Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29

bitterly opposed, as Well as stronl
ly supported. A motion to re-
port unfavOrably, after the
reading of the bill, was lost by
a vote of 81 to 63. The bill is
still under consideration in COM
mlttee of the whole and it will
take some time to threSh ii ont.
The various committees of the
Legislature have all been appoint.
ed and are working. | have been
assigned to the committees on as
seSsment and taxation. insur-
anee, state library, and chairman
of the Printing committee.
Mr.. Walker of Stafford has
been assigned to the Commit.
tees on employees, railroads. en-
crossed bills.
Senator Chapman of this dis
trict is on the following CON-
mittees, chairman of insurance.
banks and banking, ways and
means and education.
Legislative Notes
II. Bill Mol 80, granting GER
tam powers to cities of the
second class, and II, concerning
newspaper circulation, have both
been favOrably reported and are
now under the title of general
orders on the calendar.
Representative Watson of Al
len has introduced resolution
calling for a constitutional con-
vention. He says the constitu-
ton needs patching up and the
best way to get it through a con-
ventiOn. This will bring in
the temperance lobby. They are
opposed to a constitutional con-
ventiOn for fear that prohibition
will be wiped out.
Representative Mercer of Chase
has introduced a bill to amend
the present banking law SO as
to take off the limit as o liza
bility. Under he present law q
stockholder of a bank is now on
ly liable for double the amount
of his stock. The Mercer bill
makes the stakeholder liable for
all the banks debts.
If a wealthy man only owns
500 of stock in a bank now and
it fails he can only lose 5000 in
all, his original stock and an ad-
ditiOnal 800, his double liability.
But under the proposed law he
could be held for all the debt Of
the failed bank if he was worth
that much.
Speaker Dolley has introduced
a bill which does away with the
board of drecrsito of the state
penitentiary and the board of
managers Of the state reforma-
tory, and transferring their du-
ties to the state board of con-
troll.
Ip Senator Chapman has intoduc
ed a bill to the senate provid-
ing for a registration tax on au-
tOmObiles. The bill requires all
autos to be registered in the
secretary of states office. The
fee is fixed at S.. Drivers al
so must register and pay a fee
of So. The speed of autos is
limited to twenty miles in the
country and ten miles in town.
The fund from licenses is to
be distributed in the road funds
of the various counties in pro-
portion to the number of regis
tered automobiles they contain.
The Senate Judiciary committee
"laid low" one of the pet meas
-mooa1 !! ueqA esuoH eql 70 sam
mended that the second anti
lobby bill, forbidding employees
of the Legislature to work for
a bill, be not passed. This vir-I
tually kills the anti-lobby meas
ure conceived last Friday in the
House. This bill was introdp.c-
ed in the lower house as an
amendment to the general anti
lobby bill. 4
The base ball fans arei moving
about uneasily because IF the m
PRODUCTION in the senave by Sena-
tor Brady Of the a.nti-Sunday
ball bill. This happens every tw,
years and as regularly as intro,
duced it is killed.
| A Strong lobby, that was, was
being mustered in Allan county
for the purpose Of getting"
the Barnes law. There will no
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