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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.
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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.
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HOLT COUNTY FARM
BUREAU NOTES
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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.
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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.
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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 ]
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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