Free press., 1907-01-19

Our LaW-bTakerS at Topeka Wrestling With
fhe HeEghfy Problems Assigned Them.

:, )Y1QSS Tor the e1ecl1On Oh naIL u
the members of the state senate at
alternate general sctions.
Mr.. .Reynard, = -anklin, has in
troduced an ans:-BoC- room bill in
the house. The bill :crovides a PEN
atty of $1,000 fo r-:nning a place in
y >ich bets are ma < on horse races. /
Topeka, Kan. Jar. Il = Senator
Porter today offer35 resolution en-
bodying a propositio- for a conven- !
tion to revise the c~-stitution to be
voted on at the -X: general cleo
ton
Representative x 2y offered a
resolution IN tie c-ze ame-ding
tie constitutional re isioa fixing
the salaries of -5c-S of the legis-
iature It pro~.Ee- that the mem
bers shall rccc'-e Sc day aid IS
cents a mile +cr travelling expenses.
Representative Jefries a resolution
eXempting from taxation all prop
erty used exclusively for public pur-
poses.
Mr.. Bergman of Clark a resolu-
tion to amend the constitution so
that members of the state senate
shall be elected half at one general
election and half at the next.
Davis of Bourbon a resolution re-
ouesting congress to call a conven-
tion for the purpose of considering
amendments TO the constitution of
the United States. looking to the
election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people.
Representative Stone introduced a
bill, unIer the direction of Attorney
General Coleman. expected to make
it easier to obtain evidence OF viola
tion of liquor laws. providing no per
son shall be excused from testifying
before any court cf record in the
state
REPRESENTATIVE Hendricks intro
duced for the benefit cc the counties
where the records hare been de-
stroyed or lost a bill providing that
the secretary of the state historical
society may fur2.isn such records
from the newspap IS on file in lis
office and that they shall be accept
ed by the courts as official records
from that county
One of the most stringent meas
ures yet offered was introduced IN
the house providing for the taxation
of MOI tgages today by Representa-
tive Gesner and provides: "The
assessors of the state of Kansas
shall place their seal on all notes.
mortgages and interest drawing
mercantile papers and keep a record
of the same. All notes. mortgages
and interest bearing mercantile pa
per not stamped shall be null and
void"
A Square DEAL measure by Dav-
idson of Sedgwick to abolish the
present state tax commission and
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sion composed of three members to
be appointed by the governor, to
have authority over the administra-
ton of all tax laws and Jurisdiction
over all county assessors.
Mr. Bird introduced q bill in the
house requiring grocers, druggists
and other retail dealers who handle
gasoline to keep it in a red en- or
other receptacle painted red.
Dr. Mayhem offered bill provid-
ing that the fare for tie transporta-
tion of corpses shall not exceed two
and one-half cents a mile, and that
corpses OF persons who have died of
contagious diseases shall not be
transported unless properly en-
balmed and encased in caskets
made especially for such cases.
Senator Blaker introduced a bill
which provides that old soldiers
shall b. ven preference for ap-
pointive rc3it, ms under the forms
of government N the state and that
their Gge a. physical disability
shall not be a Tar
An emergenCY measure was intro
duced in the senate by Griffin for
| the benefit of the penitentiary. The
! Missouri river is encroaching on the
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wells which supply the penitentiary
with water. The bill provides for
an appropriation for rip-rapping the
| bank.
Under the provisions of measure
introduced by Senator Noftzger,
widows and orphans of soldiers of
i the civil war are to be admitted to
! the Mother Bickerdyke home where
! they have no means of support
The bill, introduced in the senate
| by Noftzger, provides tat ail tele-
phone lines within tfa state shall be
| declared common ca-:icrs and plac-
ed under the juris :iction OF the
board of railroad commissioners,
and that where two companies have
centrals or exchanges in the same
city. each must give the other COM
pany connection with its telephones.
Topeka. Kan, Jan u. = Of the
/! bills introduced today the only one
4. of general Importance was present
! ed by Senator Tucker 1t is an ad-
ditiona1 antitrust and = monopoly
: statute TO the present ones of the
state
1t provides that every person or
| CORPORATION who shall attempt to
monopolize or combine with any
other person or corporation any
part of the trade or commerce of the
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New Rate is Effective.
Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 12.-The Uni
ted States attorneys Office at Guth
RE has received from the secretary
OF agriculture a letter relating tc
the pure food and drug act, which
contains the following: In reply tC
your letter of December 81, 1906
you are advised that all foods and
drugs sold within the territory or
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