Governor shall appoint judge.

SEC. 5. The governor of the state of Kansas is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a district judge for the twenty-fourth judicial district, whose term of office shall commence from and after the passage of this act and his appointment and qualification as such judge, and who shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified; and the said judge shall have all the power and perform all the duties that are now conferred by law upon district judges.

SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 19, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 26, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXII.

CEDE JURISDICTION.

AN ACT ceding jurisdiction to the United States over lots G, H, I, J, K and L, Market street, Griffinstine's reserve, in Griffinstine's addition to the city of Wichita, Kansas, as a site for Federal buildings.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over and within lots G, H, I, J, K and L, Market street, in Griffinstine's reserve, in Griffinstine's addition to the city of Wichita, for the purpose of erection of federal buildings thereon; saving, however, to the state of Kansas the right to serve all civil or criminal process on account of obligations incurred and crimes committed in said state.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 3, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 4, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXIII.

DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS.

AN ACT to amend sections 5, 6 and 8 of chapter 56 of the General Statutes of 1868, the same being an act entitled "An act for the publication and distribution of the Laws and Journals."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. Section 5 of said act shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. There shall be printed six thousand copies of the laws passed at each session of the legislature, and one thousand copies of the journals of the senate and house of representatives.

SEC. 2. Section 6 of said act shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. The secretary of state shall dispose of the laws passed at each session of the legislature, immediately after their publication, as follows:

First: He shall deposit thirty copies thereof in the state library, to be preserved therein, and such number of copies as will enable the librarian to make exchanges with the libraries of the several states and territories, allowing two copies to each state or territory.

Second: He shall distribute to the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, superintendent of insurance, adjutant general, secretary of state board of agriculture, state historical society, office of railroad commissioners, state board of health, bureau of labor statistics, state house commissioners, each justice of the supreme court, and the clerk thereof, to each judge of the district courts, to each organized city of first and second class in this state, and to the several state institutions, to the clerk of the United States circuit and district courts, and to the United States marshal for the district of Kansas, each one copy, and to the library of congress two copies.

Third: To the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county, a sufficient number of copies of the laws to be distributed by him to each of the following officers in his county, allowing one for each, namely: The judge of the probate court, members of the legislature, county attorneys, register of deeds, county superintendent of public instruction,

clerk of the district court, county treasurer, sheriff, coroner, and chairman of the board of county commissioners, justices of peace, township trustees; and said clerk of county commissioners shall retain one copy for his office.

Fourth: Three hundred copies shall be safely kept, by the secretary of state, for the use of new counties and townships, as they shall become entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 3. Section 8 of said act shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. The secretary of state shall dispose of the journals of each session of the legislature, immediately after publication in volumes, as follows: One copy to each state officer and member and officer of the legislature; one copy to the library of congress; two copies to the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county, to be preserved in his office; and thirty copies to the state library, to be preserved therein; and a sufficient number to enable the librarian to make exchanges with the several states and territories, allowing one copy to each state or territory; the remainder of the journals to be safely kept by the secretary of state for the new counties, as they shall become entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 4. Sections five, six and eight of the act to which this act is amendatory are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved February 19, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office.

E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXIV.

RELATING TO MARRIAGE.

AN ACT amendatory of section 8 of chapter 61, General Statutes of 1868, being an act entitled "An act in relation to marriage."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That section eight of chapter sixty-one, general statutes eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be and the same

is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. In all cases, before granting a marriage license, the probate judge shall require the applicant for such license to take and subscribe to an oath to the effect that none of the reasons set forth in section two of this act exist why such applicant should not be granted a marriage license; and the probate judge may in his discretion examine witnesses under oath concerning the matters referred to in section two of this act, as applied to the applicant for such marriage license, and for the purpose of this act shall have power to administer oaths. If the probate judge fail to examine such applicant for license, as provided in this section, he shall be liable to fine for granting license to parties not legally entitled thereto, in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be recovered by indictment or information, with cost.

SEC. 2. That section eight of the act to which this is amendatory be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 20, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 27, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXV.

MAY THIRTIETH A HOLIDAY.

AN ACT declaring the 30th day of May a legal holiday. WHEREAS, During the past ten or twelve years the loyal people of the United States, inspired by a sentiment of reverent respect for the memory of our heroic dead, have by spontaneous consent dedicated the thirtieth day of May of each year to ceremonies in honor of the soldiers who cheerfully sacrificed their own lives to save the life of the republic. "They need no praise whose deeds are eulogy," and nothing

that we can now say or do will add to the glory or brighten the fame of that gallant host who, a quarter of a century ago, came thronging from farms, workshops, offices and schools, to fight, to suffer and to die for the Union and freedom. But the story of their sublime self-sacrifice, and their dauntless courage, should be kept forever fresh and fair in the hearts and minds of the young, until the end of recorded time. So long as men and women teach their children to revere the memory of patriot heroes, so long as the peaceful present honors and emulates the example of the war-worn past, there need be no fear that the dead have died in vain, or that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people," will perish from the earth. The steadily-growing popularity of memorial day, and the universal interest taken in its beautiful ceremonies, is one of the most hopeful developments of American sentiment: therefore,

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That the thirtieth day of May of each year shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a legal holiday.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 18, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 19, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXVI.

EXEMPTIONS.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization, government and compensation of the militia of the State of Kansas, and for the public defense."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That section two of chapter one hundred and forty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty