CHAPTER 38. PURCHASE OF LAND, COAL AND COAL RIGHTS, KANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY. Senate bill No. 662. AN ACT providing for the purchase of certain lands, and for the purchase of coal and coal rights and the right to mine coal for the use of the State Penitentiary, and making an appropriation therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the board of directors of the State Penitentiary are hereby authorized to purchase for the use and benefit of the State Penitentiary the following-described real estate, to wit: Blocks 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 34, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48, 49, 59, 60, 61, 63, 76 and 89, containing sixty-five acres, more or less, all in section 20, township 9, range 23, lying and situated in the old town site of Delaware, in Delaware township, Leavenworth county, Kansas. SEC. 2. That the board of directors of the State Penitentiary are hereby authorized to purchase, for the use and benefit of the State Penitentiary, all the coal and coal rights and the right to mine therefor, without injury to the surface, in and under the following-described real estate, to wit: Blocks 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 55, 56, 57, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 100, 101, 102, 123, all in section 20, township 9, range 23, situate in the old town site of Delaware, in Delaware township, Leavenworth county, Kansas, together with all that portion of real estate and accretion known as the boat-landing in said Delaware township, Leavenworth county, Kansas, all of said blocks hereinbefore enumerated, together with said boat-landing comprising 157 acres, more or less, in said section 20, township 9, range 23, Delaware township, Leavenworth county, Kansas. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying for said real estate, and for the purchase of coal and the coal rights and the right to mine coal, as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this act, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 4. The auditor of state is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the treasurer of state in favor of the person or persons from whom said real estate is purchased, upon the filing with him of a perfect abstract of title, together with a good and sufficient general warranty deed to the state of Kansas, for the real estate described in section 1 of this act, each to be duly approved by the attorney-general, which approval shall be set forth in a certificate of the attorney-general filed therewith. SEC. 5. The auditor of state is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the treasurer of state in favor of the person or persons from whom said coal, coal rights and the right to mine coal, without injury to the surface, in and under the real estate described in section 2 of this act, for the amounts agreed to be paid by the board of directors, upon the certificate of the warden of the State Penitentiary certifying the amount so agreed to be paid by the board of directors and that a good and sufficient deed or deeds have been executed and delivered conveying to the board of directors of the State Penitentiary all of the coal and the coal rights and the right to mine coal under the real estate described in section 2 of this act, which said deeds shall be approved by the attorney-general and which approval shall be set forth in a certificate of the attorney-general attached thereto; provided, that the board of directors may purchase any part or portion of said real estate as described in section 2 of this act as they shall deem necessary and for the best interest of the institution. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved March 12, 1909. Published in official state paper March 31, 1909. CHAPTER 39. CONVEYING PRISONERS TO THE PENITENTIARY. AN ACT making appropriation for conveying prisoners to the Penitentiary for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated for conveying prisoners to the Penitentiary: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, five thousand dollars; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The auditor of state is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the treasurer of state for the purposes stated in section 1 of this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary to liquidate all the claims as may be presented to him. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book. Approved March 12, 1909. CHAPTER 40. HARD-FIBER TWINE PLANT, KANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY. Substitute for Senate bill No. 600. AN ACT relating to the hard-fiber twine plant of the Kansas State Penitentiary, at Lansing, and making an appropriation for the operation thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, out of any funds in the state. treasury not otherwise appropriated, by the terms and provisions of chapter 23 of the Session Laws of 1907, an act entitled "An act relating to the hard-fiber twine plant of the Kansas State Penitentiary, at Lansing, and making an appropriation for the operation thereof," approved March 12, 1907, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes in said act above mentioned stated. SEC. 2. That the further sum of eighty-one thousand two hundred and eighty-one dollars and nine cents of the accrued profits resulting from the operation of said hard-fiber twine plant at the Kansas State Penitentiary, whether now in the treasury of the state of Kansas or in the care and custody of the warden of the State Penitentiary, at Lansing, be and the same is hereby appropriated to and made a part of the revolving fund of the said hard-fiber twine plant. SEC. 3. The money in said revolving fund shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants issued by the auditor of the state, upon verified vouchers of the warden of the Kansas Penitentiary, approved by the board of directors. SEC. 4. All moneys received by or subject to the order of the warden shall remain on deposit in the state treasury until actually needed for disbursement; and when necessary to be deposited in any bank, such bank shall be designated by the governor, and such bank shall be required to pay at least two per centum interest on daily balances. SEC. 5. That the chief clerk of the Kansas State Penitentiary, at Lansing, shall be the clerk and cashier of the said hard-fiber twine plant, and shall give bond in the sum of forty thousand dollars in some reliable and responsible surety company, to be approved by the governor, for the faithful performance of his duties and faithful accounting to the state of Kansas for all moneys that may come into his possession or under his control, and the said clerk shall receive the expense of the premiums upon said surety bond, together with the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, as cashier and clerk for said hard-fiber twine plant, to [be] paid from the profits of said twine plant; provided, however, that the said clerk and cashier shall pay out the funds coming into his hands only upon the order of the warden. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the 30th day of June, 1909, and after its publication in the statute-book. Approved March 12, 1909. CHAPTER 41. STATE SOLDIERS' HOME AND MOTHER BICKERDYKE HOME. Senate bill No. 361. AN ACT making appropriation for the State Soldiers' Home and Mother Bickerdyke Home, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1909, June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the State Soldiers' Home and the Mother Bickerdyke Home, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911: SEC. 2. That all money now in the state treasury received from the United States for the support of the Soldiers' Home at Fort Dodge, Kan., and all such money received from the United States government for the support of the said home during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911, shall be covered into the state treasury and become a part of the general fund of the state, the state having appropriated funds to cover these amounts. SEC. 3. The state auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrants upon the state treasurer for the sums and for the purposes herein specified, on sworn vouchers of the claimants and approved by the president of the board of managers of the said Soldiers' Home, and certified by the secretary of said board as having been audited, approved and allowed by the state board at a regular session, giving the date and the amount of said allowance. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book. Approved March 12, 1909. |