House Journal Of The Legislative Assembly Of The State Of Kansas - Softcover

State Printer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371861721 ISBN 13: 9780371861721

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

House Journal Of The Legislative Assembly Of The State Of Kansas. This volume records the 1864 wartime session of the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka, with cross-chamber interaction with the Senate and frequent communications from Governor Carney. It details a bustling agenda centered on financing the war-era growth and infrastructure: revenue and appropriation bills, railroad bonds, road and bridge construction, and county financial reorganization. It covers education and public institutions funding (State University at Lawrence, State Normal School, State Agricultural College, penitentiary concerns), and social-legal matters (jails, common schools, and state-insurance and other corporations). Militia provisioning and military logistics feature prominently, including a controversy over Captain Clarke’s letters and calls for his removal. The record traces committee workflows, amendments, conference committees, and third-reading votes with recorded roll-calls, reflecting party-line dynamics. Governor communications influence enacted laws; memorials to Congress seek rail and mail-route support. The volume also documents procedural debates (night sessions, calls of the House), adjournment sine die, and a brisk pace of engrossed/enrolled bills, making it a dense portrait of wartime state governance through legislative negotiation and executive review.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371861721
• ISBN 13: 9780371861721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 534