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his permit issued, where they shall be safely kept for 

 the period of two years from the date of tbe filing of 

 each : . . . Provided, however, That no sales of intoxi- 

 cating liquors shall be made by any such drugyist, 

 knowingly, to any minor in any case, except upon pre- 

 scription for medical purposes, as in this act provided : 

 . . . Provided, That any druggist having a permit to 

 sell intoxicating 1 liquors under this act may sell such 

 liquors in quantities not less than one gallon to any 

 other druggist having a like permit. 



SEC. 5. No person shall manufacture or assist in the 

 manufacture of intoxicating liquors in this State ex- 

 cept for medical, scientific, ana mechanical purposes. 

 Any person or persons desiring to manufacture any 

 of the liquors mentioned in section 1 of this act for 

 medical, scientific, and mechanical purposes, shall 

 present to the probate judge of the county wherein 

 such business is proposed to be carried on, a petition 

 asking a permit for such purpose, setting forth the 

 name of the applicant, the place where it is desired to 

 carry on such business, and the kind of liquor to be 

 manufactured. Such petition shall have appended 

 thereto a certificate signed by at least twelve citizens 

 of the township or city where such business is sought 

 to be established, certifying that such applicant is a 

 person of good moral character, temperate in his 

 habits, and a proper person to manufacture and sell 

 intoxicating liquors. Such applicant shall file with 

 said petition a bond to the State of Kansas in the sum 

 of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that, for any vio- 

 lation of the provisions of this act, said bond shall be 

 forfeited. Such bond shall be signed by said applicant 

 or applicants as principal or principals, and by at least 

 three sureties, who shall justify under oath in the sum 

 of seven thousand dollars each, and who shall be of 

 the number signing said petition. The probate judge 

 shall consider such petition and bond, and if satisfied 

 that such petition is true, and that the bond is suffi- 

 cient, may in his discretion grant a permit to manu- 

 facture intoxicating liquors for medical, scientific, and 

 mechanical purposes. . . . Such manufacturer shall sell 

 the liquor so manufactured only for medicalj scientific, 

 and mechanical purposes, and only in original pack- 

 ages. He shall not sell said liquors for medical pur- 

 poses except to druggists who at the time of such sale 

 shall be duly authorized to sell intoxicating liquors as 

 provided in this act ; and he shall sell such liquors to 

 no other person or persons, associations or corpora- 

 tions, except for scientific and mechanical purposes, 

 and then only in quantities not less than five gallons. 



SEC. 6. All sales made by such manufacturer shall 

 be upon a written or printed application, setting forth 

 the name, occupation, and residence of the applicant, 

 the quantity and kind of liquors wanted, and for what 

 purpose ; and all such applications shall be verified 

 by the affidavit of the applicant, made before some 

 officers in the county having authority to administer 

 oaths, that the statements in said application are true. 

 Such manufacturer shall file all such applications in 

 the probate court of the county wherein the applicant 

 resides, within thirty days after receiving the same, 

 where they shall be kept on file for two years from the 

 date of such filing. Any rectification or adulteration 

 of intoxicating liquors shall be considered manufact- 

 uring under this act. ... 



SEC. 13. All places where intoxicating liquors are 

 manufactured, sold, bartered, or given away in viola- 

 tion of any of the provisions of this act, or where in- 

 toxicating liquors are kept for sale, barter, or use, in 

 violation of this act, are hereby declared to be common 

 nuisances. . . . 



SEC. 14. Every person who shall, by the sale, bar- 

 ter, or gift of intoxicating liquors, cause the intoxica- 

 tion of any other person or persons, shall be liable 

 for, and compelled to pay, a reasonable compensation 

 to any person who may take charge of, ana provide 

 for, such intoxicated person, and five dollars per day 

 in addition thereto for every day such intoxicated per- 

 son shall be kept in consequence of such intoxication, 

 to be recovered by civil action in any court having 

 jurisdiction. 



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SEC. 15. Every wife, child, parent, guardian, or em- 

 ployer, or other person, who shall be injured in person 

 or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated 

 person, or hi consequence of intoxication, habitual or 

 otherwise, of any person, such wife, child, parent, 

 or guardian shall have a right of action, in his or her 

 own name, against any person who shall, by selling, 

 bartering,, or giving intoxicating liquors, have caused 

 the intoxication of such person, for all damages actu- 

 ally sustained, as well as for exemplary damages ; and 

 a married woman shall have the right to bring suits, 

 prosecute and control the same ? and the amount re- 

 covered, the same as if unmarried ; and all damages 

 recovered by a minor under this act shall be paid 

 either to such minor, or to his or her parents, guard- 

 ian, or next friend, as the court shall direct; and all 

 suits for damages under this act shall be by civil ac- 

 tion in any of the courts of this State having jurisdic- 

 tion thereof. 



SEC. 17. The giving away of intoxicating liquor, or 

 any shifts or device to evade the provisions of this 

 act, shall be deemed an unlawful selling within the 

 provisions of this act. 



Manufacturing permits continue in force for 

 five years. Violations of the act are punished 

 by fine or imprisonment. 



An act passed at this session provides that 

 "the County Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction in counties containing one thousand 

 and not more than twelve hundred persons be- 

 tween the ages of five and twenty-one years 

 shall receive four hundred dollars per annum ; 

 in counties having a school population of from 

 twelve hundred to fifteen hundred, he shall re- 

 ceive five hundred dollars per annum ; and in 

 counties containing more than fifteen hundred 

 persons of school age, he shall receive five hun- 

 dred dollars, and twenty dollars for each addi- 

 tional one hundred such persons per annum. 

 In counties having a school population of less 

 than one thousand, the County Superintendent 

 shall receive three dollars for each day actually 

 and necessarily employed in the discharge of 

 the duties of his office, for a number of days 

 not to exceed one hundred in one year, which 

 compensation shall be payable quarterly, on 

 the order of the Board of County Commission- 

 ers : Provided, That no county superintendent 

 shall receive to exceed one thousand dollars 

 per annum ; and that, in determining the sala- 

 ries of county superintendents, the school pop- 

 ulation of cities of the first and second class shall 

 not be included." All superintendents receiv- 

 ing over six hundred dollars per annum are re- 

 quired to devote their entire time to the duties 

 of their offices. 



The State was reapportioned for Senators 

 and Representatives, but no law was passed 

 providing for a congressional reapportion- 

 ment. The representation of the State will be 

 increased from three to six under any act likely 

 to pass Congress. According to the census of 

 1880, but six States raised more corn than 

 Kansas ; they were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mis- 

 souri, Ohio, and Minnesota. Only nine States 

 to wit, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

 Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Penn- 

 sylvania were ahead of Kansas on wheat. 



The production of corn, wheat, and oats, for 

 the year 1880, by counties, was as follows: 



