The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-16
through the supreme court by the
habeas corpus route.

through the supreme court by the
habeas CORPUS route.
The house has started off by keeping
the number of employees down to the
number employed last year. but 1t isn't
divided the same The chief clerk has
not as large a force, but there are more
assistant sergeants-at-arms and door
ke-@ars.
While Representative hall has been
occupied by the state board of agricul-
ture today and there have been few
members of the house around, Speaker
Pringle has been at work in his office
trying to straighten out committee as
signments
Bills to raise the salaries of the gov
ernor and supreme justices appeared
yesterday. They were both introduced
by Representative Waggener. The pres
ent salary of all these officers is 50 600
q; year and Mr. Waggener's bills raise
them to $1,000 a year.
The sugar beet bill was introduced yes
terday by Representative Kinnison Of
F'inney county. It provides for an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the payment Of
a bounty upcn- sugar beets raised and
used for the manufacture during the
next two years, the bounty to be one
dollar a ton.
B. P Waggener has introduced a bill
to pay Melissa Martin, widow of the
late eX-Chief Justice David Martin.
1000 for services rendered by Judge
Martin during his lifetime to various
attorneys general of the state but never
paid for. Judge Martin was MI Wag-
gener's law partner before he went on
the supreme bench.
Representatives Hunter of Anderson,
Jenries Of Sumner and Burke Of Harper,
all of whom were entitled to pick front
s,- ,r,t1
! infirIn rule. failed to take advantage
Of their privilege and drew seats in the
rear of the room where they could not
hear. Barker OF Douglas had resolu-
ton passed putting them up in front.
An amendment to the present teach
ers certificate law has been introduced
by Representativ Hunter It provides
that q county superintendent may en-
dorse a first grade certificate issued by
any other county in the state, or a sec
ond or third grade certificate issued by
any adjoining or cOrnering county, upon
the payment of the customary one dol
lar fee.
Representative Nation has a plan to
divide the Seventh judicial distTAt and
creating a new one. The Seventh is at
present composed of Allen, WOOdsOn,
NeOsho and Wilson counties Mr.. Ma
ton has introduced bill making the
4 Thirty judicial district out OF
Allen and WOodsOn counties and leav-
/ ing the other two counties as the
! Seventh.
Representative Bucklin has a bill to
edualize school taxes in such manner
as to help the weaker districts. He
would have a county school tax levied
4 for the payment of teachers and then
divided among the districts in proper
ton to the number of teachers en-
ployed. The poor districts, he says, pay
a high school tax and still are unable
-
school each year, while rich districts
have less tax but still have long school
terms. He wants the taxes divided 50
as to give the children in poor districts
equal educational advantages with
those in rich districts.
Representative Gale of Mcpherson
propOses to make the divorce laws more
stringent. He thinks it is altogether too
easy to throw off the matrimonial yoke
at present. and he has introduced three
bills along this line. One of them pro-
videS that an applicant for q divorce
must have lived for at least one year
in the county in which the divorce is
asked. Another makes it the duty OF
county attorneys to inquire into the
facts in divorce cases and bring them
out before the trial judge. County at
tOrneys are allowed a fee not to exceed
$25 for this work. to be taxed as costs
/ in the case. Another bill prohibits the
abandonment of wife by a husband
4 or a husband by wife without Just
/ cause. and fixes penalty for so doing
of not more than three years imprison-
ment or a fine of not to exceed $500 and
/ imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than six months.
/ Representative Tannehil of Phillips
county is the first one to score with an
amendment to the present road tax law
He has introduced a bill providing the
! board of county commissioners of each
county shall levy a road tax along with
the other taxes on property outside OF
/ incorporated cities for road purposes.
the levy to be not more than 10 mills
The bill also provides that a man may
work out his tax at the rate of 81. 50
/ per day If he so desires.
Representative Mead has introduced "a
i joint resolution in the house designed
to head off the passage of a lot of graft
appropriation bills during the closing
4 hours of the legislature 1t provides
that no old claims against the state
shall be included in the miscellaneous
! follows. No claim, debt or demand of
any nature or kind against the state Of
+ Kansas. dating previous to the close OF
/ the last session of the legislature of the
state shall be allowed in any INSECT
/ laneous appropriation bill, nor shall any
such deot or demand be considered a. a
part Of any miscellaneous bill.'
Manufacturing Block Burns.
Chicago, Jan 16.-Fire broke out at an
early hour today. destroyed a large man
ufacturing block at Canal and Madison