The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-19
FIRST BILL PASSES
Senate Puts Through the Ap-
preparation Measure.
Sets Aside $4,000 to Pay Sal
airy and Mileage of Members.
BILLS POURING IN.
Senators Fill the Hopper With
Their Grist.
Stewart Has New Fire Escape
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BILLS POURING IN.

Law.
The members of the state senate evil
IDENTIFY spent the greater portion of the
recess, from Friday afternoon until
Monday afternoon, connecting bills to
introduce as soon as they got an op-
portunity. judging from the number of
measures that were presented at the
resumption of the session yesterday
afternoon. More than three score
measures were offered in the senate,
several of which will probably claim
more than ordinary attention from the
legislators this session.
AT the session the senate passed its
first measure. AS may be imagined
this was a bill offered by the ways and
means committee appropriating $50, 900
to pay the salary and mileage of SEN
ators and the wages of the officers and
employees of the senate. Under sus-
sion this bill was put to a second and
a third reading and was passed with
out dissenting vote.
The chairmen of the various commit
tees announced the appointment of
their committee clerks as follows:
Mines and mining-CIaude Wheeler
Ways and means-zJ.g e. Larimer.
Railroads.&c.. J. Carver.
Assessments and taxation-W L.
Copeland.
Second and third class cities-Allen
w. Dodge.
Roads and bridges-wess G. Wilker-
son.
Manufactures and, industrial pro-
ducts-Ella E. Waldron.
Agriculture-A. H. Limerick.
Legislative apportionment - Laura
Fanken.
Federa1 ra1atione BURIAL n;o1ra
Congressional and judicial appor-
tionment-Eva Stein.
President Fitzgerald appointed the
institutions: Potter, chairman; Por-
ter, Stannard, Hostrup. Brady, Smith,
Carey, Ganse, Milton.
The committee on legislative appor-
tionment reported to the senate that 1T
had considered the bill introduced by
Senator Glenn providing for a reap
portionment of certain representative
districts and recommended the passage
of the bill.
Among the important bills of par
ticular interest to the public intro
duced was one by Senator Brady, pro-
viding for the appointment of an
honorary educational commission of
five members, to serve without pay.
to investigate the cost and character
of manuscripts available for the state
of school text books The
bill stipulateS that the commission
shall report to the governor from time
to time its findings and recommends
tionS and that the final report shall
be made not later than November /,
1910. The expenses of the commission
while engaged in the work are to be
paid and the sum of $4,000 is appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of
the measure.
A new fire escape law for the state
was introduced by Senator Stewart
who was one of the guests at the Cope
land hotel during the fire. This bill
requires that within six months after
the passage of the act, all public halls,
theaters, hotels and other places of
public assembly shall be equipped with
metal fire escapes or ladders attached
to the outside of the buildings so as to
render safe and easy egresS from the
buildings at all times and under all
conditions. Hotel proprietors are also
required to post in the various rooms
notices as to the location of the fire
escapes. All places of public assem-
bly, shall be provided with at least two
doors of egress. each to be not less
than three feet in width. and the doors
must open outwardly.
Senator Stewart also introduced a
proposed new child labor law. which
prohibits the employment of children
under IA years of age in any factory,
workshop, theater, packing house or as
elevator operators or in, Or about
to deliver merchandise or
messages before Z a. M or later than
5 p. m, or for more than eight hours a
day. For violations of this act a pen
atty of from $25 to 800 is prescribed.
This measure, if passed, is to repeal
chapter 27S of the laws of 1905.
Senator Milligan presented a. bill pro-
hibiting the hiring of inmates Of the
state penitentiary or any other penal
institution to private parties or con-
the convicts may be employed by the
state on state works. te5-as
On motion the reading of the journal
was dispensed with and the senate ad-
journed at sos o'clock until Tuesday
Bills as Introduced.
S. B. No 95 BY StiIlings-An act
penitentiary to build a
waiting room.
s. B. No. Sc. BY Stfllings-An act
to amend election laws.
s. H. No. 81. By Anderson-An act
to amend the tax laws.
s. B. No SO. By Brady-An act to
provide for the appointment of an
honorary educational commission to
the cost and character of
available for state pub
Iication of school text books.
s. H. No. 80. BY Brady-An act to |
abolish regular deputy oil inspectors.
S. B. No. 100. By Myers-An act to
amend session laws of 1905
s. B. No. 1O1. BY Myers-An act
a county court.
S. B. No. 102. By Myers"An act
to amend laws and general statutes
Of 1901.
s. B. No. 1O3. BY Travis-An act
am lending code of criminal procedure.