Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-02-14
Senator Brewer Was
Presiding in Senate.

for Wyandotte county, ana Jonn Mar.
shall assistant attorney general for
Cowley county. The senate bills were
introduced by slmons and the house
bills by Ham Of Rocks.
W. Y. Morgan, on behalf Of the
house railroad committee introduced
a bill fixing maximum freight rates
On grain and grain products. The Dill
is similar to the measure introduced
in the senate on this subject.
After several hours Of wranglins'
during which the bill was many times
amended over the protest Of Its author
and his adherents, the Stubbs primary
election bill went to the foot OF the
calendar without recommendation by
the committee Of the whole.
Topeka, Feb. 8.-The senate passed
Senator WAggener's bill denying to
any person who shall kill or conspire
to kill another person the right to
inherit the property Of the murdered
person.
The Potts house bill, giving old
soldiers and old sailors preference In
state employment passed the senate
Thursday morning. The bill will now
become a law with the signature OF
the governor.
The stannard bill prohibiting adul-
iteration Of stock foods, creating q
board Of inspection at the state agri'
cultural college and requiring mani
facturers Of stock foods to keep the
standard up to the sample kept at
the college was passed without dis
senting vote by the house Thursday
| morning.
Senator Hodges bill permitting
majority Of township voters to order
the erection of township buildings has
passed the senate.
Topeka, Feb, l2.--In the appropria-
tions Monday 100000 were appro-
priated for educational purposes The
money is divided approximately as fol-
lows for 1908; Agricultural college
s2965OO; state university, $S67'4l4;
experiment station, $4,000! normal
schools, $275,000.
Another string Of local bills were
loaded into the house omnibus Mon'
dav afternoon and carted through the
third reading and roll call process
necessary for the bills to be made In
to laws Of Kansas Forty bills were
read in concert by as many persons
and all passed on one motion.
No bills are to be introduced In
either the house or the senate aftel
Friday Of this week II the concurrent
resolution introduced in the house Is
adopted by both the house and the
senate.
The resolution introduced In the
senate by Senator Gilbert and adopted
BY the body was adopted by the house
Monday noon. The resolution In
struct, the senator's and representa-
uyes from Kansas in Congress 70
work for the appropriation to improve
the Mississippi, Missouri and KaW
rivers SO that navigation may De car
ried on successfully.
Topeka, FeH ex-senator Wasgenel
introduced a resubmission concurrent
resolution in the senate Friday morn
ing The resolution to become effective
must pass the senate and house Dy
a twothirds vote and then be submio
I ted to the people at the next general
election. The resolution provides tna'
cities of 5000 inhabitants or mort
may have local option.
A. G. Mitchell, Of Douglas county
has a bill requiring that all jails II
counties and in cities Of the first clasi
: must be constructed Of .nreproof ma
terials and that the cells must not D.
lass than seven feet wide. The bill
requires that special attention shal
4 be given to sanitation. light and ven
tIlation in building jails and that a.
floors must be Of cement
e Tha house devoted its attention FIJI
r day morning 70 the consideration Q
local bills on the calendar under thiA
reading and 70 the Davidson tax bill
The tax bin was amended as planne'
y IN the house committee OF the who'll
and was passed.
0 J. A. Jeffres Of Sumner county In
b troduced q bill IN the house which n
, ouires that ali passenger trains o.
}. Grated in the state shall have eiecui
! headlights on the engines aftsr Jan1