Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-08
County LEGISLATION.

100000 to 100000 valuation to
raise the tax levy from 21a to 31s
mills. McGinnis.
Senate Bill 223-Allows county sur
veyor compensation for work as coun.
ty engineer Denton.
Senate Bill 2S8-Concerning assess.
ment and taxation, giving delinquent
taxpayers six months additional in
which to redeem property from tax
sale and requiring notice to be given
owner before deed is issued. Kinkel.
House Bill 132-Requires the regie.
ter of deeds to see that an instrument
is properly recorded when received
by mail. Neihart.
House Bill 309-Allows the deputy
hire for the clerk of the district court
in Cherokee county. Waggoner.
Senate Bill 574-Giving clerk of dis
trict court in Wyandotte county more
deputies. Milton.
Laws for Kansas Cities.
House Bill 61-Authorizes cities to
pension firemen. Jocelyn.
Senate Bill 7G3-Requires property
owners to connect their property with
sewers. Kinds.
House Bill 114-Provides for the
construction of storm sewers in cities
of the second class. Bardwell
Senate Bill 43S-Allowing use of
surplus in city water works funds for
support of city fire department. Por-
ter.
Senate Bill 765-Allows cities of the
second class to sprinkle the streets.
Paulen.
House Bill 953-Legalizes bond cleo.
tions in cities which have been held
under the laws of 1913. Doerr.
Senate Bill 34-Allows cities of the
third class to levy taxes for street
lights. Stavely.
House Bill 623-Provides that the
city or county attorney shall examine
and pass on abstracts of title to pro-
posed plats of additions to cities of
the second and third class. More
head
Senate Bill 145-Allows cities and
townships to act as trustees for trust
funds and requests for Improvement
of cemeteries. Meek
House Bill 912-Authorize Kansas
City to pay claim of the Consolidat-
ed Light and Power Company. Van
Cleaye.
Criminal and Civil Procedure.
House Bill GO6-Simplifies the Grim,
inal procedure. Provides that the
method of appeal to the supreme
court in criminal cases shall conform
to that of civil cases. Bar Association
bill introduced by Hoskinson.
Senate Bill 416-Removes disquali-
fication of convicts as witnesses in
criminal cases. Price.
Senate Bill 309-For easy release
of mineral, gas and oil leases, where
lessee neglects to file release. Klein.
House Bill 751-Allows minors to
become members of building and loan
associations. Lamb.
House Bill Distinguishes the sale
of the property of minors. Jones.
Senate Bill 449-Protects persons
gathered in the public halls from the
danger of fire. according to the title,
but in effect relieves grain elevators
from being equipped with fire es-
capes. Logan.
Senate Bill 539-Amending private
corporation laws to allow incorpora-
ton of companies for transportation
of sand by pipe line. Stavely.
House Bill 111-Allows cemetery
corporations to sell land not suited
to their purpose. Meyer.
House Bill 662-Provides for the
naming and marking of highways and
prohibits any roads from being
marked with the name of any other
established highways. McGinnis.
House Bill 633-Provides for state
line roads. Wells.
Appropriation Measures.
Senate Bill 263-Appropriates $685..
$40 to pay the salaries and expenses
OF m6uD 6TS VI Tie UOdIu VI COulIOl
Senate Bill 465-Provides for ex-
aminations to admit patients to the
Norton tuberculosis sanatorium. Ma
hin.
Senate Bill 602-Appropriates $4,000
for the compiling of the census.
Senate Bill 604-Appropriates SAL
900 to pay the salaries and expenses
of the members of the board of edu-
cational administration.
House Bill 4G1-Appropriates $780,
900, for the revolving fund at the peni-
tertiary. Gilman.
House Bill 1G4-Allows $3.50 to re-
lieve James MCGUIRE, injured by an
insane person at Osawatomie. Wells.
House Bill 907-Appropriates $780,
900 for deficiency at the penitentiary.
Gilman.
House Bill S02-Rewrites the law
concerning the registration fees on
feeding stuffs. Provides for a ton
mage fee for inspection instead of the
registration fee. Committee on live
stock.
House Bill 1032-Allows shots or
blasts to be fired once shift instead
of once a day in mines. Burton.