The Chanute times., 1913-03-14

son of Greely county fixing new
schedule of legal holidays.
Senate
The senate committee of the whole
recommended for passage companion
bills by Senator Shouse, which levy
license of $40 annually on real estate
agents and provide that the money
shall be employed by a state bureau
of immigration in advertising the re-
sources of the state and attract set
tiers. A state bureau of immigration
is created, composed of the governor,
secretary of the state of agriculture
and three persons to be appointed by
the governor. The secretary of the
board shall receive a salary of $4,000
year.
The Stone house bill revising the
workmen's compensation law was sub
stituted for the Davis senate bill in
the senate and passed without opposi'
ton. The measure had the approval
of the labor organizations and of
large proportion of the employers The
principal change made in the present
law by the Stone bill is to require all
employers desiring not to come under
the operation of the compensation law
to file notice with the secretary OF
state.
The senate voted to combine the
office of attorney for the state public
utilities commission and the rate clerk
of the commission and establish what
will be known as commerce coun-
sci" with salary of $4,000 annually.
He is to have an assistant at a salary
Of 1900 year.
The Shouse bill permitting town
ships or counties to issue railroad aid
waiing several hours Judge Allen
bonds was passed by the senate. 1t
limits the amount of such issues to
$4,000 a mile and applies only to coun-
ties having less than 10000 popula-
ton.
New manufacturing industries in
Kansas probably will not be exempted
from taxation, as the senate killed
measure that was asserted to be for
the encouragement of new factories
by making the machinery and build
ings of such concerns, tax free for five
years.
The senate passed a bill to require
owners of real estate to trim their
share of hedge fences, upon request OF
the owner of adjacent land.
The Milton bill to require jury trials
of cases of contempt of court was kill
ed by the senate.
The senate passed a resolution call
ing upon the state board of control,
which has supervision over the state
hospitals for the insane, feebleminded
and epileptics, to separate the male
and female inmates of those institu-
tions and to provide attendants of cor
responding sex for them, as far as pos
sible. The resolution was introduced
by Senator NJ. ]. Williams of Miami
county, in which the Osawatomie hos
pital for the insane is located. Copies
of the resolution were sent to the
members of the board of control, to
Governor Hodges and to the house OF
representatives.
Waggener's bill to prevent owners
of mortgages from foreclosing unless
they had paid taxes on their mortgages
was passed by the senate. Owners oi
mortgages who have not listed them
for the tax assessor are given SIX
months in which to pay the back taxes
on their mortgages to make it possible
to foreclose upon them, if necessary.
1t was predicted by Waggener that
this bill would result in smoking out
at least Sl5O,O0O,OOO worth of mort
CAGES upon which taxes have not been
peid.
It was virtually settled that there
will be no Inheritance tax law on the
Kansas statute books for the next two
years. The senate by a vote of 10
ayes to 20 nays. defeated the admin
istration bill which exempted all di-
rect heirs, but taxed all indirect lega-
cies.
The senate killed the Williams bill
to make it prima facie evidence OF the
adoption Of a child if the persons
charged with such adoption generally
admitted that the child was their
adopted child.