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OF THE

STATE OF KANSAS,

PASSED AT THE

FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE,

COMMENCED AT THE CAPITAL, MARCH 26, 1861,

TO WHICH ARE APPENDED

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES, TREATY OF CESSION, ORGANIC ACT,
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS,
ACT OF ADMISSION, LISTS OF STATE
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AND
OFFICERS OF LEGISLATURE.

STANFORD LIBRARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

"KANSAS STATE JOURNAL" STEAM POWER PRESS PRINT.
1861.

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CHAPTER 7. AN ACT supplementary to "An Act to authorize the negotiation of

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One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars of the Bonds of
the State of Kansas, to defray the current expenses of the
State," approved May 1st, 1861.

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defining the Boundaries of Manhattan City, State of Kansas 106
changing the Boundaries of the City of Quindaro
to establish the South Boundary line of Woodson county
to provide for the permanent location of the State Capital
relinquishing the right of the State to the Capitol property
at Lecompton

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to provide for the sale of the materials belonging to the
State of Kansas, purchased for and not yet used in the
construction of the Capitol Building

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16. JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section seven (7) of Article thir-
teen of the Constitution of the State of Kansas

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17. AN ACT providing for Joint Conventinos of the two Houses of the
State Legislature

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providing for an Election or Elections for the permanent
location of the County Seat of Coffe y county

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to organize and define the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court

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relating to the organization of Courts of Justice and their
powers and duties

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defining the duties and prescribing the qualifications of
the Clerks of the District Courts

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to establish and define the jurisdiction of the Probate
Courts

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relating to the organization of Justices' Courts, and their
powers and duties

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to regulate Elections and to prescribe the qualifications of
Voters, and to prevent illegal voting

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supplementary to "An Act concerning Divorce and Ali-
mony," approved February 17, 1860

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to provide for the election of a Representative in the thirty-
seventh Congress of the United States

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to provide for the election of State, District and County
Officers, Senators and Members of the House of Represen-
tatives, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Judges of the
District Courts, and Representative in Congress

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CHAPTER 32. AN ACT providing for the election of Township Officers

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to provide for an election of Township Officers in Madi-
son county.

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to prescribe the manner of contesting the election of State
and County Officers, Members of the Legislature and
other officers

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providing for the Location of the Lands granted by Con-
gress to the State

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entitled "An Act providing for the levy, sale and forfeit-
ure of lands belonging to the incompetent Wyandott
Indians"
providing for the leasing of lands belonging to the in-
competent Wyandott Indians

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to amend an act entitled "An Act to amend and consol-
idate the several acts relating to the City of Lawrence"
to amend an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the City
of Sumner"

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to increase the number of Justices of the Peace in Iowa
Township

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increasing the number of the Justices of the Peace in the
Township of Wyandott, and providing for the election of
the same

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to authorize the Governor to tender one or more Regi-
ments of the Volunteer State Militia, to the President of
the United States

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to authorize the State of Kansas to borrow money to repel
invasion, suppress insurrection, and to defend the State
in time of War

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to change the name of the town of Eldora, in the county
of Bourbon, Kansas, to that of Mapleton

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to change the name of Charles James Cocks

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