Kansas Lobbyist Reform Tightens Rules at Topeka
Kansas lawmakers consider a lobbyist reform bill. Penalties include 5000 dollars, a year in jail, and disbarment for three years for violations. The bill requires registration with the secretary of state and forbids contingent fees and lobbying in session. A six foot petition from Lumber County seeks anti automobile measures from Representative Harbaugh amid highway safety concerns.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Secretary of State
W. P. Harbaugh
Wyomite bill to fund San Jose scale extermination in Kansas orchards
The Matson bill proposing an annual 15000 appropriation to eradicate the San Jose scale in Kansas orchards has been reported back to the house for passage. Kansas fruit tree associations urge speedy enactment to allow spring spraying before leaves appear, while the commission in charge has 500 annually to locate infected districts in Wyandotte Sedgwick Reno Ford Pratt and Pawnee counties with possible additional areas.
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Wyopeka
San Jose
Kansas
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Reno
Ford
Pratt
Pawnee
Kansas House Attends Lincoln Meeting On Demurrage Law
Topeka Kansas members accepted Nebraska’s invitation to join Missouri Kansas Colorado Wyoming Montana and Iowa at Lincoln January 28 to craft a uniform freight demurrage statute for several states.
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Administration bill allows reorganization of bankrupt firms
In Topeka Senator J L Brady introduced a bill permitting insolvent corporations in bankruptcy to be turned over to former managers by the district court after abuses are eliminated. The firms may be reorganized and allowed to continue in business.
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Topeka
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District Court
Senate
J.L. Brady
Lawmaker Seeks to Preserve Agricultural College Identity
Edwin Taylor a regent of the agricultural college at Manhattan, via Senator Cook of Mitchell, presented a senate petition Wednesday morning to safeguard the college's individuality.
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Toreka
Edwin Taylor
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Anti Sunday baseball bill revived in state legislature
Senator Brady of Lawrence reintroduced the antibaseball bill during a Wednesday session. J O N Dolley proposed a joint claims and accounts committee to handle all state claims. The war on clerk hire faded. three employees were discharged for refusing assigned jobs. Speaker Dolley named committee chairs across several areas. Elections committee sent an assistant sergeant to fetch ballots from Merton and Stevens counties amid Stout contest. Broulier, Republican, contests Democrat Stout.
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Mercer
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Barber
Harbaugh
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Merton
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Robert Broulier
J. S. Stout
Electiona Committee
Kansas lawmakers push anti lobby bill through both houses
In Topeka the anti lobby measure passed the house and Senate without amendment after hours of debate. The house also approved a bill banning employees from acting as lobbyists. A new furniture bill for representative hall was approved at 6039.17 dollars. A forestry commission bill proposes a state forester and a Manhattan forestry station. An animal health bill would require dairy inspections and culling diseased cows. Senate committee recommends passage of reapportionment for representative districts.
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House
Senate
J. N. Dolley
Representative Hall
Crosby Brothers
R. J. Joskins
Finney County
Forestry Commission
Board of Agriculture
Horticultural Society
The
Agricultural College
Manhattan
Stannard
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Committee of the Whole
Kansas Representative Suffered Stroke in House
Topeka Kansas representative from Hodgeman county W A Morgan had a slight stroke in the representative hall Thursday morning. He regained speech and partial use of limbs within minutes and was moved to the Throop hotel. The House committee on railroads favored a resolution to fund a national physical valuation of railroads, opposed by Kansas officials who prefer state led valuation.
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Topeka
Kan
W. A. Morgan
Hodgeman County
Representative Hall
To Stop Encroachment Bill Aimed at Kaw River
Topeka Kansas Joseph L Landrey from Wyandotte introduces a measure to curb corporate encroachment in Kaw valley drainage districts. The bill directs the attorney general or county attorneys to sue firms that fill along stream banks and forces restoration of lands to the state and channel clearance.
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Topeka
Kan
Joseph L. Landrey
Argentine
Wyandotte
Kaw
Kaw Valley
Western Canada's 1908 Wheat Harvest Sees Record Output
A Montreal paper notes Western Canada harvested at least 100 million bushels in 1908, likely 110 million, with good quality and high prices. Rail traffic and trade rebound, banks loosen credit, and 1909 looks strong as new lands open via the Grand Trunk Pacific. Cardston Alberta reports 1908 yields per acre: winter wheat 63, spring wheat 48 1/2, oats 97, all No. 1. farmer optimism and growth potential cited.
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Grand Trunk Pacific
Cardston
Alberta
Western Canada
Ils
Paradise
North America
Anti Lobby Bill Clears Kansas House With Amendments
Topeka Jan 22 The house passed the anti lobby bill from a joint committee. Amendments were minor and did not change the bill’s effect. Penalties were reduced to 1000 dollar maximum 100 dollar minimum and up to one year in jail plus a three year lobbyist ban. Only two votes against. It is the first major measure to pass the house.
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Topeka
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