The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-29

i levied a tax Of IL mills to. pay for tbs
court house, which twill combine
| Nth $4,000 now on hand and have
enough to pay the bill. But the tas
i levy will rno OF be available to pay fol
1.-THE court house when completed, and
twhat the Osborne county people wans
lis to be allowed to borrow certain
funds, in the sum of $4,000 to piece
out their court house fund until the
| taxes come in.
1t is contrary to law to. transfer
money from one fund to another
| though as a matter of fact it is not an
! uncommon practice, especially in city
finances. and the legislature had to
| find way out. NO one was especially
| opposed to the osborne county plan,
| but F. c. Foley of Rice county said he
didn't like the looks of the bill, and
was afraid it was establishing a bad
precedent
Robert Stone of Shawnee said that
he believe that the fact that the trans
fer of the funds was loan. and not a
permanent adjustment of funds,
made it possible for the deal to pro-
coed. He said that a similar law had
been enacted once before, and nobody
had objected.
IT am willing to trust the gentle
man from Shawnee said Mr.. Foley,
''and hope that+he is right about it"
And without any more clubbing.
passage.
An important bill has been introduced
In the legislature by Senator ]. H
Stewart which not only seeks to fix
passenger. rates in a new manner but
also prohibits the Issuance of passes.
Unlike any other passenger rate bill
thus far introduced, Senator Stewards
bill grades passenger rates according to
the class to which a railroad belongs.
the class being regulated by the roads
gross earnings a mile. Here is the
classification schedule quoted from the
Stewart bflI:=-s-~~e --.5s- s>---@.s-~s~
Glass "A shall include those rail-
roads whose gross annual earnings
mile shall be 1000 or more; class b
shall include those whose gross annual
earnings mile shall be $4,000 or any
sum in excess thereof less than $4,000;
class c. shall include those whose
gross annual earnings a mile shall be
less than So 600: provided that for the
purposes of this act any railroad fail
ing, neglecting or-which heretofore has
failed or neglected to make a report to
the board of railroad commissioners of
their gross earnings shall be rated as
belonging in class-.A : provided further
that the reports heretofore filed with the
board of railroad commissioners pur-
suant to section 1888 of the general
statutes of Kansas for 1901 and here
after filed hereunder shall be deemed
I1A1IIS Tile year referred 10 h6F6lu
Then follows the rate a mile the
roads as classified may charge The
bill says:
"All railroad corporations, accord
ing to their classification as herein
prescribed, shall be limited to COM
pensation a mile for the Transporter
ton of passengers as follows: Glass
"a two cents mile; class 'B'' two
and one-halfe cents mile; class &C.
three cents q mile, and no railroad
cI,, oh cixre q rot a
in excess of the. amounts herein pre-
scribed for the transportation of
passenger who is more than IL years
old upon any railroad in this state nor
in excess of half that sum a mile for
the transportation of any passenger
between the agesiof and H. Each
passenger moro fThan' IL years old pay
ing fare shall be entitled to have
baggage not exceeding $50 pounds in
weight; and each passenger IL years
old or Under, paying fare, shall be en-
titled to have transported. without
additional charge5 baggage not exceed
ing, seventy-nye pounds in weight.
AIN every case where any pa ssenger
on any railroad IN this state shall fail
to present to- thel conductor or collec-
tor upon the train a ticket for his
Journey, it shall be lawful for said
railroad company to charge and col |
lect from said passenger, in excess OF
the regular schedule of fare, the sum
or ten cents, prOV1Q0u, IIO~CNST, III
such case the conductor or collector
shall thereupon issue to the passenger
paying the excess of fare a receipt or |
check for such excess, which amount
shall be refunded to such passenger
on presentation of such receipt or
check to any regular ticket agent of
said railway company
q The Stewart bill then makes 1t I'M |
awful for a railroad to issue a pass or !
rec transportation in any form, except
@ employees andaitheir families. The |
punishment for issuing a pass by an
agent or employe is a fine of not less
han 800 or by imprisonment in the I
county Jail for thirty days or both fine
md IMPRISONMENT. Those who receive
passes shall be liable to the same pun
shment as those issuing them.
The bill then designates the meaning
# the word "employe" as "a person
Who devotes his principal time, skill
md energy to the service Of the COM
non carrier" The word family" is
Construed to mean the employe, his
wife and minor children, and excludes
II others. -,5a.-. -. ...- Il
tone bill in the house, upon which
here has been a minority report in
he house 1t makes express compan-
as and sleeping car companies COM
non carriers as we'll as steam and cleo
rio railroads Under the Stewart bill
he Atchfson, Topeka & Santa F'e, the
ynfon Pacific, the Chicago, Rock Is
and & Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas &
'exas and the Chicago, Burlington &
quincy roads will, according to their
asst annual report, be compelled to
barge not more than cents mile.