The Globe-republican., 1905-01-19
FREIGHT RATES IN The HOUSE,
slucs Organizing And Selecting Commit
tees Much Important Business HAS
Been Transacted in the State Senate
And House OF Representatives

we're introduced Ill luc otualo 'oa"s'
They include bills for establishing a
state oil refinery; to provide for state
ownership of the printing plant; 10
provide for state repositories, 10
make it unlawful to solicit campaign
funds from public officials; to regulate
railroads, telegraph and telephone
companies; to break up the insurance
trust; ito encourage the building OF
good roads and to regulate political
primary elections. Others were:
Providing that property shall be
assessed at its full value.
Appropriating 100000 for a build
ing for the Manual training school at
Pittsburg, and 100000 for equipment
and maintenance.
Making women eligible to vote on
free library propositions in cities
down TO the third class.
To provide for a two mill levy on all
state property for the benefit OF the
common school fund.
To provide for the levylng a tax on
all county property for the benefit OF
the common school fund.
An act providing relief fund for
lremcn disabled in the line Of duty.
Appropriating money to buy land
for the industrial SHOOT for girls.
Appropriating money for a building
for the industrial school for girls.
For two new cottages at the indus
trial school for girls.
Providing for a bridge and road
fund in Atchison county.
To repeal the Atchison county road
and bridge law enacted at the last
session of the legislature.
Drastic measure for the prevention
of fire insurance pools and COM
bines.
Authorizing county attorneys to en-
ploy stenographers.
To wipe out the grain grading com
mission
Fixing the ANNUAL school meetings
in rural districts on the third Thurs
day in July of each year.
Reducing the board Of charities tC
three members.
Requiring the state school fund
commissioners to exchange school dis
trict bonds for refunding bonds any
time the district wants to, and further
providing that if the bonds run only
len years or under the interest rate
shall be ) per cent, and if they run
over ten years the rate shall be pei
cent.
To give national guards 81 a day
when in action.
Giving township trustees power tC
appoint road oversoers,
Providing for good roads and ap
propriating S250,O0O Of state funds t.
aid in that work. A State engineer Of
roads at 81, 900 year salary, is one
of the features,
Prohibiting the soliciting Of fund;
from state employees for the campaign
fund. The penalty is a fine of 5000.
Providing for a state depository
This is the bill prepared by the State
Bankers Association,
The negotiable instrument law.
In the Kansas house of representa-
tives a bill was introduced making
| it unlawful for railroad companies t
change classification Of freights Or in
crease freight rates without consen
from the board of railroad commits
sioncrs. The officer or emplOye of
railroad who is a party to the act il
liable to imprisonment Of from one t.
ten years in the penitentiary, and tn,
corporation is subjected 10 a fine 0
$500 for each offense.
The bill charges the railroads viii
having combined and raised freigh
rates on Kansas wheat, corn and cat
tie, at a time when because of alleget
inadequate transportation facilitie!
millions of bushels of wheat were be
Ing damaged while awaiting ship
ment.