The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-27
LONG, HARD GRIND
The Senate Worked Until IL
O'clock Monday Night.
No Hot Air Permitted by Getty,
Who Presided.
MANY BILLS DISPOSED OF
Committee Oil Tax Measure Is
Passed Without Delay.
Agricultural Department Grant
ed New Assistant.

The biggest days work of the SEES
sion was transacted by the senate
Monday after the state oil inspection
bill had been disposed of. From
O'clock until IL o'clock at night that
body acted upon more bills than any
otner day since the session began.
" It'll Senator Getty. of Wyandotte, in
the chair no time was lost on the
Ioor. He refused to stand for aim
less meandering argument and after a
time senators quit trying. They sim
ply voted.
Just before the senate went into
committee of the whole it passed an
oil taxation hill introduced by the
committee on oil and gas. At the be-
ginning of the session two such bills
were introduced, one by Senator Nom
tee. of Crawford, placing a straight
tax of cents per barrel on crude oil.
and one by Senator Wark, of Mont
gomery county declaring oil leases
and wells personal property.
Roth bills went to the oil and gas
committee. of which senator WarG IS
chairman, and a committee bill was
brought oUt following very closely The
lines of the Wark bill. That is the
measure passed by the senate Mon
day It provides that for the purpose
of valuation and taxation all oil and
gas leases and wells, producing or
capable of producing in paying guam
shall he assessed as personal property
The county assessor is given authority
to lake the production, possible pro-
duction. age of the field. quality of
the product and various other
matters into consideration in fixing
by the senate with very little opposi-
N once in the committee of the
whole with Getty in the chair the
senate did not hesitate except for
supper, until II o'clock last night
The Garage Bill.
one measure taken up was the bill
introduced by Senator Kimbau. of
Iabette giving a garage owner lien
on any car stored with him. for which
he furnished supplies or upon which
he made repairs. He had a lien if
the owner of the car failed to pay
his bill The bill was recommended
for passage but it was not the same
creature Senator Kimball had cod
died along thru committee and on the
calendar In the beginning it was
aimed at the car owner. In the end
with the assistance of an amendment
offered by Senator Sutton. of Stat
ford. it was aimed at the garage own
er Sutton offered an amendment
making garage men responsible under
penalty of heavy fine and Jail SEN
tence for every car stored with them
Then the senate proceeded to put
7 to death the bill of Senator Pomeroy
/ of Jackson. eXempting rural credit
i association stock from taxation. Sen
ator Pomeroy made hard fight fol
( his measure. telling of the great value
( of rural credit to tenant farmers. Blu
Senator Snyder. of Leavenworth. anC
{ Senator Delaney, of Doniphan, sound
/ ed its death knell when they pointed
! out that two weeks ago bill wa'
. signed by the governor making al
ssg,saxri ~
{ loan associations rural credit aSso
Citations. That. with Pomeroy's bill
I following, would e--mpt the stock o
all building and loan associations from
taxation. And the two banker sena
tors held that just before the first o
March every year there would be
grand rush by depositors in banks t.
get their money outs and invest it il
rural credit stock in order to es
f cape taxation. The Pomeroy bill wa
u Killed.
\ Big Slaughter.
Half a dozen taxation bills 70
which Senator Terrell of Chautauqua
II chairman of the taxation committee
stood sponsor were on the calenda
under the head of special order
While the senate was in the blood
thirsty mood it fell upon this specia
order and the slaughter was great.
one Of them. creating the office o
county assessor and fixing fouryea
term in all counties was killed.
Still another prohibiting the count
commissioners from Compromising
taxes. was killed.
Then the senate fell upon Senate
Ferrells resolution calling for tn
creating of a commission to revise al
of the assessment and taxation laws O
the state and put it to death
One taxation bill. extending tn
time in which county commissioner
may correct errors in taxation matter
until February. was passed Also
bill repeating the law requiring tn
county clerk to send out detailed ia
notices.
In 'spite of a vigorous fight con
Quoted by Senator Malone, of Rawlini