The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-20
TO INCREASE MAYORS POWER
Bili In the Kansas Legislature Permitting
Him To Appoint city Marshal and street
omuIs-innpr-Other Measures


CommIssionpr other Measures
IupvhH, Kan, Jan. H. - III Jne
senate, Ryan. of Crawford. introduced
IA bill To do away with the scrip"
evil i'm the coal mines of southern Kan
sas. 1t is the custom of these mines
to issue as payment orders for
merchandise on the company stores.
The miners sell this scrip" at a dis
count and 10 is bought largely for
speculative purposes. Ryan's bill says
that orders issued as scrip" shall be
payable in 80 days in money or
merchandise, at the option of the
holder
a bill by Senator Hart provides that
graduates of the school of arts of the
state university be granted certifi-
cate permitting them to teach school
for three years without a special ex-
animation before the school board. II
their work is satisfactory to the school
board, life certificate is to be issued.
In several of the western counties
there are school districts of which the
entire school population is con fined TO
one family. Members of the family
act as trustees, school board, teacher
and pupils. A bill introduced by SEN
ator Lupfer provides for the payment
of ol-teachers in these districts by
IA tax levy made in the district itself.
Senator Stone. of Leavenworth. rein
troduced his bill for the repeal of the
law relating to Legislative committees
for investigating state officers. The
bill was first brought into the senate
in the special session and killed after
hot discussion.
Senator Cooke introduced bill al
lowing the state treasurer to loan the
principal of the permanent school
fund, the state university fund and the
state normal school fund to private
citizens at five per cent. interest.
Senator Andrew introduced bill
amending the session laws of 1897 so as
to provide for the appointment by the
mayor and city council of city marshal
and street commissioner in cities of
the second and third classes. Under
the present law these are elective
Offices
Representative Benetiel, of Mont
gomery county, presented a bill in the
house to regulate the practice of medi-
cine, and the sale of drugs, nostrums
and medical preparations by itinerant
vendors. The bill requires persons de-
string to practice medicine to show
certificate from medical in
stitution of good repute, or stand
satisfactory examination before
the state board of health. The bill
also requires persons desiring to prac-
a 4 g.. a..
ton before the state board of health.
Persons holding certificates from a
medical institution or from the
board are required to have the
same recorded in the Office of the
clerk of the county in which they
desire to practice. The bill requires
itinerant vendors of any drug, nos
trum, ointment or appliance of any
kind for the treatment of disease or
injury to pay license of 500 a month
to the secretary of the state board of
health. The penalty for violation of
any of the provisions of the bill is a
fine of from 500 to $500.
At four o'clock p. m. both houses ad-
journed until Monday.
Forty Milton Dollars Advanced to Cuba.
New York, Jan. H. According to
Brig. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, a mem
Der of the Cuban commission, now in
Washington, the Cuban army is sure
TO receive the three years pay to
which it is entitled, sac, 600, 900 being
advanced by the United States, with
the custom houses OF Cuba as security
for its repayment Brig. Gen. Gomez,
who arrived in this city from Wash.
ington, is grateful for the way the
cnm mi sinn has haan racaiuah The