The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Laws Enacted by Legislature.

laws enacted by the 1909 legislature:
Giving every county In the state
representation in the lower house Of
the legislature.
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-
tion both of dirt roads and rock roads.
Making county assessors in all
counties over 10000 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
didate'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
disappearing 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.
Amending the drainage laws.
Requiring newspapers to tell the
t,,,tl, about tbair nirou1atiOD
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 A per cent on their
gross earnings.
Recurring 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 weights.
Requiring railroads to haul passen-
gers on freight trains and providing
conveniences for such passengers.
Making it a felony to operate
bucket shop or rent building to
one.
Sharon Springs Tragsdy.-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 two
children upstairs in his house and
attacked them with knife. His
brother hearing the cries rushed to
the rescue and Peugh then cut his own
I throat.
After the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
is an unlucky number for twenty
three druggists of Wichita, Kansas
City, Manhattan, Alma, Alta Vista
Spring Hill and Galena. The pure
food and drug authorities have filed
cases against them for violation OF
the pure drug laws and will prosecute
them in the courts.
Ground at $500 Per Foot.-Henry
Schnitzler and Frank Gard have bought
two feet of ground in Wichita from
the International Harvester company
at $500 a foot. The $1,000 purchase
extends back from Douglas avenue
the depth of two lots. The price is at
the present rate of s12,50O per lot. 1t
is considered worth the money.
Teachers to Meet in hutchinson
The annual meeting of the Central
Kansas Teachers association will be
held in Hutchinson, April l, 2 and 3.
The association is the largest district
organization in Kansas. The territory
covers fourteen counties and the at
tendance is from 400 to 600. An ex-
cellent program has been arranged