Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-02-01


came from the Democratic side of the
house, while the Republicans general
~ voted against it.
The establishment of state life in
of residents of Kansas is the subject
of a bill introduced by Mahurin of
Coffey 1t provides for the establish
ment of a Life Fund by the state
to be administered by the state with
out liability on the part of the state
beyond the amount of the fund. All
insurance matters are to be under
the supervision of the state superin-
tendent The life fund is to be in
vested in first mortgages on real
estate. The state superintendent
is to make up the schedule of pre-
miums and forms of policies. The
premiums are to be based upon the
American experience table of mortal
ity with additions for extra hazards,
with interest at per cent per annum,
to which shall be added for expenses
and contingencies 81 per. year per
81 coo of insurance. The clerks and
treasurers of every county or town of
Kansas shall fill out the application
blanks for insurance. The physical
examination is to be made under the
direction of the state board of health.
A bill licensing and regulating pool
halls was introduced by Carnahan of
Clay The fee from 500 to $500. is
to be decided by each city. A bond of
81 900 must be put up by the owner of
the pool hall that he will not violate
any of the laws of the state
The house judiciary committee re-
ported that the bill be not passed
omission of taxes to persons who lost
horses last year in the horse plague.
BY a vote of II to Al the house
passed the resolution by Gordon of
Wyandotte, asking congress to abol-
ish the United States circuit and dis
trict courts. Lively debate and much
explaining of votes featured the roll
call
Are the 1000 employees of the state
of Kansas in it's various departments
and institutions needed, is what an
inquiry committee of the legislature
will attempt to decide. The house
passedthe resolution of Reitzel OF
Washington, that such an inquiry pc
made and tie senate concurred. The
committee is to be made up of five rep
rcseEtatives and three senators, and is
to make report to the legislature on
February 4. The five house members
were named by Speaker Brown. They
are: Gibson of Cowley, Riddle OF
Marion, Orr of Atchison, Brewster OF
DCriphan, and Cook of Trego.
by a vote of p to 16 the senate
passed Malone's resolution that Presi.
dent Wilson at once call special ses-
sion of the congress to reduce the
tariff. Howe of Dickinson introduced
4 bill providing for a registration fee
on mortgages of real property and for
their exemption from taxation after
being recorded The measure is al
most like the one beaten two years
ago
The senate in the committee of the
whole, passed the Riddle mouse bill
repeating the present inheritance tax
law
y bill introduced by Senator Trout
man provides that a notice of all mar.
riage licenses must be published for
six days before the license can be
granted, and anyone can file protest
against the granting of the license
SENATOR George Nixon of Sumner
county has prepared a bill to change
the assessment time for Kansas. The
bill provides that real estate assess
ments shall be made only every four
years, instead of biennially. The as.
sessment of personal property is to
be changed from March 1 to January
1 or January Is of each year.
The Kansas Senate has issued or.
ders that it did not want any heads
of the state Institutions lobbying
around the legislative halls for big
appropriations. Senator Harry Nc.
MILAN of Ottawa county introduced
the resolution. 1t was adopted unani.
mously. The resolution said that the
practice of the institution presidents
of lobbying before the legislature had
caused unseemly competition and
| jealousy between officers of these in.
situations.
The Kansas Legislature has rati
| fed the amendment To +ba oo,,c+;+,,