Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
, Legislative Gossip


The senate has passed the house
good roads bill providing for county
: engineers to superintend the building
eof dirt roads. 3
The house has killed the bill intro
: duced by Matson of Sedgwick provid-
I: ing for the granting of divorce on the
grounds of insanity.
A bill by the committee on second
and third class cities to empower CIT
les to create drainage and sewer dis
tricts was passed by the senate COM
mittee.
A state live stock registry board Is
established by the bill of Senator
Avery, which passed the senate COM
-mittee. The registry of all pure-bred
stations is required in certain cases.
The balance of the public debt OF
the state of Kansas may be paid with
in the next four years. A bill pro-
viding for this was considered in the
house and then sent to the ways and
means committee to see whether or
mot the appropriation should be made.
The senate committee on roads and
bridges has made a favorable report
.on the house bill to establish state
engineer at the Agricultural college to
have general supervision of the road
improvement and bridge building in
the state The senate is regarded as
practically sure of passing the bill. 3
The railroad committee has decided
ITO recommend that the bill limiting
the issue of stocks and bonds OF
railroads be referred to the commit
tee on judiciary to investigate its le-
-gality 1t is claimed that it would
saffect but two railroads, those organ
lied in Kansas--the Santa Fee and
the Orient. 2
The bill introduced by Representa-
tive J. L. Landrey of Wyandotte coun-
Tty, prohibiting the use of automatic
riveters in machine shops where the
human body was used to resist the
recoil, was killed. 1t was shown that
while the use of such machines might
be injurious to the employees using
them constantly, they were used only
:about one hour in eight. 2
A bill recommended for passage IL
that introduced by Representative H.
w. Shideler of Crawford county, re-
that territory outside of city limits OF
amy city of the first class, adjacent
thereto, may be attached to the city
for school purposes upon application
yto the board of education by a mapor-
:ity of the electors of said territory. 2
Among the house bills recommend
Led for passage is one by Ryan of
Brown, which provides that hereafter
parties wishing to be united in we'd
lock shall first make application to
the probate judge of their intentions,
land notice thereof shall be printed in
a newspaper for fifteen days before
the marriage license shall be is
ssued.
The senate has passed the bill which
makes the third conviction for vfolat-
ling the prohibitory laws a felony. If
"a man sells liquor contrary to law
land is sent to Jail and fined twice and
then is caught again, there Is no dis.
,cretion left the judge or jury. The
man must be sent to prison. No right
.of parole by the court or governor is
sgranted. .
hn IN
esale drug store bill, according to Sen
.ator Stewart of Sedg wick, who S
author of the measure. The only
change the State Board of Health
wants, however, is that the test for
the alcohol handled by these druggists
shall be raised from 1873 proof to 100
This is to prevent druggists from US
ing the lower grade in compound
and tinctures for which the drug in
spectors are continually making ar
frests.
The senate IN committee of the
whole has recommended these bill.
for passage: BY Le;uy, requiring rail
roads to attach cabooses to all freight
rtrains and permit passengers to ride
,on them. BY FEEDER, making it I'm
lawful for newspapers to swell thei
circulation figuTes in order to get ad
vertising. By Travis, making it
crime for. a man to abandon his wifi
and children. BY Brady, requiring
farmers who name their farms to reg
lister such names.
The hill of Senator Stavely of Osag
to permit county commissioners t
appropriate $4,000 or less for bridge
without a special election was favor
ABLY acted on in the senate commute
rof the whole.
The Stewart resolution, fixing tn
-sime for final adjournment as Marc
IS, has passed the senate. The consit
saration of all original house and ser
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