Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-24
Kansas legislature
D0ingS of the Men i'm Topeka
Who are Making Our Laws

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to macadamize a road from the in
tersection of Roby avenue and Myr-
tie street in Argentine by the short
est route to the Shawnee town road.
Giving cities authority to bring suit
against corporations when they
make improper use of their fran
chises.
Senator Smith Prohibiting trusts
making exclusive contracts with
Kansas dealers.
Senator Stillings = Creating the
Office of state boiler inspector.
Senator Simons - That the prop
erty of mutual telephone companies
where their wires do not extend out
side of township shall be assessed
only by the township trustees.
Only few bills have been intro
duced in the house, because the
members are waiting for the appoint
ment of committees. There are only
los bills in the house at It's time,
and two years ago nearly so were
introduced the first week.
The appropriation bill for the
state university was introduced by
Mr.. Mitchell, of Douglas. 1t pro-
vides that the money for the ex-
penses of the institution shall be
paid on vouchers signed by the re-
gents. The regents are also to be
allowed to draw $1,000 or whatever
sum may be necessary at the begin
ming of each month to be used in
paying incidental expenses.
There was little business of i'm
afn ID h.
during the day, because there were
no committees until late in the af-
ternoon. There were number of
bills introduced and only few of
these were unusual in their pro-
visions.
A bill prepared by P. H. Coney,
commander of the Kansas depart
ment of the G. A. R.. introduced in
the house by Mr.. Leland, carried an
appropriation of $4,000 to be ex-
pended on vouchers signed by the
commander and for the purpose of
making Sroper display of the
relics of the wars in which Kansas
soldiers have participated.
Other bills introduced were:
By Stone = Authorizing the state
agricultural college to deputize
good roads commissioners to give
demonstrations in counties where
such demonstrations are demanded
by the county commissioners; that
a judge after sentencing a prisoner
may suspend the sentence and place
the person convicted under parole
By Rochester Conductors on
street cars to see that the crossing
of railway tracks is clear before al
lowing the car to proceed on to the
crossing; another making it mis-
demeanor for any person to falsify
the wording of any union card or
other recommendation of the bearer
Representative ingalls, That
boards of education in first-class
cities may purchase school books to
be furnished to the children of the
INDECENT poor.
Representative DISTANT - For an
appropriation of $1,000 to be expend
ed under the direction of the regents
of the state agricultural college fol
the purpose of discovering a practi
cal method of destroying the weed
commonly known as the "binG
weed,' of which there are thous
ands of acres in Ellis county.
| By O'Shant-Thirty thousand dol
lars for each of the next fiscal years
and an emergency appropriation O.
$4,000 for a barn to be erected i'm
mediately for the Hays City expert
mental station.
Hutcheson - Making an appropria
ton of $4,000 for the improvement
of Soldier creek through the grounds
of the Boys Industrial home at To
peka.
By Potts-To lower the legal ratt
of interest from 10 to per cent.
Topeka, kans., Jan. 16. - In tht
house today Representative Creecl
introduced a bill exempting mort
cages from taxation, but providing
registration fee of so cents for eacl
500 of the mortgage
Other bills introduced in thu
house were:
By Montee Making TOWNSHIP
trustees public road commissioner
and providing that road overseer
shall be paid in cash for labor per
formed
Leydig = Prohibiting undertaken
and embalmers from using any EN-
balming fluid which contains an,
vegetable or mineral poison. Viola
ton of the provisions of the meas
ure will be punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment
Mitchell = Providing for a tax OF
inheritances of property passing b,
the interstate laws from any person
dying possessed of the propert.
while resident of the state. Tn
provisions of the measure are to ar
ply where the property passes t
husband, wife, lineal issue or Inca
ancestor Of decedent or to a corpC
ration organized solely for religious
charitable or educational purposes
The rates of the tax are classifie
progressively according to the siz
of the inheritance. On inheritance
under $4,000 the tax varies from
to per cent on the clear value O
the property. On those in exces
of $4,000 and r7der $4,000 varie
from IL to 8 per cent The tax i
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Sheep Raising in Kansas Pays. =
j. c. Taylor of Douglas, who MAJ
keted carload of ewes, the Gull
from 1920, in Kansas City, at S5.1t
thinks sheep raising in Kansas is
paying industry. 81 have handle
sheep in Butler county for owe
: twenty years, and never lost a Ger
! on them up to the present time,
said Mr.. Taylor. "Of course. 1 d
: not depend upon sheep alone, as W
, have climate and a soil that ar
good for great many things b,
: sides sheep feeding. We raise a
falfa and corn, and good wheat.
} Hose Too Much For Him..
, Clark, of Olathe, convicted of higl
XaY robbery reSiStad tho aftorn