The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-27
Laws Enacted by Legislature.

representation IN the lower mousse u
the le- islature.
Requiring lobbyists to register.
Requiring the filing of statements
showing the contributions and expen-
ditures of political campaign manag-
ers and candidates.
Establishing a system of insurance
for bank depositors.
Making prohibition absolute and
complete. even to the extent OF pre-
venting drug stores from handling
liquor or alcohol.
Reducing the tax levies to conform
to the increased assessment under
the new law.
Providing system for the construc-
ton both of dirt roads and rock roads.
Making county assessors in all
counties over $4,000 population cleo
tive, and making township trustees
deputy assessors
Exempting mortgages from taxation
and providing for a registration fee of
S. for every $1,000 mortgage filed
Giving cities of the first. second
and third class a commission form
of government upon a vote of the
people.
Providing for the rotation of names
on the primary ballot so that no can
didGte's name heads the list on all
ballots
Prohibiting children under 16 years
from working during school months,
or working at any time in theaters or
public elevators.
Requiring interurban lines to pro-
vide seats for motormen.
Giving the board of health author
ity to preserve the purity of water
of Kansas streams.
Prohibiting fruit tree agents from
misrepresentin the kind of trees they
are selling.
To protect school children from fire.
To protect miners from coal mine
disasters.
Providing for the inspection of no.
tells and other public houses.
! Prohibiting the sale if cigarettes
and cigarette papers.
| Making it crime for a state en-
ploye to sell or give away advance
copies of teachers examination ques-
! tons.
Anerd ding the drainage laws.
requiring newspapers to tell the
truth about their circulation.
Directing the attorney general to
bring suits TO clear the Kaw at Kan
sas City. Kan.
Authorizing counties to maintain
demonstration farms for the educa-
ton of farmers in the science Of farm
ing.
Fixing an excise tax on express
companies of 4 per cent on their
gross earnings.
Requiring bank directors to swear
to all reports and making them more
responsible for the condition of their
banks.
Fixing a system of weights and
measures and authorizing the pure
food inspectors to see that people are
given correct wei7hts.
Requiring railroads to haul passen-
gers on freight trains and providing
conveniences for such passengers.
Making it a felony to operate a
bucket shop or rent a building to
one.
Sharon Springs Trae-dy.-Joseph
Peugh, a restaurant keeper at Sharon
Springs, attempted to kill his wife
and brother and then committed sui
eide. He called his wife and tive
children upstairs in his house ant
attacked them with knife. His
brother hearing TIE cries rushed to
the rescue and Peugh then cut his own
'hrCat.
Winfield Bank In LiEe.-ht a meet
ing of the stockholders Of t. e Stat;
Bank of Winfield at which four-ti tn;
If the capital stock was rerres entad
it was voted to enter under the e7
: Kansas state banking law. This banl
: claims to be the first to comply will
l the new law.
Let Train Fun Over Him-Wllian
. Mcfarland of At:ica committed sui
eide in West Wichita by sitfi OIL
: the Missouri Pacific track and allow
ing a train to run over him. He hal
!, been sick and was despondent.
: Plenty of Candidates for Wichita
When the time for the filing of nom
} nation papers under the commtTsio
= form of government adopted in Wict
= ita expired, it was found that Their
f were four candidates for mayor an
: 43 candidates for commissioner. TIL
e reoisrtation of $4,000 voters is prof.
: ably the strongest possible proof c
n the increase in Wichita's population
g Two years aeo the total re~istra 10
|. was 1923, of which 9,S75 were mer
0 This year 1000 men are REGISTERED
t The present registration indicates
Il population in Wichita of full
$4,000.
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a The capture of Shurtz has probat l
: cost the government $500 for ever
e dollar that was made by him in hi
i Illegal practice.
: Arkansas City Vetoes Commission
a At a special election held at Al
o Kansas Citv on the commission forr
n of government the proposition wa
S voted down by a majority of 153 OF
: of total of AT. The tusi ess ell
v naent worked against the rla0 an