Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-10
Legislative Notes.

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the year sl912 and $4,000 for
the year 1913 10 be divided
among the high schools of the
state which conduct normal train
ing courses. An additional $25,-
600 per year was provided for ap-
preparations Of $50 each to high
schools maintaining a normal
training course in the elements of
agriculture and domestic science.
Fifteen thousand dollars for
each of the next two years was
appropriated by the Senate yester
day to enable the board of regent
of the State Agricultural college
to investigate the present meth
DDS used in growing and diStrib-
utmg agricultural seeds in Kan
sas, to determine which localities
are most in need of improved seed
and to assist such localities in
securing desirable seed.
When the bill making an apprO
priatiOn to pay A. c. Mitchell
and s. c. Buckman for their ser
vices in assisting the attorney gen
eral in uphOlding the bank guar
anty law, came up in the Senate
yesterday, Senator F. H. Quincy
attempted to amend the bill to
provide $1,000 each of these two
lawyers instead of the $4,000 each
which the Senate in committee
of the whole had recommended.
AS a result the bill came near be-
ing killed, but after considerable
debate and several efforts to
amend, the bill was passed to pay
each of the two men $4,000.
"A bill recOdifying the laws
governing building and loan as
Sc Citations, giving the bank COM
missioner power to grant or re-
fuse permission to organize and
operate to new associations at
his discretion, and requiring builC
ing and loan associations to pay
the state bank department for
all examinations made of such
associations, failed to pass the
Senate yesterday afternoon. The
bill was introduced by the Senate
committee on banks and banking.
Few OF the senator's were familiar
with the purpose of the bill and
desired to defer action on II m-
til Monday, but Senator Quincy
urged immediate consideration. 1t
was Late in the afternoon and a
number of the senator's had been
excused for the rest of the day,
with the result that the bill
could not secure enough votes
for passage. In fact, the OppO-
nentS Of the bill Outnumbered the
friends of the measure. When
this became apparent Senator
Quincy attempted to- have con-
SlderatlOn postponed until Mon
day, but this was defeated. The
bill aroused violent opposition
from many of the senator's who
declared that they did not know
that the building and loan asSO-
Citations desire such a law. After
the bill had failed to pass, Sena-
tor Quincy gave notice that he
would move a reconsideration on
Monday.
Senator Porter yesterday had
the CasSm bill to legalize the
PittSburg waterwOrkS bond is
sue advanced to third reading, IN
surfing its consideration by the
Senate tomorrow. This is the
sacred Legislative document
which caused the Leahy charges
Of tampering in the Legislature
although it developed that tht
bill had not been tampered with
However, the publicity given th'
bill at that time evidently help
ed the measure. as a similar bill
which had originated in the Sen
ate was killed by the House, af
ter which the CaSSin bill wa
passed by the lower branch.
The Senate yesterday passed
bill apprOpriating about $5O,OOC
year for the next two years fO
!. the expenses of the state print
ing plant. An appropriation 0
$4,000 was also made for tn
purpose of purchasing new equiv
ment for the plant. The Sen
ate killed the House amendmen
| which required the state printe
. to install a cost system, maxim
: certain requirements as to item
, of alleged expense that shOul
be figured into the cost of wOr
done at the state plant. Senate
| Price declared that this amend
e ment had been inserted in tn
E bill at the request of the blan