The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
IN THE SENATE.
Stone Antipass Bill Makes Its
Appearance.
At Once Referred to Committee
on Railroads.
BILLS ARE PASSED.
Senator lOung's School Taxa
tion Plan Adopted.
Veterans Preference Measure Is
Also Passed.


taken UP for consideration in the senate
this morning, and this was the only
business Of importance that the sena-
tors considered during the morning ses-
sion, the first bill to be placed on the
order of final passage was the one in
troduced by Senator Young authoriz-
ing the county commissioners OF each
county to levy a tax each year OF not
on all the taxable property in the coun-
ty for the support Of the common
schools.
On the discussion of this bill in the
committee of the whole yesterday sf-
ternoon Senator Getty secured an
amendment to IL exempting Wysndotte
county from its provisions Sena tor
Young moved that this amendment be
stricken from the bill. This motion
prevailed and the bill was passed by a
vote of g. to >
Other bills passed were.
By Senator Quincy-Permitting the
Inhabitants of two or more school dis
tablishing a high school for those dis
tricts and providing for the establish
mert of such schools IL a majority OF
the inhabitants vote for the PROPOSE
tion-
BY Senator Porter OF Crawford
Giving the state mine inspector two
additional deputy mine inspectors ana
clerk and permitting the mine in
spector to transfer his deputies from
one point in the state to another
BY Senator Caldw dweiI-PIacing the
specific power the county commits
sioners for the maintenance of q Ger
tain road in Cloud county.
BY Senator Waggener-Prohibiting
muTderers or their accompIices from
participating in the estates Of their
victims
BY Mr.. Potts-GivinE veterans pre-
ference over all others in the matter
| OF appointment to all public offices
and places on public works in the
state. cities, counties and towns
IrlrNe A - 4r-~
townships to hold special elections for
the purpose of having the voters pass
on the question of erecting buildings
for township purposes
BY Mr. Observation-Disclosures the
board of county commissioners of any
county in which an agricultural ex-
/ PerimeutaI station has been or shall
hereafter be located by the board OF
regents OF the State Agricultural col
1 lege to purchase a tract or land for
| such station and to levy a tax for the
payment of the same. The bill was
| amended on motion of Senator DolIey
SO as to permit the payment of $50 an
acre for such land. The original 1g-
ure in the bill was $15 per acre.
By Mr.. Brown-Relsting TO the re-
cording of land patents and the charg-
ing of fees for fling them.
BY Senator BIaker-Makfng it mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine or impriS-
onment or both for any person to in
jure or muti1ate a dyke, dam. Ievee or
another person.
BY Mr. TayIor-Authorizing Osborne
county to use certain surplus moneys
now in it's county treasury for the pur-
pose OF erecting a new court house at
a cost not to exceed $4,000
BY Senator Getty-Provfding a new
system for selecting petit jurors in
counties having a population Of over
loo. 600. Under present conditions this
proposed law will only apply to Wya1-
iotte county. 1t is modelled after lhe
Missouri law on this subject and Sen
ator Getty says it viii save Wyandotts
county SIS a day in the matter Of pay
ing for the services Of jurors.
Senator Simons' bill providing for
a probate judge pro tenn to serve in
probate courts when the regular pro-
bate Judge is unable TO attend 10 his
duties either through illness or alb
sence from the county was on the
order OF third reading A number Of
amendments TO the original bill. which
seek to make It more effecJive. were
presented by Senator Simons anu
adopted It was decided 10 have the
bill reprinted as amended before nnal
action is taken on IL and the final con-
sideratiou Of the measure was post
poned accordingly
The Stone antipass bill. as it passed
the house yesterday, was on the cal
endar under the order OF second read
ing and IL was referred by the Ifeuten-
ROADS. This committee has already re-
ported favorably as a substitute to the
anripass bill introduced by Senator
Robertson. an antipass measure which
is identical with Lhe stone bill as tE
orfs f4aIIy stood before several amend
ments were inserted in it by the house
1t is doubtful If the Stone bill will go
through the senate in the same form
as it passed the house The railroad
committee will doubtless have several
amendments TO suggest to 1t re-
rard- particularly. the provisions
relating to the issuance Of passes TO
employees and their families And on
the floor of the senate, when the
measure comes up for consideration
tehre will likely oe strong efforts to
have the bars let down in NAM par
ticuI2E1s
A number OF petitions urging tns
passage of rwo-cent fare, antipass and
seuted by a number Of senator's who
had received them from their constitu-
ents There were also several petit
tions presented fayoring the creation
of a state dairy commissioners de-
partment-
On the completion Of the third
reading calendar Senator Waggener
that he had just received
word that Senator Benson's father had
died Yesterday afternoon. He moved
tFlat the senate adjourn as a mark Of
respect until z.30 o'clock this after
noon. The motion prevailed.
Weather Indications.
Chicago. Feb Forecast for kan
sas. Fair tonight and Friday rising