The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-10
PLEASED.
Work of the Legislature as a
Whole Satisfactory.
Still Undecided About the In.
heritance Tax Law.

Governor Stubs today expressed
himself as pleased with the work of
the legislature. Il regard the fish and
game bill and the utilities bill as pass
ed by the legislature as two measures
far reaching in their benefits to the
state" he said. THE fish and game
law alone will be worth millions.
do not like the amendments made to
the inheritance tax law. The old law
is bad. The exemptions are not high
enough and they catch the man and
woman of moderate means and that is
not the intention of the law. Had the
legislature raised the exemption that
would have been we'll and good, but
lobbyists came here and worked to
get injurious amendments to the law
that acts in favor of the estates of a
few rich people now under process of
settlement. The legislative amend
ments to the law cancel these estates
now in process of settlement and that
is not right"
Governor Stubs did not say wheth-
err or not he would veto the law as
amended by the legislature. He sent
a message to both houses yesterday
expressing his disapproval of the law
and the house and senate by concur
rent resolution called the bill back.
Then at noon today, on motion by
Brown of Kingman, the house voted
to send the bill back to the governor
without action. If the governor We
toes the bill, the old law will continue
in effect and it's exemption is low,
covering estates of $4,000 and over.
If he lets the amendment bill go
through it allows the big estates now
in process of settlement to be can
celled.
Orr of Atchison, slipped one over to-
10 of 70
pitfalls who have tackled the Atchison
Orphans home appropriation on the
private hospital appropriations. He
got the Atrhison home item covering
appropriations totaling $4,000 year
and $4,000 improvements attached to
the bill providing for the appropria-
tions for the executive and judicial
departments of the state. This bill
passed the house and will have to go
through the senate. If the senate.
which stands for the private hospital
donations, holds out in it's course then
the state departments will have to do
without money for two years.
But the Atchison home for the or
phans of soldiers, state institution
might have suffered humiliation had
it been allowed to remain as a rider
on the private hospital appropriations
can die without harm coming to the
Atchison home. The house voted I'M
animously for the Orr amendment to
the state department appropriation
bill.
The compensation bill is still in
conference. The private hospital bill
will likely die now that the Atchison
home rider has been removed. The
claims and accounts committee bill
will go to conference and may dead
lock the house and senate tonight.
The bill amending the inheritance tax
law was called back from the governor
by the legislature today on concurrent
resolution and an effort will be made
to amend that section regarding I'M
settled estates. The governor had
threatened to veto the bill If the taxes
from these estates involving nearly
800. 900 were cancelled by the new law.
If the bill is vetoed the old law stays iii
effect and the legislature is just as
anxious as the governor to have it
amended raising the exemptions for di-
rect heirs,
The conference committees on the