The Topeka state journal., 1913-03-17
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Established a sanitarium for, tuber-
culosis patients. (House bill 1853
Provided for the maintenance OF
public hospitals by counties. (House
bill $3.50
Made the night school part of our
public school system. (Senate bill
Provided for the registration OF
trained nurses. (House bill 3e)
Created a board of corrections
which shall have charge of penal and
reformatory institutions. (Senate bill
420O
Requiring private charitable insti-
tutions seeking state aid to come un-
der the supervision of the state board
of control. (Senate bill 620.)
Established a state censorship of
moving picture films. (Senate bill
Prohibited the publication of i'm
moral postcards. (Senate bill S45.)
Provided for the registration of
marriages. (House bill 1879
Provided for the sterilization of the
unfit. ssE
Provided for uniform course of
study in the rural schools. (House
bill 301.)
Enabled townships to locate and
maintain high schools. (Senate bill
1850
Provided for the opening of school
buildings for social center gatherings
boards to act arbitrarily or partially
in the opening OF the same. (Seaate
bill 243. House bill 246.)
Required railroad companies to fur
nish pilots for detured trains. blouse
bill 304o.
Required railroad companies to pro-
tect ITS employees with track sheds at
division points where shops are located.
blouse bill 52).
Required railroad companies to bull
letin the arrival of passenger trains.
blouse bill 1915. 30
Made it a misdemeanor to tamper
with switch lightssfor the purpose of
misleading train crews. (Senate bill
4SS). n A
Provided for corporation franchise
tax. blouse bill 55S and 934).
Remodel our oil inspection laws
and abolished 105 officers blouse bill
6OD.
Prohibited the sale of adulterated
shoes unless stamp shows that imita-
tion leather is used. (Senate bill 93).
Modified and strengthened the blue
sky laws. (Senate bill 485).
Fixed the ownership of the island
lands of the state. blouse bills 2O4 and
1922.
Provided for the regulation of mutual
hail insurance companies. blouse bill
1850.
Provided for exchange, reciprocal or
interinsurance contracts. (Senate bill
STD.
Provided against the cancellation or
forfeiture of life insurance policies
without notice. (Sepate bill 640)
Provided for the incorporation of CO.
operative associations (Senate bill 629).
Extended the lien law to protect
blacksmiths the same as other me-
chanics. blouse bill 1859.
Provided for the plugging of abandon
ed oil and gas wells. blouse bill 145).
Provided for the protection of inn
keepers. blouse bill 461).
Created hotel commission for the
regulation of hotels and restaurants.
blouse bill 51S).
Regulated the sale of live stock rem
edies. (House bill 629).
Regulated the disbarment and REIN
statement of attorneys. (Senate bill
33s).
Amended the game laws to protect
quail and prairie chicken for five years.
(Senate bill 65).
Authorized county commissioners to
establish demonstration and irrigation
farms. blouse bill 1000.
Empowered counties to purchase rock
crushers and other road making
(Senate bill 649).
Enabled counties to purchase deep
well drilling machinery. (Senate bill
3O5).
Enabled cities and counties to estab-
lish fairs and purchase fair grounds.
(Senate bill 1919.
Required better bridges and culverts
on our highways. (Senate bill 75D.
Provided for a registration fee for
automobiles, the same to be placed
in the good roads fund. (Senate bill
239).
Provided for bridging and the con-
struction of dams across navigable
streams (House bill $500
Authorized municipalities and town
ships to condemn land for cemetery
purposes (House bill S69.)
Provided for an efficient civil ser
ants. blouse bill 495.)
Extended the power of cities over
tunnels and yiaducts and other man |
ners of crossing. (House bill 350.)
Amended the law governing cities |
operating under the commission form |
Of government. (House bill 154.)
Provided for the recall in cities of F,
he second class operating under |
government. (House bill |
49,
Provided for commission govern |
nent in cities of the third class. |
House bill $500
Conferred upon cities of more than |
IS, 900 the right1of eminent domain |
when necessary to secure land for |
public improvements. (House bill |
,16.)
Increased the power of cities to-
public utilities. (Senate |
bills 410 and 411.)
Conferred upon cities owning light !
md water plants the power to dispose |
Of the surplus product (House bill
1861
Authorized cities of the third class !