The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-24

commissioners Of the poor In Wyandotte
county at $500
House bin zs7. removes the discrimina--
ton in favor OF graduates OF normal
courses Of county high schools in obtain
ing teachers certificates
House bill 7zS. appropFiates $4,000
for the Parsons Hospital for Epileptics.
House bill 429, provides for the collec-
railways or interurbans for repaving
streets
House bill sss. allows banks to hold
real estate UP to One-half Of their capital
and surplus.
House bill 1872 repeals the special act
OF 1913 relating to the letting Of the con-
tract for the county printing in Gray
county
House bill s27 establishes mine rescue
stations in Crawford and Cherokee
House bill 2ss. allows street railways
and interurbans the power OF eminent
domain outside cities
House bill $50. increases the scope OF
the work OF the state accountant
House bill 81. provides for the appoint
ment Of a state water commission
House bin 291. allows the creation Of
junior colleges as supplements to the
high schools in cities OF the first and
second class
House bill 500. allows dealers to pur-
chase text books of the state school
book commission on time instead of on
a purely cash baisis.
House bill 6T9, makes it possible for
counties to purchase as well as use voting
machines
House bill $50, allows rural high schools
q pro rata share of county high school
funds.
House bill $50. requires monthly reports
OF fire losses to be filed with the state
fire marshal by the fire insurance COM
panies.
House bill 1s7. makes it the duty of
township boards to provide for the care
Of abandoned cemeteries.
House bill 925, makes all county seat
towns. that are incorporated, third class
cities.
House bill As. fixes the district court
terms in Miami and Johnson ciunties
House bill 1O7. legalizes the writing
Of hail and tornado insurance by stock
fire insurance companies.
House bill los, provides that the nego-
table character Of an Instrument other
wise negotiable il not affected by a pro-
vision authorizing the sale Of the security
in case II should deteriorate in value.
House bin 1872, provides an open season
on quail. prairie chicken. partridge and
pheasant from December L to Deem
Der Is.
House bill 50, abolishes the county sur
veyor's office in counties of more than
$4,000 population.
House bill 7s2, creates a sliding scale
for bank examination fees, depending
on the size of the bank
House bill $50, allows school land
patents to be issued to persons who were
minors when they settled on the land
House bill 497, increases pay for chain
men employed by the county surveyor
from a maximum Of 81 TO $3.50 day.
House bill ITO, compels counties to levy
a tax not to exceed four-tenths of a
mill to pay for debts contracted legiti-
mately to provide at least seven months
school.
House bill 73s, authorizes county com
missioners to forbid livestock to run at
large on petition of SIS per cent Of the
legal voters of a township.
House bill 743, requires heads Of state
departments to pay in all fees, protested
or not, to the state treasurer within
ten days of collection
House concurrent resolution 35. calls for
a national congress to consider matters
Of taxation.
House bill 553. authorizes third class
cities to establish rest rooms
House bill Il, authorizes boards of edu-
cation to issue bonds to fund outstanding
Indebtedness on petition Of 81 per cent of
House bill 7O3 the new workmen's com
pensation act An agreed bill between
the employers and employees associa-
tions.
Senate bill Sc allows district judges $500
year each for actual travelling expenses.
House bill $50. provides for the trans
portation Of children living three miles
or more from schools in rural districts.
House bill 514. appropriates SIS, 900 and
$4,000 Indirectly for the Hutchinson
state fair, and $50. 900 directly for the
Topeka fair, conditional on Topeka cut
ting out the word state
House bill $50, apprOpriates S26, 800 for
irrigation experiment work, under the
direction of the irrigation commissioner
House bill 315, fixes the term of court
in Marshall, Clay and Riley counties
House bill 403 provides for the deten-
ton home for women, and appropriates
S75.0O0 for that purpose
House bill 4S4, authorizes the steriliza-
ton of inmates of the state institutions
when considered for the good of the state
House bill 273, strengthens the mothers
compensation act
House bill 425, gives cities the right to
build levees and entertainments to protect |
property from overflow of natural water /
courses.
House bill $50, strengthens the admin |
istrative features of the inheritance tax !
law, giving the state tax commission |
more power to collect the tax