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were done, no question could, in our
judgment arise.
“What we have said with regard
to the general fund would, of
course, be equally applicable to
other funds, if there are any, from
which any of the county employees
may be paid.
"Finally, we are quite firmly of
the opinion that the payment of the
salaries to county officers and em
ployees may not be used as a cloak
to cover up transactions which are
forbidden by statute. The statute
forbids the issuance of warrants
representing provable claims
against the funds of the county in
excess of u certain amount nnd this
limitation must be observed.”
The above statements must not,
under any consideration, be inter
preted as official from the Attorney
General's office. We have discuss
ed this matter with a number of
Nebraska's leading attorneys and
these gentlemen without an excep
tion, have interpreted the law di
rectly opposite from the above
qaotation.
We believe it is right and proper
to .suggest that the Attorney Gen
<sral’s office must certainly under
stand that in view of the fact that
40 per cent to 50 per cent of the
revenue of many counties is de
rived from other than General
I*roperty levies and to justify or
alibi a procedure of this kind on
the part of public officials to all
intents and purposes practically
annuls tax limitations so far as
they apply to county affairs.
We believe our county officials
should be paid their ompensation
promptly and we are also most
emphatically of the opinion that if
the business of the counties of the
'tale of Nebraska is run as it
should be, there will be no trouble1
in that regard and it is certainly
logical to assume that our county
officials might exercise greater care
in the obligations incurred for the
county if all hills and compensa
tions were paid in the order as
riled, as many attorneys have ex
pressed the opinion that this was
the real intent of the law.
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Recreation Association
Monday the Dramatic club start
ed a study of the American stage
and stage terminologies. From
this study they hope to be able to
present a really professional play.
Next week in addition to a continu
ance of this weeks work the pos
sibilities of working up and pre
senting a Puppet show will be dis
cussed. A Puppet will be on dis
play for a study of its construction
and manner of operation. New
members are Delta Gunn, Helene
Suchy and Margaret Pruss.
The Art club because of its size
has been divided and the grade
school members will now meet from
four to five o’clock Tuesday after
noon and those members in high
school and older will meet at seven
thirty Tuesday evening. New mem
bers are as follows: Jerome Gal
lagher, Norma Sheetz, Bill Gal
lagher, Lois Sterner, John Gallagh
er, Dwaine Cavanaugh, Clyde War
ford, Junior Vorce, Venneta Chan
ey. This brings the enrollment to
fifty-seven members.
Wednesday evening the Archery
and Kite club had a demonstration
by Mr. Ovington of Omaha, in the
art of archery. All of his equip
ment is made by himself. He is an
expert in shooting a bow and arrow
.and uses them instead of a gun in
, bunting. During the meeting he
gave an exhibition of his skill and
instruction to each of the members
who took turns using his equip
ment. After the kite contest which
will be held soon the club will start
making bow’s.
At seven o’clock the members of
the Boxing club, of grade school
age, met in the gym and after a
routine of exercises received in
struction in shadow boxing. Tht
last half hour was spent in individ
ual bouts. At eight o’clock tht
older group met and in addition to
exercises, they practiced catching
punches and shadow boxing. There
were several good fast bouts the
latter part of the meeting. A num
ber of spectators attended the last
meeting, among them was Mr.
Gateij^of Omaha, and Mr. Champ
lin and Mr. McCarthy of Norfolk.
Anyone interested in watching the
bouts is welcome. There is no ad
mission charge.
The Handcraft club continued
work that had been started on book
ends. During the institute held
last week many new ideas on mak
ing small articles were given. The
construction of Puppets and work
with paper mache was learned and
offers unlimited opportunities for
interesting meetings.
LEGISLATURE STILL
BATTLES OVER FIVE
CENT GAS TAX BILL
(Continued from page 1.)
of difference. The truckers want
only those who were operating
trucks on April 1, 1936, to come
under the regulation; the commis
sion says that the date should be
Jan. 1, 1937.
Before a crowd of prominent Ne
braska educators which packed the
senate longue, the education com
mittee of the legislature heard ar
guments on the teacher retirement
bill, LB138. Miss Sarah T. Muir,
president of the Nebraska State
Teachers’ association, presided and
introduced the following speakers:
Miss Esther Montgomery, presi
dent of the Lincoln Teachers’ asso
ciation, who made the introductory
statement; I)r. Wildred Paine of
the faculty of the Omaha Municipal
University, who discussed the
“Sociological Base of Retirement—
What Will Retirement Do for Ed
ucation?”; and Mrs. M. S. McDuffie
of Norfolk, C. Ray Gates, superin
tendent of schools at Grand Island
and W. J. Brahain, superintendent
of schools at North Platte, all of
whom spoke on “The Need for Re
tirement in Nebraska.”
Two-minute talks in favor of the
bill were given by Miss Olivia
Pound, dean of girls at the Lincoln
high school; Mrs. W'. Lerey Davis
of the Lincoln League of Women
Voters; H. M. Eaton of Omaha;
Mrs. Percy Powell, president of the
Nebraska P. T. A.; Miss E. Ruth
Prytle, principal of the Bancroft
school; W. A. Robbins of the Lin
coln school board; Mrs. Grace G.
Hyatt, state president of the Wo
men’s Educational club, and Dr.
C. F. Dienst, deputy state superin
tendent. Galon Saylor, director of
the N. S. T. A. department of re
search, and E. F. Estes, actuary of
the Banker’s Life Insurance com
pany, discused.actuarial data, and
C. A. Bowers, executive secretary
of the N. S. T. A., gave the final re
buttal and summary. He also in
troduced school board members
from ScottsblufT, North I’latte,
York, Fullerton, Wayne, Grand
Island and other Nebraska towns.
The committee as yet has taken no
action on the bill.
Other bills which have been
passed are LB 120, which makes
the maximum sentence for habit
ual criminals twenty years; LB82,
which Rives authority to library
boards to sell property after suf
ficient notice of sale has been
Riven; and LB122, by which a $2
process charRe for service on cor
porations in compensation court
cases is removed.
The bill introduced by Lester
Dunn to raise the salaries in the
office? of several registers of deeds,
was gilled by a vote of 30 to 3.
Charles Warner made the motion
to kill, stating that he did not think
this the time to raise salaries, and
calling attention to the fact that
county officers have had no salary
cuts thruout the depression.
The government committee has
approved three bills which are in
tended to make more clear the
puzling status of the office of
state land commissioner, abolished
by the voters, but continued by the
supreme court. By these bills all
duties of the office would be taken
away and assigned to other officials.
The governor is made the custodian
of the capitol.
Public hearing was held Monday
night, March 15, before the gov
ernment committee on LB395,
which would establish a permanent
legislative council of ten legisla
tors and the speakers to prepare a
legislative program; also on LB
394, which provides for annual leg
islative sessions, and alternative
methods of calling speciul sessions;
also on LB30fi, which would provide
for appointment by the legislative
reference bureau of a constitutional
reviewer of all bills before the
legislature. LB28G was discussed.
It calls for the preservation by the
Sate Historical society of all docu
ments relating to former United
States land offices in Nebraska.
For six hours, in a crowded sen
ate chamber, the legislative labor
committee listened to arguments
for and against the constitutional
child labor amendment, but as yet
has not taken action. Nebraska is
the only midwestern farm state
that has not yet approved the
amendment, Kansas being the lat
est state to ratify the proposal. The
amendment will become effective
if just eight more state ratify. A
telegram was received from Secre
tary of Labor Frances Perkins,
urging ratification, and Mrs. Gif
ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania was
among the many speakers in favor
of the amendment.
The legislative judiciary commit
tee held a wholesale execution of
liquor bills and succeeded in killing
fifteen measures providing for
amendments to the 1935 Nebraska
liquor law. One measure only es
caped the judicial axe, and that
was LB433, which permits taking
appeals from the Nebraska liquor
commission to the courts. It was
advanced to the general file.
By a single vote the police merit
system bill was advanced to third
reading. Most of the opposition
came from legislators from out in
the state, who insisted that the
matter is entirely one for the de
cision of Omaha voters. The clause
requiring 15 years’ service for the
chief of police was stricken out on
motion of William Diers of Gres
ham.
The agriculture committee has
reported favorably on the bill to
place more power on the state
game, forestation and parks com
mission and to revise parts of the
present game and fish laws, and
the measure has been advanced to
the general file. The bill was cham
pioned by Nebraska sportsmen and
members of the Nebraska Izaak
Walton league. Among its provis
ions, the commission would have
power to fix open seasons on var
ious kinds of game and fish.
A fund will be created from auto
mobile license fees with which to
reimburse hospitals which care for
SpURGEON said: “God sends every
bird its food, but he does not throw
it into the nest.” Every man is given
the opportunity to make money—but
is is up to the man himself to accum
ulate it. i
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and
Cndivided Profits,
$125,000.00
This Hank Carries No
Indebtedness of Officers
or Stockholders.
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
indigent persons injured in car ac
cidents, if the legislature passes a
bill sponsored by Dr. A. L. Miller
of Kimball, and approved by the
miscellaneous subjects committee
and advanced to general file. The
measure provides for the diversion
into the fund of 19 cents from each
automobile license fee.
Public power districts are not to
be allowed to construct transmis
sion lines diagonally across private
property. The commerce committee
has postponed indefinitely LB199,
which would have permitted this.
Several hills transferring the
duties of the abolished land com
missioner to other departments will
not become effective until January,
1939, if the legislature approves
the decision of the committee on
government. Since the Supreme
Court has ruled that the state must
pay the $5,000 per year salary of
the land commissioner for the next
two years, the committee holds
that he should do some work. In
case a proposed constitutional
amendment is adopted, the state
superintendent of public instruc
tion will take the land commission
er’s place on the state board of
educational lands and funds.
The legislature has passed and
the governor has signed LB75,!
which permits peace officers to ob-1
tain search warrants to seek weap
ons used in the commission of a
felony. The bill had its origin in
the Otha Taylor murder case at
Nebraska City, and it was intro
duced by Robert M. Armstrong of
Auburn.
By a vote of 38-0, the legislature
passed the bill requiring banks to
build up a surplus equal to 20 per
cent of the paid up stock before
declaring dividends.
Hearings have been held before
the revenue committee on LB22,
which provides for the refunding
to users of airplane fuel the amount
of funds collected under the four-1
cent tax on gasoline not used by
the aeronautics commission; also
before the highway committee on
LB411, which requires payment of
the fifty-cent port of entry fees
on gasoline to the state highway
fund, instead of to the pure food
and drug fund.
The state board of educational
lands and funds may now invest
up to $150,000 in dormitory bonds
of the University of Nebraska, or
in student activity bonds of state
normal schools, according to the
provisions of LB37, which was
passed with the emergency clause.
Another bill passed by a vote of
33 to 4 was LB 59, which increases
the amount of sewer bonds muni
cipalities may issue in one year
from $25,000 to $50,000. This bill
was particularly designed for the
aid of the city of Columbus, where
it was desired to build a storm
sewer with federal aid. The former
maximum of $25,000 would not pay
the city’s share of the project.
Now more money can be raised.
No action has yet been taken on
the bill providing for the recall of
county officials, but the govern
ment committee hfes reported fav
orably to the legislature on bills
providing strict budgeting regula
tions for county expenditures and
making provision for annual audits
and standard accounting. Favor
able action is looke'd for on LB250,
which carries the proposed consti
tutional amendment permitting
voters to change their form of gov
ernment if they wrish.
Governor Cochran signed three
bills Friday. They were LB12G,
which makes twenty years the
maximum sentence for habitual
criminals; LB78, which requires
banks to have a surplus equal to
20 per cent of the paid-up capital
stock before declaring dividends;
and LB79, which allows banks to
pledge assets in lieu of bonds to
accept federal fund deposits.
EMPTYING THE GRAB-BAG
If you are an average person,
government spent $142 of your
money last year. If you are head
of a family of four that means $568
of your earnings went for taxes.
The total cost of government, ac
cording to the Commentator, was
close to $18,000,000,000 in 1936.
That represents spending at the
rate of almost $1,500,000,000 a
month; $49,000,000 a day, Sundays
and holidays included, and $34,000
a minute.
These are staggering figures—
and another comparison made by
the Commentator is also stagger
ing. In 1913, the national income
was $343 per capita, and the total
government debt, Federal, state and
local, was only about one-sixth as
much, $59.29.
In 1936, our national income was
$469 per capita—and total govern
mental debt S422!
The AmeVican people are bur
dened with a debt of incalculable
size. They are faced with taxes
that can only be described by the
word confiscatory. And still they
permit the politicians to spend ex
travagantly—while they too often
scramble for their part of the
bounty like islanders for coins.
Is it passible that we will not
awaken until the grab-bag is
empty ?
Minutes of Meetings
of the County Board
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 2, 1937,
1:00 P. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjuornment. All
members present. Meeting called
to order by Chairman.
At this time, Board began the
annual audit of County Officers and
spent the afternoon in checking
officers.
5:00 P. M. On motion, Board
adjourned until February 3, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 3, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present. Meeting called
to order by Chairmn. Minutes of
previous meeting were read and on
motion were approved as read.
Board spent forenoon in making
an inspection of the New Court
House and Jail Building.
12:00 noon. On motion, Board
adjourned until 1:00 P.-M.
J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 3, 1937,
1:00 P. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present. Meeting called
to order by Chairman.
Motion by Smith, seconded by
Matousek, that Peter Kiewit Son’s
Co., genneral contractors, on the
new court house building, be re
quested to repaint with good grade
of paint of a light color all the
walls in the building which were
prime coated through error of the
subcontractor.
Carried.
Motion by Sullivan, seconded by
Carson that this Board appropriate
$2,800.00 for Road Dragging pur
poses for year 1937.
The Aye and Nay vote being
asked for on this motion resulted as
follows:
Aye: Nay:
Matousek Reimer
Carson
Smith
Sullivan
Gibson
As a result of the above vote the
Chairman declared the motion
carried.
Motion by Carson, seconded by
Matousek that this Board appro
priate $28,000,000 for Road fund
purposes for the year 1937.
Carried.
Board also spent some time in
checking County Officers.
5:00 P. M. On motion, Board
adjourned until February 4, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 4, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present except Stein. In
absence of Chairman Stein, it was
moved, seconded and carried that
Ed J. Matousek act as temporary
Chairman. Meeting called to order
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by temporary Chairman. Minutes
of previous meeting were read and
on motion were approved as read.
Board spent forenoon in cheeking
County Officers.
12:00 noon. On motion, Board
adjourned until 1:00 P. M.
J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 4, 1937,
1:00 P. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present except Stein.
Meeting called to ofder by tempor
ary chairman.
5:00 P. M. On motion, Board
adjourned until February 5, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 5, 1937,
9:00 A. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present except Stein.
In absence of Chairman Stein, it
was moved, seconded and carried
that Ed J. Matousek act as tempor
ary chairman. Meeting called to
order by temporary chairman. Min
utes of previous meeting were read
and on motion were approved as
read.
Board spent forenoon in checking
County Officers.
12:00 noon. On motion. Board
adjourned until 1:00 P. M.
.J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
February 5, 1937
1:00 P. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present except Stein.
Meeting called to order by tempor
ary chairman.
Mr. Latenser, the architect on
the new court hous and jail build
ing met with the Board and dis
cussed with the Board the progress
made to date on the new building
and also discussed the possible com
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COMMUNITY
PUBLIC SALE
DATE CHANGED TO
Saturday, March 20
Remember we will sell any
thing and everything regardless
of what it is. If you have any
thing to sell bring it to this sale.
No sale, no charge.
Auctioneers:
JIM and GEORGE
Ed Murray, Clerk
John L. Quig, Manager
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