The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
WORK OF THE SESSION.

house committees nave manSIauSn'
| ter record of 421 counts-nearly one
ihalf of the bills introduced. A tota
| of 963 bills introduced in the house
| during the session.
| Many of the bills passed in the last
| "a hours have not yet reached the
| governors office. They will be sent
to Governor Hodges for his approVa
as soon as the legislative clerks car
| prepare them. He will then nave un'
| til Monday noon to approve or Vetc
Thus far, Governor Hodges has exer-
! cised his right of veto but twice-once
| on the Frey garnishment Dill, Wh1ch
was sent back for repairs, ana again
| on a bill compelling the county COM
missioners of Wyandotte county to in
crease the pay of court reporters in
| that county.
If seems probable that only two
| constitutional amendments will be
submitted to the voters in 1914. one
is the recall, the other the income tax
amendment The senate has adopted
: an amendement providing LOT an IN
crease in the salary OF leglslatlVe
members of from SO to Sc a day. If
before adjournment, it is generally
predicted that the amendment will
This measure is reached in the house
fail of a constitutional two-thirds
A careful review of the work of the
closing session shows that much work
laws have been written and some i'm
portant legislation has failed.
Important Bills Passed.
Looking over the work of the legis-
since January 13-the following are
listed among the real accomplishments
of the Kansas lawmakers:
Recall.
Repeal inheritance tax law.
Creation office fire marshal.
White slavery law.
Corporation tax law.
Creation state board of correction.
Law establishing divorce proctors
Pure shoe bill.
Massachusetts ballot law.
Law for, state publication school
text books.
Establishment educational admins
tration board.
Law abolishing 125 deputy oil in
spectors.
States constitution for election United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
Placing school for deaf and blind
under educational administration
Consolidation bureau labor and in
dustry, bureau mines and employ
ment agency.
Placing Mother Bickerdyke home
and state soldiers home under man
agement state board of control.
Placing boys and girls industrial
schools under supervision board of
correction.
Creation board of registration for
trained nurses.
Hutchinson state fair bill
Bills STRENGTHENING workmen's COM
pensation act.
Constitutional provision for income
tax.
Hotel commission bill
Establishment branch experiment
stations at Colby and Lakin.
Laws to regulate the sale and es-
streams.
Giving authority to union and grad
ed school districts to issue bonds to
erect or purchase school buildings.
Law increasing salary of attorney
general and assistants and providing
that all fees shall go to the state.
Provision for taking of census of
children physically unable to attend
school.
Protest to congress against free
distribution of garden seed.
Authorizing public utilities commits
sion to investigate s1O0,000,0O0 bond
issue of Union Pacific railway.
Appropriation $4,000 for Kansas
exhibits at San Francisco and San
Diego expositions in 1915.
Enabling cities of third class to
adopt commission form of govern
ment.
Law to enable holding of night
schools in cities of over 10000 popu-
lation.
Legalizing provident loan associa-
tions.
State tax SIS a year on automobiles
Permitting organization inter-insur-
ance companies.
Permitting counties to buy we'll
drilling machinery for irrigation pur-
poses.
Marriage registration law.
Frey bill for ten per cent garnish-
ment.
Non-partisan judiciary law
Creation small debtors court
Revision fish and game laws.
State tax on dogs.
Permitting working convicts on state
highways.
Payment prisoners wage to depend
ent wife Or children.
Exempting women from jury SER
vice.
Mahin bill for recording shipments
intoxicating liquors.
Fee and salary bill, to be concurred
in by house.
Big Bills Beaten.
Among the really important pieces of
legislation which have been sidetrack-
ed openly beaten in the present
session of the legislature, are found
the following:
Initiative and referendum.
Quadrennial elections.
Three-fourths jury verdict.
Judicial reapportionment bill.
Graduated inheritance tax law
Minimum wage for women.
Maximum hours for women.
Bulk sales bill.
Constitutional provision for internal
County courts bill.
Bill to compel city of Lawrence to
redeem $100. 900 bonds for location
Kansas university.
Full crew bill.
Mortgage registration tax law
Efficiency commission.
Stone bill for recount rejected bal
lots.
Pure advertising bill.
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