

A K KANSAS. 



ember* of the Reform 



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throughout the 



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^hority -"llwediaie eall'of a bute 



OenMnAen. 



One of the enriieet acu of the LegUlature 

 we* to prortde fcr sobmiuing to a vote of the 

 people, at a special election to be held on the 



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lion which wee flrat proposed in 1871. It 

 was so submitted, and was ratified by a large 

 majority, and now the eighth article of the ... - 

 gank law of the State rends as follows : 



8icno> 1. The following claat of perjon. shall 

 net be permitted to rwrlater, vote, or bold office in 

 thmttats: Per*on who may have been eoavieMd 

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 or of any other Sute, of any crime pu 

 Uw with death or confinement in : i*rv : 



J"lneJ<W. Tint say per*<>n dulrancnUcd under tin* 

 aeetioo wbo may be pardoned or hi* eentenc* eom- 

 meted. s*eh pardon or commutation of *enteoo* ihell 

 remote all diaabUHie* impoeed by tui* section; 



t4, and insane person*. 



' Sac. i. Every male person who ha* attained the 

 ate of twenty-one year*, and who i. a eitiien of the 

 United tataa, or wbo haa lefally declared hi* inten- 

 tion lo beonm* a eitiwn thereof, who *liall have re- 

 aided la this Bute aiz month*, and in the oountv in 

 whieh be eftnd hla vote ten day* next preeeobM 

 the lUatleo. .hall be deemed a qnalited elector, and 

 led IB vote. If rofiswred, anleaa di*o,naliled by 

 >eneeflhe stoesn ef section 1 of thw artiol*, 

 el. la all eteetioew by the peopU, the elector* 

 I vets by ballot. The aeorey of the ballot hall 



be aiearrJ in.ioUt*. sod the General Aasembly 

 shaO provide rakable Uw* for that purpose. On 

 the day of aa election held by the people, no elector 

 ehaUbeeehjaottoarreelonany etvll proeeae. The 

 Oeaenl Ammbly .hall na* adequate law* to pre- 

 vent the sal* of UMosieaUnc liquor* on the day on 

 whteh any slisllea by the people may be held. 



It was stated that 90.000 persona, disfran- 

 chised by the constitution as it stood before, 

 were restored to the rights of citiienshtp, by 

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The general legislation of the session was 

 comparatively unimportant. Several days were 

 neat in electing a United States Senator, and 

 the choice finally fell on Colonel Stephen W. 

 Doceey, whose term will end March. 



new eonntles were formed, and the boun- 

 daries of eeveral others were changed. The 

 of the ten oironit school superintendent* 

 ahoUehed, and county superintendents 

 A new revenue law was passed. 



which empower* the Governor to appoint aa 

 aMaasor la each county to serve until 1876, 

 wba UM assessor* kail be elected for s t. -nn 

 of fear years. There it to be an aa*esrnent 

 of real eHeie In 1870 and ev<-ry fourth rear 

 The Senate la made a hoard of 



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b Mailed to two per cent, on the vain . 

 ettv Md tow* Uses to seven and a half milU. 

 and Male tales to ten mills, for general |>nr- 

 Mea, In IH7-X and seven mill, tin rmlVr, nml 

 v,1 s half mill, to |mr intT-t on the 

 pqblic debt An Insurance bureau in the An- 



ditor'* office was created, the commissioners to 

 be appointed by the Auditor; |60,000 was 

 approi.riaU-J to i-j-taWish an Insane Asyluin at 

 l.ittlc ic.M-k. uii'l -J.",H>U for a Normal Oouege 



i\.r c.ilor.-.l ti-arli.-r-. Tin- Mate was r. 



: ior oonfreeeionAl representation, i...- 



. i,U-.| into tour .liftr'n-t-. Tiir (lovcrnor 

 was authoriced to appoint a State geologist, at 

 a salary of $2,500. 



An act was paaeed providing that no rail- 

 road shall charge for the truii!poriatioii !' 

 any person or persons a greaur prin- tliaii 

 five cviii" p>r mile lor tirat-clase passengers, 

 and three cents per mile tor seoood-olael pas- 

 sengers; for heavy article* I'.v irei^'lit not 

 more than fifty cents per hundred pounds, un.l 

 ten cents per cubic foot on ari'uK-nf meas- 

 urement for every hundred mill's, and in liim 

 proportion for a shorter dUtanri'. Should 

 any ruilrowl charge greater rate.- than allowed 

 liv'this act. the company shall lie liable to pay 

 to the party injured, or confirm -. -, doable 

 th.- amount of the freight so overcharged, to 

 lie recover.. il hy an action at law. 



An act fur the lieiietit and protection of 

 married women allows a married woman. 

 with the assent of her lui-bund, to have his life 

 insured for a period, or the term of natural life, 

 for her benefit. Property, both real and pcr- 

 oii:il, belonging to a woman on her marriage, 

 -hull continue to be her own separate prop- 



aiid shall not lie subject to the interfer- 

 ence of her husband, agent, or children. She 

 may assign, bargain, and sell her separate 

 property, and the earnings from her trade or 

 business shall be her sole or personal property. 

 She may alone sue and be sued in the eouru 

 of this State. No contract, sale. etc.. made by 

 a married woman, shall be binding on her hus- 

 band. In any suit brought by a woman, the 

 property of her husband shall not he liable for 

 damages. No man shall Apprentice or create 

 any testamentary guardian for a child with- 

 out the assent of the mother. Any married 



in may be sued, and, when judgment, is 

 tMpvered against her. it m:i> be enforced by 

 execution against her sole and separate prop- 

 erty. Before any married woman shall bo 

 entitled to the privileges of this ;,, t in respect 



to real estate, she shall cause the same to bo 

 recorded in her name in the county where she 

 lives or has her residence. 



A measure which gave rise to much discus- 

 sion was entitled "an act to protect all per- 

 sons in their civil rights, and to furnish moans 

 for their \ indication." This act makes it un- 

 lawful for any person or persons owning, 

 managing, operating, or representing as .- 

 any railroad, stage-coach, steamboat, or other 

 conveyance, to refuse or neglect to pro\idc 

 for and furnish any person applying for the 

 same with the same accommodations, a are 

 furnished other per-ons ,,;i trnderin^' the same 

 amount of n.oney. It makes it a misdemeanor 

 to violate this provision, and subjects the 

 offender to a fine of not less than $200 nor 



