The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
BULK SALES WINS
Call of House Ordered to Force
Its Passage.
Representative e. E. Olinger
Taken From Sick Bed.
VOTES EAR MEAGTT RE
FOR MEASU RE
Result Is That 1t Passes 63
to So.
House Then Adjourns to Catch
Up With Routine.

ID WIFI hOu tIUCs
The first call of the house was ordered
at noon today on the passage of the
bulk sales bill. The bill was recon-
mended for passage in the committee
of the whole this week, but when it
came up for third reading today and
final passage on roll call it lacked sew
eral votes of the necessary constitu-
tional majority. Olinger of Shawnee.
summoned from a bed Of sickness by a
sergeant alarms, cast the 63d vote that
passed the bill
Many members explained their votes
today when the roll call was taken on
the bill. Those voting no on the meas
ure declared that it was bill created
in the interest of the wholesalers and
big corporations and a menace to the
little merchants.
The friends of the bill ordered a
call of the house at the noon hour
when it was found that it was three
or four votes short Of the necessary
majority of all the house members. 1t
looked like "dinnerless" day for the
house for awhile. The vote stood So
to 5S at 1890, one short of the nee
essary majority of all the house of 125
m EN- bers. The tally showed that 120
members had voted. SO only five were
absent. Two of the absentees were
and one was sick. Olinger, the sick
member, was summoned and he cast
vote in favor of the bill, and thus
saved the members their dinner.
The house adjourned at 1:05 until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning in or
der to allow the committees to catch
up with their work.
The committee on railroads report
ed favorably this morning house bill
No. 33, giving the board of railroad
commissioners power to compel the
erection of sheds in any stock yards
in the state where local conditions
require.
The committee also reported favor
ably the Shuey bill making any car
damages suffered by the owner re-
gardless of whether such damage was
occasioned by the neglect of the car
rier sued or connecting carrier.
This bill follows the interstate COM
merce act on the subject and is com
monty known as the initial carrier
law The proposed measure, however,
goes farther and makes subsequent
carriers responsible. Provision is
made authorizing any carrier sued to
bring into the same court all other
carriers who may have handled the
goods to determine which of them is
at fault.
The house spent the morning on rou-
tine business, reading of bills, intro
duction of new bills, and roll call on
bills that had been recommended for
passage in committee of the whole
Ewing of Pawnee county introduced
a bill in the house today that will be
of general interest to the people of all
first and second class cities. 1t pro-
vides for the appointment of a medical
inspector who shall do nothing else
during the school year except look
after the health of the school children.
His duties are defined in the bill as
follows: His duties shall include the
prompt and individual examination and
diagnosis of all school children who
may be referrel to him by the school
authorities and such further examina-
tion of school children, teachers, jan
itors and school buildings as in his
opinien the protection of the health of
the pupils may require"
Any child returning to school with
out health certificate from health
officer is subject to examination and
every child in school that shows signs
of being in i'll health or suffering from
conta gious or infectious disease.
The superintendent, principal or
teacher in every public school shall
test every child under his charge sepa-
rately and carefully at least once in
every school year to ascertain whether
he is suffering from defective sight or
nearing ana Keep d ISCOIQ VI sum
aminations and furnish a copy OF the
same to tie parents of the child.
In all cities of over $500 population
the board of education may employ one
or more competent and legally quail
fled physicians to be known as school
physician, and he snail assist Cne
medical director.
The president of the board of educa-
tion. the Superintendent of schools AMI
the chief health officer shall form
! committee whose duty 1t shall be to
adopt rules for the government of the
medical inspector which rules shall be
submitted to the chairman of the state
board of health for his inspection and
| 2 -proval.
After legislating for many years
| against automobile drivers, seeking to
restrict their speed and regulate their
course. and compel them to observe
certain conditions in regard to the
| hea dlights and tail light on their cars,
| enc in manv other ways showing dls-
pleasure. the Kansas farmer has
| switched to another tack and now
seeks to compel the man in a wagon
or buggy to give the way to the auto
| mobile. Reardon of Jefferson county,
| coming from a farming community,
has started this revolution in law
making. He introduced the following
bill in the house today:
Ar1v person driving an automobile
on any of the highways of the state of
Kansas and overtakes any vehicle
from the rear and to which vehicle is
attached any team or single animal,
| the driver of such automobile shall
give signal of his approach and it
| shall then be the duty of the driver
of the vehicle to which is h1tched said
team, at once upon the giving of said
signal to turn out of the travelled track
of such highway and give to the driver
of such automobile at least one half
of the Travelled. track of such highway.
| ANY person driving such vehicle to
| which a team is attached who fails to
comply with the provisions of this act
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding