The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-03

FRIDAY EV ENING.
nished whether the person so offering
lenge the supervisor or one of the
judges shall administer the following
oath in writing: You do soIemnly
swear Cor afirn) that you are a citi-
zen of the United States, that you are
the age of twenty-one years, that you
have been an inhabitant of this state
six months next preceding this cleo
ton, and have been for the last thirty
days an actual resident of the town
ship or ward Gas the case may be),
that you have not voted at any other
primary held under this call or at the
primary of any other political party
during the present calendar year. and
that you are eligible to vote under the
provisions of the call under which this
ienged as disqualified to vote shall be
guilty of willful, corrupt or false
swearing or affirming, such person
shall be adjudged guilty of perjury
and upon conviction thereof in any
court of competent jurisdiction, shall
be punished as provided by the laws
and any person who shall under the
call for primaries or primary election
vote or offer to vote more than once
either at the same or in a different
voting place shall on conviction be ad-
judged guilty Of a misdemeanor and
punished by fine of not less than
500 nor more than $500 or by I'M
prisonment in the county Jail not less
than thirty nor more than ninety
days, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment
Sec. 5. If any person shall directly
or indirectly offer, promise, solicit or
give any money or any other conSid-
Grafton for the purpose of procuring
the vote of elector at any party
primary or primary election or for the
purpose of causing an electOr to re-
fra in from voting, he shall upon con-
viction be adjudged guilty of a mis-
demeanor and punished by a fine of
not less than 500 nor more than $500,
or by imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment Any person who shall
consideration for his vote at any pri-
mary or primary election or for re-
framing from voting at any primary
or primary election, shall upon con-
viction be adjudged guilty of a misde-
meanor and be punished by a fine of
not less than $100, nor more than
$500, or by imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Negotiable Instrument Bill Passed
Goebers bill providing for uniform
ity in the negotiable instrument laws
was passed by the house Thursday
afternoon, and is now a law all ex-
cept the governors s signature. It is a
cOdification of the existing laws on the
subject, made to conform to a similar
bill passed in twenty-six of the states
of the union.
The omnibus vacation bill was in
troduced Thursday afternoon and
passed Thursday evening. 1t com
prises 11O sections, each section being
a vacation of some tract or street
somewhere in the state
Pure Food Bill.
MoRridasS 711Ira food hill hao,7
passed by the house. It is a bill
which promises to be of much value
if it becomes a law 1t gives to any
local board of health the right to send
state university or state agricultural
college samples of food or beverages
found on the market The chemistry
department must examine the same
and make a report to the state board
of health if the food or beverage is
found impure. The state board must
issue a quarterly statement of all
articles found impure, and the local
boards in all the counties of the state
must publish this list in the county
paper for the information of the
public
Such a law as this will be a severe
blow to the adulteration of food. 1t
is the same general plan of publicity
which is being followed by the United
States government in the manage
ment of the pure food proposition.
Guardians for the Aged.
On recommendation of the judiciary
committee of the house, the house has
passed bill providing that under GER
tain conditions a guardian can be ap-
pointed to take care of the property
of aged persons. and those who are
feeble-minded, idiotic, or are imbe-
Giles. At the present time the law ex-
tends only to the guardianship of in
sane or habitual drunkards
1t has been found that there is great
need for such a law as proposed, and
there was no serious opposition to its
passage.
The bill to repeal the old mortgage
redemption law passed by the Pop
ulists failed in the house Thursday.
This bill was introduced by Bergman
of Clark, and was favored by the
bankers and loan men. But the farm
er members of the house did not like |
the idea, and they killed the bill by
the decisive vote of 83 to 4. The bill
had been so amended when the final |
vote came that it had very few sup
pOrterS left.
JUST LIKE SUMMER.