The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-27
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Senators Think Appropriations Tor Par-
sons Asylum Too High.

| geners amendment exempsihB aoves ni,
erty at full value and assessing It at one-thIu,
| Lobbyists from the state institutions who
are pressing for large appro1ristps opn nH
| giving them all that they ask The senate Is
| In a more liberal mood than is the house; -,
broom factory pidi mas ths a rpppnnfacture of
| brooms ut the Hutchinson reformatory IL
provides for $4,000 for plant and s21'Ooo for
The senate killed the long train bill which
| provides that every train of over fve cars
| must have full train crew and that there
must be an extra brakeman for each additiohai
| ten cars.
Both the senate and house agreed to. .reso-
luton memorializing congress to submit an
| amendment providing that United States SEN
| ators shall be elected by direct vote OF me
| people. Only two members voted against tne
resolution and it will be Immediately sent TO
Waggener's bill has been favorably reported
| by the house judiciary committee; whicn plil
| provides for suits for damages against mdlvlo-
| uals for assaults or hangings by MOB.
8lsT DAY.
The joint tax committee amended the new
| tax law increasing the gross exemption from
| 5000 to $500. There was much contention over
this point and its adoption by the joint COM
| mittee created much surprise.
| Eleven resolutions to amend the constitution
| are before the legislature: eight came from tine
| house and three from the senate, AS put
| three can be submitted to the people by the
| same legislature competition Tor position may
There are several congressional reapportion-
ment schemes, all OF which have basic theory
| that no member must be cut OH from his pres
| ent district
Mr.. Kirkland, of Saline, is ready with another
| bill in case the new tax bill is defeated He
| has introduced a bill making an assessor liable
! to Imprisonment for failure to assess all prop
erty, both real and personal, at its full value.
| OF Infr
making the willful and malicious destruction
of the property of another to the value OF $20
or under, misdemeanor, to be punished with
| a fine not to exceed $780, or six months in Jail
or both. Where the property so destroyed Is
| over the value of $50 such work is made a
| felony to be punished by Imprisonment not to
| exceed five years.
BIND DAY.
Senator Tapp's bill secured the approval Of
| the senate 1t empowers cities to appropriate
money for monument to the memory OF old
| soldiers.
There is strong delegation in Topeka from
| Winfield and Arkansas to watch the bill which
| would divide the district court of Cowley coun-
The senate passed Aliens parole BILL which
gives gives trial judges the authority to parole
| young men and boys convicted of any crime
except treason, arson, robbery, murder and
| forcible rape
trust in Kansas has been reported favorably IN
| the senate.
The bill prohibiting lawyers from employing
solicitors to bring them business has been re-
ported adversely by the senate judiciary COM
mittee.
The senate has killed the bill to compel the
governor to sign death warrants In cases OF
condemned murdererS.
There is a bill in the senate for a state geolo
gist at 81 900 with $500 for extras.
The judiciary committee of the house has ia
yorably reported the bill providing for deed
of trust law in this state. The bill is copy of
the Missouri law
The bill to require all prison-made goods to
be branded has been reported favorably.
The house passed the bill to extend the time
of maturity of school land certificates twenty
years and reducing the interest from six to
four per cent
The house adopted resolution nstructing
the insurance committee to investigate the
reason for the advance of fire insurance rates.
43RD DAY.
The senate is the first to pass a congressional
ACKNOWLEDGMENT bill There is little prospect
of its being passed by the house.
The senate has passed the fish warden bill
creating a state fish hatchery and providing
for stocking it. The warden is to receive $500
a year salary.
The house has passed the measure changing
the system of handling state taxes. The bill
provides that all state taxes collected shall re-
main in the county treasures to be drawn out
in monthly installments in amounts estimated
by the state treasurer sufficient to meet the
demands upon the state treasury for the
month. It is expected that the senate will en-
dorse this bill
Attn DAY.
Three of the eleven resolutions for submit
ting amendments to the constitution have
been adopted by the legislature and will go
before the people. They are To provide for
the election Of state printer by the people; To
permit the governor to veto separate items in
appropriation bills. To give the state the right
Of change of venue in criminal cases.
Tn ha cpnatp @ Parsons
ton for buildings is considered much greater
than present circumstances demand and the
amount named in the bill passed by the house.
Mr.. Waggener's lynching bill is now law.
It would punish any person who takes part in
or aids or. abets lynching which results in
death. The penalties range from years to
life Imprisonment or death.
The house by vote in committee of the
whole of So to 30 approved the bill giving Ar
kansas City alternate terms of the Cowley
county district court
The fees and salaries committee of the house
has killed jerks bill increasing the salaries Of
the stenographers of the various district courts
in the state and making the minimum salary
81, 200 year and the maximum 81 800.
The Sponable bill creating state fiscal
agency to be located in Kansas, passed by the
senate has been reported for passage in the
house,
Work AT PARsoNsAAt the new asy-
lum the main building, accommodating
about 200 patients, will be ready for
occupancy about the first of May, after
which the other three buildings will
be finished as rapidly as possible.
Probably by the first of July the four
buildings will be open for patients.
GROWTH OF GAS CITY.-The Beggar
Prince Opera company played to big
audience in the Gas City opera house,
near lola. Three years ago the site of
the building was in waving field of
corn.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.-The cor
oner's jury on the case of Amos L.
Maxwell, who was killed in the Kan
sas insane asylum, returned verdict
charging Attendants Patterson and
Neil with the murder. They were ar
rested after they had refused to testify
in their own behalf at inquest