The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-15

ably passed, Dut Wnen III was TAXED
up Senator Dolley offered as an
amendment that the appropriation
be raised to $4,000 and that an auto
mobile be purchased instead of
horses and carriages, and that $1,000
be appropriated for maintenance
The senate refused to stand for the
executive "honk honk."
Topeka, kans., March 7. - Gov.
IIoch late this afternoon submitted
the names of 8. c. drummer, chair
man of the Republican state central
committee and at present secretary
to the governor; James A. Humph-
rey, Of Junction City, and S. 7.
Howe, of Topeka, as members of the
state board of tax commissioners, to
the senate for confirmation. All
three were confirmed without oppo-
sition, and will assume the duties Of
their new positions at once.
Before galleries packed with boy
and girl lobbyists, the senate this
ing it a misdemeanor for any stu
dent in the high schools of the state
to belong to a fraternity society. The
vote on the final passage of the bill
was q for to against.
The house made general clean
ing its last hours. Bills of minor
Importance were rushed through as
fast as the clerk could read them,
more than half hundred being
passed. One of the most important
measures passed was that relating
known as the "A. p" bill, prohibit
ing the exclusive sale of news by
any association in which service is
supplied by telegraph or telephone.
1t is senate bill and in passing it
the house amended by striking out
the words daily paper" making it
possible for weekly papers to secure
The news service, as well as the
dailies.
Senator Huffman's bill providing
for the joint investigation by the
federal government of the water re-.
sources of the state to determine
their sanitary condition and useful
less, was passed.
Representative Jeffries' bill COM
polling railroads to equip certain
trains with electric headlights and
providing for penalty for the vio-
lation of the act, was also passed.
One of the last bills to be passed
by the house was that of Represen-
tative Mitchell, providing for tax
on all gifts, inheritance requests and
legacies.
The senate reconsidered it's action
on the bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the Seattle exposition this morning
and passed it.
The senate passed. by vote of "a
to 0 the Pomeroy concurrent resolu-
ton, providing for an amendment to
the constitution fixing the pay of
members of the legislature at $500
for a regular session and 500 for
special session, with no limit on the
length of the session. The mileage
is made at TIE rate of cents.
Representative Stones bill, limit
ing the number of hours that train
men shall work per day, was passed
by the senate with slight amend
ments. The house will doubtless
concur in the senate amendments.
The bill provides that it shall be
unlawful for any railroad to require
or permit conductors. engineers.
firemen, brakemen, train dispatchers
and telegraph operators to work
more than sixteen consecutive
hours, and that such employees shall
not resume the performance of their
duties until they shall have had
eight hours rest.
Pawnshop keepers and all classes
Of short time loan sharks were
dealt hard blow by the senate to-
day when the bill fixing the maxi
mum amount OF interest, commits
sions or brokerage charges at 2 per
cent a month was passed without
opposition. The penalty for a VIC