The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-28
SENATE BIC NIGHT
Upper House of Legislature
Pushes Thru Many Measures.
State Industrial Farm fol
Women Is Recommended.

immense amount of work Tuesday and
Tuesday evening in committee of the
whole. With Senator Getty of Wyan-
dotte in the chair the committee shot
thru one bill after another-most of
them receiving favorable considera-
! ton.
Among the more important bills
recommended for passage is one py
Senator Huffman of Cherokee, call
ing for the esta blishment OF The
state Industrial Farm for Women. -
At present there is no institution Tor
women serving as a counterpart Tor
the State reformatory for men at
Hutchinson The Huffman bill sup
plies that institution.
| AS reported the bill appropriatas
| $4,000 for the purchase of land, S75,-
| 900 for salaries, wages and mainten-
ance for 1918 and $500 for the same
| purpose for 1919. The location of the
site is left to the newly created state
board of administration under whose
| direction such an institution would
come.
All girls or women convicted of
| crimes punishable by Imprisonment
would be sentenced to the Industrial
farm. Those under that age are elig-
IDLE to the Girls Industrial school at
Beloit under a law passed at this ses-
|
years.
Dave Leah Dehorned.
Dave Leahys new office in Wichita,
that of election commissioner, fell un-
der the senate hammer. That body
recommended for passage a bill in
troduced by Senator Nighswonger of
| Sedgwick, abolishing the office.
A bill introduced by Senator Nc
Claim of Allen, recommended for pass
age makes it unlawful for any per-
son under twenty-one years of age to
purchase, own, possess, control or use
any fire arms except in and around
| his actual place of residence.
| The committee recommended for
passage a bill introduced by Senator
Smith of Cowley regulating the con-
struction of dams in naviga BILE
streams 1t prohibits the construc-
ton of such dams unless flood gates
are provided for use in times of high
water
Measures Recommended.
Other measures recommended for
passage in the late afternoon and
night session are as follows:
Substitute for senate bill No. 40, by
the committee on education, creates a
commission on school house construction
and school house sanitation, composed of
the state superintendent, state architect
and secretary of the state board of health
This commission has power to censor all
Kansas school house plans, provided the
cost is more than $1,000
Substitute for senate bill No. All. by
the committee on education, regulates the
apportionment and distribution of county
| high school funds.
| Substitute for senate bill No. 49, by
| the committee education, fixing the
/ salaries of county superintendents. Under
| the bill the pay ranges from $40 to 81 500
| Substitute for senate bill No &c. by
committee on education, providing for the
/ increase of school levies in cities of first
and second class, by petition of 81 per
Senate bin No 637. by Senator Nc
| Claim providing for physical examination
in public schools by physical supervisors
| Senate bill No. 4, by Senator Montee
compelling payment in n, lawful , none, money Of
due bills or orders given in payment for
/ labor
Senate bill No. 6sa. by Senator Montee,
/ requires one vestibule each street and
interurban car. with healthy and comfort
able temperature.
Senate bill No COS by committee on
mines and mining. creates Kansas mine
rescue commission with appropriations
of $4,000 for establishing and m1intain
/ ing three mine rescue stations in south
/ Senate bill No. 49, by Senator Montee,
requiring sanitary lighthouses in coal
Senate bill No. 454, by Senator Metcalf
allows all honorably discharged soldiers.
| sailors and marines. who served during
| the Civil war, who without means of
support, and who have been residents of
Kansas two years, to enter the state sol
Senate bill No CPL. by Senator Paulen,
! requires statements of receipts and dis
bursements and probable future eXpen-
ditures and receipts of states money. to
be filed with the governor for the making
of "a budget for the legislature on or be-
senate bill No. 466. by Senator McClain.
provides a misdemeanor penalty for viola.
ton of the law requiring flags over school
senate bill No 5G4 by Senator Getty.
fixes salaries for county clerk and deputies
nd
Senate bill No. III. by Senator Bergen.
allows bank directors to hold meetings
any day of the month, instead of legal
senate bill No. 2ss by Senator Wilson;
changes regulations of bank deposltors
Senate bill No. COL by Senator Getty.
enables commissioners of Kansas city:
Kan, to force certain paving four blocks
'0S Senate bill No. sol. by senator Ans
paugh. authorizes cities to prohibit trans
! Senate bill No. $40. by Senator Pome-
roy. fixes salaries of officers OF city court
senate bill No. APO. by Senator Snyder,
provides no bank shall be liable to d
check thru mistake or error without
malice. more than the actual damage.
wonger. includes federal farm loan bonds
in regulations regarding investment OF HE
insurance company funds c...
cuts down fees of probate judge in probat-
ing small estates.
Senate bill No 557 by Senator Malone.
requires justices of the peace to file with
the county clerks quarterly reports of fees
Senate bill No 5s2. by Senator Car
roll provides extra salary for clerks OF
district court in counties with army posts
Senate bill No 55s. by Senator Malone
regulates allowing of accounts by town
ship auditing boards.
Senate bill No. 1893. by Senator Crocker
legalizes issuing of bonds In cities of third
class technically invalidated
Senate bill No. 4S9. by Senator Laing
regulates sale of stock in railroads tC
municipalities and counties.
Senate bill No 651. by Senator Schoch
changes law so as to specifically include
the right of way and station grounds OF
/ railroad companies. under drainage assess
ment.
/ senate bill No. ia by Senator Huffman
creates resistant state commissioner OF
Iahe,r and specifies other deputies of this
office with salaries