The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-01
Kansas Legislature
D0ings of the Men I'm Topeka
Who are MAKING Our Laws


eesesseeoe sess eeee Geo sss
Topeka, kans., Feb. rs. - A new
divorce bill making several radical
changes in the present Kansas laws
relating to the annulment of mar
riages and the granting Of divorces,
was introduced in the house this
morning by w. b. Ham Of Rocks
county.
Mr.. Ham drew his bill from the
one prepared by the National Di-
vorce Congress which was called by
Governor Pennypacker LAST year,
and the bill prepared by Judge Gates,
of the Independence division of the
Missouri circuit court, and which has
been introduced in the Missouri leg
stature. Mr.. Ham took the two
bills and the Kansas statutes and
has incorporated into his new bill
all the chief features of the two pro-
posed measures and the present
laws regarding marriage and d.
yorce
The bill also instructs the courts
of the state to give full faith and
credit to divorce DEGREES granted in
other states where the same causes
for legal separation are permitted.
The house this morning after con-
sidering a few unimportant bills in
committee of the whole. adjourned
until Q o'clock Monday afternoon.
The senate was not in session to-
day.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 1s. = Two
bills of interest to Southwestern
Kansas were introduced in the
house late this afternoon. One by
AR. Craddock, of Morton, provides
for the establishment of state eX-
perimental farm in Morton county
Il provides that the county shall do
nate 500 acres of land and that the
state shall appropriate $1,000 for the
maintenance of the farm. The 9th
or bill was introduced by Mr.. Miller,
of Haskell, and takes one represen-
tative each from the counties of
Jefferson, Usage and Marshall and
gives one to each of the counties or
Seward, Gray and Greeley. This
bill was introduced because the
Rochester bill is meeting with op-
position in the changes it makes III
representatives.
Senator Robertson, of Wilson.
:sked the senate this afternoon for
permission to tote a gun" to pro-
tect himself from irate supreme
court reporters. He said that he
was attacked by a court reporter
Friday night because of his attitude
toward the bill raising the salary of
an assistant supreme court report
err HE knashed his teeth and
the senator, until my hair rose on
my head and all because | had seen
fit to oppose an increase of salary
for an assistant reporter" The
senator's informed Senator Robert
son that his question of personal
privilege was one to discuss with
the chief of police.
The house committee on hygiene
and public health has introduced a
bill appropriating 100000 for the
establishment of state hospital for
the victims of tuberculosis. The
hospital is to be established under
the auspices of the state board Of
control of charitable institutions and
is to be managed by the state board
Of health. The site is to be selected
by the board of control.
Representative ingalls, has intro
duced a bill making it a misdemean-
or to use hobbies on race horses.
The measure was introduced at the
suggestion of James Challis, a race
horse man He says "A brute
with four legs tied together so that
II can only trot or pace pounded on
the back with a bat or billy in the
hands of another brute does not
help the racing business and this
bill will meet with opposition only
from some barber hack driver or
livery stable keeper who owns an
old hobbled PAGER"
Mr.. Enright introduced a bill maxi
ing it a felony for a person to sell
o. barter to sell his vote. The pen
atty is Imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary and Acknowledgement for
Eve wears.
The house passed two bills of IN
ierest to the mining district of the
state They are the Cowan powder
bill and the mine inspection bill. The
powder bill provides for the manner
of handling black powder in the
mines and is designed to protect
the lives of the miners. The inspec-
tion bill gives the state mine NJ
spector more authority over the
mines, and allows him to take bet
fer care of the men working for the
operators.
The house killed the bill prohibit
fug the sale of merchandise in bulk
without proper notice having been
served on the wholesale houses and
other creditors. The bill was urged
Ly Mr.. Hendricks.
Il. p. Waggener introduced reso.
luton in the senate this afternoon
that committee of four be appoint,
I'd to investigate the charges of the
Kansas City Star that the senate
was in control of the railroads,
and report. The article referred to
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