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

the proposition, as fruif men
say it is too small an amount for
any practical use.
Another railroad bill has made
its appearance in the house. in
trOduced by Davis of BOurbon,
which directs the railroad COM
mlsSiOners to appoint five track
track inspectors who shall walk
over and carefully inspect the
tracks of the railroads of the
state at frequent periods and re-
port all track and roadbed in
bad condition. The commission
is then empowered under this
act to require the roads to get
busy at once. The inspectors
shall receive a salary not in ex-
cess of SIS per month.
Amerine of Morris has intro
duced a big batch of bills in the
house on educational questions.
One of these bills conferS the
right of eminent domain upon
boards of education, which means
that they have the right to con-
demn and apprase private prop
erty for school purposes.
Shideler of Crawford intro
duced a bill which requires the
school boards to furnish trans
portation for pupils to and from
school where they live two miles
or more distant from the school
house in their district.
He has another school bill, and
one that will make lots of peo-
pie sit up and take notice. 1t
provides that any teacher having
a relative on the school board,
shall be barred from employment
as teacher in the school over
which this board has jurisdic-
ton.
A bill has been introduced by
Mercer of Chase which forbids7
hiring out the labor of the con-
|victs at Lansing. When the Ok
lahoma batch is taken away, Kan.
sas will have none to spare, as
it will require all we have to
mine sufficient coal for our state
institutions.
Krehbiel of Harvey has intro
duced a bill which provides pun
ishment in the shape of a fine of
500 to $500 for any person who
shall or keep a place where is sol'
Notwithstanding liquors contain
ing any alcohol. Kansas people
will have to dilute their drink
ing water before this legislature
gets through with its self i'm
posed work of restriction.
Mccormick of La Bette has in
troduced a bill which creates
for cities of the first and second
class whose duties shall be to
the office of building inspector
inspect buildings of more than
one story, with regard to their
strength, safety, material and
fire escape equipment and see to
it that the most rigid regulations
are lived up to by the builders.
A fine of 500 to $1,000 is the
penalty for violation of the in
spector'S recommendations.
Three bills have been introduc-
ed by the temperance committee
that provide for a more strict
enforcement of the prohibitory
law. The first one consists of a
dozen typewriter 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
enforcement of this law will prob
ably reduce the number Of drug
stores in the state selling liq-
uor for any purpose to about
a dozen.
The second bill provides for tn,
dismissal of county attorneys
who are not active and aggress-
i've in the discharge of their du-
ties of enforcing the anti-liquOr
laws, and for the appointment Of
assistant attorney general by
the governor. .
The third bill calls upon all pO-
llice officers, mayors, police judg-
es and marshals to be vigilant
lin smelling out" joints and
other places where booze is sold
illegally and reporting same to
the proper officials and securing
evidence and affidavits against
the keepers Of such places. A
&c 410r 70 x1 nm and dismis.