The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-31

limit for the introduction OF bills.
This forecasts how long the session
may last
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 22.-By a vote
Of 1G to / the house committee on
railroads reported to the house to-
night that the Ham 2-cent passenger
fare bill "do not pass" Stannard OF
Lyon was the only member of the
committee who favored the measure.
f. G.. Grattan, attorney for the rail-
road commission, went before the
committee several times today and
declared that to put 2.cent fare law
on the statute books now would be a
violation of the agreement between
the railroad committee and the rail
roads, that Kansas is to have 2
cent rate. as it has today, until the
contest on the subject is settled in
Nebraska.
When the senate passed Brewers
2.cent fare bill Senator Waggener
prophesied that if the bill became a
law within thirty days the Scent tare
would be restored by the railroads,
which would go to the courts for an
injunction, and that the Scent fare
would be maintained until finally set
tied from the bench. Gov. Hoch ask
ed in his message that it be passed.
The committee reported favorably
on the Stone and White companion
bills, that when the board of railroad
ties of 500 a day for ordinary mat
ters and $500 a day for freight mat
ters shall attach if the order is not
enforced Ii the courts declare the
order invalid the penalty, of course,
fails of itself
The bill authorizing the railroad
commissioners to investigate express
rates was reported favorably. Meas
ures relating to telephones in depots
and regulation of Pullman and pas
senger service were adversely report
ed.
The Young primary bill, into
which were injected most of the fea-
lures of the Caldwell bill, adopted by
the committee of the whole yester-
day, tonight passed on final vote in
the senate by vote of 22 to Is.
The house, in committee of the
whole this afternoon recommended
FOR final passage all of the admins
ration recommendations for the
amendment of the new tax law. They
are:
The total assessment fund in 1908
shall not be greater than in 1907, ex-
cept where special election is held.
Telephone, telegraph, gas and oil
pipe line companies must file in each
county plats Of their lines in that
county.
Tax commission shall sit as a
board of equalization for all contro-
versies.
Cities of tie second class given
same right as cities of the first class
to prove their appointments of asses
sors.
County assessor must appoint the
township trustees in each township
deputy assessors. All incorporated
companies, except banks and stock
yards, must list full amount of stock
paid in and remaining as capital
stock at its true value in money. and
such stock should be taxed as per-
sonal property.
The main issue was naturally over
the levy. Inasmuch as total vaiua-
tion applies this year under the new
law and the levy was left unchecked,
some restriction was deemed neces-
sary to prevent overtaxation from
failure in reducing the levies of pre-
vious year.
To settle the matter until next
year, when sliding percentage of
levies can be worked out to be put
into the statutes when the regular
legislature meets again, the tax COM
mittee recommended that the assess
ment be not greater than in 1907. An
was made to make the as
sessment 10 per cent more than last
year, but failed.
Important to Kansas City, Kan,
was the amendment secured by Rep
resentative Enright of Wyandotte
that nothing in this restriction shall
hinder cities of the first class Of
60 900 inhabitants or more from rails
ing money for waterworks purposes.
The appointment of the township |
trustees as deputy township assess
sors raised a fight, but carried. The
bill Of Representative Leland of Troy |
hat the new tax law be repealed and |
he old one re-enacted never got past
he committee on taxation.
The house committee on live stock
oday reported favorably on the bill
hat the killing of antelope be forbid
len for ten years.
A communication from Secretary
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