The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-13
MORE FOR SHERIFFS.
House Approves Bill Which Increases
Lodging Allowance.

After a lengthy debate in the house
this morning the committee of the
whole recommended for passage the
/ bill increasing the compensation for
sheriffs for care of prisoners confined
in the county jail. For boarding and
| lodging prisoners, where the Jail is
provided, the sheriff is allowed SO
cents a day instead of 40 cents; when
the Jail is not provided, 20 cents in
stead of SO cents.
w. p. Hackney made a fight on the
bill, and wanted it amended as fol-
lows:
Provided, that before any sheriff
shall be allowed and paid any part of
the fees herein provided, such officers
shall make oath and attach the same
to the bill therefor, to the effect that
| the prisoners are kept in a c1eanly
manner, provided with clean beds,
sheets, pillows and pillow cases,
wholesome food, pure water and
plenty of it. and that such are fed at
a table with clean table linen and in
suitable proper Dishes
I'VE call ourselves a Christian ma
ton" said Mr.. Hackney in defense of
his amendment. 1--WE are Christian
lied brutes, that's what we are. The
prisoners in most of our county jails
are treated like hogs. If this bill does
not provide enough to pay for decent
treatment, 1 am in favor of increasing
the pay"
Brown of Brown. who has been a
moved that Brussels carpets on the
cell floors be also required
p c. Young of Wilson said: You are
making criminals by your system OF
some distance off like foul carrion. In
some of these jails, the men are fed
out of troughs, like swine. We should
not forget that many decent people are
shut up in these jails, and many peo-
pie who are innocent of any crime"
G. A. Stannard said he knew of jails
where the prisoners are fed only twice
a day. He moved that the sheriff be
required to feed the prisoners three
times a day. This motion carried.
w. r. Peter of Riley said: THE ma
jority of people thrown into the jails
are tramps. They are lousy and dirty
and it would be utterly impossible to
provide them with sheets, pillow cases,
snowy table linen and all that"
On motion of Mr. Pringle, the Hack
ney amendment was modified, eliminat-
ing the sheets, pillows, pillow cases and
clean table linen, but making the gen
eral provision that the beds and tables
must be cleanly-
In this form. the bill was recon-
mended for passage.
BAD FOR RAILROADS.
p c. Young's bill extending the time
limit within which an injured railroad
employee must give notice of intention
to sue was recommended for passage
At present, the law says that person
so injured must give written notice or
intentions
Young bill extends this limit to eight
months. and Furthermore, it eliminates
from the eight months reckoning all
of the time which the injured person
may be confined to the company's nos
pital.
There was quite fight made by the
farmer members against Birds bill pro- |
hibiting the dumping of dead animals |
in streams, or exposing the same IN any
vacant tract, or allowing trees, rocks
or oriftWood to collect in streams. The
bill was finally recommended for pas
sage however, by a vote OF Il TO Il |
This shows that the total voting
strength of the committee of the whole |
was only SO.
Speaker Pro Tenn Clark's bill allowing
the purchase of bonds before due, and
his bill validating the finding of the dis
trict courts of the state relating to va
cations, We're both recommended for
passage.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
AS soon as the committee of the whole
and Speaker Stubbs took the
chair, ten new bills were introduced.
Robert Stone introduced a bill provid-
ing that any pharmacist who has been
actively engaged in his profession in
the state, even though he has not kept
up his dues, shall be entitled to a certifi-
cate without examination. J. T.
Pringle's bill provides that the statute
Of limitations may run against the
state as well against individuals. It
is of some Importance as afrectlng real
estate titles.
The following is list of the new
bills:
795. Brown of Sherman=Publica-
ion of lists of personal property tax
796. Ewell-vacation in Medicine
797. Welch-County high school
county.
79S. STANDARDIZATION in Ellsworth.
799. Clark of characterization
500. Pringl ding code of
Sol. stone-Amending pharmacy
sO2. stone-For relief of c. E.
so3 Peter-Authorizing local tax.
S04. Orr-Prohibiting shooting {
r11ail in Rawlins county