Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
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|. KANSAS LEGISLATURE. F;

Mr.. Buffers (Wyandotte) bill to re-
peal the Womans' Municipal Suffrage
law has at last been killed.
The committee sent out to investi-
gate the needs of the state reformatory
agree that it is not only impossible but
wrong to establish a state salt plant;
because it puts free labor and convict
labor in competition, and would re-
quire as many guards as convicts, as
the work is done where steam prevents
seeing person yard away.
A concurrent resolution has gone
into the mill 10 submit to the people
the question of abolishlng the property
exemption of 5000 from taxation.
There is doubt as to whether the
legislature will accept the Fort Hays
reservation on the terms made by con-
gress; that an agricultural experiment
station be maintained, a branch of the
State Normal established and the
park contains 1000 acres and, it is
estimated, it would cost the State
500, 900 year to comply.
The joint committees on charitable
institutions will visit all the plants
under that specification soon.
The house has supplied each of its
committees with doorkeepers at So
day. Some of the committees do not
meet half dozen times during ses-
sion.
Senator Mcmillan has bill to pro-
hibit railroads from issuing passes to
any body.
No bills have been introduced to
carry out the governors suggestions in
his message to abolish or consolidate
boards, or to abolish any office.
The senate Judiciary committee
unanimously decided to kill the bill to
repeal the new asylum act. This
pleases Parsons people.
There remains $40, 1924 of claims
for losses in the Price raid. The legis-
lature is asked to pay them.
A resolution asking Mrs. Nation to
speak before the legislature was tabled
in the house.
Mr.. Seaton has bill to prohibit
curiosity seekers from visiting prison.
ers accused of high crime and to stop
the practice of sending flowers and
presents to prisoners, except by rela-
tives. He also has a bill to prohibit
the marriage of persons under indict-
ment for crime. Mr.. Seaton also has
prepared the bill for giving 5000, 900
for Kansas exhibit at st. Louis, and
$4,000 for a geological survey of the
state.
A claim for S795. 60 will be made to
the legislature by Mrs. Lease to re-
imburse her for expenses in defending
her position as member of the state
board of charities before the supreme
court at the time of the attempt to dis
miss her from that Office by Governor
Lewelling.
Mr.. Green (Cowley) has bill in the
house providing for insurance of farm,
detached city and village property by
the state. The bill provides that as
SCISSORS shall list all such property with
the state superintendent of insurance.
If the owner wants state insurance he
notifies the insurance department,
which then assesses the property for
payments of premiums which is listed
with other taxes, collected and returned
in the same manner except that county
treasurers pay it over to the superin-
tendent of insurance.
The legislature attended the state
hood convention.
The council visited the A. & NJ. col
1ege on Feb. 1.
The city waterworks system at Enid
is to be enlarged and extended.
A bill seems likely to be passed Civ
ing fees to witnesses in criminal cases.
Both houses adopted resolutions re-
lating to Jacob Stotler, who served
three terms in the house and was
speaker of the house in 1865 and 1869;
| and also served in the senate in 1871
| and 1872.
Senator Noftzger wants to stop the
organization of live stock insurance
companies.
Another bill appearing in the senate
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for fees collected.
The miners bill regulating the man.
per of electing delegates to the state
association of miners, and providing
for more deputy mine inspectors, passed
both houses and went to the governor
in time to become a law before the an
nual meeting of the association.