The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-24

shall be divided into sections, each
section not to be longer than six
miles and that at least one man must
+, be employed for every mile of track
in that section. In addition TO these
the company must employ day and
a night track walker who shall pa
troll the tracks during the entire day
and night, examine every bridge and
culvert and examine and clean
switches and also examine and tight
en- any loose bolts which may be
found in joints along the tracks. A
night track walker is not required
where trains are not operated at
night.
In addition to the trachmen en-
ployed by the company the Board Of
Railroad Commissioners is given the
authority to employ one track in.
spector for each one thousand miles
OF line in operation in Kansas. The
inspectors must so over the tracks
and report each week what they have
found, stating in detail the number
of miles inspected, the conditions
found and what improvements or re-
pairs are needed.
It is also required that the fore
man of each section must make re-
port to The railroad commissioners
once each month, showing the num-
Der of men employed, how much and
what kind of work was done, the
number of rails, ties, angle bars and
bridge material found defective and
replaced. Section foremen are also
to be required to report each acct
dent within twenty-fCur hours of its
occurrence and giving the cause of
the accident To pay for these track
inspectors the railroads are to be as
sossed four dollars a mile as special
taxes, this money to be paid at the
same time the ether state taxes are
paid
For two track walkers. One on
duty during the day and the other at
night
A new poll tax law was introduced
| by ]. l.. Finley of Cheyenne county
1t provides for an assessment of
three dollars per year on all male
persons in each township. If per
son wants to work out the tax by
work on the roads this may be DONE
The money collected from this work
must be used in improving the
roads,
C. f. Pohlman of Ellsworth county
introduced a bill which will permit
the county commissioners of any
county to pay three thousand dollars
to any person who wants to put down
prospect hole to see If there is gas
oil or minerals underlying, the county
The well must be sunk to depth of
two thousand feet or the county COM
missioners can not aid in paying for
it. The driller must furnish the
log Of the well to the county.
IYcstcott of Cherokee county intro
duced a bill calculated to make busi-
ness poor for the magnetic healer in
Kansas. It requires him to appear
before the State Board of Medical
Examination and Registration and go
through the same stunts as the regu-
lar physician.
John I. Saunders of Sedgwick
comfy introduced a bill to amend the
law requiring railroads to allow pas
sengers to ride on lacai freight trains.
A law to this effect was passed at
the regular session but is only parti-
ally effective as some of the roads
have been avoiding the law by run
ming most of their trains as Stock
Specials" and refusing to let pas
sengers board them. The present
law provides that passengers may
only ride on local trains.
A bill to make the county asses
sors in each county elective, the
same as the other county officers,
was introduced by Sig Lehman of La
bette county. The Lehman bill also
provides that the deputy county as
SCISSOR for cities of the second class
is to be confirmed by the city coun-
ell before the assessor begins work.
The legislature will get another
chance to work on a reapportionment |
bill during the present session. 1t
takes one representative each from
Brown, Franklin and Jefferson coun-
ties and gives one representative |
each to Haskell, Seward and Greeley |
counties. These counties are Joined |
to the counties on the east at pres
ent fer legislative purposes.
Under a bill introduced in the
House by Holdren of Montgomery
county pipe line companies will be
taxed heavy penalty for piping gas
out of the state when the supply is
not sufficient for all of its consumers
within the state. The purpose of
this bill is to protect Kansas users of
natural gas.
BY Mr.. Holdren-An act relating to
territory outside of the city limits of
cities of the first class, but adjacent
thereto, and providing for the man.
ner of holding elections for election
Of members of the board of educa-
ton in territory attached to cities of
the krst class for school purposes
and for the payment of the expenses
Of such elections.
A bill introduced by ]. w. XIII of
Atchison provides that a fee of S25