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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INDEX TO CHAPTERS.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TREATY OF CESSION

ORGANIC ACT

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

AN ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS INTO THE UNION

PUBLIC OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF

KANSAS

CHAPTER 1. AN ACT making Appropriations for the current expenses of the year

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9

13

31

35

1861

81

providing for the election of District Attorneys, and defin-

ing their duties

84

to prevent the payment of certain Bonds purporting to have

been issued under the provisions of an Act entitled "An

Act to provide for funding the indebtedness of the Terri-

tory," approved February 11th, 1859, and certain warrants

and certificates purporting to have been drawn under the

provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the

adjustment and payment of Claims," approved February

7th, 1859, and an Act supplementary to an Act entitled

"An Act to provide for the payment of Claims," approved

February 11th, 1859, and to prevent the issuing or putting

into circulation of any Bank bills or notes purporting to be

a promise to pay money or currency based upon any such

Bonds

to authorize the negotiation of One Hundred and Fifty

Thousand Dollars of the Bonds of the State of Kansas, to

defray the current expenses of the State

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100

102

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

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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106

104
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

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

107

107

109

109

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

112

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

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

to organize and define the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court

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

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

127

25.

to establish and define the jurisdiction of the Probate
Courts

129

26.

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

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

133

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

146

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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

147

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

148

33.

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

150

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

150

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

164

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

165

165

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"

166

174

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

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181

47.

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

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

205

53.

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

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

206

55.

to change the name of Charles James Cocks

207