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AGRICULTURE.

18

An act to amend "an act for the encouragement of agriculture,"
approved March 2, 1868.......

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House joint resolution providing for the use of a room in the
Capitol building for use of State Agricultural Society...... 47
19 An act to aid in the development of the agricultural department of
the Kansas State Agricultural College .............

ASYLUM, INSANE.

20 An act in relation to the asylum for the insane, and supplemental
to an act concerning lunatics and habitual drunkards, ap-
proved March 2, 1868...........

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BONDS.

An act to authorize the city of Lawrence to issue bonds in aid of
the University of Kansas.....

22 An act to authorize school district No. 7 of Osage county, Kansas,
to issue additional bonds......

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23 An act authorizing Blue Rapids township, Marshall county, Kan-
sas, to issue bonds to build a bridge across the Blue River 57
24 An act authorizing school district No. 5 in Neosho county to issue
bonds to build a school house....

25 An act authorizing the township of Mission, Neosho county, Kan-
sas, to issue bonds to build a bridge.....

26

An act to authorize the township officers of Kentucky township,
Jefferson county, to issue bonds of said township to build
a bridge...

27 An act to authorize the trustees, treasurer and clerk of Lecomp-
ton township, Douglas county, Kansas, to issue bonds to
build a bridge...

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28 An act to authorize Davis county to issue bonds to buy and im-
prove a county farm......

29 An act to authorize Wyandotte county to issue bonds to buy a
county farm.....

30 An act to amend section 1 of chapter 52 of the general statutes of
1868 entitled "an act to authorize the board of county com-
missioners and the authorities of incorporated cities to issue
bonds for the purpose of internal improvement".

31 An act to authorize the citizens of Emporia to issue bonds for the
purpose of erecting boarding houses for the use of the
students of the State Normal School................

32 An act authorizing the board of commissioners for the manage-
ment of the State permanent school and university fund
to invest said fund in bonds herein named

33 An act to authorize municipal townships to issue bonds......
34 An act to authorize Oskaloosa township, Jefferson county, Kansas,
to issue additional bonds...

35 An act authorizing and directing the county commissioners of Jef-
ferson county to issue the bonds of said county to build
bridges.......

36 An act authorizing the trustees of the Burlingame Town Company
to take stock in the Burlingame Manufacturing Company
to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, and to issue
bonds therefor.......

37 An act to amend an act entitled "an act respecting bonds, notes,
and bills of exchange"..

BOUNDARIES.

CHAPTER 38 An act to amend an act entitled " an act defining the boundaries
of counties," approved March 3, 1868.......

39 An act amendatory of an act entitled "an act defining the bound-
aries of counties," approved March 3, 1868.......

40 An act to amend section 75 of an act entitled "an act defining
the boundaries of counties," approved March 3, 1868......

BRIDGES.

41 An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Atchi-
son county to build a bridge across Grasshopper Creek at
Airington..........

42 An act amendatory of an act entitled "an act to authorize the
county commissioners of Leavenworth county to build a
certain bridge"..

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BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

43 An act to legalize building, loan and saving institutions, and to
declare their acts valid.........

BURYING GROUNDS.

44 An act in relation to private burying grounds.......

CEMETERIES.

45 An act to donate block No. 26, in the town of Palmetto, Mar
shall county, State of Kansas, for a cemetery........

46 An act in relation to the National Cemetery at Fort Scott, and
ceding the jurisdiction of Kansas over the same to the
United States......

CITIES.

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47 An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate cities of the
first class," approved February 24, 1868.........
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48 An act amendatory of and supplemental to an act to incorporate
cities of the second class," approved February 28, 1868... 110
49 An act authorizing the citizens of certain towns therein named to
incorporate as cities of the second class.........

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50 An act for the consolidation of cities........
51 An act to amend an act entitled " an act to incorporate cities of
the first class," approved February 24, 1868....

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CORPORATIONS.

52 An act to amend an act entitled " 'an act concerning private cor-
porations," approved February 29, 1868...

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53 An act to amend section 5 of an act entitled "an act concerning
private corporations," approved February 29, 1868......... 125

COURTS.

54 An act to amend an act entitled ". an act to amend an act entitled
an act concerning district courts," approved February 26,
1867, approved March 2, 1869.......

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55 An act to provide for additional terms of the district court for the
eighth judicial district.......................

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56 An act to change the time of holding the terms of the district
court in the second judicial district, and to repeal section
2 of chapter 36 of the laws of 1869..

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An act to amend section five of an act entitled " an act relating to the supreme court," approved February 25, 1868, and to repeal an act entitled "an act relating to the supreme court," approved March 3, 1869.......

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An act authorizing the appointment of a stenographer for the dis-
trict court of the first judicial district of the State of Kan-
sas, and the criminal court of Leavenworth county......... 132
An act fixing the time for holding the terms of court in the sixth
judicial district, and repeal section 6 of chapter 36 of the

laws of 1869.....

133 An act to create the eleventh judicial district, and to provide for judge thereof, and for holding the terms of court therein 135 61 An act to amend an act entitled "an act to establish a criminal court in Leavenworth county..............

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

62 An act to amend section 79 of the act regulating crimes and punishments........

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DAMS.

63 An act to authorize Jacob Rapp to build and maintain a mill-dam
across Stranger Creek.....

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64 An act to authorize Christian Hoffman to raise the height of a certain mill-dam across Smoky Hill River........

65 An act authorizing John Roatcap to build and maintain a milldam across Fall River......

66 An act entitled " an act to secure the early publication of the re
ports of officers of State institutions and State officers...... 142

DRAINS.

67 An act to authorize the construction of levees and drains........... 143

EMPYRICISM.

68 A bill to protect the people of Kansas from empyricism, and to elevate the standard of the medical profession....

FERRIES.

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69 An act authorizing E. K. Parris to build and maintain a ferry across Verdigris River, near Verdi, Kansas......

FEES.

70 An act to amend an act entitled "an act fixing the fees of certain officers and persons therein named," approved March 2, 1868......

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GARNETT.

71 An act to legalize certain acts of the corporate authorities of the town of Garnett, in Anderson county.....

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

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72 An act to legalize the official acts of H. D. Woodsworth, a justice
of the peace for Ellsworth county in the year 1867........... 153

LABETTE COUNTY.

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CHAPTER 73 An act to legalize the acts of the probate judges of Labette county 154

LANDS.

74 An act to amend article 9 of chapter 23 of the general statutes of
1868, entitled "appropriations of lands for use of railway
and other corporations.......

MARRIAGE.

75 An act in relation to marriage, and amendatory of section 10 of
chapter 61 of the general statutes of 1868.....

MINORS.

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76 An act to empower certain minors to hold and transfer property
and transact business as if they had attained their ma-

77 An act providing for issuing duplicates of certain union military

scrip........

MILITARY FUNDS.

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78 An act relative to military funds......................

NAMES.

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79 An act to change the names of certain persons therein named..... 162
80 An act to change a name........

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An act to change the name of a town in Osage county...

NOTARY PUBLIC.

82 An act to legalize certain acknowledgements taken and certified
by E. A. Foot, a notary public.....

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83 An act legalizing acknowledgements taken by M. E. Joyce......... 166

PRICE RAID CLAIMS.

84 An act supplemental to an act to provide for the auditing, settle-
ment and assumption of the Price Raid Claims of 1864,
and the Indian expedition under Major General Curtis in
July and August, 1864, approved February 17, 1869........ 167

85

PROCEDURE, CIVIL.

An act to amend section 549 of an act entitled " an act to estab-
lish a code of civil procedure," passed and approved Feb-
ruary 28, 1868..

86 An act to amend sections 546 and 548 of an act entitled "an act
to establish a code of civil procedure," approved February
25, 1868.......

87 An act to amend the code of civil procedure, being chapter 80 of
the general statutes of 1868, and to amend section 27 of
chapter 22 of the general statutes of 1868..

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88 An act to amend an act entitled "an act regulating the jurisdiction
and procedure before justices of the peace in civil cases 181

POOR.

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CHAPTER 89 An act to amend an act entitled "an act for the relief of the poor" 188

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RAILROADS.

An act to enable municipal townships to subscribe for stock in

any railroad, and to provide for the payment of the same 189 In relation to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad........... 192 An act to provide for the consolidation and extension of railroads

in the State of Kansas.......

93 An act defining the liability of railroads in certain cases...

REVENUE.

94 An act to provide revenue for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy.........

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100 An act entitled an act in relation to roadways through certain
lands.in Franklin county........

101

An act to amend sections 18, 20, 26 and 29 of an act entitled "an act in relation to roads and highways," approved March 2, 1868.........

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102 An act to change and vacate portions of certain roads in Bourbon
county, Kansas.....

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SCHOOLS, STATE NORMAL.

An act to provide for State normal schools........

SCHOOL, CITY OF ATCHISON.

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104 A joint resolution in relation to the public school of the city of

Atchison........

SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

221

105 An act to enable school districts to purchase school district
libraries....

106 An act to enable joint school district number one of Brown and
Nemaha counties, in the State of Kansas, to increase the
levy of taxes for teachers' wages.....

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107 An act to legalize the proceedings of a certain school district meet-
ing in school district No. 7 in Crawford county............... 225
108 An act requiring county superintendents of public instruction to
provide district boards with record books.........

SCHOOL HOUSE.

226

109 An act to regulate the sale of a certain school house................. 227

SCHOOL LANDS.

110 An act to amend chapter 94 of the general statutes of 1868 rela

ting to the sales of school lands........

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