The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-19

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charge CT the election, and says that
the party having charge shall provide
its own way of paying the expense
s. ]. Potts, of Morris county, one of
the quiet members of the house, came
to the front with a very righteous bill
for the protection of quails- His bill
provides that for period OF i've
years it shall be absolutely prohibited
to kill any quails in Kansas. This is
the kind of a game law which would
really do some good, and would help
to save the quail crop from extermina-
ton.
Bert steckel of Barton county is
also the author of a new game law OF
unique provisions. Upon the applica-
ton of any householder to the town.
ship trustee, the trustee shall divide
the township into districts about two
miles square, and appoint a resident
of the district as game marshal. The
game marshal shall give a $50 bond,
and it is his duty to investigate and
arrest people caught hunting on Sun
day, or doing anything else in VIOLA
ton of existing game laws. He shall
arrest the offender and take him to
the nearest justice of the peace. The
game marshaIS fee is to be 50 for
each arrest, and % cents a mile for
escorting the prisoner to the justice.
SteckelS bill makes it unlawful to
shoot waterfowl in deep or swift water
where they can not be recovered, and
also makes it unlawful to shoot be-
fore sunrise or after sunset. The bill
also makes it unlawful to hunt on
Sunday, or for gun clubs to hold
shoots" on Sunday.
J. L. Brady of Douglas county in
PRODUCED a very long and elaborate
inheritance tax bill Wednesday. It
proposes that all the money collected
shall go to the State university build
ing fund, which is a move which
ought to endear Mr.. Brady to the
hearts of his Lawrence constituents.
The plan is to tax all inheritances
Wn1ch DO not go to some member of
the immediate family. at the rate of
50 on every 800 worth of property
This IS a pretty stiff tax, and it would
not take a great many thousands of
inheritance to run the total tax up
into a big sum of money.
Mr.. Steckel Of Barton is also the au-
thor of a congressional apportionment
bill which is supposed to reflect the
matter of congressional divisions. Mr..
Steckel proposes to divide the state as
follows:
THE counties Of Brown, Doniphan,
Atchison, Jackson, Jefferson. -Leaven-
the First district.
THE counties Of Anderson, Douglas,
FRANKLIN, Johnson, Linn, Miami and
Wyandotte. shall constitute the Second
1.-THE counties of Allen, Bourbon,
Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho
and Wilson, shall constitute the Third
district.
THE counties of Butler. Chautauoua-
Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Lyon, Usage,
Woodson. Elk, Montgomery and Nor
ris. shall constitute the Fourth dis
trict.
1.-THE counties of Nemaha. Marshall.
Washington, Clay, Riley, Pottawatomie,
Wabaunsee, Geary, Dickinson, Repub-
lie and Cloud, shall constitute the Fifth
district.
THE counties of Mitchell Jewell.
Smith, Osborne, Russell, Ellis. Rocks,
Phillips, Norton, Graham, Trego, Cove,
sheridan, Decatur, RaWlins, Thomas,
Logan, Wallace, Sherman, Cheyenne,
Lincoln and Ellsworth, shall constitute
THE counties of Ottawa, Saline. Nc
Pherson, Marion, Harvey, Sedgwick,
Sumner and Cowley, shall constitute
the Seventh district.
The counties of Rice, Reno, King
man, Harper, Barber, Pratt, Stafford,
Barton, Rush, Pawnee. Edwards,
Kiowa, Comanche, Clark, Ford.
Hodgeman, Ness, Lane, Gray, Meade,
Seward. Haskell, Finney, Scott. Wichi-
ia, Kearney, Grant, Stevens Morton,
Stanton, Hamilton and Greeley, shall
constitute the Eighth district"
C. d. Dail'S idea is to eliminate
from the statute books the law re-
curing a landlord to give notice to
quit to tenant who is in arrears with
MS rent, or who for some other reason
IS undeslrab bic. He has introduced a
bill making this change in the laws.
Steve Brandon of Butler introduced
the new state accountant law yester-
day 1t is the kind of a law which
Governor Hoch is said to desire as a
preliminary to opening up on the pro-
posed investigation of the state Off
GERS. The bill raises the pay of the
accountant to $4,000 a year. the same
as other state officers. and also allows
MIN his expenses while out on the
road The accountant is allowed to
hlre StenOgrapher, and all the as
sistant accountants he wants the lat
ter to be paid $40 a day. The author
lty OF the accountant is also extended
so that he can if he desires, make an
investigation of the financial affairs of
any county in the state.
c. A. Fisher. of Crawford county,
wants a law which prohibits inexperi-
enced miners from working in coal
mines. He has introduced a bill
which requires every miner to have at
least two years experience before he
IS allowed to rank as a fully qualified
miner, able to perform room, entry,
and other mining work.
Another bill, which like Fishers, is
endorsed by the state society of labor.
Woodson. This is for the protection
of workmen on staging and scaffoId-
ing. 1t provides that when a work
man thinks the contractor has not
provided suitable scaffolding, he can
call upon the state society of labor
to send a man to investigate
Charles Lander of Mcpherson in
troduced bill Wednesday for the
purpose of correcting a fatal defect in
one of the Kansas National cxrra,a