Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-20
Kansas Legislature
DoiHgs of the EEen in Topeka
Who are Makjng Our Laws


sage the bill introduced by Senator
Stewart, which makes an appro-
/ priation of $4,000 to be expended
! by the state agricultural college in
] purcasing seed wheat for Kansas
farmers The fund is to be so man
| aged that it will be kept intact, the
! farmers paying for such seed wheat
! as they need.
The house elections committee
| has decided both of the contests
over seats in that body in favor of
| the Democrats who hold the certifi-
! Gates of election The cases were
those of E. J. Guilbert of Logan
county against ]. s. Price, the
Democrat who was elected by a
small majority. Guilbert failed to
deposit his bond for $500 to cover
the costs of the contest in accord
ance with the resolution adopted by
the house. and the seat went to
Price by default
In the case of w. H. Bryant
against Representative ]. H. Sherer
of Kiowa county, the committee
heard the contest and held for Sher-
er.
TIE senate passed Senator
Young's bill providing for a 8 mill
levy on all property of the state for
school purposes. Before the bill
was passed Senator Getty succeed
ed in having Wyandotte county ex-
empted from its provisions. This
Young. The Getty motion carried
fby vote of ~ to 8.
After several hours of wrangling.
during which the bill was many
times amended over the protest of
it's author and his coterie of adher-
ents, the Stubs primary election
bill went to the foot of the calendar
tonight without recommendation by
the committee of the whole. The
bill has. been before the committee
two afternoons of the week, and un-
less the house takes some action to-
morrow morning to raise it from
the place which it now has, it will
Not be again considered for a week.
Senator Stillings introduced a bill
prohibiting the formation of insur-
ance pools. His bill is very string
ent and it's enforcement is vested
in the district courts.
The senate today. passed the
Smith antitrust bill.
The anti-pass bill passed the
house today with only twenty-one
votes against it,
Topeka, kans., Feb. 1.-THE SEN
ate today passed the concurrent re-
solution introduced by Senator
, Smith which provided for a consti-
tutional amendment for the taxation
of the incomes of public service cor
porations as follows:
| The legislature shall provide for
| the taxation of all property by a
uniform rule; provided that the leg
| islature may, in it's discretion, ex-
empt certain classes of property,
and may assess intangible property
| in a different manner from real and
tangible personal property. The leg
| islature may provide for the taxa
/ ton of common carriers, telegraph
and telephone companies, provided
such tax shall not be in addition to
tax on their tangible property or
! capital stock.
This proposition shall be submit
ted to the electors of the state at
the general election of representa-
tives in the year 1908 for their ap-
proval or rejection.
Senator Fred H. Quincy's bill au.
thorizing school districts to com.
bine for the operation of graded
schools passed the senate today
The bill provides that whenever the
inhabitants of two or more school
districts wish to unite for the pur.
pose of establishing a graded school
in which instruction shall be given
in the highest branches Of education
the clerks of the several districts
shall upon written application OF
five voters of the respective dis
tricts. call a meeting of the voters
of such districts at some convenient
place by posting up written notices
as provided for calling district meet
ings, and if a majority of the votes
cast in each of the two or more dis
tricts shall be to unite for the pur
pose stated, they shall at that meet
ing or at an adjourned meeting elect
a board of directors consisting of 9
director. a clerk and a treasurer.
The house in committee of the
whole this afternoon recommended
for passage the bill by the commit
tee on assessment and taxation pro
viding for the creation of state
tax commission to succeed the state
board of equalization and the state
board of railway assessors. The
only fight over the bill was on the
question of whether the three mem
bers of the commission should bs
appointed by the governor or elect
ed by the people. Representative
Ninehart. of Usage, Democrat
wanted the members elected. H,
offered an amendmnt changing tn,
bill in this respect and he was sup
: ported by Mr.. Cunningham, of Cow
? ley. The amendment was defeate,
l by party vote.
One of the most important bill.
recommended by the stockmen o
: Kansas was passed by the house to
i ruary 1 there was 1875 ,999 pound
: of manufactured Irvine in the store
I houses and it is estimated that