Free press., 1907-03-09

/ the state This bill provides that
the chancellor of the University OF
Kansas shall act as ex-oficio direc-
4 tor of the survey and shall have SUI
pervision of the same. The imme-
diate work of the survey is to be
directed by a state geologist, who
| shall be appointed by the chancel-
lor. A complete survey of the
state, giving special attention to
any and all natural products of
economic Importance, to determine
the character, location and amount
of such products is provided for in
the measure.
The senate this afternoon passed
the bills fixing a maximum freight
rate on coal and reducing passenger
fares on railroads. The coal bill
passed by a vote of % to Is and the
reduced fare bill by a vote of "a to
6. The reduced fare bill is the
Noftzger substitute for the fiat 2
cent a mile bill introduced by Sena-
tor Brewer. The Noftzger bill pro-
vides that persons who buy 1000
mile tickets, interchangeable on all
railroads, shall pay at the rate of 2
cents a mile, providing the tickets
are used within eighteen months af-
/
The conference report made to-
day on the state grain inspection
bill was concurred in by the house
and the bill will go to the governor
today for his signature The vote
on the report stood "a to II. There
| are many members of the house
who are not exactly pleased with
some of the amendments, but out of
fear that should they reject it
there would be no bill at all passed
| they decided to give in. State Grain
! Inspector Radford did practically all
of the lobbying for the bill.
! The house passed the bill regu-
Iating the rates to be charged by
the sleeping car companies operat-
! ing cars in the state. The schedule
| of rates provided in the bill follows:
| Seat fare for trip not exceeding
| 100 miles, 25 cents; for trip more
than 100 miles and not exceeding
| 200 miles, so cents; trips of 200 or
400 miles, rs cents; for lower berthS
not exceeding $50 miles, rs cents;
for distance of $50 to 300 miles.
$1.25; from 300 to 400 miles, $3.50
The penalty fixed for violation of
the act is a fine of not less than
500 or more than $1,000. with
jail sentence of not less than thirty
days or more than six months. 1t
is provided also that a sleeping car
company shall not furnish accommo-
dations for an intoxicated person or
anyone in a filthy or diseased con-
dition
The bill of Representative Ed
wards providing for the annual re-
ports of public stock yards corpora
tions doing business within the
state, passed by the house on third
reading this morning, provides that
every public stock yards operator
shall annually on or before the first
day of March each year file with
the secretary of state a sworn item
lied statement showing the total re-
ceipts and shipments of all live
stock, giving number of head and
number of cars, gross income,
source thereof, gross expenditures,
net profits, amount of dividends
paid and the amount of capitalize
tiCn.
Topeka, Kansas, March 1, 1907
The senate today reconsidered the
vote by which it passed Senator
Stewards bill yesterday for the
separation of the races in the
schools of Wichita. Senator Young
this morning moved to reconsider
the vote. His motion carried by a
vote of % to IA.
Representative Hams bill provid-
ing for the legal punishment of any
man who shall be found guilty of de-
serting his wife or children passed
the house this afternoon.
The substitute recommended by
the senate judiciary committee pro-
viding for the burial of all honor
ably discharged Union soldiers, sail
ors or marines, their wives or
widows, was passed by the house to-
night.
Bucketshops in Kansas will be
put out of commission if the senate
acts favorably on Representative
Guyer's bill, which passed the house
today.
The senate has adopted the Noftz
ger resolution instructing the state
board of railroad commissioners to
make complete investigation of
the freight rate situation and to
wipe out all unjust and unlawful
Determinations.
By vote of 58 to 81 the house
this afternoon adopted a motion of
fered by Representative Edwards. of
Shawnee, to defer further action on
the state fair bill until a location
for the holding of a fair can be
agreed upon. This practically kills
the bill. as there is no probability of
the members of the house getting
together on any certain location.
The house late this afternoon
passed the substitute reported by
the committee on railroads provid-
ing for the extension of the jurisdic-
ton of the state board of railroad
commissioners and adding to its
duties. Under this bill the commits
sioners shall ascertain, as early as
practicable, the amount of money ex-
pended in construction and equip
ment per mile of every railroad in
the state, the amount of morey ex-
pended to procure the right Of way.
the amount of money it won,d re-
auire to reconstruct the roadbsd
the track, depots and the transpor-
tatiOn facilities and 20 renlaca all OF
the physical properties belonging to
the railroads