The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-20
Everybody has a seat and is serene
and happy.

Everybody has a seat and is serene
and happy.
.Krehbiels bill. introduced this
morning. provides punishment in the
shape of a fine of 500 to $500 for any
person who shall sell or keep a place
where is sold mountaineering liquors
containing any alcohol. Kansas peo-
pie will have to dilute their drinking
water before this legislature gets
through with its self imposed work of
restriction.
McCormick's bill. introduced today,
creates the office of building inspector
for cities of the first and second class
whose duties shall be to inspect build
ings of more than one story with re-
gard to their strength, safety, ma
teriaI and fire escape equipment and
see to it that the most rigid regulations
are lived up to by the builders, A fine
of 800 to $1,000 is the penalty for
violation of the inspectors recon-
mendatiOnS.
Stone of Shawnee introduced a bill
today which makes it unlawful for any
employe of the legislature to approach
any member with a view to gaining his
support or opposition to any bill what
ever. The penalty for violation of this
law is a fine of $500 or a year in jail.
Ashcroft introduced a bill providing
that insurance companies that insure
against loss by hailstorms shall adjust
their losses within ten days after they
occur. If this is not done then the bill
provides that the probate Judge shall
appoint a committee of three disin-
terested householders who shall ap-
praise the loss and report promptly.
Their report shall constitute evidence
sufficient for an action at law and coll
lection of the claim by the courts, the
insurance companies paying the costs
thereof. Any clause in conflict with
this law that may be inserted in any
insurance policy shall be null and void.
The house transacted only routine
business at this mornings session.
About twenty-five bills. many of them
important. were introduced. The
house adjourned to o'clock this
afternoon.
The committee on elections have
ordered the ergeant-at-arms to go to
the Stevens Morton district and get
the ballots in the Broiller VS.. Stout
Cheyenne and Comanche counties
the contestants have not yet filed the
bond Of $500 required.
Three bills were introduced by the
temperance committee this morning
that provide for a more strict enforce
ment of the prohibitory law. The
first one consists of dozen type
written pages and throws a network
OF restrictions about the drug stores
in the granting and use of permits for
the sale of liquor. The strict enforce
ment of this law will probably reduce
the number of drug stores in the state
selling liquor for any purpose to about
a dozen.
The second bill provides for the
dismissal of county attorneys who are
not active and aggressive in the dis
charge of their duties of enforcing
the antf-lfquor laws and for the APP
pointment of assistant attorneys gem
eral by the governor.
The third bill calls upon all police
ofncers. mayors, police judges and
marshals to be vigilant in smelling
out joints and other places where
booze Is sold Illegally and reporting
same to the proper officials and secur-
ing evidence and affidavits against
the keepers of such places. A fine of
500 to $1,000 and dismissal from
service is the penalty for failure to
carry out the provisions of this law.
The bill changing the name of
Carrie Smead to Mead was passed this
morning.
The following communication from
the Nebraska state legislature was
read in the house today and referred
to committee:
THE Nebraska legislature now in
session has passed concurrent reso-
luton to be sent to various states, as
follows:
Resolved, that a committee of six,
one from each congressional district,
pc appointed to confer or consult by
letter or otherwise with the 1egisla-
lures OF Iowa. Missouri, Kansas, Col
orado, Wyoming and Montana in re-
gard to obtaining a just and equitable
demurrage law between the shippers
and railroads of said states
The necessity of such joint action
is apparent to all and we would re-
spectfully urge that your legislature
representative or Fepresen-
tat1ves who will meet with the Ne
braSka committee in Lincoln, Neb on
January %, 1907
Speaker DoIley announced the follow
ing committees;
Congressional apportionment-Mer
of Chase, Griffin of Barber, Stone of
Shawnee, Cunningham Of CowIey, Yox-
all OF Rocks, Morris of Pottawatomie,
Westgate of Riley, White of Ottawa,
Watson of Allen, KrehbeiI of Harvey,
Ashcraft of Graham. Sekavee of Els
worth. Penwell of Shawnee.
Fees and salaTfes-Snyder of Leaven-
worth. Clark of Jefferson. Haskins of
Stannard of Franklin, Westcott of Cher
okee, Allen of Wyandotte, Grabbs of
Ellis, Malone of RawIins.
State hbrary-Griffin of Barber, Stone
OF Shawnee, Lambertson of Brown,
Buck of Lyon, Cranston of Labette,
Foley of Rice, FEEDER of Barton
Educational tituttons-Harbaugh OF