The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-08
Tenement Law Amended; |;
Safety Apparatus For
Mines Adopted: Bank Ex.
aminer Bill Passes.

Frankfort, KY, March 8. Especially
The senate passed the bill, amend
ing the tenement laws of cities of the
First and Second class.
The bill, increasing the prison COM
missioners' salaries, passed. The SEN
ate passed a bill, providing for safety
apparatus in case of mine disasters.
The house passed bill, appropriat-
ing $4,000 annually for the next
two years for each normal school and
the state university. The house
passed over the governors veto the
Klair bill. providing that a certificate
to pool the amended bank examiners
bill, allowing the examiner to be APP
pointed by the secretary of state. The
senate passed a bill for the state
registration of automobiles. When
the bill to increase the prison com
missioners' salaries came up in the
house Jack Chinn made a strong
speech attacking the commissioners,
whom he charged with beng lobby
ists and controlling the legislature.
Governors Message.
The governor reported to the sem
ate his approval of senate bill 81;
the Louisville water works measure,
senate bill II, and senate resolution
13, relating to Kentucky's participa-
ton of the Lake Erie Exposition.
Governor Wilson sent in a mes
sage commencing to the legislature
the proposition of the conference OF
commissioners on uniform laws to
establish a board of commissioners
! in each state for the promotion of
uniformity of legislation in the
United States.
DR.. Lackey, Dy unanimous con-
sent. introduced a bill providing that
all funds derived from the dog tax.
after sheep killed have been paid
for. go to the county boards of
health TO be expended In the treat
ment and care of tuberculosis.
Other Bills Passed.
House bill 64 (Steers), TO ex-
empt from taxation all bonds and
notes and other Understanding
debts issued by the state, received
"A votes for it to 33 against it, but
as the bill bears an emergency
clause it did not pass.
other bills passed were: house
bill 407 (Brooks). authorizing fiscal
courts to purchase such official rec
ords and Office supplies as are neces-
sary to transact the business OF the
various offices; house bill lss
(Graves), providing that convict
made goods shall be so labeled;
house bill 423 (McVean), providing
for the purchase of turnpikes by fs-
cal courts without special elections,
providing such purchase, does not ex
ceed $4,000 in any one year, re-
ferring especially to Kenton county.
House bill 12S (Colson). provid-
ing a means whereby school teach
ers may get their money promptly
without having their claims shaved
to an unreasonable extent, by re-
curing the county superintendent
to redeem their vouchers, was re-
committed to the committee on edu-
cation No. 2.
House bill 332 (Gartin), giving
the county jailers 25 cents each day
additional for boarding prisoners.
passed by 63 to 2.
House bill 513 (W. V. Perry,
providing additional penalties for
violation of the local option laws,
passed. 6S to 4.
Mr.. Colson sought to call out his
relislative re-districting bill. but was
declared out of order.
House bill AT (Klair), giving tol
cities of the second class the right
to vote on a proposition in favor OF
a commission form of government,
urged by the author, passed, &C to D.