The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

Noftzger amendment providing fol
500 mile mileage books at $40. The
vote was 81 to II.
The conference report on the
judicial and executive appropriation
bill was read to the senate and house
this afternoon. BY a vote of 80 to Q
the report was adopted by the senate
The house adopted it 81 to o.
| 1t was agreed by the conference
committee that the contingent fund
for the board of railroad commission
ers shall be $4,000. and for the attor-
ney for the board $4,000. This was a
| compromise on the position of the
| senate and house.
| The lieutenant governor was allow
ed an annual salary of $500 which is
the same paid at present. The attor-
| ney general was given a contingent
fund of $4,000.
| In the amendments affecting the
state historical society, and the Wyan-
dotte county judges and stenographers
the senate receded from its amend
mentS, because these amendments
We're found to conflict with the law
| This passes the bill.
About 80 members were in their
places when the house convened today.
indicating that the sergeant-at-arrns
and his assistants broke the Sabbath in
their efforts to secure a quorum.
Cyrus Leland moved as soon as the
house was called to order that IT now
concur in the senate amendments to the
executive and judicial appropriations
and asked that a conference committee
be appointed. 1t is hoped that the report
OF the conference committee which con-
sists of Leland. Skinner and Pomeroy
on the part of the house and Miller and
Fitzpatrick for the senate will be able
to adjust the differences between the
two branches of the legislature so that
a sine die adjournment may be taken
at IL o'clock tonight, the time set by the
latest concurrent resolution
On the miscellaneous and claims and
accounts appropriation conference com
mittee Speaker Simmons named Ro-
chester, Davidson and President Fitz-
gerald named Senators Noftzger and
Fulton. By consent of the house they
will consider both the house and senate
bills.
The house spent the early morning
hours discussing the senate miscellan-
eous appropriation bill which contains
15 items. OF these less than dozen
were passed, the remainder being refer
red to the conference committee which
in conjunction with similar commit
tee from the senate Will prepare a bill
which it is hoped will meet the approval
of both branches of the legislature
An error has been discovered in the
printed copies of the tax bin which had
the bill become a law as printed would
have been hard for the members of the
legislature to explain. In the first sec
ton of the printed bill these words were
found to appear under definition of
what the term personal property
should include; Except notes. bonds,
and other evidences of Indebtedness
This provision was originally in the
Waggener tax bill, and was elaborated
further on in section 16 of the bill. Sec
ton 16 was stricken out but the print
ed copy showed that section l had not
been amended to correspond.
There was a lot of excitement when
the error was discovered, for it would
have meant that all notes, bonds mort
cages etc. held by banks would have
been exempt from taxation. An exam
nation was made of the original bills
upon which the conference committee
worked, and it was discovered that
through error, the amendment in sec
ton 1 had not been made by the COM
mittee The bill has been corrected, and
the offending provision stricken out. |
This is the second serious mistake
which has been discovered in the bill
just in time to save the bill from being
signed. Governor Hoch had better hold
this bill until the last minute. There |
may be other bad breaks.
The house has ordered 5000 copies of |
the bill printed and the secretary of |
state will send ten copies to each mem |
Der.
The first roll call of the day in the |
house was on the passage of several |
items in the miscellaneous appropria- |
ton bill which were allowed by the |
house and showed but 81 members |
voting though this does not indicate |
the number Of members In the city, as
many of them were out on committees |
and others did not answer when tn cir |
names were called.
An attempt was made about II !
O'Clock to call up the two cent fare
call of the house Saturday evening, |
but this was defeated by the friends
Of the bill who feared that there
might not be enough votes to pass the
bill. They feel that the bill will be
passed this afternoon but feared that if |
a deadlock should occur again that it
would be necessary to send to the ex-
treme ends of the state for members |
who have gone home and that the
house would not be able to adjourn
until the latter part of the week.
One reason for this feeling was the
fact that numerous caucusses were
held by the Democrats and the report
spread that they had agreed to oppose
the bill. There are about thirty of
tn EN- present and should they unani-
If it could secure the majority requir-
ed by the constitution.
The scare is sgroundless as several of
the mem bers have said that they will
vote for the bill regardless of the re-
suit of a caucus and it is not likely
bill and it is within reason that they
will lend their unanimous aid to the
of the bill though it is regard
ed as failure by the individuals
Most of them feel that
while it is a poor excuse for a two cent