Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 73-401 (2026)

Memorials by counties and cities; bonds

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73-401. Memorials by counties and cities; bonds. The various counties and cities of the state of Kansas are hereby authorized and empowered to vote bonds or incur indebtedness in the manner hereinafter prescribed for the erection of such memorials as may be petitioned for as suitable and proper to commemorate the valorous achievements of the citizens of the respective cities or counties who as soldiers, sailors and marines entered the service of the United States during the war with Mexico, the Indian wars, the war of the rebellion, the Spanish-American war, world war I, including therein those devoted women of the corps of the Red Cross nurses attached to the service of the United States, and world war II, also persons who have served with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone, and those citizens of the county or municipality who enlisted in the military, naval or Red Cross service during world war I, or world war II; also persons who have served with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone. Such memorial so petitioned for may consist of a building, monument, arch, or other structure, or improved highway, park or boulevard.

History: L. 1921, ch. 256, § 1; R.S. 1923, 73-401; L. 1945, ch. 301, § 7; L. 1951, ch. 429, § 6; June 30.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1927–2007 · leading case: City of Junction City v. Griffin, 607 P.2d 459 (Kan. 1980).
City of Junction City v. Griffin, 607 P.2d 459 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “73-407, was not uniformly applicable to all cities and that the city had the right to make changes by charter ordinance so as to place control with the Board of City Commissioners instead of a Board of Trustees. In the opinion it was pointed out that 73-407 was not uniformly…”
Farha v. City of Wichita, 161 P.3d 717 (Kan. 2007). “73-407 was a part — a group of statutes concerning memorials, monuments, and grave markers, K.S.A. 73-401 et seq., — was applicable uniformly to all cities.”
Darby v. Otterman, 252 P. 903 (Kan. 1927). “Under sections 73-401 to 73-410 of the Revised Statutes, chapter 256 of the Laws Of 1921, Kansas City, Kan.”
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