Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-02-07
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
I'M to Allow the state to Go into the In
suEance Business - Measures Intro
duced and Recommended.

business. IL provides Tor state IN
surance of farm, detached city, and
village property. The township as
SCISSOR is required to list the value OF
of all property of that character in
his district, together with the name
of the owner, with the state superin.
tendent Of insurance. Then if the
farmer wants to take out state in
surance he shall notify the insurance
superintendent and tax Is assessed
against his property for that pur-
pose. The tax is paid to the county
treasurer, and he transfers it to the
insurance department.
The house committee on elections
recommended for passage the bien-
NAL election bill The house com
mittee on judiciary recommended the
anti-kin bill for passage. The bill
prohibits boards of education from
employing relatives of the members
to be teachers in the public schools
Biddle presented bill authorizing
the insurance superintendent to send
out examiners at $40 day to inves-
tigate the financial condition of all
insurance companies doing business
in the state.
BY u vote OF 20 TO ~ the house
seated Owen (rep.), from Bourbon
county, recount of the votes show
ing he had received 90 majority over
Hackett (fusion), the sitting mem
Der. Lawrence, of Sumner. chairman
Of the house elections committee, in a
speech in support of the committees
report in the contest, stirred the blood
Of the house by charging Grant llor-
naday, chairman of the state board OF
charities, with party treachery and
formally demanding that Gov. Stanley
dismiss him from the public service.
Chairman Lawrence, of the house
elections committee, recommended the
passage of Buffers bill fixing the
hours OF elections. The bill provides
that in rural districts the polls shall
be kept open from s a. m. till 6 p. M,
and In cities of 5000 inhabitants or
more, from a. m. till s p. m. The
same committee recommends the pas
sage of Lulings registration bill,
which provides that the registration
books shall be kept open on every bus
mess day of the year except ten days
Immediately before the election.
The house insurance committee
recommends the passage of Grosser's
bill requiring mutual hail insurance
companies to deposit $4,000 with the
treasurer Of state. The bill is offered
because some companies have failed
to pay their losses.
The house committee of assessment
and taxation has recommended for
passage Hallett's bill providing for
the assessment for taxation of ex-
press companies by the state board Of
railroad assessors.
The house committee on taxation
decided to recommend for passage
these bills:
To authorize counties to levy n
county tax for school purposes. This
1eyy Is to be made in addition to the
usual district lcvies.
To give the state board of railroad
assessors power to assess the prop
erty of street railway property on
interstate lines.
Giving the state board of rairoad
assessors the right to assess freight
and passenger cars owned by private
concerns and also private switches.
The house judiciary committee has
decided to recommend for passage
the anti-clgarctte bill.
New bills of Importance introduced
follow.
by Adams, Of Butler, to consolidate
the reformatory and pcnitentiary
boards.
by Milar, to exempt from taxation
cattle brought into the state between
March and September, providing they
have been taxed in some other state
or territory that same year,
By Johnston, to prohibit the adul-
teration of food and drugs,
To allow attorney fees in eases
where suit is brought to collect n
labor debt.
BY Blddle, to fix the fees of insur-
ance ''road agents" at $40 per day and
actual expenses. The money shall
be turned into the state treasury and
the agents shall be paid out Of the
treasury, instead Of keeping the fees
which they, themselves, collect.
The senate took up the anti-fusion
election bill in committee of the whole
under special order and spent the en-.
tire forenoon discussing it, section
by section. The bill will be taken up
again to-day.
Standing committees in the SEN
ate recommended the following bills
for passage:
To give husband and wife the right
to testify against each other in d.
vorce cases.
Providing for the registration Of
physicians by the board Of health.
To give county attorneys the right
to force people to give testimony on
which to base actions against Joint.
keepers.
To strengthen the liquor injunction
law.
To prevent the state printer from
selling state documents.
The senate committee on Judiciary