The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-02
STOCK YARD BILL.
The House Committee Presents
Its Measure Today.
Makes Material Reductions In
Price of Handling Stock.
ONE YARDAGE CHARGE
Cattle Is, Calves Eight, Hogs
Six, Sheep Four Cents.
Hay and Grain At Double Cur
rent Market Prices.


which has been anticipated with great
interest by the public, appeared in the
house today as a substitute for various
other pending measures prepared by
the committee on live stock.
Chairman Jaquins of the committee
made the report just before noon. The
bill is in full as follows:
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Kansas:
Section 1. Any stock yards within this
state, into which live stock is received
for the purpose of exposing or having
the same exposed for sale, and doing
business for a compensation, and which
for the preceding twelve months shall
have had an average daily receipt of
not less than one hundred head of cat
tie, or three hundred head of hogs or
three hundred head of sheep, is here
by declared to be a public stock yard.
Sec. 2 Any person, company or cor
pOration owning or operating any such
public stock yard or stock yards in this
state is hereby declared to be a public
stock yards operator. whether living or
being within this state or not.
Sec. 8. Every such public stock yards
operator or operators shall annually,
on the 31st day of December of each
year, file with the secretary of state
an itemized statement certified and
sworn to, setting forth the number of
head of cattle, calves, sheep, hogs,
horses and mules received in his or their
public stock yards during the year next
preceding.
Sec f. It shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any such stock
yards within this state to charge for
yarding, watering and weighing of
stock greater prices than the following:
For yarding, watering and weighing of
cattle, Is cents per head; calves, 8 cents
per head; hogs 6 cents per head; sheep,
4 cents per head, and there to be only
one yardage charge.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owner, owners or prOprietOrs of any such
stock yards within this state, to sell
and deliver at the rate of less than two
thousand pounds for ton of hay, or
any part thereof, the same to be of good
quality, or to charge for or to sell the
same at more than one hundred per
cent above the average market price,
or value of any such hay upon the mar
kets of the towns or cities wherein such
stock yards are located upon the day
preceding such sale and delivery; and
it shall also be unlawful for any such
owners or prOprietOrS to sell and deliver
less than 20 pounds of corn in the ear
for bushel or less than Sc pounds of
shelled corn for bushel, or to charge
for or to sell the same at mora than one
hundred per cent above the average
market price or value of such ear corn
or shelled corn on the markets of the
towns or cities wherein said stock yards
are located, on the day next preceding
such sale and delivery. All feed not
above named shall be sold for no great
er per cent of profit than heretobefore
provided.
Sec 6. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stock
yards to prohibit the owner or owners
or representatives of any dead stock in
such yard or yards, to sell to any person
or persons, to whom such owner or own
ers or their representa- tiveS may desire
to sell the same.
of any such yard or yards, who shall
permit, or allow any person or persons,
either in his or their employ or not to
violate any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined, for the first offense not more than
one hundred dollars, for the second Of
Tense not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars and
for the third OffenSe not less than two
hundred dollars nor more than five hun
bred dollars and by Imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding months
for each offense or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Sec. 8. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the attorney general to enforce all the
provisions of this act, and to promptly
and efficiently prosecute all violations
of the provisions of this act
Sec. 9. All acts in conflict with this
act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publica-
ton in the official state paper.
The committee also recommended the
passage of a bill to prevent the dock
age of hogs the provisions of which
are as follows:
Section l: It shall be unlawful for
any person or persons, association or
associations, company or corporations,
or buyers or sellers of hogs in any mar
ket or public stock yards in this state
personally or through any gents or en-
ployee to dock or cause to be locked or
to inspect cause to be inspected for
the purpose of dOckage any Sows offer
ed for sale in any such market because
of pregnancy or any stag hog because
of having been used for breeding pur-
poses.
act the term locked shall be held to
mean the deducting of any given
weight from the true weight of the an
imal in question.
Section 3: Any person violating the
provisions of this act shall on convic-
ton, be fined not less than $500 nor
more than $1,000 by Imprisonment
not less than 20 days. nor more than
one year or by both such fine and i'm
prisOnplent."
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