The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

year 1906 for their approval or rejec-
ton. The amendment hereby proposed
shall be designated on the official bal
lot by the following title, viz, Amend
ment to the constitution, relating to
laws and their construction by the
courts" And shall be voted for or
against as provided by law under such
title.
Section 9. This resolution shall take
/ effect and be in force from and after
I its publication in the statute book
Early Appropriation Bill.
Robert Stone, OF Shawnee county, in
| troduced a ''Hoch" resolution, concern
/ ing the early preparation Of the nisceI-
! laneOus appropriation bills. tt was as
follows:
Whereas, Governor Hoch, in his
message, has recommended the early
passage Of a miscellaneous appropria-
ton bill in order that the executive and
legislative may have ample time to
consider the various items embraced in
such bill: therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the house of represen-
tatives. the senate concurring, that the
ways and means committee of the re-
spective houses. be and are hereby di-
rected to present q miscellaneous ap-
preparation bill not later than the 25th
day of this session, embracing all items
of a miscellaneous character. usually
included in such a bill. except, such
current expenses as may not be aScer-
tainable until later in the session, which
later in the session.
Resolved, That all members of the
legislature, and other persons, asking
for miscellaneous appropriations, be
and they are hereby notified to present
the same to the ways and mean COM
mittee of the senate or house, without
delay"
Important to Topeka.
A bill which promises important re-
forms in the financial system of Tope-
l1e and other cities of the first class was
introduced by S. s. Glasscock of Wy
andotte. 1t provides that the fiscal year
greatly simplify municipal bookkeep-
ing, as the fiscal year in Topeka, and
many other cities, ends on April 1. 1t
also provides for the supervision of city
finances by the auditor of state. Tt is
pretty evident that city finances need
some sort of uniformity and SuperViS-
ion, and the Glasscock bill seems to
promise radical improvement. It is in
part az follows:
Section /. The fiscal year of every
city Of the first class shall begin with
the first day of January and end with
the 31st deay of December.
Sec. 2. In conformity with the pro-
visions of this act the auditor of state
shall formulate and prescribe a system
of municipal accounting that shall be
uniform for every city Of the first class
which shall exhibit accurate and detail |
ed statements of all moneys received
and expended for account of the city by
of all sources of the city's income and
the amounts due and received from
each source.
Sec T. The auditor of state shall
require from every city of the first class
financial reports covering the full per-
iod of each fiscal year in accordance |
with the forms and methods prescribed |
by him, which shall be uniform for all |
cities of the first class within the state. |
Such reports shall be certified as to |
their correctness; their substance shall
be published in an annual volume of
cooperative first class city statistics as
a public document of the state
THE auditor of state shall have pow |
er by himself or by some competent |
person or persons appointed by him to |
examine into all of the financial affairs |
of every city of the first class within
the state, and shall make such exami- |
nation at least once year"
For the University.
The friends of the state university
ton to the appropriation bill, which |
also authorized a decrease in the fees |
charged of students, a bill was intro /
duced which promises to aid the medi- /
cal department of the university. 1t
gives the university the right to call on
the state institutions, insane asylums, /
etc, for material for their clinical work /
in the medical college. This may be
opposed by some on the ground that the |
asylums should not be used as expert |
ment stations" The bill says:
sity of Kansas is hereby authorized to /
conduct such clinical work in connec-
ton with its medical course as may be |
feasible at the various state hospitals |
affording clinical advantages, and at /
such other places in the state of Kan |
sas outside Of Lawrence as may in the |
judgment of the board of regents seem
adviSa ble."
In the same university bill, the board |
of regents is authorized to accept from |
DR.. Simeon Bell the gift of a large |
tract Of land in Rosedale, Kan, Wyan-
dOtte county, on condition that it be |
used as the site for university hospi- |
tai and clinical school.
The appropriation bill carried the fol-
lowing items:
1906 1907
14dAltSue1lCe -.s------.---.-.- -1lesSVV z4bsSOO
Gymnasium .125,0o0
Engineering bldg...-.......... 150OOO !
Finishing law bldg.-.-------- 1900
Purchase Of land. .-.....-.--- II, 800
The university also receives all the |
fees, which the bill fixes as follows for
Kansas students:
Matr1culatlQn 500 /
LaDera1 arts s''''s's's..'..ssss.'s's..s 1000 !