The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-22
Upper House Tramples ON In
heritance Tax Law.
Refund of $685., 600 Is Predicted
=, by Senators.
LIVE STOCK SHEDS IN KANSAS
Senator Meek Would Prevent
Suffering of Stock.
Lawrence Paving Bill Has
Been Offered.

DOcA UAAtEGUs
By vote of SO to i the senate thi:
morning on third reading and fina
passage officially killed the inherit
ance tax bill. The act providing fol
a repeal of the law was supported by
every member of the senate with the
exception of Fred w. Stanton. the
Socialist member from Crawford
county. 1t is the will of the Socialists
that the rich be taxed, and the only
member of the party in the senate did
not desert the beliefs of his associates
Not a member of the senate Tuesday
afternoon whimpered an objection
against the house bill calling for the re-
peaIing of the inheritance tax law. The
senators disagreed on an amendment
allowing a refund to the persons who
had paid IN the tax the last two years,
but they disagreed only because they
feared that the amendment would bur-
den the original bill and endanger its
final passage. AS it was, Republicans
and Democrats combined forces and all
Joined in placing themselves on record
in repeating the law that has proved
so unpopular in the state since its
adoption.
From the sentiment expressed on the
floor of the senate during the debate
over the bill, it appeared that in short
time a bill will be placed before the
senate calling for the refunding of all
taxes Senator Gray stated that the
state had been given $235.0OO revenue
from the inheritance source. In all
proba bility this money VIII pc paio
back to the donors.
The only disagreement of the day
came when Senator Bale Waggener put
forth an amendment calling for the re-
fund This was vigorously opposed on
the grounds that it would hinder the
Of 1ln sem
ator from Atchison finally lost the day
The repeal of the Inheritance tax law
in the senate is the result OF an original
bill from Senator StaVely The Usage
man recommended that the house bill
be substituted for his act, however. and
the two branches of the legislature
agreed on the one bill.
Several bills calling for an 1nherl-
-tance tax in a new cloak VIII be IN
troduced in the senate soon. 1t is pre-
dicted freely that these bills Will not
affect the direct heirs and will provide
for a much higher sum for taxation.
Senators Stavely, Waggener. Carey,
Price Lambertson, Gray, Williams,
King Mahin, Mcmillan, Troutman,
Meek and Milton took the floor in argu-
ment against the present law.
Senator Bale Waggener died hard in
his attempts to push through his bill
on certain exemptions from taxation
He asked in bill No. that all farm
implements and machinery and all
household goods in actual use be taken
from the books of the tax assessor. 1t
is a bill with worlds of value but the
senate has become so accustomed in
the last few days to sit down on the
Atchison senator's propositions that
they followed the motion of Senator
Grav to strike out the enacting clause
and withheld the act under Senator
Carney's gavel- Later Senator Wag-
gener called for a roll call-and the
vote was "a to against the act.
Senators Bowman, Stavely, Malone
and Shouse succeeded in hauling bills
through the senate tread mill Tuesday
afternoon with little damage to the
acts. Bowman's two bills dealt with
an economical problem of ~abolishing
the office of county printer in Anderson
and Linn counties The Stavely act
called for an additional duty of the reg
lister of deeds in furnishing informal
ton to county commissioners. The Ma
lone bill gave county commissioners au-
thority to equalize taxes.
Senator Huffman. of Cherokee is
author of a bill governing the employ
ment of women and girls in the work.
shops of Kansas. He would create. an
eight hour-a- day limit or forty-eight
hours a week In addition, employers
ployees to be used at their convenience.
The bill covers employment in manu-
featuring plants. laundries hotels. res
taurants. telegraph or telephone offices.
mechanic or mercantile establish
ments, or in express and railroad Of
fees.
Senator b. E. Wilson. of Jefferson
county, has invited trouble He intro
duced in the senate a bill calling for the
state to pay the cost of paving in Law
renee. This Lawrence request is sim
liar in many ways to the polite request
that has been forwarded by Topeka |
city officials for the last twenty-five |
years. The Jefferson senator also has
asked that county commissioners be |
given authority to build bridges on an |
annual tax not to exceed two mills on |
the dollar on all taxable property in
counties.
A bill to make it necessary for rail- |
way companies in Kansas to build
sheds for the protection OF livestock at |
all shipping points will be introduced
soon by Senator James Meek of Mem |
aha He pushed this bill through the |
house and senate at the last session, !
but it never passed the governors Of |
flee. 1t is his belief that the shed pro-
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