The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
FAVOR new LAWS
Senate Recommends Fire De-
partment Support Bill.
May Change Date for Holding
City Elections.

Several bills on general orders, re-
ceived favorable consideration from
the senate acting rs a committee of
the whole Thursday afternoon. AL
tho slightly hampered by the fact that
the members of the ways and means
committee and the committee on edu-
cational institutions were in Emporia,
the senators remaining at Topeka
managed to get thru a good deal of
routine business in the Afternoon.
Among the bills which they dealt
with was senate bill No 20. by Sen
ator Ridgway, which provides that
cities of the first class may repave
or regutter streets which have been
set aside as business or traffic streets
by resolution of the city commissions,
and without the necessity of the
property owners along the street pre-
senting petitions The action of the
city government in ordering the i'm
provement of the streets is also to be
final, according to the terms of the
bill.
Another Ridgway bill. similar in its
provisions, No. SO, was also recon-
mended to be passed by the commit
tee of the whole.
Change I'm Election Date.
Senate bill No. 5. by Senator Kim
ball, which fixes the date of city cleo
lions as in April, instead of in No
vember. for cities of the first class
with a population of less than $4,000,
was recommended by the committee
to be passed.
A bill Ex-senator Finley, which has
a local application, in regard to the
building and maintenance of county
hospitals was recommended to be
passed by the committee of the whole.
The bill proposed by Senator
Fisher, which permits the city COM
missioners of cities of the first class
within certain limits of population
which bring only Topeka within its
provisions, to levy a tank for the sup
port of the two-platoon fire system,
was recommended to be passed by the
committee of the whole. Another
Fisher bill, authorizing townships to
purchase or otherwise secure and
maintain public parks and cemeteries
was recommended to be passed by the
committee of the whole.
A ways and means committee
which provides for the appropriation
of state funds to meet the federal aid
appropriation for the prosecution of
the Smith-Lever vocational educa-
tional work in the state, was passed
by to hold it's place on the calendar
and be dealt with when the members
of the committee introducing it are
present. The same course was fol-
lowed in connection with senate bill
No. 102, introduced by Senator Sny-
der of the ways and means committee,
which relates to the determination of
cities of the first class by the asses
sors' rolls, instead of by the federal
census.
Consideration Postponed.
The continuation of the argument
on Senator Gray's bill providing for
the membership of women on the
county and state committees of the
party, was expected Thursday after
noon, and the senate went to some
trouble to get the preliminary align
ment necessary to consideration of the
bill.
With several friends of the Bill alb
sent with the two omnlittees Senator
Gray was successful in securing post
ponement of the consideration of the
bill until later date. A number of
prominent club women and women
active in state politics were in the sem
ate chamber to watch the progress
of the bill.