Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-02-02
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings Of the Biennial See
sion at Topeka. with Record Of Bills
introduced and How Disposed or.

The senate committee on banking re-
ported on the 18th favorably on the bill
TO amend the law which prohibits hanks
from loaning more than four times the
amount Of their capital. The senate
killed McMillan's bill to prohibit the Is
suance OF railroad passes and to create
the position Of auditor OF railroads.
Among the bills introduced In the sem
ate were: To appropriate s25o.0O0 for q
Kansas exhibit ut The st. Louis expo
sition In 1908: to establish free employ
ment agencies In cities Of the first and
second class; to provide that the execu-
tive council shall on the first Monday in
July each year select q newspaper In
each county Of the state. which shall be
known and designated the Official county
newspaper....T house judiciary COM
mittee reported favorably bill to give
county attorneys more power In the in
vestigation Of liquor casos.
The house met ut four o'lcock on the
afternoon Of the 18th and out OF respect
for the late Jacob stotler. ex-speaker
OF the house. took an adjournment. The
senate adopted the governors prison pa
role bill. Cubbison introduced q bill TO
amend the mortgage redemption law by
limiting the time OF redemption TO six
months. The limit now Is IS months.
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out Of respect 10 the late Jacob Stotler,
q former member OF the senate.
In senate and house on the 10Th reso-
lutlons were introduced inviting Mrs. Car
rie Nation TO address the legislators for
an hour. but the resolutions were tabled.
In the house Green. Of Cowley. introduced
u bill providing for state Insurance of
farm. detached city and village property.
Other house bills presented were: BY
Seaton. to prevent the sending Of flowers
to prisoners. to make train robbery cap
ital offense and for a 100000 Kansas ex-
hibit at the ST. Louis exposition: to pre-
vent the sale of patent medicines by ped
ders: to strengthen the liquor injunction
law. The house recommended for passage
Bucklin's bill to prohibit the combines
Of grain dealers. also Adams bill re.
peallng the law limiting bank loans to
four times the banks capital stock. The
house killed Smiths wide tire law. The
house and senate passed bills requiring
all convict-made goods to be branded.
The senate passed the bill to permit hus-
band and wife to testify against each
other In divorce trials.
BY q vote OF y TO i2 the house on the
S0th seated Owen trcp). the contestant
for the seat OF Hackett (fusion). OF Bour-
bon county. Among the bills recon-
mended for passage were: For biennial
elections: prohibiting boards OF education
from employing relatives rs teachers;
requiring mutual hail insurance compa-
mics to deposit $4,000 with the treasurer
OF state; to prohibit the sale Of cigarettes.
Adams. Of Butler. presented bill to
consolidate the reformatory and peniten-
tiary boards. Biddle has n measure TO
fix the fees Of insurance road agents"
ut $40 per day....In the senate the fol-
lowing bills were recommended for pas
sage: To appropriate $4,000 to build
or buy governors residence In To-
pel,a: to give county attorneys additional
power to force people to give testimony
AGAINST jointists: to give husband and
wife the right to testify against each
other In divorce cases.