Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-03-18
Conference Committee Reaches An
Agroement on ApprOpriatioa
THE SENATE DOWN HOUsD vi
Compronise Appropriations VIII
Total eO,BOO. OOO-senate
Gives Up Over Million
and Quarter

Topeka, March 17.-The legisla-
tive deadlock over appropriations Is
broken. After two days Of hard
work the house and senate confer
ees have agreed on q report. Here
Is the girst Of It:
Senate appropriations submitted
TO conference were 31.7se,273 In
excess of the house appropriations;
in agreement, senate recedes from
items aggregsting s1,s17.sso. House
agrees TO an increase Of $47s.2S3.
While the house conferees we're
able to squeeze one and third
million dollars out of the senate APP
preparations. It still leaves an In
crease of 100000 over appropria-
tons of two years ago. The total
appropriations will aggregate about
S9,600,0O0.
The senate gave up $3O6.Ooo in
buildings at the university, $780,
600 at the agricultural college,
$4,000 at the Emporia normal,
$4,000 at winfield, $4,000 at the
Atchison orphans home, $4,000
at the Larned hospital $27,500 at
the Parsons hospital, $4,000 at the
soldiers home, $4,000 at the
Mother Bickerdike home, $4,000
at memorial hall. $4,000 for build
ings at the penitentiary and a $780,
900 Irvine plant at the Hutchinson
reformatory. These were the prin-
cipal building items. Cuts also were
made in the maintenance appropria-
lions at several of these institn-
lions.
The house granted increases over
its original allowances as follows;
Emporia normal $4,000, Rose
dale hospital $4,000, Pittsburgh
normal $4,000, University mainte-
nance 10000, Weir school of mines
maintenance $4,000, Hutchinson
fair $4,000. AtchisOn orphans
home $4,000, memorial hall $1SS
900, Topeka hospital maintenance
$4,000.
These are the principal items.
There were many minor increases
granted.
Both houses will take up the re-
port for consideration today. The
senate il inclined to accept 1t. II
the leaders can push the program
through the house 1t will be done
after a protest has been registered
and after an appeal is made in ad-
vance to the governor to veto some
of the items and bring the senate
appropriations down still further.
WIN Adjourn This Week
Both houses Of the legislature
will adjourn Saturday, it is expected
Strengthen the "Dry" Laws
The house passed the bills today
that make cities and property own
ers take particular care about the
sale Of liquors in Kansas. The two
bills had already passed the senate.
Both were drawn by the attorney
general. One provided that the own
er of any real estate who allowed
LIQUOR to be sold or given away in
violation of the Flaw could be sued
for damages by the wife, child or
other relative of the man who WAS
injured by the use of the liquor.
The other bill allowed a suit to
be brought against the city which
permitted liquor to be sold within
the city limits and damages may be
collected from the city for non-en-
forcement of the prohibitory law.
For many years Kansas has had a
law that made the liquor seller liza
BILE for damages and the law has
been sustained by the supreme
court of Kansas and the supreme
court Of the United States. The two
bills passed today make the other
two parties to the transaction
equally liable, the property owner
for allowing his property to be used
for q law violation and the city that
failed to enforce the liquor laws Of
the state.