The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-05
TrOutman Commission Form
Bill Is Passed.
Candidates Must Specify Of
fees They Are After.
PRICE WOULD AUDIT BOOKS
Check Over Records of All
County Officers.
A Slap at Railroad "SpOtters"
by Ben Wilson.

The bill by Troutman, of Shawnee.
county calling for changes in the COM
mission form of government election
and providing for candidates to run for
certain offices, was passed without OPP
position in the senate this morning.
This bill will bring about many perfec-
lions in the law electing mayor and
commissioners and is the result of
thorough investigation of the law by
the League of Kansas Municipalities
Hereafter candidates for city COM
missions must state in their petitions
If they desire the office of commits
sioner of finance and revenue, COM
missioner of waterworks and street
lighting, commissioner of streets and
public improvements commissioner
of parks and public property.
Changes in the Kansas blue. sky law
providing for additional power of the
state charter board and strengthening
certain sections of the law originated
by J. n. DOlley, former bank commits
sioner have been Included IL a bin
introduced before the senate this morn
Ing by Senator Price, of Greenwood
county. A rigid inspection of the Sc
curities of blue sky companies is de-
mande6 in the Price law.
The Greenwood senator also has sub
mitted a bill calling for the auditing of
all county books annually in counties
with a population of less than $4,000.
without the office of auditor. A sister
measure to the auditing bill gives
county attorneys authority to approve
bills sent to the county commissioners.
Senator Waggener introduced a bill
this morning giving the state authority
to call out a mobilization of troops
from the national guard to aid in the
annual children's jubilee at Atchfson
Bale Waggener can be depended upon
Itch, I,-ec. hut nd 0la nj
swords for the benefit of the kids.
Before corporations can build dams
in the rivers of Kansas they must OBJ
tain permission from the board of pub
lie utilities. All plans and specifica-
lions must be filed in the office of the
commission. These provisions are in
cluded in a bill offered today by w.
NJ. Price, of Greenwood.
The investigation of the calendar by
Senators Porter and Price, of Green
wood resulted in report flatter1ng TO
the secretary and his force this morn
ing. The mixup of the last few days
was due to the crowding of work In |
office of state printer and was no fault
of senate secretary, Burt BrowH'
Building and loan associations OF |
Kansas can invest in outside mort
cages to an amount of more than 20 |
Der cent of their assets, if bill IN
Produced by Senator Carney If Cloud /
passes the Legislature Under the |
present law a 20 per cent limit Is pre-
scrfbed Senator Troutman of Shaw !
nee has offered bill allowing the B.
and L. associations to- sell shares to /
minors and joint stockholders
The senate this morning passed a |
bill by Carney of Cloud providing that
no person holding public office or is
e1fnployee officer or Stockholder OF
any railroad shall be eligible to office i
of county commissioner.
The Bale Waggener constitutional
convention amendment comes up for
reconsideration Friday. Also the l. .
and r. amendment proposed by Carey |
of Reno.
The Milton constitutional amend !
ment permitting verdicts to be rem
dered in civil cases by three-fourths
to ) this morning. The amendment
required a two-thirds vote in both
houses of the legislature.
Railroad spoilers in Kansas who |
have turned out lights on switches in
order to watch actions of engineers
i'll obeying orders, will be arrested and !
fined for their work if a bill by Sena- !
tor Wilson of Jefferson is enacted. The
railways must keep their switch lights
burning from sunset until sunrise. |
Spoilers" or any persons are pro-
hibited from manipulating the lights
to deceive the engine crews.
If a bill introduced by Senator Price |
of Greenwood is passed, fraternal or /
CARNATIONS will not be allowed to raise
their rates after contract is made
with the members of the body. This
law will do away with future lodge
troubles in Kansas. /