Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Kansas Legislature
00fngs OF the Men in Topeka
who are Making Our Laws
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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 it shall be prima
facie evidence of the existence of a
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. 90. - 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 has ever signed the
death sentence in the past the pres
ent bill wipes that feature out.
Senator Hoffman introduced a bill
providing for the immediate regis
tration of all births and deaths
throughout the state The measure
has the backing of physicians. Il
provides for more systematic
handling of these statistics.
The senate took favorable actor
on the income tax. A concurrent
resolution having that clause in il
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
ficaily given to tax persons anG
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 bill was introduced
; appropriating money to the Topeka
t Industrial Institute by items as fol
lows, for 1908: Maintenance, $4,000;
equipment, $1.250; grass seed, 500;
girls dormitory, $1,000. For 1909
Maintenance, $4,000; equipment
, $3.50; grass seed, 500; agricultur
r al building for boys, $4,000.
{ In committee of the whole thu
senate decided to pass over the Me
: mortal Day Dissertation bill. The
, bill prohibits the giving of circuses
5 carnivals, horse-racing or ball game:
: on May 80. Some one objected t.
: the ball game feature and at tina
moment Senator Noftzger asked
= that the bill be passed over for tn,
3 present.
: The house spent all the entire da,
2 listening to bills on their third read
ing and passing them as rapidly a,
4 they came up. The session yester
!. day was one of the quietest durins
= the present session. There were M
3 wordy fights. no bad parliamentar!
: breaks and no extraordinary bills
The following were passed:
D By Stone-An act to create a high
: way commission for the State o
Kansas, and defining the dutie.
2 thereof
e By Helmick An act concernin.
4 railroads, and amending section g.
r of chapter 2S6 Of the session laws O
t 1901, the same being paragraph
e 65OS of the general statutes of Kan
i sas, 1905. and repeating said origin
d al section
: By Kinnison-An act to authoriz,
:. the board of county commissioner
D OF any county in which an agricul
tural experimental station has beer
t or shall hereafter be located by tn,
t Board of Regents Of the State Agri