Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-08
KANSAS SOLONS
PASS 378 LAWS
The Legislature Of 1915 Almost
Broke Record in Number
of Bills Approved.
CAPPER CUTS DOWN EXPENSES


Appropriatlng Funds to the State
institutions, Though Senators
Opposed His Action.
The Kansas legislature this year
passed 378 laws, according to the rec
ord of printed bills sent to the gov
ernor's office for executive approval.
With the exception of the session OF
1905, when $40 new laws were passed,
the record for the session just ended
is a high water mark.
In the record of new laws the dock
cts show the passage of 227 house
bills and 151 senate bills. The rec
ord of the session Of two years ago
shows the passage of BAG new laws.
But the 1915 record is believed to
eclipse former lawmaking records in
Kansas with the exception of the ses-
sion of 1905.
Governor Capper, supported by men,
bers Of the house, vetoed the following
appropriation items:
New hospital building, Rose
dale ..................s $4,000
New building, Pittsburg nor
NAL acknowledgements. $4,000
Building, Hutchinson state fair $4,000
Manual training and domestic
science equipment at Or
phans' home, Atchison. 80. 10000
Purchase Steiger Island, Leav-
enworth ............... $4,000
Irvine plant revolving fund,
penitentiary ............ 5O,OOO
Special improvements, Osawa-
tonne hospital ............ lO,OOO
Railroad bridge at Larned hos
pital ................. 10000
Total appropriation items We
b, JOed .............,.. .9ZGJ,UUU
The budget finally allowed is:
Salaries, 1916 ............$ 10000
Maintenance and REPAIRS. 10000
Steam pipes ............... 5,OOO
Salaries, 1917 .............. 10000
Maintenance and REPAIRS. 10000
General repairs ......... 10000
Educational institutions, two
years ................ 3,093,S5O
Against Unfair Business.
House Bill No. 20O-Stone's anti-dis
elimination act, modelled on the Clay
ton federal act and extending the state
law to the purchasing as well as the
sale of commodities. The act does not
apply to corporations under the con-
troll of the public utilities commits
sion or the banking department. 1t de-
fines discrimination as the intention
al buying at a higher rate or selling
at lower rate in section than is
charged in another section of the
state, with the intention of promot-
ing unfair business
House Bill 431-Amending the blue
sky law. 1t defines the term specu.
lative securities, and gives the state
board much extended power over
these. 1t defines standard securities,
and exempts these from the control
of the state board.
Senate Bill 22S-Provides for the
assessment of the merchandise of
transient dealers, requiring any Of
these who bring stock of goods into
the state after March to notify the
county assessor and have their goods
listed for taxation, on penalty of for
feiting double the amount of the tax
involved. Kinkle.
Reorganize National Guard.
House Bill 43S-Relates to the re-
organization of the Kansas National
Guard to conform to the federal regu-
lations governing these bodies. The
salary of the adjutant general is in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 a year;
the assistant gets an increase from
$1,000 to $500 year. Travis.
Senate Bill 775-Amends nurses
registration law so that any person
who has worked in any hospital in
the state, irrespective of the size Of
the hospital, may be granted a state
license by the state board. Howe.
Senate Bill 2O6-Provides that the
public utilities commission shall fur
nish technical engineering experts for
the use of the cities in the state on
demand, the municipalities to pay the
state for such service.
Senate Bill 740-Transfers $4,000
from the grain inspection department
revolving fund to the general treasury.
The $4,000 represents the savings of
the department under Inspector Geo.
r. Ross, the last two years.
Senate Bill 714-Provides for pub.
fishing and distribution of the 1915
session laws. Includes an appropria.
tion of 5000 for the printing of paper
bound copies for sale at so cents each
in the hope Of interesting the general
public in the laws of the state. Da
Wis.
Sundry Appropriation Acts.
Senate Bill 751-Makes an appro
priation of $4,000 for vocational
training in the high schools of the
state. Also appropriates 100000 a
year for normal training in the high
schools. Each such high school is
to receive $500, unless there is moi
enough to go round, in which case the