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

of s475.z1 in a fund appropriated by the
1915 legislature to the state school fund
commission to protect the rights Of the
state in the estate OF James Davis, de-
ceased, Of Marion county.
Senate bill $50. appropriates S23, 600 for
equipping the Plumb memorial building
at the Emporia normal
Senate bill SIS, appropriates ST.. 900 to
build hospital at the Orphans home at
Atchison.
House bin sss, appropriates 81 $50. So
for the Mcpherson celebration. July 4,
1917.
Senate bill $50. apprOpriates $12e4 for
the expenses of the senate investiga ton
of the university.
Senate bill 6ss. appropriates s.. 423- Sc
for repairing the Plumb memorial build
ing at the Emporia normal
House bill 564. apprepriates $1,000 to
help pay for a school building in dis
trict s.. Douglas county
House bill 4S9. appropriates $3.50 for
the payment Of employees at the Memorial
building, and for repairs
Senate bill III. substitute, appropriates
$4,000 for special improvements at the
Emporia State normal.
House bill 500. appropriates 81, 295- SIS
for the care of destitute insane, outside
of the state hospitals
Senate bill 666. appropriates So. 600 for
the use of the new state highway com
mission
House bill 6S, substitute. appropriates
$3.50 for the restoration OF the John
Brown cabin. and upkeep of John Brown
Memorial park at Osawatomie.
House bill $50, appropriates a revolving
fund Of $4,000 for the state school book
commission.
House bill 7S4. authorizes school boards
to purchase or lease grounds for rec
reatiOn purposes.
Senate bill 235. appropriates $500 for the
care and management of the park at
Pawnee Rock
House bill 6S4, appropriates $4,000 for
storing and displaying relics and records
of the G. A R. in Memorial hall
House bill $50 transfers $12. 1877 90 from
the Robinson fund at the university to
the university rent fund
Senate bill 701 appropriates $4,000 for
the aid of weak school districts
House bill Ss9. appropriates $4,000 for
the official state paper
House bill 173. appropriates $50, 250 for
the Mother Bickerdyke home at Els
worth. and S273. 900 for the Soldiers home
at Dodge City.
House bill 154. appropriates SIS, 600 for
repairing the east wing of the state house
and lighting the dome
Senate bill 70O appropriates $3.50 900 for
the assistance Of high schools maintain
ing normal training courses and S120 900
for the assistance of high schools main
tanning agricultural and domestic science
courses
Senate bill 336. appropriates $500
damages for DarceH Hatfield of Caney.
who was injured while an inmate of the
Boys Industrial school at Topeka
Senate bill 247. appropriates $4,000 for
the Boys Industrial school at Topeka.
Senate bill 524. approprfates $4,000 for
equipping a dairy barn and s., 600 for a
cell house at the Hutchinson reformatory.
House bill SIG. appropriates IS, 400 for
the salaries and expenses of the board
of managers of the State Soldiers home.
House bill 40. appropriates SIG. $50 for
the Memorial building. new furnishings,
equipment and repairs.
House bill $50. reappropriates the
balance in the state fire marshaPs fund
for the use of the office
Senate bill sos. appropriates $1,000 for
the establishment and maintenance of an
automobile repair school at the Hutchin-
son reformatory.
House bill 8. senate substitute, repeaIs
the divorce proctor law.
Senate bill 234. raises the majority age
Of girls from Is to 81 years.
House bill 654. allows garage keepers
liens for repairs on automobiles
House bill 621. makes it felony to
remove journal brass from locomotives or
other railroad property.
Senate bill 169, provides that before
a building is moved across a highway
where electric wires are strung, the
owner must get permit from the county
clerk.
Senate bill 80. prohibits the lower
riparian fowner from building a dam or
1evee to divert the flow of surface water
to the damage of land owner I'D stream.
House bill II. raises the compensation
for county commissioners in counties of
less than 5000 population from $3.50 to
$500.
House bill s17, permits corporations, as
we'll as individuals, to erect dams for
creating water power.
Senate bill 10. adds ores, cement and
brick to the list of property for which
warehouse receipts shall be issued
Senate bill SAB. provides that bonds and
recognlzanceS must be made by surety
companies, authorized to do business in
the state.
kas., to purchase the Intercity viaduct
at that place, by condemnation proceed
ingS if necessary
House bill 396, the anti-cigaret bill.
makes it unlawful for any person to sell
or give away cigaFet papers or to have
them about a store or place of business.
The measure also makes it unlawful to
advertise cigarets or cigaret papers for
sale or gift Makes it unlawful for any
person to give or sell tobacco in any form
to a minor.
House bill 7S6, amends the present law
concerning the admission of persons into
the tubercular sanatorium at Norton
House joint resolution IL, directs the
state agent at westinghouse c. Nichol-
son of Newton-to get the government
to reimburse the state for payments made
in connection with the mobilization of
troops for federal service last summer
Senate bill Sol, authorizes Kansas City, |
Kas-, to pave streets leading to manufac-
turing plants employing more than forty |
men. and charge the cost to the property |
owners along the streets
Senate bill 523. appropriates SIS. 900 a |
year from hunting license fees for the
state fish hatchery at Pratt.
Senate concurrent resolution IS a pro-
posed constitutional amendment to re-
quire foreign born persons to take out |
final citizenship papers before being
allowed to- vote
Senate bill 59S allows Kansas National |
Guardsmen, officers and enlisted men. to |
go on the retired list at Ga years of age.
and eXempts members of the guard from /
jury service, poll tax and road tax
House bill IS. authorizes drainage dis
tricts to take sand and gravel from navi- |
gable streams within the district without /
paying the sand royalty tax to the state
House bin $40. gives boards of education /
in cities Of the first and second class
power TO condemn property for playground |
sites
House bill $50, requires railroads to |
give shippers of grain. stock and other
duplicate bills of lading