

SEC. 4. The governor of this state, in any case authorized by the constitution of the United States and the acts of congress made in pursuance thereof, may on demand deliver over

to the executive authority of any other state or territory any person charged therein with treason, felony, or other crime committed therein: Provided, That such demand or application is accompanied by a duly-attested copy of an indictment, or a duly-attested copy of a complaint or information, certified as authentic, and also by sworn evidence that the demand is made in good faith for the punishment of crime, and not for the purpose of collecting a debt, or a pecuniary mulct, or of removing the alleged fugitive to a foreign jurisdiction, with a view there to serve him or her with civil process.

ceed forthwith.

SEC. 5. The sheriff, or other officer to whom shall be in- Officer shall pro trusted the execution of a warrant issued by the governor of this state, shall proceed forthwith to arrest the fugitive therein named, and on payment of all costs by the duly-authorized agent of the executive authority making the demand, such fugitive shall be delivered to him, to be thence removed to the proper place for prosecution: Provided, That if the agent of Proviso. the executive authority, as aforesaid, does not appear within thirty days from the date of the arrest so made, the sheriff shall discharge the person so imprisoned; and all costs and Expenses to be expenses, being first ascertained to the satisfaction of the executive, shall on his certificate be allowed and paid out of the state treasury.

SEC. 6. Section five, chapter forty-four of the general statutes of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, an act relating to fugitives from justice, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. This act to be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

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.

E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

paid.

Not unlawful to shoot, when.

Consent of owner of land required.

Unlawful to sell.

Exception.

CHAPTER CX.

PROTECTION OF GAME.

AN ACT to amend sections 2, 3 and 4 of chapter 115, Session Laws of 1883, being an act entitled “An act for protection of birds, and to prohibit hunting on certain lands without consent of owner, providing at what season game may be shot, and prescribing punishments for the violation of the provisions of this act, and to repeal chapter 110 of Laws of 1881.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. Section two of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. It shall not be unlawful for persons to shoot or take possession of any pinnated grouse, or prairie chicken, between the first day of September and the first day of January. It shall, however, be unlawful to catch, trap or ensnare said birds at any time: Provided, It shall not be unlawful for a person to shoot quail on his own premises, between the first day of November and the first day of January of each year.

SEC. 2. Section three of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, at any time, to shoot, hunt or pursue after any wild bird or game upon the occupied or improved premises of another, or upon any traveled or public road that adjoins such occupied or improved premises, without having obtained permission or consent of the owner or occupant of such occupied or improved premises.

SEC. 3. That section number four of said chapter number one hundred and fifteen shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation, at any time to buy, sell or barter within the state of Kansas any birds not excepted in section one or the birds enumerated in section two of this act. And the having in possession by any person, company or corporation of any such birds, when the shooting, catching or killing thereof is prohibited, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the violation of this act: Provided, Nothing in this act shall be so con

strued as to prevent any person from the purchasing from any person who has legally killed the same, any of the birds mentioned in said chapter one hundred and fifteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for use as food in his own family, or the selling of the same, by the person having lawfully killed the same, to any person for use in his own family.

SEC. 4. That original sections two, three and four of the act of which this is amendatory are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. 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 26, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXI.

GARNISHMENTS.

AN ACT in relation to garnishments and attachments for wages in certain

cases.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That the earnings of a debtor who is a resident of this state for his personal services at any time within three months next preceding the issuing of an execution, or attachment, or garnishment process, cannot be applied to the payment of his debts when it is made to appear by the debtor's affidavit or otherwise that such earnings are necessary for the maintenance of a family supported wholly or partly by his labor. The filing of the affidavit by the debtor or making proof as above provided shall be conclusive, and it shall be the duty of the court in which such proceeding is pending to release all moneys held by such attachment or garnishee process immediately upon the filing of such affidavit or the making of such proof.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall 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 CXII.

JOINT-STOCK FIRE INSURANCE.

AN ACT relating to the business of joint-stock fire insurance companies organized under the laws of this State, and defining their powers and duties.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That any joint-stock fire insurance company organized under the laws of this state may insure houses, buildings and all other kinds of property against loss or damage by fire, lightning, tornado, cyclone, wind-storms, and any other accident or casualty; and shall have authority to issue policies of insurance, accept and collect premiums and premium notes, appoint and commission agents and solicitors of insurance, and have such other powers as may be stipulated in the charter of such company, not inconsistent with the laws of this state.

SEC. 2. There shall be paid to the superintendent of insurance by joint-stock companies organized under the laws of this state, the following fees, and no others: For filing and examination of charter and accompanying papers, and issuing the certificate of authority thereon, and making the examination and certificate as to the requisite capital of said company required by law, the sum of twenty-five dollars; for every other certificate of authority required by law, the sum of fifty cents; for filing the annual statement, ten dollars; for every