The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-20
BILLS ARE REPORTED.
House Committees Kill Thirty and
Favor Only Nineteen.

House committees today reported
back on forty-nine bills, nineteen fav-
orably and thirty adversely.
1t looked like a sunset for the bill by
Morton of Clay making appropriation
for the Sunset Home at Clay Center, as
the bill was killed by the committee,
but a second bill by the same author
bearing on the same subject. a re-
enforcement as it were, received favor
able mention to the tune of $780,
Among the bills recommended for
passing was the bill by Ryan of Brown
which provides that hereafter parties
wishing to be united in wedlock shall
first make application to the probate
judge of their intentions and notice
thereof shall be printed in a newspaper
and not before fifteen days thereafter
shall marriage license be granted by
the judge.
The bill by Stone of Shawnee provid-
ing that no city or township officer
shall receive witness fees in a criminal
action prosecuted in the same town
where officials reside was killed by the
committee This question has been agi-
tated in Topeka by members of the pO-
lice force called to the state courts
very often to testify. The county COM
summer that the police should not be
paid any witness fees. The police car
ried the matter to the district court
was reported favorably.
The bill by Brighton requiring candi-
dates for state, county and judicial and
legislative office to file statements of
campaign expenses was recommended
for passage. The bill provides further
that county and state chairmen shall
file with the secretary of state and
their county clerks respectively de-
tailed statement of all receipts and eX-
penditures of each political campaign
and the list of all contributors thereto.
Jackson of Comanche today intro
duced resolution in the house which
should be adopted in the interests of
1t provides that no mem
Der shall consume moro than one min
ute of time in explaining his vote, nor
shall any written explanation of a
vote to exceed one hundred words be
sent to the clerk to be spread upon the
journal.
The house should and doubtless will
pass this resolution if given a chance
to do so. Some ten to twenty members
have lately gotten into the habit of
making long speeches in explanation
of their votes.
The example set by Sig Lehman of
Labette last night in voting on a roll
call vote on an amendment to the
guaranty bill could be followed with
profit by certain members. Mr.. Leh-
man said: 'I wish to explain my vote;
vote yea
The following committee bills were
in the house today:
II. B. No. 900. BY Committee en-
State Affairs-An act authorizing the
board of county commissioners of
county to call a special cleo
tion to determine whether or not such
county shall continue to carry on and
maintain a county high school.
H. B. No. 961- By Com. on Roads
and Highways-An act relating to
bridges.
H. B. No. 962. By judiciary Local
Conan act authorizing the board of
county commissioners of any county
having a population of more than 90
600 inhabitants to enlarge, repair or
rebuild bridges in certain cases with
out submitting the proposition to the
voters.
Substitute House Bill No. $40. BY
Com. on Miners and Mining-An act
providing for the protection of life,
limb and health of employees in coal
mines and conservation of coal, by
prohibiting the use of dynamite.