Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-03-07

fine penalty is provided for any vio-
lation of the act
Making it unlawful for any state.
county, city, township or school
treasurer, their clerks or deputies,
to purchase scrip or warrants, ac-
counts, claims or other evidence of
Indebtedness against the various
branches of city, county and state
government for any sum less than
full par value expressed on the face
thereof.
Ham-Compelling the railroads TO
erect and maintain crossings and
gates over and along their right-of-
way for the use of the owners of
lands through which such roads
pass.
Mitchell - Providing for the con-
tinuance of the geological survey of
the state. This bill provides that
the chancellor of the University of
Kansas shall act as ex-officio direc-
tor of the survey and shall have SUI
pervision of the same. The imme-
diate work of the survey is to be
directed by state geologist, who
shall be appointed by the chancel-
lor. A complete survey of the
state, giving special attention to
any and all natural products of
economic importance, to determine
the character. location and amount
of such products is provided for in
the measure.
The senate this afternoon passed
the bills fixing maximum freight
rate on coal and reducing passenger
fares on railroads. The coal bill
passed by a vote of % to IS and the
reduced fare bill by vote of "a to
G. The reduced fare bill is the
Noftzger substitute for the fiat 2
cent a mile bill introduced by Sena
tor Brewer. The Noftzger bill pro-
vides that persons who buy 1000
mile tickets, interchangeable on all
railroads, shall pay at the rate of I
J cents a mile. providing the tickets
are used within eighteen months af
ter the time of their purchase.
The conference report made to
day on the state grain inspection
bill was concurred in by the house
and the bill will go to the governor
today for his signature. The vote
on the report stood S4 to IA. There
are many members of the house
who are not exactly pleased with
some of the amendments, but out Of
a fear that should they reject il
there would be no bill at all passed
they decided to give in. State Grair
Inspector Radford did practically al
of the lobbying for the bill.
The house passed the bill regu
lating the rates to be charged by
the sleeping car companies operat
ing cars in the state. The schedule
of rates provided in the bill follows
Seat fare for trip not exceeding
100 miles, % cents; for trip more
than 100 miles and not exceeding
zoo miles, so cents; trips of 200 OF
400 miles, rs cents; for lower berth.
not exceeding $50 mics, IS cents
for distance of $50 to 300 miles
S1.25; from 800 to 400 miles, $i.5(
The penalty fixed for a violation o
the act is fine of not less thai
500 or more than $1,000, with ;
Jail sentence of not less than thirt!
days or more than six months. i
is provided also that a sleeping ca
company shall not furnish accommo
dations for an intoxicated person o.
anyone in a filthy or diseased con
dition.
Should Representative Archer;
bill, which was passed today OF
third reading by the house, become
law the landlords and landladie!
of the state can justly offer III
thanks to the members of the pres
ent legislature. Under its pro
visions any person who shall Obtain
board or lodging in any hotel O.
boarding house by means of trick
or Misrepresentation shall be, upoI
conviction, found guilty of a misde
meanor and fined in any sum not ex
ceeding 500 and a Jail sentence no
to exceed six months, or both.
The bill of Representative Ed
wards providing for the annual re
ports of public stock yards corpora
lions doing business within tn,
state, passed by the house on thir'
reading this morning, provides tina
every public stock yards operate
shall annually on or before the frs
day of March each year file witt
! the secretary Ol Sldle SWOTH llSIH
lied statement showing the total re
ceipts and shipments of all liv
stock, giving number of head am
number of cars, gross income
source thereof, gross expenditures
net profits. amount of dividend
paid and the amount of capitalize
ten.
Topeka, Kansas, March /, 1907
The senate today reconsidered tn
vote by which it passed Senate
Stewards bill yesterday for til
, separation of the races in tn