Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-08

law. The bill creates a new job but the
expense of the department is to be
paid by the insurance companies. A
tax of as much as L per cent of the
total fire insurance premiums is to be
levied against all the fire insurance
companies doing business in the state.
This money will raise about $4,000
a year to pay, the expenses and sal
aries of the fire marshal and his in
spectors- The inspectors are to visit
business houses and residences, and
compel the removal of Neombustible
materials which might cause fires
The fire marshal is also given author
ity to condemn fire traps.
Kansas IS not likely to have a mini
mum wage bill from the present ses-
sion of the legislature The Senate
committee on labor voted three 10
two that the bill should not be passed
and thus the pleas of the big employ
ers of women were acceded to and
the living wage for women defeated.
An effort may be made to revive the
measure. Senator Meek, a farmer;
Senator Josepr, a banker, and Senator
Porter, a rich lumber merchant, voted
to kill the bill in the committee. SEN
ator Huffman, a physician, and Sena-
tor King, a farmer, voted for it. The
House already had passed the bill
fixing the minimum wage at Sc a
week.
The senate has passed the Corpora
ton Tax law, which will raise about
100000 year for state expenses The
house had already passed the bill, fix
ing the tax at one-half of L per cent
The senate reduced the tax on small
corporations to one-tenth of 1 per
cent, but kept it on large corporations
at one-half of 1 per cent. The senate
also included the nine hundred state
banks. but exempted building and loan
associations and insurance companies
which pay a percentage of the pre-
miums collected. The bill must go to
the house and it is expected there will
be a conference before the bill can be
passed. as the house wants the higher
rates and would exempt the banks.
The house has passed the Mahurin
bill, providing for state life insurance.
The bill provides that any citizen who
wishes insurance may turn into any
county treasury sufficient money to
cal examination is good, he is to re-
ceive life insurance policy from the
state on the rates provided by the
American mortality tables. The funds
are to be handled by the state insur-
ance department.
Several days ago the House passed
a bill putting franchise license tax
ho a
passed the same bill but the Senate
inserted in the measure a provision
to tax the state banks but exemptiug
building and loan associations. The
bill went to the House and in fifteen
minutes the House concurred in the
Senate amendments and the bill was
law, lacking only the signature of
the governor
The house of representatives has
voted to abolish the boards of review
and the county assessors in all coun-
ties except Wyandotte. The bill has
been passed, by that body legislating
out of office all the county assessors
except those in counties having more
than ninety thousand population. Wy
andotte is the only one that fits this
description. The bill puts the work of
assessing the property of county on
the county clerk.
The Kansas senate has passed law
that is intended to bring some 20 mil
lion dollars into Kansas for taxation
purposes. The bill was introduced by
Senator Waggener and provided that
any mortgage that was not recorded
and was not listed for taxation could
not be collected
The new oil inspection measure
lacks only the governors signature
to become a law. This is the law
wherein 119 political workers were
legislated out of jobs by the Demo-
Gratis and it is expected that about
$4,000 a year will be saved by the
state.
The house has passed the bill to
amend the corporation tax law passed
recently so that state banks, mutual
telephone and other corporations not
operated for profit are exempt from
paying the franchise license tax each
year as are corporations organized for
profit.
The senate has adopted the resolu-
ton authorizing the appropriation of
5000 for putting a statue of George
W former eyovlrDor Of