The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-23

Incidentals and ink ............... s,0Gt
Printing and binding material. As .00C
A deficiency appropriation for 1907
amounting to Sc. 600, is asked for for la
Dor and incidentals. The bill appropri-
ateS for new equipment for the
bindery, SO, TO; for composing and ster-
eotyping rooms $13,1o7, and for the
press room $1,000.
The bill gives the state printer auth
GRITTY to purchase typesetting machines
for the composing rooms.
To Elect County Auditors.
bill requiring county auditors in
counties having $4,000 population to be
elected the same as other county of
county. commissioners was Introduced
today by John 1. Saunders of Sedg-
wick county.
-9f sr Want a State Bug Hunter.
I7 The horticulturists of the state are
asking for a law providing for the
creation of a state chronological COM
mission for the purpose of investigat-
ing and suppressing insect pests and
contagious plant diseases. The bill
providing for such commission was
introduced in the house today by Rep
resentative J. H. Ransom of Franklin
county. The commission is to consist
of the secretary of the state board of
agriculture. the secretary of the state
board of horticulture and a third
member to be appointed by the gov
ernor from among the nurserymen of
the state. The professor of entomol-
ogy at the state university and at the
state agricultural college are appoint
ed state entomologists, and when the
state commission finds a case of dis
ease in any orchard, the state ento-
mologist may be called upon to treat
the disease, and present his bill to the
owner of the land
Fire Marshal BILL
A. c. Musey of Sedgwick this morn
ing introduced bill providing for the
creation of the office of state fire mar
shall. This is the bill favored by the
state insurance department The state
fire marshal is to be appointed by the
governor, and will receive a salary of
$4,000. He appoints an assistant fire
marshal at a salary of $1,000 and a
stenographer at salary of $500. The
duty of the fire marshal are to inves-
tigate fires occurring throughout the
state. and try to devise means of less
ening the fire risks in the state
Grain Inspection Law.
]. w. Creech this morning intro
duced7 the bill providing for changes in
the state grain inspection law which
it is expected will make the law en-
tirely valid, and avoid the difficulties
which have been encountered by the
grain department through the legal
proceedings started against them. The
chief difference in the new bill is that
it does not limit the jurisdiction of
grain inspectors to certain classes of
grain warehouses and elevators but
weights in all public warehouses.
Anti Cigarette Bill Wins a Point.
The bill prohibiting the sale of Gig
arettes and cigarette papers, which
was introduced by Representative
John Edwards of Greenwood county,
was recommended for passage today
by the Judiciary committee. A similar
hafnra he n CT Nf ~
legislature, but was killed.
The bill giving district judges the
right to parole prisoners, which was
introduced by Mitchell of Douglas, was
also favorably reported by the judi
eiary committee.
Representative Birds bill, providing
for the removal Of distractions from
streams was killed by the committee
0n state affairs.
R. s. Hendricks. OF rRawl1ns, made a
notion this mornfngithat each commit
lee of the, house ber1nstructed, before
exporting adversely onla bill, to notify
-hes author of the Btlls and give him a
chance to be heard! r7The motion was
aid over. -. p n -
The house. has turned down the SEN
ate concurrent resolution to have the
Journals of the house and senate print
ID each day and laid on desk Of each
member. The state printer reported
hat the printing the journal each day
would be the same as issuing a daily
newspaper and would swamp the state
printing plant. The house committee
IN printing reported that the senate
'esolutien be not concurred in. The re-
port of the committee was adopted.
Charles Curtis had not been formally
declared the choice of the Kansas leg |
stature for United States senator Is |
minutes before he and Cy Leland held |
conference and love feast of some |
'ort. 1t occurred on the east plaza of |