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House Bill No. Ia


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House Bill No. ia.
AN ACT concerning roads and high
ways, providing for a poIl tax and
certain exemptions therefore and
providing penalties for violations
thereof and amending section $3.50
OF the General Statues of 1915, and
repeating the original section so
amended.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas
Section l. That section $3.50 OF
| the General Statues of 1915, be
! amended to read as follows
Section 800. That all male persons
! between twenty-one and fifty years
| of age VINO have resided thirty DAYS
| IN this state and who are not, a pub
lie charge shall be liable each year to
pay the sum of three dollars to the
township trustee or to the proper Of
| nicer of the city IN which such person
ives, who shall receipt for the same
| and account therefor to the treasurer
or the township or city and the same
| shall be expended on the public roads
within the township or city in which
| such persons live. And all moneys
so received by such treasurer shall
| township or city to be expended as
above provided. Any city having a
volunteer fire departement may have
the privilege of eXempting the mem
| oers OF such department from paying
the tax imposed by this section: pro
yIded, that II any such person shall
| 1a.I to pay such tax within thirty DAYS
| after receipt of a notice from the
| tow nshlp trustee, or the. proper officer
- the city, that said tax is due. the
person so failing shall upon convic-
ton thereof be adjudged guilty of 2
| Gl5sdemeanOr and fined in the sum OF
I'VE dollars And It is hereby made
TIE duty OF the township trustee or
| proper officer to give such notice to
| every such person on or before the
flrsU day of August of each year. and
| every sucn officer who shall fail or re-
Ilse to give such notice shall be
| deemed guilty OF Z misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punished by
a me not exceeding 500 and may be
removed from Office in the manner
provided by law; provided that moth
| ING herein contained shall be con-
| strued to prevent the township trus-
tee OF any township from giving the
person notified to pay such tax the
privilege Of paying the same in labor
upon the highway at time and place
to be designated by said township
| trustee, provided such person is will
ing TO so labor at a daily wage for
himself of one dollar and a half, or
for himself and team of three dol
| lars; and provided further, that all
persons subject TO the tax shall paw
| the same IN money or discharge the
same by labor as herein provided.
whenever required so to do by the
said township trustee, but in no. event
snail any such payment, either in
| money or labor, be deferred beyond
the last Monday in September, or
which date every township trustee
and proper officer in every CITY shall
lie with the county clerk of his coun-
ty a report stating IN detail the names
Of the persons notified under the pro
visions of this section and the method
OF payment whether in money or Ia
Dor, and such report shall also show
the names OF all persons notified of
the demand made upon them under
the provisions of this section who
have failed to respond; and upon re-
ceIptS of these reports the county
clerk shall certify to the county treas
Urer the names of all persons who
have defaUlted In payment of the
sum OF three dollars as provided here
IN and the treasurer shall proceed TO
as personal property taxes are collect
ed upon default, after first having
gwen the delinquent ten DAYS notice
that unless payment is made q tax
warrant will issue for the collection
of the tax. The list of delinouents
certified to the county treasurer shall
be by townships and cities, and shall
give the postoffice address of each per
son IN default, and shall be a list dis
tlnct and separate from the regular
tax rolls After taxes become delin-
quent herein the person from whom
due shall no longer have the privilege
OF paying the same In labor, but must
pay the county treasurer IN money
The county treasurer shall pay over
to the township or city treasurer en-
titled thereto all moneys collected IN
the jurisdiction of any treasurer when
demanded by such treasurer; provid-
ed, however, that this act shall not ap-
ply TO cities having a population of
over $4,000.
Normal Land Tenant Meeting April 7.
Last Saturday, Superintendent
Chas- R. Weeks, Normal Land Agent.
called meeting at the Station TO
discuss means of raising cash crop
this summer If wheat failed.
Thirteen renters were present and
all agreed TO plant grain sorghums
and corn, following the methods that
have proven most profitable on the
Experiment Station during the past
seven years Plans were made ITO
plant 1875 acres of row crops, each
man planting what he Is equipped to
handle proitably. Seed viii be PUP
chased by the Experiment Station and
distributed at cost