The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
THE LAWS.
They Should be Published in Every
County.
Karsss Makes the Proposition First

!, has always struck the mind Of u eli
zen when arrested for some inirac,ion vi a
Las that he knows nothing Of, that there
~.s injustice in justice. At present. siIe. 4
las has ben passed, for the benefit I'll The
public, the public are presumed to know
ali about it. A. the public s.e n granted
free railroad p asses, To g. DO J,ii.r Cry,
i, is impossible tia, IT -hvuid know wha, is
done there Every county ia the State
81 nds a representative 10 ,hr Legislature.
This expere IA borus Indirectly " the
cnnn;y. lie IL sent th-rr t. r, pre--nt the
county. Interests, an,t to suggest ,aci.
changes Tor the hentii; 4 his o~n and al
other co,intiss-in The S,s:e - hc 10y deem
b; and eNPedienI-
Now. how are We Tn know what "ur ~
any other representative do~s, except
through the press. Every law goes into
s:fcc, after it, passage ami approval. aud
the good Lord only Knows WHIT hes b.yr
passed and approved. IL there were 81
act compelling the publication ii every ~
in AT leas, one paper in ev-rv county, the
public would b- presumed t. sUo~ -,u~,
thing Of that law, and no eit;1"n could
plead i.norai g. thefe,.f.
Surh w l. row D.. iuFy the h ns,. l..
stature, Introduced hy Eepre~oa;aliv,
Eckl,s. Here II j.:
An act To- prnvi..- iUr the pnt Iira'i.n Il tie
Laws IN county Newspapers vi the State ~
Krn-s-.
Re il -nacj..! nv TIM Lrsi>. iu.e II t.,
State 81 k.nSas:
SECTION l. That all Laws ri general ma
iui-, which .hsil hereafter b. i'..> III by Tia,
Ls:i u itu.r, >issi. be pi!b!i-le,. once Iu -,
papers III each crttIs 49, tbc Stale within
forty DAYS after the c'ore Of the session
pray ih-d, -uch psr-Ts shall have h--n -
sued ior al lea>, six months previous 10 tn'
opening al such Se>-i"u.
SIC >. That ;..s Secretary IL =, ,,e ~hat
transmit in the orler in which ,hsy ars
passed, and within iprtv d,v. alter The close
printed coyies oi ali Jaws -. general H.star,
va t.sr lUbft~.ttt- ti tst -itG . -
Designated bv the Secretary of State and
sho shall cause the inni-'ii a'v. p'li'iiert'"r
thereof according ." the P'uvi-ioBs -! thi-
act.
STE 3 The .ahli-hsrS "i each -: >u,h
papers Designated aforesaid hall h.
entitled To- Iec' i've :"r the qualifications 81 the
laws a. above provided the srm oi itty
cents per square Il tive hundred ,"d iiity
ems, said publishers NUT carSe pfoi~I
proc! oi the publication Of the same to- h.
made tn the S-cr.tary ii State, ur"n r.csipl
Il w.. ieh the Secretary III State shall deliver
a certificate at the -an,a To- the Ar,iitor al
State, whose ,;'iy IL shall ~ ,'r--rru 0= g
draw warrant Tor tine certified amount
upon the State Treasurer in favor of sand
PubIishe'.
SIC. 1. This act shall! TAXI, stirc, ard he
in force from ani after H. publication in
two papers in each ccrntv in the State, in
which two papers sre Published AZ the time
ii its passage.
The Atchison Pafria gays The ohj-c-
lion urged to ihi, bill l. the cost. aiId some
wild estimates have i.een made. The BsX
ter Springs Tines -stin stes the cosl 81 pas-
fishing the laws ur,ler this bill for enc
session at Sl00 900, but the ta~a,.rss,tfS,
which u we'll posted ia this matter. s,ivi-
ring To the Times figure. say:
The 1imes - mistaken 80 To- cost, that i
IL the papers were paid at the ssme raIe-
the Law now provides for Publishing !ass
when published in the state paper cr any
other paper.
As the Lac is, the price l. 81 per Loco
ems, and as there are four squares in LOCO
ems, the cost for ten squares in one hum
bred and forty papers would be $50 in
stead Of s.. 400. as stated by the Times
According to the report Of the secretary
Of state there was paid to newspapers two
years sgo, for Publishing the laws which
took effect when published in a paper the
sum of Sa6l .s5.
Multiply this by 1i0. the number the
Times says, which would publish the laws
under Mr.. J. c. Martins bill, it would
amount to Sa0. 1850
ABOUT hve per cent ~ the laws passed
two years ago became operative in some
other manner than by publication in pa
per, so ii the present legislature should pass
. volume Of laws equal to thar Of two years
ago, and they should all be Published in
one hundred and forty pages, and paid for
at the price nov established, il would cost
s23, 600.
A to the propEie,y of publishing the
laws a. provided in The ,iil OF the gentle
man from Kingmsn, we have nothing To
say; bat il IL we'll to know abou, what it
will cost il il ia done. The statement Of
the Baxter Tiimss is Just four times too
large.
The cost will really BE- less than above
stated. because at least twenty per cent. OF
the acts passed are purely local, and should