The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-22
LEGISLATION BY IN I

issued its tenth annual
mary and index Of lesi.lsa..
covering the laws passed !,
bulletin digests and orrss,. ! "
nous annual output Of IN,
to render available with
labor the most recent sxpss.s..
States enabling those ,n,..
specific law to fnd reaaII, =
have recently passed sI,n,,,.
Utah has established a st,, /, -
art having a governing bo,.. ~
members appointed by H. m
The plan adopted in ases'9rs
for placing elections ii ~
state board elected BY ths , ~
during the present wear basa a
North Carolina. e7sn ilt
Vermont has enacted ia, N.
for the amendment OF c,,s
charters must be publishsys ~
paper Of the county at lean ", N
previous to the session Of N
ture.
A number of States hsya -.
the regulation and liceps,,ir N
employment agencies. Du "s
eois has established free M
agencies in cities Of 10000 y als
ed by officers appointed nv q.
and Missouri has directed ~
sioner of labor statistics "a. 1850
employment bureaus in citIes - !,
~
Delaware has adopted css.,s
alton law designed to offer sns,,.,
ments to corporations to o,ssob.
its laws. 1t has reduced n Il
ton fee to is cents for each ,Itm
while that of New Jersey is u i.
that OF New York si,25.
Inheritance taxes have been -.
in Michigan, Wisconsin and n
The direct inheritance tax Of =
on personal property above ,sSM
lished by Pennsylvania in 1891 /.
declared unconstitutional. ~.
taxes now exist in some form i,
States.
Indiana has adopted strong
prevent lynching.
a commission has been apno.o
7 Pennsylvania to inveAtigate ii.
Of good roads. In Vermont ia n
State highway commissioner hr
! created, while in Rhode Island b.
OF State commissioner OF hIebs,r
been abolished and the act graDllt,
aid to towns repealed. WisconsIn /,
ferred to the next Legislature On,
/ tional amendment authorizing stss
alton to improve highways.
{ To obviate the inoonvenioncs cas-
the dissimilar bicycle regulations
/ various municipalities OF tie Stats
York has prescribed set Of ora.3
! for the use OF bicycles that uarI
adopted by cities. towns and ID
wishing to have any Regulations q
ever. New York and Oregon hats Y
general laws for the constructica v I
paths by counties. A Pennsykl4|
provides for the construction Of I'D
by townships. and in Washinstr Z
have been authorized to construa 4
Florida, Illionis. Massachusetts, Nd}
Minnesota and Pennsylvania hsv, 4
laws to protect sidepaths from iutr]
The indiscrlminate imprisonnsK \
kinds of offenders whether thg |
serious pathclogic symptoms Or not 4
sponsiblc for making many t1lli
criminals. just as dosing heslih
son with medicine may make 4 "
nent invalid. Massachusetts ata'
The appointment Of probstion ctfrV
1891 and Vermont has now folhsa
example IN an act providing FORTH
pointment in each county BY " n
court of probation officer vAs
recommended that persons be ieleass
probation. may expeud money 10
porary support and transportnl'll
must report monthly to the prsoi
mission Illinois and Minnesota hau
vided for probation officers Tor Ivy
offenders. Within the present ysaI
imum sentence laws have been q
/ In California and Vermont.
Al an extra session held Just pIcnA
! the regular session in Kansas
OF visitation consisting of three y
judges was created and giyea 'sD
tsnsive control over railroad, elplss
telephone companies. In case o. y
the court may summon the CORY.
to appear and may order II 70 r
operations at once II after inyesIs
the strike appears unjust. Tne !,
recently been held unconsti'utlonal
United States district court, flol,a
} vested its railroad commission VIZ
! cial power in the exercise OF ~ y
over rates and accommodation y
/ kansas has created railroad COMM
with power to fix freight ana :.
rates The Michigan law OF w ~
railroads 10 sell 1000 mile ticsss \
{ has been declared INCONSISTENCIES
United States supreme court
1 Nevada has enacted that copa ",
missioners may buy or construc, w
lines. and Wisconsin has aulnoIl', y,
towns and villages to issue ponas u
phone lines. In Michigan munic'psi !.
! ership OF street railways has peen ~
unconstitutional.