next session, and shall also be published with the biennial report of the department of agriculture issued next after the close of said exhibition. SEC. 15. The said managers shall dispose of the exposition building to the best advantage of the state, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the treasury of the state of Kansas, after making payments pro rata to such associations or corporations as shall have contributed to the construction of said building.. SEC. 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Senator Kelley offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That we desire to express to the President of the Senate our sincere thanks for the fair and cautious manner with which he has performed the onerous and often vexatious duties which devolved upon him, and we wish to assure him of our high appreciation of his many noble qualities of head and heart, and we trust that the future has yet many honors in store for him. Resolved, That our heartfelt thanks are hereby tendered to Senator F. P. Harkness for the fair and courteous manner in which he has dischsrged his duties as president pro tem. of the Senate. Resolved, That our thanks are hereby tendered to A. G. Stacey for his efficient services as secretary of the Senate; to G. G. Wheat for the even-tempered manner in which he has discharged his duties; to John Q. Royce, the reading clerk, for the able manner in which he has performed his duties; to Col. Tom J. Jackson, journal clerk, and his assistants. for the prompt manner in preparing the printed journal; to Omar Gillett, docket clerk; to L. C. Smith, sergeant-at-arms, and to all the other officers and employés of the Senate for their faithfulness and efficiency during the session. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. The president of the Senate was called for, and appeared before the Senate and addressed them as follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE: Your resolution has touched me deeply. When we assembled here two years ago, your presiding officer came without experience, and dependent upon the kindness and forbearance of the Senate. Your uniform courtesy is warmly appreciated. For each of the forty members of the Senate there will ever remain in my heart of hearts the most tender and endearing recollections. The session now closing has been one of peculiar interest; one environed by new and startling questions. It is to the enduring credit of this body and its constituents, that in all its deliberations the state Senate of Kansas has met every question manfully, with broad and patriotic views; sinking mere partisan bias in an honest endeavor to protect and promote the best interests of all the people of the commonwealth. By its record here, this Senate can well afford to stand or fall. Each Senator has made a clean and honorable record, and the Senate has re mained as an enduring rock, staying all attempts to disturb the credit and mar the good name of the state whose constitution they have sworn to support. Gentlemen, accept my most profound thanks for this mark of your continued confidence. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has adopted House resolution in relation to Senate bill No. 268. The resolution is herewith transmitted. BEN. C. RICH, Chief Clerk. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has adopted House concurrent resolution No. 49, In relation to final adjournment. The resolution is herewith transmitted. The resolution is as follows: BEN. C. RICH, Chief Clerk. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring therein, That the legislature finally adjourn at 11:30 a. m. Senator Osborn moved that the Senate concur in House concurrent resolution No. 49, in relation to the hour of final adjournment, which motion prevailed. Senator Kimball called up House message in relation to House resolution No. —, which was read, as follows: Whereas, There is danger of the defeat of Senate bill No. 268, providing for an exhibition of the state of Kansas at the World's Columbian Exhibition, and the good name of our state suffer for the reason that the Senate has instructed that three of the five commissioners shall be republicans; and Whereas, The result of the election last fall shows that the republican party in this state is a minority of over 45,000; and Whereas, The pride of our state should be above party, and a board of this kind should represent fairly all political parties: therefore, Resolved by the House, That any and ali rules which would prevent the Senate from acting upon said bill and adopting the House amendments and make it become a law are hereby suspended, and the Senate has full consent of the House to not only act upon said amendments but to concur therein, which amendments virtually provide that two of the commissioners shall be republicans, two of them people's party, and one a democrat, as eminently fair to all parties; which amendments, if adopted by the Senate, will allow this bill to become a lawthus placing Kansas side by side with our sister states in the Columbian Exhibition. Senator Kimball offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Whereas, The foregoing resolution, relating to Senate bill No. 268, providing for an exhibit in behalf of the state of Kansas at the World's Columbian Exposition, was transmitted to this body at fifteen minutes after 11 o'clock of this day, only fifteen minutes before the hour fixed by concurrent resolution for the final adjournment of the legislature; and Whereas, The Senate through its conference committees in relation to the bill referred to has repeatedly offered to allow the board of managers named in said bill to be made up in a non-partisan manner, that is, two republicans and one democrat and two from the so-called alliance or people's party, which concessions have been rejected by the House unless arrangements could be made whereby they could also control and dictate who should be appointed as the democratic member of said board; and Whereas, Said resolution is false and insinuating in many respects, as well as impertinent and insulting; and Whereas, The hour fixed by the concurrent resolution of both houses has now arrived: therefore, Resolved, That the consideration of said resolution be indefinitely postponed. A vote being had, the resolution was adopted. The hour of half-past eleven o'clock, the time fixed by concurrent resolution for the final adjournment of the legislature, having arrived, the president of the Senate announced that the session of the Senate of Kansas of 1891 was adjourned without date. Assessment and taxation-see Senate bills Nos. 11, 83, 115, 116, 126, 143, 184, 226, 295, 304, 326, 351, 377; House bills Nos. 21, 127, 132, 335, 470, 741. Apportionment- See Governor's message.... Congressional-see Senate bill No. 405; House bill No. 824. Legislative see House bill No. 798. Administration of State affairs-see Senate bill No. 1. Agricultural department, creation of-see Senate bills Nos. 18, 81. Appraisement of land-see Senate bill No. 327. Adulteration of vinegar, prevention of-see Senate bill No. 27. Acts legalized-see Senate bills Nos. 144, 215, 261; House bill No. 351. Alliance county, creation of-see Senate bill No. 207. Agricultural lands, detached from cities-see Senate bill No. 362. Akeroyd, A. B., assistant doorkeeper....... Adams, Wirt, elected page of the Senate..... Agricultural College- See Governor's message.. Regents of........ Alien land-holders- See Governor's message... See Senate bills Nos. 22, 62, 165. Age-of-consent law (see Governor's message).. (877) 40 6 28 846 44 44 Atchison, David, police commissioner of Leavenworth... Acts legalized-see Senate bills Nos. 144, 163; House bill No. 223. See Governor's message........ State Horticultural Society-see Senate bill No. 26. Soldiers' Orphans' Home-see Senate bill No. 45. National encampment-see Senate bill No. 104. For carrying prisoners to Penitentiary-see Senate bill No. 112. For chinch-bug experiments-see Senate bill No. 142. For water-supply for Industrial School-see Senate bill No. 153. State Normal School-see Senate bill No. 162. State veterinarian-see Senate bill No. 166. Building for Deaf and Dumb Institution-see Senate bill No. 183. 644 644 ..209, 210, 846, 864 Publication of House joint resolutions Nos. 5, 8, passed by Legislature of 1889- Current expenses of Imbecile Asylum-see Senate bill No. 232. Current expenses of Osawatomie Insane Asylum-see Senate bill No. 236. Expenses of reformatory commissioners-see Senate bill No. 241. State University-see Senate bill No. 254. For seed grain-see Senate bill No. 263. Columbian Exposition-see Senate bills Nos. 268, 420. Per diem and mileage of regents-see Senate bill No. 279. Destitute insane-see Senate bill No. 280. Police commissioners of Wichita-see Senate bill No. 282. Executive and judiciary department-see Senate bill No. 294. National encampment-see Senate bill No. 356. Coffeyville investigation-see Senate bill No. 365. Industrial Reformatory-see Senate bills Nos. 381, 382. For loss under quarantine laws-see Senate bill No. 409. For conveying prisoners to penitentiary-see House bill No. 153. Sugar bounty-see House bill No. 219. Normal School-see House bill No. 322. Trustees charitable institutions-see House bill No. 334. For bridges-see House bill No. 347. Macadamizing road-see House bill No. 445. Current expenses of Soldiers' Home-see House bill No. 491. Orphans' homes-see House bill No. 832. 23 |