The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-31
KICK Them OUT.
Plan in Senate to Gust Derelict
Officials.
Governor Empowered to Cite
Sheriffs or County Attorneys.
MAY REMOVEOFFICIAL
Bill Has Approval of the Kansas
Executive.
First Committee of Whole Roll
Call i'm Senate.

senate this morning when Senator
Mtlligan of Garnett Introduced by re-
quest bill which provides for the re-
moval of derelict sheriffs and county
attorneys. The bill is in accord with
| the policies of the administra ton and
places the power of removal in the
hands of the governor
| Under the terms of the bill the gov
ernor Is empowered to cite any sheriff
| or county attorney to appear before
him and explain his official conduct.
| The governor is vested with the power
+, to decide on all evidence introduced
before him and may, if he deems fit,
remove the official under fire. 1t is
claimed that the present bill was pre-
| pared in the governor office and is to
override the recent bill prepared by
Senator Brewster regulating custer
proceedings.
| If the bill should succeed in getting
| by the committee, it will start fight
on the floor that will be well worth
| while. The regular members will op-
pose increasing the power of the state
| executive and they will try to convert
| the minority members to their way of
| thinking.
| The first roll call in the committee
| of the whole came this morning on
| Fred Robertsons motion to strike out
the enacting clause of the Stavely bill
| governing the duties of court stenog-
I
vote Of 15 to II. Stavely's bill COM
PEELED court stenographers to attend
1 the session of the legislature when not
engaged in afficial duty but this
part of the bill was eliminated. The
| bill further provided salary of 81, 200 e
var for court stenographers and pro-
vided that their work should be made
a part of the costs in each case and
this revenue remitted to the state.
| Quincy of Salina introduced an ap-
preparation bill to pay attorney fees in
the recent bank guaranty cases. His
bill appropriates to Judge Buckman
and Congressman Mitchell $4,000 for
4 their services in the recent trial of the
| cases.
Senator Brady offered a bill COM
pelling the county attorneys in various
| counties to render free legal advice to
| INDECENT persons.
| Under the terms Of a bill offered by
| Senator Price the attorney general IS
| empowered to appoint special exam
| iners for banks in which the bank
commissioner, his assistants or mem
| bers of their families own stock Or are
/ interested. These examinations shall
be made under the direction of the at
| torney generals office and reports
| shall be made to him instead of to the
4 bank commissioner.
Senator Milligan's bill to create a
state tuberculosis sanitarium was made
| a special order for 2:30 Thursday aft
ernoon. The bill carries with it an
appropriation of $4,000 for the estab-
Ilishment Of a state tuberculosis hos
pital, and was reported favorably last
week by the committee
Porter of Pittsburg introduced an
appropriation bill to provide $1,000 a
wear for 1911 and 1912 for the sup
port of the State Poultry association.
The Crawford county senator con-
tends that the poultry business in
Kansas has grown to tremendous pro-
| portions and believes that the associa-
| ton is worthy of state assistance.
/ The Robertson bill providing that
the defense of an infant child or in
sane person must be by a guardian
lappointed by the court in which the
case is prosecuted, was reported for
passage by the committee of the whole.
A bill prepared by the judiciary
committee providing for a reasonable
attorneys fee for the plaintiff in cases
against fire, tornado and lightning in
surance companies was reported for
passage by the committee of the whole.
| The Cambern bill changing the dates
| for holding district court in Wilson
and Neosho counties found its way
through the committee Of the whole.
| This bill provides for court. in Wilson
county the first Tuesdays in January,
April and September and In Neosho