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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1932)
--—----—--— Continued from page 5. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilcox and child ten of Oraibi. Arizona, who are visit ing here, and J. A. Gifford drove to Wayne Monday for a visit among rela tives. Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Gifford re turned home Sunday. Mrs. Wilcox and children remained for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Gifford and children came from Wayne Sunday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Baker. / 1 ' Dr. F. A. O’CONNELL DENTIST GURANTEED WORK MODERATE PRICES O’NEILL :: NEBRASKA Ennis Shoe Hospital West of the Penney Store We Aim to Please All Work Guaranteed Prices Reasonable Miss Lois Kilinger spent several days of last week with relatives at Wayne. Mrs. Kate Hartijan and two daught ers have moved into rooms of the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs James McMahn. — HOLT COUNTY FARM BUREAU NOTES .. i... Tip-moth Parasites Distributed Seven hundred adult flies of the Campoplex Species were distributed on the Merwyn French farm near Page and the C. F. Adams farm northwest of Dustin last week. These flies lay eggs on the larvae of the Pine Tip Moth, which destroys the growing buds of pine trees. The eggs hatch and the larvaie of the parasite destroy the pine tip-moth larvaie. These parasites were brought to the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey from Virginia in 1928. They have aided materially in controlling the tip-moth in the Halsey plantings. The distribution here in Holt county is the fi it which has been made outside of the Halsey Forest. Only a limited number will be available for distribu tion in the future. FOR RENT Furnished House for Rent, west of Presbyterian church.—Mrs. Catherine Smith. 8tf For Rent—80 acres good hay land, southeast of O’Neill—Inquire at this office. FOR SALE APPLES—APPLES—Lots of Whit neys, the great canning apple. Ready to go now.—John Boshart. 10 For vegetable, fresh from the garden call 171-J. 8tf For Sale—Sweet Cream. Reasonable price, delivered.—M.E. Morgan, Phone 17F-12. 8-4p Pump For Sale. Mary G. Horiskey. 8tf LEGAL NOTICE AS TO MEASURE TO BE VOTED UPON NOVEMBER 8, 1932 PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION This measure creates a Nebraska Public Safety Commission, composed of the Governor and the □ other elective state executive officials, whose duty it shall be through persons selected without reference to political affiliation to: YES 1. Patrol main highways. 2. Perform present duties of state sheriff and fire marshal. 3. Assist counties and towns in law enforce ment. □ 4. Conduct training school annually for sheriffs NO and police officers in crime investigation. Cost in property taxes is limited to $75,000 each biennium; remainder from fees of fire insurance companies and percentage of state’s share of gaso line tax, as appropriated by Legislature. A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public safety and the maintenance of law' and order, and in connection therewith providing for the creation of The Nebraska Public Safety (Commission and the establishment of a state highway patrol system, and to repeal sections 81-5501, 81-5503, 84-107 and 34-108, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929, and to provide p"nalties for the violation of this Act. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission is hereby created. Its members shall consist of the Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, and Secretary of Stale. The Governor shall act as chairman, the Attorney General as vice-chairman, and the Secretary of State as secretary. Section 2. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission in the man ner hereinafter provided shall have the power and it is hereby made its duty: (a) In general, to detect crime, apprehend persons accused of law violation, and maintain law and order throughout the state. (b) Upon request to render special assistance to any state officer, board, commission, or administrative department of the state govern ment, in enforcing any law or regulation with the enforcement of which such officer, board, commission, or administrative department is specially charged. (c) To render special assistance when necessary to any county or municipality in the investigation oi' any crime, capture of uny accused person, suppression of any riot, or prevention Oi any threatened dis order. (d) To cause the mam highways of the state to be patrolled in order that the laws relating to the speed, lights, brakes, clearance, weight, and dimensions of trucks, automobiles and other vehicles, the licenses of drivers, payment of annual registration fees, driving while intoxicated, payment of gasoline taxes and observance of safety rules and regulations, be enforced. (e) To conduct annually for one or more weeks a training school for the instruction ot state, county, and municipal law enforcement othcers in methods of crime investigation, the securing and use of finger-prints, the science of ballistics, rules of evidence in criminal cases, emergency relief to injured persons, and in such other subjects as may be deemed beneficial. Section 3. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission shall appoint a state superintendent of public safety to a. • it in discharging its duties under this Act. lie shall be chosen by the Commission solely <m the basis oi administrative qualifications, lie shall hold ofiice at the pleasure oi the Commission ami receive such salary, not to exceed $7,0bl).0d per annum, ns shall be fixed by the Commission. Before taking othee he shall take the statutory oath and lile with the Secre tary of State a bond, conditioned upon the honest uml faithful per formance of his duties, in the sum of $30,000.00, to be approved by the Commission. Section 4. Subject to the approval o£ the Commission, the super intendent shall appoint the highway patrolmen, and such clerks, sten ■©rgapbers, experts, and other assistants and employees as may be deemed necessary by the Commission for carrying out the provisions ©f this Act. Each of such persons appointed by the superintendent, before taking otlice, shall take the statutory oath and tile with the Secretary ot State a bond, conditioned upon the honest and faithful performance of his duties, in such sum and form as shall be required by the Commission. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that no patrolman or other employee shall be appointed or discharged for political reasons. Appointment shall be made on the basis of merit only. No person shall be appointed as highway patrolman unless he has satisfactorily passed a physical and mental examination at least equal to the standard provided by the rules and regulations of the United States Army. The superintendent shall not appoint any person unless he has reliable information that such person is of good moral character, is a citizen of the United States, and does not use intoxi cating liquor. Subject to the approval of the Commission, the super intendent shall fix the compensation of the patrolmen and employees • appointed by him. Neglect of duty, failure to obey a proper and legal • order of the superintendent, use of intoxicating liquor, conviction for violation of any law, refusal when able to pay personal debts, cowardice in face of danger, mental infirmity, physical disability, or inability for any other reason to perform the duties assigned, shall be grounds for -dismissal by the superintendent. Subject to the approval of the Com mission, the superintendent shall make rules and regulations for the discipline and control of the state patrolmen and other employees and assistants. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to distribute the .state patrolmen through the various sections of the state where they will be the most efficient in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Commission and its members shall deal with the patrolmen and assistants solely through the super intendent who shall be held responsible by the Commission for tha carrying out of the provisions of this Act. Section 5. The State of Nebraska shall fu.nish each highway -patrolman with weapons, emergency and ftrst-aiu outfits, a motoioyclfi or automobile, and all other necessary supplies ;.:ul equipment, all oi which shall remain the property of the State of Nebraska. Section 6. The Superintendent of Public Safety and those ap pointed by him under the provisions of this Act, except stenographers and clerks, shall have the same power and authority now given by law to sheriffs and police officers to prevent crime, pursue and apprehend offenders, make arrests, and obtain evidence against persons accused of violation of law. The Superintendent of Public Safety under the supervision of the Nebraska Public Safety Commission shall be ex officio State Fire Marshal and is hereby charged with performing the duties of the State Fire Marsh il and deputy state Are marshals pro vided by statute. The Superintendent of Public Safety and the high way patrolmen appointed by him shall have the authority and perform the duties heretofore had and performed by the State Sheriff and the deputy state sheriffs. The State Superintendent of Public Safety and the highway patrolmen are authorized to and shall perform the duties heretofore performed by the persons appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Public Works and the Governor of the State of Ne braska for the enforcement of motor vehicle laws. All automobiles, motorcycles, weapons, furniture, equipment, and supplies, belonging to the State of Nebraska but now used by the State Fire Marshal and his deputies, the State Sheriff and his deputies, and the persons ap ppinted to enforce the motor vehicle laws, shall be transferred to the State Superintendent of Public Safety for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act. Sections 81-5501, 81-5503, 84-107, and 84-108, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929, are hereby repealed, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to consolidate the authority and duties of the State Sheriff, the State Fire Marshal, and those appointed under the Department of Public Works for the enforcement of the motor vehicle laws, under and in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Safety. Section 7. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to obtain and file for record and report, as far as procurable, all plates, finger prints, photographs, outline pictures, descriptions, information, criminal his tories, and measurements of all persons who have been or shall here after bo convicted of felony or imprisoned for violating any of the military, naval, or criminal laws of the United States of America, and of all well-known and habitual criminals and to cause the same to be properly indexed. Section 8. It is hereby made the duty of the sheriffs of the sev eral counties and the chiefs of police and marshals of the incorporated cities and villages, respectively, to furnish copies of fingerprints and description of all persons arrested who in the best judgment of such sheriffs, chiefs of police, or village marshals, are persons who may be wanted for serious crimes, or are fugitives from justice, or in whose possession is found stolen property or burglar outfits or other property reasonably believed to be carried for unlawful purposes. Said sheriffs, chiefs of police, and village marshals, shall also furnish to the State Superintendent of Public Safety upon request reports of lost, stolen, found, or pawned property received in their respective offices. Section 9. The superintendent shall collect information concern ing the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in this state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith from the inception of the complaint to the final discharge of the defendant, and such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the administration of justice; this information to comprise only such crimes, legal steps and data as the superintendent may designate. The information so collected shall include such data as may be re quired by the United States Department of Justice under its national system of crime reporting. It shall be the duty of every police depart ment, sheriff, marshal, constable, or other police agency; of clerks, justices, or other appropriate officials of criminal courts; of prose cuting, probation, and parole officers; of every head of a department, bureau, or institution, state, county, and local, which deals with crim inals; or of any other person who, by reason of his office, is qualified to furnish the data required, to render the information requested by the state superintendent. Every person who has custody or charge of public records or documents from which information sought in respect to this Act can be obtained shall grant to any person deputized by the superintendent access thereto for obtaining such information. Section 10. The Superintendent of Public Safety may call upon any sheriff, chief of police, village marshal, or other peace officer, to assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act in their respective jurisdictions. Any such sheriff, chief of police, village marshal, or other peace officer, so called upon shall render such assistance to the best of his ability. Section 11. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission is hereby authorized and directed, if possible, to secure from the Federal Radio Commission a license to operate on a short wave length a radio broad casting station to be used for police purposes only. A short w'ave length radio receiving set shall be installed on the motorcycle or in the automobile of each highway patrolman. The sheriffs of the several counties and the chiefs of police of all metropolitan cities and cities of the first and second classes, are hereby authorized to purchase and install a similar radio receiving set, the cost and maintenance of which shall be paid by the county or municipality, as the case may be. Section 12. Any person neglecting or refusing to perform any act on his part to be done or performed in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, or violating any of the provisions of this Act, or knowingly giving false information to the State Superin tendent of Public Safety or to any highway patrolman, or doing any other act with the intention of interfering with the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding CO days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court Conviction under this section shall subject the person convicted, if a public official, to removal from office in the dis cretion of the court. Section 13. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and to pay all the expenses incident thereto, there shall be appro priated for each biennium out of monies in the General Fund of the State Treasury raised by general taxation a sum not to exceed $i5, 000.00 and all *fees collected during each biennium under the provisions of Section 81-5522, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929, for the support of the State Fire Marshal. Such other amounts of money as in the judgment of the Legislature is needed to maintain the activities provided lor in this Act shall be appropriated and paid out of taxes on motor vehicle fuels collected and retained by the state for the pur pose of maintenance of state highways. The patrolling of the high ways of the state as herein provided is deemed to be a proper part of highway maintenance. Tin above proposed measure to be voted upon at the general election November 8, 1932. is published in accordance v/itft section 1910, Chr.pt. • 2, Compiled Statutes 1929, State of Nebraska, Frank i Marsh, Sec rctui y of State. To give your eyes the best possible attention at a reasonable price see Dr. Perrigo at O'Neill, July 30. 9-2 Truck For Sale—1929, l^z ton, used little. Will take in livestock. 8 miles east of O'Neill on No. 20.—I. M. Smith, Page, Nebr., 9-2p For Sale—Summer apples, 50 cents a bushel. 1 mile north and one half mile west of Chambers.—E. A. Farrier. 9tf MISCELLANEOUS Will can sweet corn for 8 cents per pint or 15 cents per quart. Will fur nish corn, you to furnish jars.—Mrs. H. H. Lowery, Emmet, Nebr. 10-2p Give your children a fair chance in life. Take care of their eyes now. See Dr. Perrigo at O’Neill, July 30. 9-2 Wanted—Students to room and board.—Mrs. E. D. Henry. 9-4p ANNUAL STATEMENT OF W. E. CONKLIN, COUNTY TREAS URER OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. SHOWING RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR BEGINN ING JULY 1, 1931 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1932. RECEIPTS To Balance on hand July 1st 1931_$215,805.77 To Total Tax Collected _____ 437,407.11 To Total School Land Funds Collected _ 11,712.37 To Total University Land Funds Collected _ 1,374.45 To Total State Apportionment for Schools.. 17,683.76 To Total State Aid for Schools_ 761.00 To Miscellaneous Collections (County General Fund).. 13,894.03 To Miscellaneous Collections (County Bridge Fund)_ 770.59 To Miscellaneous Collections (County Road Fund) _ 31,248.77 To Miscellaneous Collections (County Dragging Fund) 20,002.98 To Miscellaneous Collections (SD No. 50 from Knox County) 30.00 To Miscellaneous Collections (Inheritance Tax) _ 748.22 To Miscellaneous Collections (Interest on County Deposit) 2,032.39 To Miscellaneous Collections (Redemption Fund) .. 23,272.58 To Miscellaneous Collections (Fees) _ 419.90 To Miscellaneous Collections (State Highway Supervision) 728.48 To Miscellaneous Collections (State Highway Maintenance 8,450.14 To Miscellaneous Collections (Fines and Licenses)_ 846.50 To Miscellaneous Collections (Drivers Licenses)_ 156.25 To Miscellaneous Collections (Township).... 245.00 To Misc. Collections (Ewing Village Refunding Bond)_ 400.00 To Miscellaneous Collections (School Bond)_ 227.00 $788,217.29 DISBURSEMENTS By State Treasurer’s Receipts (Consolidated Fund). $ 47,411.11 By State Treasurer’s Receipts (School Land Fund) _ 13,643.75 By State Treasurer’s Receipts (Uiversity Land Fund) 1,402.58 By State Treasurer’s Receipts (State Highway Supervision) 722.20 By State Treasurer’s Receipts (StateHighway Maintenance) 8,376.59 By County General Fund Warrants Paid ... 76,018.02 By County Bridge Fund Warrants Paid__ _ 27,267.26 By County Road Fund Warrants Paid .... __ 46,361.93 By County Dragging Fund Warrants Paid . 10,469.60 By County Soldiers Relief Fund Warrants Paid ..... 500.00 By County Mothers Pension Fund Warrants Paid .... 2,880.00 By County Fair Fund Warrants Paid ..... 2,027.00 By County Special Bridge Emergency Fund Warrants Paid 4,000.00 By County District School Orders Paid __ 215,228.42 By County District School Bonds and Coupons Paid 16,582.23 By County District School Free High Orders Paid ..... 41,118.00 Township Treasurer’s Orders Paid . .... 50,985.27 Village Treasurer’s Orders Paid ___ 25,364.00 Water Bonds and Coupons Paid___ 6,627.25 , Electric Light Coupons Paid .. ... 882.00 i Township Library Orders Paid_____ 2,130.00 ! Coleman R. R. Bond Coupons Paid__—__ 420.00 ] Redemption Fund___ 22,781.78 Inheritance Tax (Appraisers Fees) __..... .. 30.15 Refund Orders of County Board Paid ____ 149.97 Special Bee Tax Paid Dept, of Agriculture ... 18.68 County Judgment Paid--- 216.84 ] - I To Balance on hand....... . $164,602.66 J $788,217.29 ! Balances State Consolidated Fund- ___T_$ 1,278.84 State School Land Fund...-. 848.83 State University Land Fund..... 206.66 State Highway Supervision_ 18.61 State Highway Maintenance__ 217.78 State Drivers License Fund_ 2.13 County Road Fund. ..... 7,805.30 County State Highway Fund 4.55 County Soldiers Relief Fund ....... 9.33.03 County Mothers Pension Fund_~___ 1,341.05 I County Special Emergency Bridge Fund _ _ .. 4,084.13 County Fair Fund _ __— 1,683.79 i County Repairs and Improvements Fund _ 4,645.33 I District School Fund.. 69,872.50 j District School Bond Fund 15,281.85 | District School Judgment Fund_ 742.11 I Township Fund________ 30,415.35 j Village Fund ......— 8,430.83 | Water Bond Fund _ 6,037.79 ] Sewrer Bond Fund 170.19 ] Electric Light Bond Fund-- 3,102.59 Township Library Fund._..... 1,071.42 ] Coleman R. R. Bond Fund 6,153.11 | Redemption Fund - 2,235.60 I County School Fund. .... 93.97 J Irrigation Fund....—.—.----— 193,31 Special Bee Tax . .—. 12.83 Fees From W. E. Conklin, County Treasurer_ 8,889.41 j $175,772.89 j Overdrafts County General Fund__—..$ 1,319.43 County Bridge Fund --- 112.69 County Judgment Fund . 126.63 i Free High School Fund.—. 9,611.58 $ 11,170.23 j $164,602.66 Cash on hand in Banks- ---$129,388.02 Cash, Checks, Drafts in office_ 7,749.57 Federal Land Bank and U. S. Bonds 16,100.00 Warrants Held in Trust. 11,365.07 $164,602.60 j Jfc . Registered arrants County General Fund - ...$ 72,729.80 ' County Road Fund .... —.— 16,966.01 County Bridge Fund .. 21,476.93 STATE OF NEBRASKA ] COUNTY OF HOLT I, W. E. Conklin, Treasurer of Holt County, do solemnly swear j that the foregoing Statement of Receipts, Disbursements and Balances, j is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. j W. E. CONKLIN, County Treasurer. j Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of July, 1932. JOHN C. GALLAGHER, (SEAL) County 'Clerk. STATE OF NEBRASKA ] f ss. COUNTY OF HOLT J We, the undersigned County Supervisors of Holt County, Ne- J braska, do hereby Certify that we have carefully examined the account j of W. E. Conklin, County Treasurer, and found the foregoing State ment thereof Correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief. \ Witness our signatures at O’Neill, Nebraska, this 27th day of I July, A. D. 1932. JOHN SULIJ\VAN, HUGH L. JAMES, J. C. STEIN, L. E. SKIDMORE, RODELL ROOT, L. C. McKIM, JOHN STEINHAUSER. I