People's voice., 1897-02-11

toned TO counties in proportion to
the number of teachers employed.
Representative Keefer has intro
duced d bill 10 the house fixing the
rate of interest to be charged for
loans on personal property through
pawn-Orokers or upon chattel mort
cages, at not to exceed 2! per cent psr
month and not to exceed 10 per cent
per annum.
Representative Finney rep has
introduced a bill in the house abolish
ing the office of state labor commits
siOner. Mr.. Finney apparently re-
CARDS the department as a useless
institution, and provides no method
By which the work may be done in
the future.
A bill providing for an appropria-
tiOn for the cost of transmitting
prisoners to the state penitentiary
has been introduced in the senate by
the ways and means committee. The
bill places the appropriation for the
years 1898 and 1899 at $4,000, half for
use each year.
Representative Lot Ravenscraft of
Clark county is one of the principal
stock men on the house live stock
committee. He has introduced bill
which provides penalties for the
transportation of stock for a period
longer than twenty-six hours without
unloading and feeding.
A special order of business has been
declared by the senate for the conSid-
Grafton of the bill providing for the
listing and taxation of all bonds,
mortgages, notes and other securities
and evidence. Of Indebtedness. The
bill will be taken up at o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, February Is.
The committee on legislative ap-
pOrtiOnment has recommended that
the bill abOliShing Newt Ury's dis.
trlct be not passed. This measure
was introduced early in the session by
BurtiS, rep. to quiet the agitation
kept up by Ury pertaining to the con-
sOlidatiOn of western Kansas counties.
Representative Lewis has intro
duced a house joint resolution to
amend the constitution Of the state,
providing that the compensation of
the members of the legislature be in
creased from SO to 81 per day. No
member shall receive pay for more
than sixty days actual service aud
mileage
Representative Kelson of Ness
county, is the father of a measure
which provides that after five years
from date of expiration registers of
deeds may destroy chattel mortgages
which have accumulated in offices.
This is step 10 the direction of pre-
venting the occupancy of office room
BY worthless documents.
Representative VOgelgesang of Rus
sell, is the author of bill which if
passed, will do away with the feature
OF the present prOhibitory law provid-
ing for Imprisonment in addition to
the fines imposed. The bill also
reduces the penalty from 500 to $50
for each count. This is the fifth bill
pending containing some attempt to
re- ulate the prOhibitory law.
The house in committee of the
whole Monday recommended for pas
sage the substitute bill prepared by
the committee on county seats and
county lines, providing for the disor.
ganization of townships having less
than twenty-five houSehOlders, and
the disposition of the territory of
such townships and the Indebtedness
and assets thereto belonging
A large delegation of Clay Center
business men and Clay county farmers
are conducting an extensive lobby in
Topeka, adjoining the legislature,
urging the location of a state insane
asylum at Clay Center. The citizens
offer to do whatever is reasonable
toward assisting the enterprise and
have hopes Of securing favorable con-
sideratiOn in the house and senate.
The house committee on insurance
has recommended for passage a bill
which will permit insurance COM
panieS to loan money tDpOlicy holders
in amounts not exceeding the reserve
value of the policy. The policy to be
taken as security. This measure does
not in any sense interfere with the
value of the policy, the law is simi-
lar to one which has been in operation
In Ohio for many years.
The house committee on live stock
has recommended for passage the bill
providing for the appointment of a
state live stock inspector and remov-
inc all restrictions in tba troda of