Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

more, shall be entitled to vote the
same as other residents of Leaven-
worth county.
The law passed instituting civil serv-
ice in the charitable institutions of
the state is a sweeping measure, and
in the future merit and not political
pull Will govern in the selection of
those who are to take care of, oversee
and nurse the states unfortunates-
A measure of special Importance
was passed applying to counties hav-
ing three representative districts
which will prevent disgraceful gerry
Wandering in the commissioner dis
| tricts in the future, the bill providing
that the commissioner districts shall
conform with the Legislative districts
in such counties.
A measure which prohibits nepotism
in public schools will meet
responsive chord throughout the
state. Hereafter no director or mem
Der of school board can be a party
to the employment of one of his near
relatives to place in the schools.
Largely as personal compliment to
Gov. Stanley, who, in his four years
incumbency of the governors Office
Will have saved over the allowances
that have been annually made and
used by his predecessors, S35 900; the
Legislature appropriated that amount
for the purchase and equipment of an
executive mansion. This will be a
lasting monument to the chief exec
utive's economy, yet it is creditable
act that should have been done years
ago.
Heretofore, counties have had to
collect taxes for a sinking fund to
10 Co l.,
that would mature years in the future,
which fund they have been unable,
under the law, to invest. A law was
Fpassed which permits them to invest
such sinking fund in interest bearing
bonds, and thus, if they cannot take
up their own Indebtedness they are
enabled to get securities that will
draw an equal rate of interest with
| their outstanding Indebtedness.
Kansas cattlemen Jared well at the
hands of the legislature. Many meas
ures of Importance to them were en-
acted into law-more than the past
five sessions have given them. First
| of Importance probably is the Fitzpat-
rick bill relating to quarantine regula-
| tions. Under it the work of the live
| stock sanitary board is reduced to a
| science. The board is able to throw
| every safeguard around the state to
| prevent the introduction of Texas fe-
yer and other contagious diseases. The
| inspectors paid direct from the
state treasury just as other state en-
| ployes are. This will eliminate all
| the trouble that has been experienced
| in the past in devising schemes to
raise money to pay the inspectors.
| In the interest of the western Kansas
| Sfo ho 1no iS1o ,rio + Il
$1,000 to be used in procuring a rem
| edy for the destruction of prairie dogs
| which do pastures so much damage in
| the short grass country.
The bills providing for cattle brand
| inspectors. to require butchers to keep
| a record of marks and brands cat
| tie which they slaughter. and to pro-
| hibit the driving of stock over GER
| tain distance without a written per-
| mission from the owner. are all in
| tended to protect cattlemen from
| thieves. These three measures COM
| bined make it almost impossible for u
thief to get out of the state with sto-
| len cattle.
| Two measures We're passed which
will protect the genuine cattlemen and
! cattle paper holders from any more
I Grant Gillett deals. One makes it u
y
| tel mortgage by fraud and the other
makes it a felony to dispose of mort
gagged cattle with intent to defraud.
Another law passed which touches
| the cattlemen in tender spot is the
| one relating to the listing of cattle
| for taxation. If Il Stockman can pro-
| duce receipts to show that the cattle
| have been taxed in some other state
or territory that year, then they must
| be exempted from taxation in this
| state Heretofore cattle have been
| caught twice for taxation the same
| wear, once in the state or territory
| from which they originated and again
| in Kansas
The coal miners of Kansas were Civ
en- three laws-all they asked for One
| modified the old law as to prohibit
| tricksters and schemers from packing
| their state convention. Another re-
| quires operators to furnish better
| system of supplying air to the mines,
and the third gives the state mine in
| spector additional duties and author
| ICES him to name three deputies, one
for each coal district in the state. The
| miners, therefore, are well pleased at
| the treatment they received.
| Two laws touching upon the health
| of the state We're enacted. The first
| gives the state board of health abso-
lutte power to enforce all quaran-
| tine regulations. The other creates
a state board of registration and re-
| quires all physicians to register This
one shuts out quacks- Another law
was also passed to prohibit the sale