The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-11

exceeding $500 imprisoned in the
county jail for a period not exceeding
/ 80 days, and in addition thereto shall
forfeit his office If an officer mentioned
herein"
State Printer Bills.
The most voluminous state printer
bill was introduced by Robert Stone of
Shawnee. 1t provides that the state
printer, elected by the people, shall re-
ceive $500 a year salary. The sum OF
$50, 900 is appropriated with which TO
buy a site, build a building and equip
a plant. A board composed of the sec
retary of state, attorney general and
state treasurer shall decide what shall
be printed
provides that the executive council
shall contract for the construction and
equipment of a state printing plant, to
be lun with power furnished from the
to be purchased. and the sum of $45,-
900 is provided with which to buy the
site, erect a building and equip the
plant. The plant must be completed not
later than June 80, 1905. The printers
salary is fixed at $4,000, with a fore
man at 81, 200.
A. G. Mead has bill making the
governor, secretary of state and state
printer a state printing board" to
supervise the letting of all contracts
for printing. The salary Of the state
printer is fixed at $4,000. The bill limits
the number of house and senate jour
from 800 to 3.000 except the state ed
ucational institution catalogues which
may run up to 5000
First ApportiOnment Bill.
Representative Brown has the
honor of introducing the first congress
sional apportionment bill. 1t pro-
poses to divide the state as follows:
First district-Brown, Nemaha, JEFF
ferson, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley,
IVabaunsee, and Shawnee.
Second district-Douglas, Franklin,
Miami. Anderson, Linn, Allen, Bour-
bon. Neosho, Wilson.
Third Crawford, Cherokee,
Labette, Montgomery, Chautauqua,
Fourth district=Osage. Lyon, Nor
ris, Marion, Chase, Coffey, Woodson.
Greenwood, Elk, Butler.
Fifth district-Marshall, Washing
ton, Republic, Jewell, Mitchell. Cloud,
Clay. Geary, Dickinson, Saline, and
Ottawa.
Sixth district-Smith, Phillips, Nor
ton, Decatur, Rawlins. Cheyenne,
Sherman, Thomas. Sheridan, Graham,
Rocks, Osborne, Lincoln. Russell,
Ellis. Trego. Cove, Logan, Wallace,
Rush, Pawnee, Barton, Rice, Ellis
Seventh district-Harvey. sedgwick.
Sumner. Harper. Kingman, Reno,
Riowa, Edwards, Hodgeman. Ford,
Clark, Meade. Gray, Finney, Haskell.
Seward, Stevens. Grant, Kearney,
Hamilton, Stanton, Morton
Eighth district-Johnson, Wyan-
dotte. Leavenworth. Aucnfson, Don
iphan.
Representative Brown of Brown in
troduced a bill creating a state prison
board composed of the board of di-
rectors and the warden, who shall
have the right to grant paroles and
look after the welfare of prisoners.
Slonecker Bill Introduced.
representative Stone this morning
introduced the SlOnecker primary
election bill This bill was prepared
by Judge Slonecker, of Topeka, and
covers IA printed pages 1t has been
the Topeka papers and other publica-
tions throughout the state
In speaking of the proposed Dill,
Judge Slonecker says:
1.-THE Republican state convention
declared in favor of a primary election
law. It is fair to presume that a law
which would be effective and uniform
all over the state was intended.
This bill was prepared after care
full investigation examined every
primary law in America and read a
great many court decisions constituting
the same I found no one law which
it seemed to me met the conditions
which exist in this state. what
have prepared is a composite of what
1 considered best in other laws, some
ideas of my own and suggestions of
Il present it for the consideration
of the legislature. Do not condemn
it hastily, for I had, what seemed to
me, a good reason for every provision
have no pride of opinion, however,
and will be content to let the question
rest so far as / am concerned, unless
persons interested desire to talk 1t
over with me. This I will be glad to
do whenever it is convenient Tor
them"
Representative stone also intro
duced a bill for cutting weeds along
the public highway and taxing up the
cost to the property, in the same way
in which hedges are now cut to re-
quired height.
Leland Has a "Hoch'' Bill.
Cyrus Leland introduced several
important bills. One is for the estab-
lishment of a salt manufa cturing
plant at the boys Industrial school at
Hutchinson. The sum of $4,000 IS
provided as a revolving fund from
which the penitentiary is to be ope-
rated. The cost of the buildings Tor
the plant is limited to $4,000.
A very strict law relating to the
state charitable Institutions was also
introduced by Mr.. Leland. 1t provides
that all the charitable and reforma-
tory institutions, excepting the Hutch
insOn refOrmatory, shall be under the
charge of a board of trustees of three
members appointed for term of
four years. The law says that these
trustees shall not be allowed to have
rooming and boarding accommoda-
uSns at any of the institutions; that
when a member takes a meal at any
of the institutions, he shall pay 40
cents for it, and the money shall go
to the state Mr.. Leland says:
There are some members of the
board of charities and other boards
who get all their meals and lodging
at the expense of the state. This
ought to be stopped, and my bill will
stop it."
This bill is undoubtedly directed
against Henry Allen, at present a
member of the state board of chari-
ties Leland has not had a very deep
and abiding affection for Mr.. Allen
since their difficulty over the removal
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