Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-01-29
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Measure to exempt Soldiers and their
Widows From Taxation.

provides for the erection of a state printing
under the direction Of the executive council
A state printer is to be elected and paid $500
a year to superintend the work Senator Nc
MILAN has gathered figures showing the cost
of printing for the year from 1895 to 1871. The
total cost for the seven years was sol .2Jp. of
It is known that there will be large deficiency
for this legislature to provide for.
Mr. Roughton of Hodgemen introduced a bill
mine at its full capacity and sell the coal to
the people of the state at cost. If there is not
0, co,1 ai rrr d ,',
denim more coal lands.
Many new bills We're introduced; among
them was one by O'Donnell, of Ellsworth. fix
ing fine of 5000 ON the minister or official
who performs the marriage ceremony uniting
Brown. of Labette, would require by his bill,
railroad companies to send full train crew
with each train of five cars and one more
object of the bill is to prohibit double header
engines on trains.
The election Of state printer in Joint session
resulted in the election of George A. Clark by
l23 for Clark, rep, to 81 for Grant Harrington,
dem.
Senator NoftZger's insurance bill requires
every life insurance company doing business in
Kansas to invest 40 per cent of their gross re-
eeipts derived from their business in the state
in Kansas securities, to be approved by the
state superintendent of insurance.
Senator CaldwclPs stockyards bill, he says,
is drawn in line with decisions of the supreme
court of the United States. 1t makes all stock
yards in the state in which live stock is offered
for sale public stockyards, whether the owner
is or is not resident of the state. The OIL re-
quires the operator to render an annual state
ment to the secretary of state, giving the num-
Der of all kinds of stock in yards during the
preceding year There are other important
features. -
Mr.. Whistler, of Montgomery county, has a
bill before the house which would bar out
from serving on jury in a criminal case any
man who is a member of a temperance society,
anti-horsetheif league or any law and order
society.
chattel mortgage shall run the life of the note
without annual renewal as the law requires
now.
Mr.. Husey, of SedgwiclS has bill making it
a crime for an employer TO make il a condition
of employing man that he shall not join
labor organization.
Senator Simons is promoting legislation to
provide for state fish hatchery. His bill pro
vides for the purchase of twenty acres of land
for that purpose together with an appropria-
ton to build and stock hatchery.
Senator Wards concurrent resolution for a
legislative investigation to determine whether
the Harvester Company of America is trust
within the meaning of the Kansas law, and en-
titled to do business in Kansas, was passed by
the senate
Senator Smith, of Edwards, has bill to give
women the right to vote for presidential cleo
tors.
the causes of the coal famine was passed by
the senate with only two opposing votes. The
presiding officer appointed Mcmillan and
NoftZger as the senate members.
Mr.. Cubbison, of wyandotte has bill to do
away with he double liability of stockholders
of Operations Mr.. Smith of Edwards. will
try TO get law passed giving the right to
bring suit against abe state, thereby putting
an end to bringing claims against the state be-
fore the legislature, which is now the only re-
course for claimant.
Mr. Enrlght, Of Wyandotte, is father of a
measure to require stationary engineers to
| pass u technical examination and receive a Ii
/ cense. He makes it a misdemeanor for an I'M
licensed engineer to handle an engine.
Mr. Hutchinson, of Pratt, asks an appropria-
| ton of 5000 to start fish hatchery III Pratt,
the necessary land to be donated.
Mr.. Waggener introduced reSubmiSSion
resolution i'll the shape of a constitutional con-
vention.
| Mr.. Leland of Doniphan, introduced reso-
! luton which states that the keeping of Okla
homa conyicts costs Kansas more than the ter
ritory is charged for it; and providing for a
! new contract with Oklahoma. a
| Mr.. Finley, of Franklin has bill copied from
| the Iowa statutes providing for keeping
| drunkards in a state hospital.
John Adams introduced bill authorizing
| Sedgwick county to fund its indebtedness.
| Mr.. Mustoe, put in bill enabling Peters
| township, Kingman county, to erect town
| ship hall.
9TH DAY.
| A concurrent resolution offered by Senator
] Codding adopted by the senate empower
| validity of the state school book law.
| Sena or Caldwell put in a bill to exempt from
| taxation the homeSteads of soldiers and sailors
| of the civil war, or the homesteads of their
| widows.
Senator Hurrell introduced the bill prepared
Senator Gabriel's bill prohibits the adver-
| tising or selling of patent medicines without a
| license from the state board of health.
Thtre is an appropriation bill before the
| senate to provide 81 800 to pay the postage on
| Secretary Coburn's biennial report.
| s hot hnf1Ga1 r.ax-i1i for~ nv,
| investigation of the coal famine by commits
| sion. .-i
| Mr.. Griffin, of jefferson, introduced a bill
| authorizing the holding of a state fair annually
| and appropriating $4,000 to cover expenses.
The bill does not say anything about locating
the fair: it being left for competition to decide
| where the first fair under the bill shall be
| held.
Mr.. Francis is author of bill cutting down
| the amount Of bonds city may issue from ten
| TO five per cent of the assessed valuation. and
| reducing the levies for taxes a municipality
can make one-half, except for interest on
| bonds. This IS a part of the plan covered by
| the new tax bill.
There are many petitions received by the
| legislature to make chicken stealing felony
ONE INSTANCE OF MANIA coal
famine exists at Larned it being i'm
possible for the coal dealers to secure
enough to supply the consumers, and
| GllC NCdthCE OcCOIuc SCNeTe,
there would probably be much suffer.
ing from lack of fuel The mills and
other large coal-consuming plants are
running on short hours oil account Of
their orders for fuel not being filed.
RETURNED FROM SIBERIA PAU
Torrington, a Topeka boy, has returned
from Siberia. He is consulting engi
neer for gold dredging company.
GRoCERs MEET-There were $50 del
egates in attendance at the meeting o.
the Kansas Grocers' association in To
pelxa. Charles Lott, president of the
National Grocers association, met will
the Kansas men. He is interested il
the passage by congress of a pure foot
law.
A LARSED TEACHER.-Miss Bernict
Russell, teacherin the city schools O
Larned, has received notice from the
department of the interior of her APP
pointment as teacher in Indian schools
at White Rock, Utah.
SERVED TWENTY YEARs.-When Sen
ator L. P. King, of Cowley county
finishes his present term he will hav,
served twenty years in the Kansas leg
islature, the longest continuous servic'
of any man in the state. King wa
was first elected to the house eighteen
years ago. 81.
GRADUATES ExAMINATIoN.-Th,
new state superintendent announce
the dates for the examination for grad
uation from the public schools of thu
state on March 81 and IS April. ei an,
IS.
GIVING Our BooKs.-The first book
of Abilene's public library are now il