The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-01

Cyrus Leland this morning introduced
bill which if enacted into law will put
a stop to the practice of shipping liquor
into Kansas by express to a fictitious
name, and then sending to some agent
bunch of orders for the wet goods
which orders can be sold as opportunity
offers. The bill is as follows:
Section 1. Any officer, agent or EN-
ploye of any railroad company who
shall knowingly deliver any intoxicat-
ing liquor to any person other than the
person to whom such liquor is consign-
ed, and without a written order in each
instance by said consignee therefor,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea-
nor and on conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than 800 nor more than
$500 and be imprisoned in the county
Jail not less than 80 nor more than 60
days.
.sSec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any
railroad company, express company or
other common carriers, to knowingly
deliver any Intoxicating liquor to ans
whOmsoever, where such intoxicating Ii
quor has been consigned to a fictitious
person.
sec. g. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to whom any Intoxicating liquor
has been consigned, whether consigned
to him in his own name or a fictitious
name, to give any other person an orCer
for such Intoxicating liquor"
No Friend of the Boy.
It rather looks as though big 7-foot
John Howerton of Shawnee should pick
on somebody of his size. He has been
known as the silent man, SO far this
session, but today he broke forth with
a bill to prohibit the sale of 1recrael1-
ers, or fireworks of any kind, to per-
sons under Is years of age. The bill
also prohibits the shooting of any kind
of explosives in the streets or nigh
ways. 1t is altogether, a. bill calcula--
ed to bring much grief to the youthful
patriots who want to celebrate the
Fourth of July.
The ways and means committee this
morning introduced a. bill apprOpriating
So 500 for the state board OF agricul-
ture to pay the expense of taking. tab
ulating and compiling, for publication
the fifth decennial census of the state
of Kansas.
Mr.. Leland secured consent of the
house to have his state salt plant bill
taken away from the committee on
manufactures, which has never held
meeting. and referred to the committee
on ways and means. A. M. Sourbeer is
chairman of the committee on manu-
features.
For Care of Insane.
The appropriation bill to reimburse
the counties of the state for care of
destitute insane was introduced this
morning by the ways and means ccm-
mittee. The total amount OF the ap-
preparation is $10,945 all of which is
paid out for the care of insane for
whom there is no room in the state
asylums. Shawnee county gets the
largest amount of any county, with 81
494 Iseavenworth county gets $2,22O.
There are about twenty counties rep
resented in the bill.
Robert Stone introduced a bill pro-
yiding that a pharmacist holding
state certificate from any other state
may be registered in Kansas without
examination by paying the fee of So
J. w. Adams introduced a bill pro
hibiting any railroad company from
permitting any conductor, engineer
fraroan brakeman. train dispatcher,
telegraph operator or train man to
work more than 16 hours without TAX
ing s hours sleep. The act does not ap-
ply to cases of emergency such as
washouts, blockades or wrecks