The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-13
FIRST ONE PASSES
House Approves It's First Meas
ure Today.
Appropriation for State Print
ing Plant Deficiency.
A SERUM PLANT ALSO,
This Passes Under the Emer
gency Clause.
Separate School Bill Is Intro
duced Today.

Separate School Bill Is Intro
duced Today.
The house pas I'd its first bill today,
which was measure to make up the
deficiency of some two thousand dol
lars in the state printing plant fund.
Another emergency bill was passed
| Just before adjournment this afternoon
to appropriate three thousand dollars
for the manufacture of hog cholera
serum at the agricultural college.
| While every one is anxious to pro-
mote the manufacture of this serum in
| quantities sufficient to meet the de-
mand of the farmers, for it has been
demonstrated that this serum will cure
| cholera, yet it is fact that the. col
| lege charges the farmers for this
| serum a price sufficient to more than
cover the cost of it's manufacture, SO
why the appropriation? If the serum
was given away it would be different.
In some states it is sold for one-tenth
the price per dose charged by the agri-
cultural college authorities. Why the
appropriation?
The house adjourned this afternoon
until o'clock Monday afternoon. The
| long adjournment was taken in order
|
new employees sworn in and made ac-
quainted with their duties and also to
give the speaker a. chance to catch up
| with his work.
Representatives Mulroy and FEEDER
have each introduced bills that set
aside October IL as a public holiday to
be known as Columbus Day.
| Representative Wallace would make
olrS
| with the state of Kansas. He intro
/ duced a bill today providing that the
| companies shall pay the state per
/ cent of their gross receipts from busi-
ness received in the state.
Representative Herr of Barber coun-
/ ty is a Democrat and therefore op-
posed to the abolitionist theories about
the negro being the equal Of the An
glo-Saxon. He introduced couple of
bills today that will be calculated to
stir up some opposition on the part of
some of the negro leaders. He would
have separate schools for whites and
blacks throughout Kansas. He has an
other bill that prohibits marriage be-
tween the white and black races. The
penalty for parties contracting such
marriage and the officer granting the
certificate is year in Jail and fine
of $1,000. In his bill he designates
any person of one-eighth negro blood
as far as an octoroon in fixing the ne
gro strain and no further. The courts
of an eastern state recently declared
that one-sixteenth blood made a per-
son negro.
The bill providing for separate schools
for white and colored children is optional
with patrons of individual districts
His bill will enable school district to
establish and maintain separate schools
for white and colored children on a ma
| q n n
taken at the annual school election. II
provides that petitions signed by one
third of the patrons of any district
and presented 20 days before the meet
ing, will make it binding on the boarc
| to post notices of an election for a di-
vision of the schools. These notices may
be made part of the regular notice:
of the annual election and must bt
posted ten days before the date of the
election. If the proposition carries, the
board is empowered to maintain the ad
ditiona1 school from the funds of the
district and make an appropriation
for building, site, teachers and expen
SeS, providing this expense does no
exceed the limits prescribed by law
Pupils of one-eighth or more descend
ants from Ethiopians, will under thu
. proposed act, be compelled to attenS
the colored school.
Over fifty new bills were presented
in the house this morning, bringing
the total up to 139. The state i'm
migration bureau bill, introduced b.
Davis of Gray. which has the sup
port of all the western mem berS, i
one of the important new bills. Thi
measure provides for the organization
of a state association of real estat
L men which shall meet annually in To
a peka the first Tuesday in January
t The sum of $4,000 per year is ap
q propriated to be used to list and ad
: vertise the states resources, lands
. Improvements and benefits to tn
: country at large. The association sec
L L retary shall receive salary of $500
= per year and the sum of $500 sc
: aside for other salaries and travelin
? expenses. The association shall re
:. port annually to the governor regard
a ing its work and expenditures o
money.
, Deacon had a bill providing for tn
establishment of a school of mines
: The measure carried with it an an
4 preparation of $4,000. Missouri ha
such a school and it is one of tn
states most popular and best know
institutions.
Stone of Shawnee introduced tn
voting machine bill which was befor
the house last session. The measur
= provides for voting machine com
mission composed of the secretary O
ed mechanic. The plan of the meas
. ure is to have voting machines in
= stalled in all the precincts for all cleo
a tions.
e Employees of House.
/ The committee on employees re
II ported to the house today the follow
= = ing appointments which were con
v firmed:
Journal Clerks. ]. Bailey.
Desk Stenographer-Mrs. Gertrud
Dee, Mrs. Gertrude Wells.
IS Docket Clerk-Lee Anthony.
a Assistant Docket Clerk-Charle
II Makepeace.
Il Chief Clerks Stenographer-Be
l. Young.
d Reading C1erk-Walter Bowles.
/ Reading Clerk-Ray Lockard.
Enrolling Clerk-otto Steinhon.