The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-20
BILLS,BlLLS,BlLLS
Flood in the Senate Carries All
Before It.
Fifty-five Prospective Laws
Thrown at Secretary Sheldon.
VARIETY is ENDLESS.
Usual Stock Yards Regulation
Is Proposed.
Resolution to Investigate the
Coal Famine introduced.

When Lieutenant Governor Dave
Hanna raped his gavel on its block to
call the senate together Monday after
noon he must have Jared something
loose. Senator Simons. who took the
place of Chaplain Parker, had hardly
finished his prayer when bills began to
be introduced, and for fifteen minutes
they came in a continuous rush. They
came in punches, five or ten at a time
and kept Secretary Sheldon busy read
ing for a time after they had quit COM
ing
Three or four of the fusion members
got in with big Jumps of half cooked
law, some of which will never be baked,
while Noftzger. Allen. Carpenter and q
lot of others on the Republican side
proposed a large assortment of legisla-
ton of the same consistency. There
were bills to change peoples names,
bills turning town lots into farming
property. bills granting annuities and
special appropriations for all sorts OF
charitable purposes Bills represent
ing gratis radicalism and hunger for
notoriety shufled covers with bills rep
resenting the real desire of some legis-
lator, or some legislators constituent
to help his fellow man.
There were fifty-f1ve of them in all
Good. bad and Indifferent they will be
given the time and attention of the
committees of the senate, so far as
they are worthy, and will be treated
primarily with the equality to which
every freeborn legislative effusion is
entitled in this country Senator
Householder, Democratic, presented
bill for the collection and arrangement
of a display of Kansas products at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St.
T NOffZ1RT
presented a bill making it a INSIDE
meanor to hunt on another mans prop
serty without his consent. There was
variety.
member from Minneapolis has started
a movement calculated to make a hit
with the people of the state He yes
terday introduced q joint resolution for
the investigation of the causes of the
coal famine which is now embarrassing
the people of the state. The joint reso-
luton went over under the rules The
resolution is:
concurring therein, that in considera-
ton of the present coal famine which
prevails to greater or less extent
throughout the state, and the distress
existing and likely to exist and Increase
from the same,
THAT committee of three members
of the senate and four members of the
house be appointed to investigate the
and If possible. to locate the response
bility therefor.
That the committee shall be emDow-
cred to employ an expert stenOgraDher,
to summon witnesses and examine the
same under oath and enforce the at
tendance of the same, and to require the
production of books and papers, and re-
port their findings to the legislature at
the earliest possible date
Senator WOlfekuhler introduced a bill
granting $50 to FAINT A. Smell of Boiling,
Kan. who was a member of the Tween
tieth Kansas. He is now an invalid
An act defining what shall be public
stock yards and regulating them was
introduced by Senator Caldwell. It is
intended to regulate the price of hay
and feed in them It prohibits the sale
of dead animals and provides fine and
Imprisonment for violation.
A bill calculated to stop the pooling
of rates by fire insurance companies
was presented by Senator Noftzger. BY
its provisions non resident fire insurance
companies are required to make rates
of premium to be collected in accord
ance with their experience in the state
during the previous year. 1t is made
unlawful to use rate books. the pen
atty being the revocation of the com
pany's license. Noftzger has handed in
a separate bill requiring all non resident
life insurance companies operating in
Kansas to invest 40 per cent of their
gross receipts in state securities.
Senator stewart introduced an apprO-
priation bill under which $50 600 is TO
be set aside for the redemption of such
of the Union military script, of the issue
of 1857. as may be outstanding. The
script is signed by Governor S. J. Craw-
ford.
Senator Allen of Leavenworth is the
author of a new bill for the creation
of state board of dental examination
and registration. By it certain old laws
regulating the practice of dentistry are
repealed. The number of members Of
the board is fixed at three, appointed
bv the governor from a list of ten rec
commended by the State Dental associa-
ton. One of these shall be appointed
for a period of four years. The other
two shall be appointed to succeed the
two members of the present state board
so that al the appointments may come
in rotation.
Senator Noftzger is the father Of a
bill providing for the establishment of
township high schools upon the petition
township. In the bill are provisions for
every detail of issuing bonds. the cleo
ton of trustees and the mana cement of
the schools According to the provisions
of the bill township high schools may
be built and conducted after the plan
of county high schools.
A new almony and divorce bill has
been introduced by Senator Caldwell
Under II a wife may sue for alimony
without applying for divorce. One or
two additional grounds for divorce pro-
cedure are allowed.
Senator Caldwell is also the author of
a new stock yards law. Its provisions
are almost identical with those of the
Kansas City stock yards law. which the
supreme court knocked out as being
class legislation. It is intended to pre-
vent the charging of exorbitant rates
for stock yard commodities and to gen
orally regulate the management of stock
yards
Some Of the other bills introduced
were as follows
BY Nofzger-To raise the pay of the
members Of the board of managers OF
the state soldiers home to $500 year
D. 49, u 1911 The Earhar