The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-08

dead animals and offal to hogs was
killed.
Representative Leydig's bill pro-
hibiting the use of mineral and vege-
table poisons in embalming fluids
was recommended for passage.
The senate in executive session
confirmed all of Governor Hoch's re-
cent appointees except .one. The
exception was w. e. Blackburn, of
Anthony, appointed to be regent of
the state agricultural college. This
appointment had been referred to
the committee on education and edu-
cational institutions, of which Senat-
or Young is chairman. Senator
Young announced after the senate
had gone into executive session that
Senator NoftZger had asked the
committee not to report favorably
to the senate on the name of Black
burn. Noftzger made no statement
and the senate granted the request
for delay.
The senate today passed Senator
Smiths bill prohibiting the making
of exclusive contracts with Kansas
merchants. The bill will now be
considered by the house. 1t is de-
signed to prohibit trusts from bind
ing Kansas merchants to handle only
one brand of goods.
Among the senate bills introduced
was one by the Judiciary committee
which provides that If the price on
any article or commodity in general
use in the state remains the same
for three months 1t shall be prima
facie evidence of the existence OF
trust behind the commodity.
The house committee on taxation
and assessment has reported favor
ably the bill by Representative Da-
wilson. of Sedgwick, creating a state
tax commission. The commission
is to have offices in Topeka to per-
form the work that now devolves
upon the state board of railroad,
telegraph and telephone assessors,
and the state board of tax equaliza-
ton.
Topeka, kans., Jan. 20. - The
Wheeler-Simon bill to abolish capt.
tai punishment has passed the
house and senate and now only
awaits the governors signature to
become a law. The principal fea-
ture of the bill passing the senate
today was the adjustment OF the
death sentence by hanging. While
no governor he's ever signed the
death sentence in the past the pres
ent bill wipes / hat feature out
Senator Hoffman introduced bill
providing for the immediate regis
tration of all births and deaths
throughout the state. The measure
has the backing of physicians. 1t
provides for more systematic
handling of these statistics.
The senate took favorable action
on the income tax. A concurrent
resolution having that clause in it
was adopted. The resolution pro-
vides that the legislature shall pro-
vide for the taxation of all property
by a uniform rule. Power is speci-
fically given to tax persons and
corporations upon their gross in
some and to assess and tax the
franchises of all public service cor
porations. The proposition is to be
submitted to the general election of
1908.
The concurrent resolution by
Senator Martin of Bourbon received
favorable action. The measure pro-
vides that Justices of the Supreme
Court and of all courts of record
shall not hold any other office of
profit or trust under the authority
of the state or of the United States,
while holding the judicial position
before referred to-.
In the senate a bill was introduced
appropriating money to the Topeka
Industrial Institute by items as fol
lows, for 1908: Maintenance, $4,000;
equipment, $3.50; grass seed, s100;
girls dormitory, $1,000. For 1909:
Maintenance, $4,000; equipment,
$1,25O; grass seed, 500; agricultur-
al building for boys, $4,000.
In committee of the whole the
senate decided to pass over the Me-
mortal Day Dissertation bill. The
bill prohibits the giving of circuses,
cdTHlNdlS, nOTSS-TdClnS OF Dali games
on May 30. Some one objected to
the ball game feature and at that
moment Senator Noftzger asked
that the bill be passed over for the
present.
The house spent all the entire day
listening to bills on their third read
ing and passing them as rapidly as
they came up. The session yester-
day was one of the quietest during
the present session. There were nc
wcrdy fights. no bad parliamentary
breaks and no extraordinary bills
The following were passed:
BY Stone-An act to create a high.
way commission for the State OF
Kansas, and defining the duties
thereof
By Helmick = An act concerning
railroads, and amending section 81
of chapter 2S6 of the session laws Of
1901, the same being paragraph
6503 Of the general statutes of Kan
sas, 1905, and repeating said origin
al section.
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