The sections and provisions of this act are severable and are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and it is the intention of the legislature to confer the whole or any part of the powers herein provided for and if any section, provision or part or parts thereof are for any reason held unconstitutional, void or inoperative, it is the intention that the remaining sections, provisions and parts thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
K.S.A. 42-724