The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-06

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Absent-Clark, Cowan, Creech, Cum
ningham, Pohlman, Ryan, Schmidt,
Shepard, Stannard, Sticher, Taylor,
Warren-12.
Struck on Kif and Milligan Bills.
After the house had passed the
Stone bill, it went into committee of
the whole. and the first two bills taken
up were the Niff and Milligan anti
pass bills.
w. Y. Morgan moved that the Kiff
bill be stricken from the calendar, and
the motion carried.
DR.. Milligan preferred to administer
the anesthetic to his own bill, and was
allowed to do SO. ''the house concur
ring therein
The house calendar is now clear Of
ones which were introduced on Tues
day for some mysterious purpose
possibly to be on hand in case the
senate kills the Stone bill.
Hits at Combines.
]. w. Holdren of Montgomery this
morning introduced a bill providing a
new way for getting at the concerns
operating in restraint of trade. The
bill says:
1T snail be unlawful for any owner.
lessee, agent or manager, of any manu-
featuring or other industry, to know
ingly collect or receive from, or pay
over or deliver to, directly or Indirect
ly, any person, firm, association, organ
ization or corporation, any money,
goods or property, for the purpose of
making, carrying out. or in pursuance
of any contract or agreement in re-
straint of trade or callings, or for the
purpose of assisting or aiding in the
establishment of maintenance of any
association, organization or corporation
whose object and purpose are the max
ing and carrying out of contracts and
agreements in restraint of any trade or
calling"
The penalty provided is $500 for each
offense.
For Russian seed Wheat.
G. L. Davidson of Sedgwick county
introduced in the house this morning
the bill which corresponds to the Stew
art bill in the senate providing for the
importation of seed wheat by the agri-
cultural college.
Probate Judges Pro Tenn.
The bill providing for a judge pro
tenn of the probate courts of Kansas
was introduced in the house this morn
ing by Robert Stone of Shawnee coun-
ty. The bill provides for the appoint
ment of judge pro tenn when the reg
ular judge is sick, absent from the city.
is interested in the case or counsel for
either party. The appointment of
Judge pro tenn must be confirmed by
the district judge and the probate
judge is liable for all acts of the judge
pro tenn. The judge pro tenn is to have
the same authority as the regular in
cumbent of the office.
A bill that will cause the hunters in
Kansas to shout with joy was intro
duced in the house this morning by
McGillivray of Grant. 1t provides that
sit shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to hunt, catch. KILL shoot, pur-
sue, entrap or insnare any antelope
within the state of Kansas until after
the sixth day of March, 1913"
BY thus protecting the antelope il
may be possible to import some of the
animals which were so plentiful in
Kansas few years ago.
Civil Service Tor kansas City.
E. A Enright, of Wyandotte county,
introduced bill in the house this morn
ing creating civil service commission
in all cities in the state of more than
so 600 population and putting all en-
civil service except the few officers
elected. The service is divided into the
unclassif1ed and classified service. The
classified service includes all the mem
bers of the fire and police departments.
The mayor is to appoint the commission
of three members, each for terms of
three years, but arranged so that one
member is to be appointed each year.
The bill requires that no appointments
to city positions are to be made except
after competitive examinations. The
bill in its general provisions relating to
promotions, frauds and rules is based
on the civil service act of congress, be-
ing changed to make it applicable to
cities.
Mr. Enright introduced two bills this
changing the officers in cities
of $4,000 popula ton. One bill creates
the office of city counsellor, makes it
appointiVe and aboIishes the office of
city attorney. The other bill provides
for the appointment of purchasing
agent for the city to have charge of the
buying of all supplies needed by the
different departments.
Investigate Express Charges.
Mr.. OShant of Ellis county has in
troduced d bill in the house which
provides that the state board of rail-
road commissioners shall make an in
vestigation into the cost of operating
express cars and the express business
of the state. the charges, classifications
ard schedules of the different COM
panies and empowering the board to
the rates and classifications of
express companies if it finds upon in
vestigation that the rates are too
high, unreasonable or arbitrary.
c. A. Stannard of Lyon county in
troduced a bill autho rizing the state
board of agriculture to hold state fairs
and appropriating fifty thousand dol
lars for the purchase of grounds.
erecting buildings and fences and
holding the fairs. The board is TO
have the full charge of the fairs and
may hold them wherever. the most
site may be purchased or ac-
quired by gift.
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