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that Ilnvo Been Intro duced Miscellaneous Matters in tho Upper and Lower Branches HOUSE The appointement of a eifting committee of seven by the speaker was authorized by a unani mous vote of the house en the 1st Most of the time of the session of the house was -consumed in consideration of the Evens game and fish bill house roll 138 in committee of the whole The bill was finally recom mended for passage a hard fight on the quail question being compromised by amending the bill so as to pro hibit the shooting of quail until No vember 1 1903 the open season there after to be November 1 to November 30 The following bills pere placed on general file on recommendation of standing committees House roll 409 by Miskell to increase the salary of the secretary of the state banking board to 2000 and that of his clerk to 1500 House roll 294 by Jouve nat requiring state bank receivers to render reports to the state banking board and making the removal of such receivers mandatory when re quested by the board House roll 1 by Mockett to provide free instruc tion at the nearest high school for gradutes of grammar or district schools House roll 54 by Fowler to provfde free attendance at public high schools of non resident pupils House roll 305 by Fowler creating the office of state health inspector and provid ing for the organization of county boards of health to prevent the spread of contagious diseases was discussed at considerable length The bill pro vides a salary of 1800 a year for the state inspector and leaves the com pensation of the county inspector to the liberality of the county board This provision was combated by Dr Gawne of Merrick who wanted to provide for a specific compensation for the county doctor who he said would be compelled to do work just as dangerous and unpleasant as that of the state oincer He moved the adoption of an amendment allowing the county phyiscian 10 a trip and 50 cents a mile for quarantining con tagious diseases The motion was de feated HOUSE Twenty nine more bills were placed on the general file at the morning session of the house on the 28th two of them over the heads of standing committees which recom mended their indefinite postponement Of these latter one was house roll 107 by Waring to suppress bucket shops and gambling on futures which had been referred to the committee on judiciary and the other was house roll 108 by Hawxby requiring telephone companies to mow the weeds for a space of twelve feet in circumference around the base of each telephone pole in August of each year The following bills passed House roll 4 appropriat ing 75000 for a fire proof wing to the Hastings asylum House roll 184 to provide for the education of pupils in schools outside the district of their residence The house then went into joint convention and on emerging therefrom recessed until 230 p m House roll 138 by Evans providing for a state game and fish commission was considered This is the bill in dorsed by the State Fish and Game society It names the governor game and fish commissioner authorizes the appointment of two deputies at a sal ary of 1200 a year with expenses not exceeding 500 a year and of three ad ditional deputies at a salary of 75 per month with expenses not exceed ing 300 a year The bill was not def initely disposed of i HOUSE In the house on the 27th five bills were passed as follows House roll 205 by Boyd to authorize district school boards to prescribe grades and courses of study Yeas 72 nays none House roll 226 by Fow ler for the protections of own eis of stallionsj jacks and bulls Yeas 52 nays 34 House roll 176 by Lane to permit the transfer of insane convicts to insane asylums Yeas 86 nays 1 House roll 227 by Hawxby to provide for the organization govern ment and maintenance of rural high schools Yeas 77 nays 7 House roll 221 by Fowler to enable pupils to at tend school in an adjoining district if a half mile nearer their residence than their own school Yeas 81 nays 1 Representative Fowlers bill to enable county treasurers to give tax deeds which has met with strong opposition ever since its introduction but which was nevertheless pushed along clear to its third reading was put on its passage and defeated by the decisive vote of 30 yeas and 68 nays After the huge grist of bills introduced yester day had been put through a second reading the house at 4 oclock ad journed The senatorial vote resulted as follows Thompson 38 Currie 16 Meiklejohn 22 Rosewater 4 Hinshaw 4 Martin 2 Crounse 5 Harlan 4 Young 2 scattering 2 HOUSE Feb 26th was the fortieth day of the -session and the last day re maining for the introduction of bills brought forth a great grist of eleventh-hour measures including all the appropriation bills all the latter being in skeleton form and Incomplete with the exception of the salaries appro priation bill Among the items in the claims appropriation bill are the fol lowing S R Towne 125416 An drew Rosewater 1000 Rosa V Scott 525 James H Craddock 1319 Mur phy Swain 370 Crane Churchill compan3r 77981 Crocker Wheler Co 33783 W B Price 800 F B Hibbard 251330 W F Wright 950 J F Keiper 625 J T Steele 81245 F L Mary 295 J W Thompson 25860S Nora E Morrow 1500 Laura B Taylor 750765 George F Corcoran 91730 Postal Telegraph company 275 L W m2SZrrto3ri erane 70474 E C Rewick 21331 D A Campbell 511 S A D Shilling S567G0 C S Polk 1760 E A Brown 178750 Express Publishing company 178750 Norfolk News 1 67750 Geddes Buechler 167750 Nebraska State Journal 107750 Bee Publishing company 107750 The total appropriation carried by the claims bill is 4579615 Among the large number of bills introduced oc cur the following An act for a joint resolution to amend section 15 of ar ticle 3 of the constitution of the state of Nebraska providing that cities of 100000 population or more may frame Halner 4 Hitchcock 21 Hinshaw 11 Kinkaid 2 Martin 6 Melklejohn 29 Ransom 1 Rosewater 15 Thompson D E 37 Thompson W H 31 Wethereld 4 Young 1 SENATE IN the senate on tho 1st the bill appropriating 75000 for the purpose of building a gymnasium at the State Normal school at Peru was passed It is house roll No Ill by Armstrong Senator Ergars bill for punishment for blackmail extor tion and kindred felonies was indefi nitely postponed It was senate file No 95 House roll No 55 by Fowler recommended for passage It is to excuse candidates for offices less than county and city offices from filing primary election expense accounts House roll No 117 by Fowler pro viding a method for submitting to voters proposed constitutional amend ments was recommended for indefi nite postponement Senate file No 186 by Paschal was recommitted for further hearing It is to provide that cities may take up unused portions of street railway tracks switches or other appliances Senate file No 127 by Currie was Indefinitely postponed It is to provide for appointment of county attorneys on occasions when needed In counties of less than 2000 inhabitants A similar measure has passed the house and is pending in the senate Senate file No 69 by Martin to shorten the time during which appeals may be taken in cer tain civil cases was indefinitely post poned House roll No 230 is on the same subject and will probably be passed by the senate SENATE The senate on the 28th passed house roll 56 by Miskel pro viding for a towns road fund and a district road fund Senator Campbell was the only one voting nay The fol lowing were ordered to the general file House roll 6 by Mockett relat ing to the pay of county commission ers House roll 52 by Dahlsten pro viding for appointment cf county at torneys by the board in counties hav ing less than 3000 inhabitants Sen ate file 114 by Currie to raise the salaries of comptroller police judge clerk and city prosecutor of Omaha The clerk of the house was announced and stated that the lower house had concurred in the senate amendmnts to house rolls 3 and 8 It had also passed house rolls 4 and 184 and the senate was asked to concur in the same Sen ate file 134 by Martin on request pro viding punishment for destruction of ballots or election booths so long as they may be valuable for evidence was then recommended for passage The senate then resolved itself into com mittee of the whole with Senator ONeill in the chair for consideration of bills on general file Senate file 271 by Ransom relating to publication of proposed constitutional amendments After adoption of an amendment pro posed by Senator Young and another by Senator Currie it was recommended for passage by unanimous vote SENATE The senate on the 27th turned down the report of the commit tee on education recommending that the bill proposing to take the annual tax levy from the school board of Omaha and place it with the city coun cil be indefinitely postponed and in stead ordered it to the general file The bill relating to compulsory educa tion recommended by the legislative committee of the state teachers asso ciation was ordered to the general file It is senate file 231 by McCar gar The clerk of the house announced passage of house rolls 150 206 and 223 and asked the senate to concur in the same Senate file 269 by Trompen on request relating to purchase or lease of an appropriate school site by school boards was indefinitely postponed Senate file 711 by Ransom providing for publication of proposed amend ments to the constitution was also placed on general file It was recom mended for indefinite postponement but Ransom and Miller made a fight that saved it temporarily at least Senator Edgar was the only one to speak for postponement Oleson ONeill and Young each favored send ing it to the general file that discus sion in committee of the whole might be permitted Young said though that he intends voting against the measure at that time SENATE Today February 26 was the fortieth day of the session the last day on which bills can be intro duced except upon a recommendation by the governor As a result a great er portion of the day in the senate was devoted to the reading of new bills a large number being introduced dur ing the afternoon there being twenty two bills sent up during the day Aside from this the senate found time to listen to the reports of several com mittees and bills on second reading as well as to pass seven bills and kill one The total number of bills intro duced during the present session has fallen somewhat short the record be ing 309 as compared with 355 two years ago 383 four years ago and 411 six years ago Two years ago the last day for the introduction of bills called forth more than 100 and a night session had to be called in order 5wgnsgggjgg55aBBg ZT T - to have them read while today the consideration of new bills was dis posed of by 5 oclock and no night session is necessary The first bill of the session vas introduced by Senator Newell and the last one by Senator Van Boskirk The following bills came up for third reading and were passed Senate file 42 by Ransom an act to protect feeble minded females Sen ate file 64 by Crounse amending the law relating to Ptitions In Error Senate file 115 by Arends providing for a prohibitive license for peddlers its object being the protection of re tail merchants Senate file 180 by charter for their own government A Miller relating to the collection or bill for the payment of the salaries of road tax House roll 38 by Fuller an the officers of the state government and other institutions Joint resolu tion and memorial invoking congress to call a national convention for pro posing amendments to the constitution of the United States An act making an appropriation of miscellaneous items of indebtedness owing by the state of Nebraska containing an in complete list of deficiency claims ap proved by the committee on deficien cies The vote for United States sen ator resulted as follows Allen 37 Berge 7 Crounse S Currie 14 nngton 1 Harlan 2 Harrington 5 act to provide for the mowing or oth erwise destroying of weeds in the pub lic roads House roll 89 by Warner an act providing for the examination by county superintendents of appli cants for admission to the State Nor mal schools House roll 204 by Swan son ah act to transfer the sinking fund to the general fund and to pro vide for the credit of this and direct hereafter LEGISLATIVE NOTES With the last day for the introduc tion of bills passed the record shows that in the senate there were a total of 309 bills introduced or an average of about nine and a half for each of the thirty three members The rec ords however show that some of the members were much more active In this work than were others Senator Martin is responsible for thirty three bills Senator Ransom comes next with twenty four with Young of Stanton close on his heels with twenty three Senator Balbridge although having been absent since early in the session on account of sickness comes fourth there being seventeen measures bear ing his name M F Harrington of ONeill today made an argument before the house committee on railroads having under consideration senate file 166 Senator Webers bill cutting freight rates on certain commodities from 10 to 15 per cent Cattle hogs horses lum ber coal and hay are the principal commodities affected This reduction is on the rates which were in force December 1889 Mr Harrington dis cussed the decision of the supreme court on the maximum freight law and contended that the decision was the only one that could be rendered upon the facts that were presented to th court but argued that that decision did not prevent the legislative power from passing a bill reducing rates Forty three hills were introduced in the house on the 26th bringing tho total number of bills submitted in the one branch up to 478 The salaries appropriation bill house roll 436 by Lane carries a to tal appropriation of 879800 as against 875880 in the salary bill passed two years ago On the whole salaries have been slightly raised but no provision has been made for sala ries of the three secretaries of the state board of transportation which made an item of 13600 two years ago Secretary McKesson of the senate has sprung an agreeable surprise in the shape of a printed senate calendar giving in an eight page folder the exact status of every bill that has been be fore the senate The list is corrected up to February 26 and will probably be revised from week to week and re issued From it one can learu at a glance what has become of each sen ate bill whether passed on general file indefinitely postponed or still in the hands of its appropriate commit tee A list of house bills that have reached the senate is also appended with similar information as to their existence and whereabouts The appropriations made for the va rious departments and institutions are as follows Governors office 16480 adjutant generals office 17980 labor commissioners office 6680 secretary of states office 156S0 auditors of fice 29360 treasurers office 15780 state superintendents office 8680 at torney generals office 12080 land commissioners office 26880 state li brary 1800 department of banking 6680 board of irrigation 10480 fish commissioner 2400 supreme court 33500 district court 224000 home for friendless 16500 state noi mal at Peru 45000 hospital at Hast ings 10400 hospital at Lincoln 10 400 hospital at Norfolk 8000 state university 270000 Kearney indus trial school 17200 Geneva industrial schDol 10980 deaf and dumb insti tute at Omaha 30000 Beatrice insti tute 12400 institute for blind 16 000 Mllford industrial home 7720 soldiers home at Grand Island 1460 soldiers home at Milford 3980 The senate committee on public lands and buildings composed of Sen ators Allen Young Trompen Arends Berlet Owens Steele Lyman and Krumbach went to Omaha for the purpose of looking into the needs of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb located in that city Senator Millers bill providing for stipulated sums to be paid county commissioners provides that county commissioners and county supervisors shall each be allowed for the time they shall be actually and necessarily employed in the duties of their office the sum of 3 per day and 5 cents per mile for each mile necessarily trav eled provided however that in coun ties not having mere than 5000 in habitants their per diem shall not ex ceed 100 per year The vote for senator on the 1st re sulted as follows Allen 43 Berge 5 Crounse 7 Currie 14 Dietrich 2A Har Ian 3 Hainer 2 Harrington 6 j shaw 12 Hitchcock 39 Kinkaid 2 ivlartin 4 Morlan 2 Meiklejohn 33 Rosewater 15 Thompson D E 38 Thompson W H 15 Wethereld 2 H C Lindsay private secretary to Governor Dietrich received the fol lowing message from the governor sent from Ridgeville Ind In view of the fact that the penitentiary is nearly destroyed by fire and what re mains fs in bad condition and the present location being undesirable viewed from other standpoints I would favor purchasing from two to four sections of good farming land on which to construct a new penitentiary so that convicts may be employed both in manufacturing and fanning and raising sugar beets and other products I hope no action will be taken to rebuild without giving the above proposition due consideration CHARLES H DIETRICH Ei NDED TO PASS Tha Bill Providing for Publicnion of Constitututional Amendments ONLY ONE PAPER IN EACH COUNTY Strict Quarantine Measures to Bo Inaug Crush urated at Fairbury Brakcmau ed to Death at ISepubllcan City Other Nebraska Xews LINCOLN Neb March 4 -Senator Ransoms bill providing for publica tion of proposed constitutional amend ments and fixing a rate for the cost has been recommended for passage in committee of the whole According to the measure senate file 99 such amendments must be published once a week for three months in one paper in each county in the state previous to election For this the publisher is to receive 50 cents per square for the first insertion and 25 cents per square for each subsequent insertion the no tices to be set in nonpareil and the secretary of state to designate which is to be the paper favored The bill as amended is as follows Such amendment cr amendments shal be published by the secretary of state once a week in one news paper to be designated by him in each county in this state in which a newspaper is published for at least three months before the next election of members of the legislature casuing the passage of such proposed amend ment Provided that the fees to be paid for such publication shall be 50 cents per square for the first inser tion and 25 cents per square for each subsequent insertion such amend metns to be printed in nonpareil Pro vided further that the publication of such amendment or amendments shall be only the act itself submitting such amendment or amendments Quarnutino to Be Strict FAIRBURY Neb March 4 A meeting of all the physicians of the city was held here at the request of Mayor Hartigan and several cases were examined that were suspected of having smallpox but which were not under quarantine The result was that each and every case was pro nounced smallpox by an almost unani mous vote of the physicians and strict quarantines were ordered In addition to this a boarding house was yesterday quarantined three of the inmates having taken down with the disease One of them a young man by the name of Redding in the em ploy of the Rock Island is not ex pected to recover The city council and board of education met last night and decided to adopt the most rigid quarantine All public gatherings such as the public schools cnurches lodges and all social functions will be prohibited and the council has is sued an order requiring every citizen of Fairbury to be vaccinated or to present a certificate from his physi cian that he has been vaccinated with in the past two jears Crushed Under Car Wheels HASTINGS Neb March 4 The body of Judd R Olmstead the Bur lington brakeman on freight No 44 in charge of Conductor Lehew was brought to Hastings from Republican City by a special train Mr Olmstead was run over at Republican City while on duty He had gone between the cars and cut the air hose but when he attempted to step back his left heel caught in a frog and as he felt backward the car wheel crushed his leg almost to the body then passed to the right side across the lower part of the abdomen He lived about two hours Columbus Farmer Goes Insane COLUMBUS Neb March 4 Carl Swanson a Swede living in Walker township was brought here by the sheriff a raving maniac Swanson is 42 years of age and ha3 been farming in this county for a number of years He was examined by the board and pronounced insane Just what ha3 caused his mental trouble is not known and it is doubtful if he can be restored by a course of treatment Company 13 Disbands 1 LINCOLN Neb March 2 Adjutant General Barry issued an order accept ing the resignation of William H Car son as captain of company B of the Second regiment stationed at Ord he captain has been instructed to dis charge the other officers and the men of the company as it will be disband ed This action is taken because the company failed to report at camp last fall Internal dissensions were the causes of its disintegration Creditors Force Sale of Stock CLAY CENTER Neb March 2 The stock of agricultural implements of W W Allen of this place was sold by a United States marshal to satisfy claims of creditors W H Wads worth of Indianola bouhgt the goods for 6025 Richert Stephenson deal ers in the same line at this place bought the real estate for 1025 I Sheep from Wyoming AINSWORTH Neb March 4 Bar to Mitchell unleaded 3500 sheep here from the Mitchell ranch in the Big Horn valley Wyoming The sheep are to be fattened here for the market Several thousand hed of cattle are also being wintered here abouts Held on Charge of Perjury WILBER Neb March 4 Through alleged assistance of his brother James N Spence aged twenty two to marry Ada M Lane a daughter of James K Lane of Pleasant Hill with out the consent of her parents Wes ley A Spence has to face a charge of perjury At the request of his broth er it is alleged he made application to the county judge for the marriage license and gave the age of the girl as nineteen The irate father says she will not be eighteen until neH August and he had Spence who Ta twenty six arrested for perjury X V i - i i m J if