The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-01
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house this morning with little or no OPP
position. They were as follows:
No. s0-Providing that no rebate
shall be paid to those who pay all their
taxes prior to December 20.
No. 156-Providing for the burial at
public expense of wives and widows of
ex-union soldiers
No. 206-Fixing terms of district court
| in Thirty-1rst district
No. 112-Authorizing cities of the sec
ond and third classes to combine the
offices of town marshal and street COM
missioner.
House Adjourns Till Monday
At noon today the house decided to
adjourn until Monday afternoon at two
O'Clock. This is the first time that the
house has followed the lead of the SEN
ate in the matter of two-day adjourn
ments and it was opposed vigorously
by good many of the members. The
motion was favored, however, by most
OF the minority, and the minority has
just about enough votes to hold the
balance of power.
Found Oversight in Antipass Bill.
Quite commotion was started this
morning over the anti-pass bill on ac-
count or an oversight of the author
and the members of the house while
discussing it. The bill says that care
takers of stock, poultry and fruit shall
have passes while accompanying stock,
therefrom.'
This provision will work a great hard
snip on the stockmen and the authors
of the bill did not intend to do this.
According to the present terms of the
bill man who ships a car of stock
from his home to his pasture lands in
another part of the state or is taking
feeders or stockers from the stock yards
or from pastures to his farm he will
have to pay fare if he accompanies his
stock. This is a manifest discrimination
against more men than it was intended
as the stockmen claim that many men
ship cattle to pastures and return that
do not ship stock to the markets and
these men would not be allowed to have
passes.
The stockmen did not discover this
feature of the bill until this morning
and they immediately began work.
There were only a few stockmen
around the state house today except
members of the legislature, but all
turned in and worked like Trojans to
have the bill changed. Robert Stone,
the author of the bill, said at noon
that when the bill came up on its
third reading and final passage he
would ask unanimous consent to have
the bill amended to have this section
read "caretakers of stock, poultry and
fruit accompanying the same to desti-
nation and returning therefrom." If
amendment the bill will be changed in
the senate and sent back to the house.
Pass Bill Must wait.
Another effort was made this morn
Ing to put the anti-pass bill on third
reading and final passage. The mo-
tion received rs votes and there were
43 against, the motion being lost be-
cause it did not receive a two-thirds
vote. Ees .
More Land for School.
AS counter move against the var
ious schemes for moving the State In
r-k- ~ Il
Hutchinson of Shawnee county intro
duced a-resolution in the house this /!
morning instructing the attorney gem
era1 to prepare an opinion and inform |
the legislature If 1t wouid-not be possi- |
BILE for the state to exercise the right |
of eminent domain to secure the addi- |
tional lands about the school. The reso-
luton follows:
Whereas, An. effort is being made
toward the removal of the Boys Indus |
trial school from its present location to
the central or western portions of the |
state and one of the principal reasons |
urged therefor is athat it is necessary to |
have more land in connection with the |
institution and that the owners of land |
desired for suchapurposes are not will
ing to sell the same at reasonable |
prices. IS
And, whereas, 1t is believed by many |
that. the state has power under existing
such purposes by condemnation pro-
ceedings;
Therefore be !, it resolved, That the
general be and he is hereby |
requested to give to the house of repre-
an opinion as to whether
the state may not by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain, condemn
and acquire any land or real estate
needed in connection with said indus
trial school. And that if it be the opin-
ion of the attorney general that the
state has not power under existing laws
to acquire such land under condemna-
ton proceedings he be requested to
prepare and furnish bill to be intro
duced in the legislature at the earliest
possible date to enlarge or modify the
law in such way as to enable the
state to acquire such land by con-
demnation proceedings as may be need
ed in connection: with the said Boys
stitutions."
New House Bills.
The following. new bills were intro
1uced in the house this morning:
No. 45S.-By Mitchell: An act to
amend sections iii and 1929 of the
general statutes of the state of Kan
;as of 1901 relating to taxes in cities
IF the third class and authorizing
cities of the third class to prohibit
certain things and section 1927 OF
he general statutes of 1901 as amend
ID by chapter .124. session laws of
Kansas of 1905 relating to license
axes in cities of the third class, and
'epealing said sections I'LL and 1929
general statutes of 1901 and chapters
"a and 125 session laws of 1905.
No. 459.-By Ways and Means Com.
An act making appropriation for the
,fficial state paper and for publishing
proposed amendments to the state
constitution.
No 46O.-By Peters: An act to
.hange the names of Lloyd Butler to
Lloyd Sweany and the name of Theo-