The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-01
new HEALTH BILL
Mr.. Huffman's Measure Gives
State Board More Authority.
Would Supervise the Water
. Supply of Kansas.
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PROVIDE FORANALYSIs
Nay Investigate the Impurities
in the Streams.
Business of Senate in Committee
of Whole.

Inc most important Dill DeIOre the
senate committee of the whole Tuesday
afternoon was the bill introduced by
Senator Huffman for the state board
Of health, providing for the supervision
and control of all waters in the state
used for water supply.
The bill provides:
THAT in order to promote and pre-
serve the public health the state board
of health shall be and hereby is charged
with the sanitary supervision and con-
troll of all waters within the boundaries
of the state, both surface and under
ground, that are now or may be here
after used as sources of public water
supply for domestic and culinary pur-
poses; that the said board be and is
hereby also charged with the sanitary
supervision and control OF the methods
and means now or hereafter to be used
in this state for the collection and dis
posal of sewage"
The bill provides that the board of
health shall make analysis of water
used for domestic purposes to deter
mine the fitness for use
The bill also provides that "the state
board of health shall elect a consulting
sanitary engineer, whose term of office
shall be two years, and who shall serve
until his successor shall have been
elected and qualified. It shall be the
duty OF said engineer, under the direc-
ton Of said board, to examine all plans
and specifications for public water sup
ply and sewerage systems, or extensions
or changes thereof: and he shall per-
form such other duties as may be as
signed to him from time to time by
said board He shall make reports OF
all his official acts to the secretary of
said board before each of it's regular
quarterly meetings. The board shall fix
the compensation for his services, which
shall be paid out of the regular appro-
priations of the board
The senate committee of the whole
acted favorably upon the bill by Sen
ator Martin, of Woodson. limiting the
length of time that a. railroad employe
shall work to 16 consecutive hours.
Senator Smith, Of Franklin, intro
grace on bonds, notes and bills acted
upon favorab1y by the senate commit
tee of the whole.
Senator Connor's bill requiring that
all school children be vaccinated be-
fore being admitted to any public
school stirred up some debate in the
senate committee of the whole Tues
day afternoon. The bill will come up
in the senate session for further debate.
The senate committee of the whole
acted favorab1y upon Senator Bene-
diets levee bill which provides that:
a
board of county commissioners of the
county in which levee is proposed to be
constructed, signed by the owners OF a
majority of the acreage on which such
levee or any portion of it IS proposed to
be constructed of which will be benefited
by the construction of such levee,
members of board of county commission
ers shall constitute the viewers, or such
board may appoint not exceeding three
disinterested houSehOlders of such county
to make such views, designating
the several tracts of land that will be
benefited by the construction of said levee
said tracts of land. the length and amount
of levee to be constructed on each tract
of land and the estimated expense and
cost thereof; and if any public highway
or railroad is benefited thereby, the
amount apportiened to such highway or
railroad"
Senator E. F. Porters bill to empower
the school board of any district to eStab-
lish and maintain free kindergartens for
the instruction of children between 4 and 6
years of age, was faVOrably reported by
the senate committee on the whole.
The bill of Senator F'ulton's to abolish
the election of road overseers, providing
THAT it shall be the duty of the township
trustee, Immediately upon his entrance IN
TO office on the second Monday in jan
nary next succeeding his election, to ap-
point a road OVerSeer for each road dis
trict in the township, and the said over
seer shall hold his office for two years.
was favorably recommended by the senate
committee of the whole.
Senator Getty's bill providing that rail-
roads shall stop passenger trains at all
county seats of over 1000 population, was
before the senate committee of the Whole. |
The bill also requires that depots be built
at such county seats The bill is for the
benefit of Kansas City Kan, and was IA
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