Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-02-02
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Topeka.-Senator Avery has intro
duced new good roads bill 1t pro-
vides for state highway commission
to consist of the regents of the agri-
cultural college. This commission is
to appoint state engineer, who will
pass on all bridges and road improve
ments The highway fund is to be
provided by the taxing of motor car
owners, dealers and manufacturers.
Hereafter there will be roll calls in
the senate when in the committee of
the whole. A rule permitting this was
adopted. This means there will be less
lodging than heretofore.
Providing for state aid for all coun-
try school districts which are unable
to support al seven months term of
school There are about 1000 such
districts in the state and the cost to
the state would be about 100000 a
year
These bills were introduced:
Prohibiting camping on highways on
account of the disease being spread
among stock on the farms by camp
ers.
Appropriating $4,000 each for new
normal schools at Concordia and Gar
den City.
The Stewart bill, making it misde-
meanor for anyone to litter the streets
of any city, passed the senate, The
punishment is a fine of from 81 to
500 or Jail sentence.
Topeka. NJ. Davis of Bourbon
county introduced concurrent reso-
luton in the house urging that con,
gress submit a constitutional amend
ment so that governors of states can
not be eligible to election as United
States senators until two years after
they leave office.
The resolution calling for an inves
tigation of ex-Attorney General Jack
sons administration, particularly so
far as the collection of fees in liquor
cases is concerned, was reported I'M
favorably by the committee on judi
ciary.
Senator Hamilton introduced an
other suffrage bill. 1t would give
women the right to vote for presiden-
tial electors.
Other bills introduced provide:
Prohibiting buyers of milk and
cream from discriminating in prices
paid in order to drive out the small
concerns.
Prohibiting the adulteration Of
seeds and making anyone who know
for all damages.
For a state hospital for treatment
of tuberculosis patients.
Topeka.-The senate committee on
roads and bridges has reported ia
vorably the Avery good roads bill
This bill provides for a road and
bridge commission to be composed of
the regents of the agricultural college
and state engineer who shall have
under his supervision all road and
bridge Improvements in the state. The
expenses of the commission are to be
met by tax on motor cars.
Next Thursday morning has been
set apart in the senate for the con-
sideration of resolutions pertaining to
to the initiative and referendum and
recall.
Representative Ewing of Pawnee
county introduced bill providing for
medical inspectors in the Kansas
schools. All children must obtain
health certificate before they can be
admitted to the school,.
Representative Kerr of Montgomery
county introduced bill amending the
child labor law SO that children may
appear on the stage in Kansas.
The bulk sales bill came up for
passage in the house and was passed,
GO to So for the bill The bill is de-
signed for the protection of creditors.
Topeka-A Bill providing that the
state shall enlarge its printing plant,
buy type and equipment, and print
it's own schoolbooks was introduced
by Davis of Gray into the house.
The state fish and game bill return
ed to the house from committee,
designates the open season as fol-
lows: Geese, ducks and brant, Sep
TENDER to April 10; plover, August
l to September Is; snipe, September
to April Is; grouse or prairie chick
en-, October l to November 1 quail,
November 10 to December l.
Reference to the senate records
show that 435 bills had been intro
duced. In the docket clerks desk,
where the dead ones are slowed away,
lie already "a of them.
Over in the house a total of 654
bills had been introduced. Eighty of
this number have died in the three
weeks the legislature has been in ses-
sion.
Already efforts are being made in
both branches to stop the tide of bills
A house concurrent resolution pro-
vides that the introduction of bills
shall cease on the night of February
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