Barton County democrat., 1915-01-29

can be called unless such vacan-
cieS occur within sixty days of a
general election.
Voting to be by yeas and nays,
which must be entered Immediate
Iy upon the journal of the assem-
bly,, which latter must be pub
iiShed.
Every member to have right of
protest which must be entered i'm
mediately upon the journal.
Bills shall originate in the as
sembly and may be amended or
rejected by a majority vote.
A majority of the members
elected to the assembly voting in
the affirmative shall be nee
eSsary to pass any bill or reSo-
luton.
Bills may be passed over the
veto of the governor by a two
thirds vote. They shall become
effective even though not approx
ed by the governor if not return
ed by him within three days. The
governor shall have right of par
tial veto in appropriation bills.
Every bill must be read on three
seperale days, except in emergen-
cieS.
No member of the assembly
may be arrested, save for a felony,
while going TO, coming from or
engaging in a session nor shall
he be served with any civil pro-
cess during session or for fifteen
days before.
All terms shall begin the sec
ond Tuesday in January.
How far this will get is a hard
question to answer, that the ten
dency of the times are along that
direction goes without saying, but
it is doubtful if anything will
come of the move at this session.
Like all other changes in our form
of government it will be a queS-
ton of education.
In the appointment of commit
tees MIR. Stone backed up on his
ultimatum issued last week and
granted to the minority members
of the House the representation
on committees and committee
chairmanShipS which was the rule
two years ago. Senator Sutton
of our district Jared very we'll in
the matter of committee appoint
mentS. He was a member of the
following committees:
Rules.
Employees.
Insurance.
Judicial appointments.
Public utilities.
Railroads.
Ways and means.
Committee on committees.
Chairman of the Agricultural
committee.
This gives him membership on
practically all committees of i'm
pOrtance except the Judiciary COM
mittee.
Representative @Zutavern was
also fortunate in getting good
committee appointments and is
serving on the following:
Committee of the second class.
Militia.
Public utilities.
Penal institutions.
Public buildings and grounds.
Barton county is represented on
the Senate pay roll by Louis Hans,
Sargeant at Arms of The Senate,
who, notwithstanding a little lib
or two from the Topeka Capital,
is getting around good. |. w. YEN
ser is on the pay roll as an aSsis-
tant journal clerk and Miss Alice
Brady, although now residing in
Topeka, is StenOgrapher to Sena-
tor PauIen.
We hear a great deal now about
an efficiency commission. |
imagine | hear some reader say
that we have too many commits
SionS now, which may be true,
but an efficiency commission, if
composed of the proper persons,
and giving the right kind of ser
vice, will be of considerable ben
eft to the tax payers of the state.
1t is absolutely out of the queS-
tiOn for Governor Capper or any
one else, by himself managing one
department already, to give their
time and attention towards see
ing whether or not every other
department is properly managed
and following the lead of Illinois
and some of the other states. /
believe that it would be a good