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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1901)
r _ Seventy-Five Thousand to Be Expended at the Normal School, OTHtR DOINGS IN BOTH tIOLSI S Mp,»puren Now IliiHlIy Actfd I’pon Kroni Ilrtjr to Day—('oii»ii»IUh*« Iltliiticl with Ttielr %Vork--M Ui-ellaneou* Mattrrn in lloth Itram HOUSE—The house ou the 1st passed a bill to provide an appropria tion of $75,000 for constructing a li brary and gymnasium building for the normal school at Peru. The meas ure was introduced by Representative Armstrong, was favorably reported by the committee on normal schools and recommended for passage by the com mittee of the whole houte. Rtpre sentative Swanson's bill, authorizing the state treasurer to transfer the sinking fund of the state to the gen eral fund, whs also passed. Reports of committees were received and on recommends! ion house roils 157. 159 and 160, by Evans, relating io the is suance of irrigation bonds: house roll 9, by Hathorn. fixing a penalty for il- ' legal registration and voting, and , house roll 177. by lane, to create a j state board of charities, were p aced 1 on the general file was recommended j for jwssuge. Under the ordrr of third ; reading of bills home tolls 204. by Swanson, and 111. by Armstrong, be- : lug the two measures above mention- i ed. were passed without am negative ! votes. Among bills introduced was 305, to protect the public health, to ; prevent the spread of contagious and , infectious diseases, and to this end ; conferring sanitary authority on the ; State Hoard of Health, i roviding s tate : boards of health for counties to act where the authority of municipal j boards does not reach, providing for i a state health inspector, to authorize 1 the establishment., relaxation and sus pension of quarantine, to make an ap propriation of $10,000 for salr.rios and expenses, fixing penalties for the vio lation of the terms of the act. and to provide for prosecutions under this act. Fixes the salary of state inspec tor at $2,500 per year. .The senator- 1 ial vote resulted as follows: Allen. 44: Merge, 2; Crounse, 5; Currie. 20: llai ner, 4; Harlan, 1: Harrington, 3: Hitchcock. 18; llinshaw. 13; Kinkaid, 4; Meiklejohn, 23; Morlan. 1: Mar tin. 10; Mereditn, 24; Rosewate-, 17: I Smith, C. J., 2; Sutherland, 2; Thomp- | boh, I). E., 31; Thompson, \V. H., 7; : Van Dusen, 1, Adjourned until Tups- ; day. 1 HOUSE.—House roll 53, bv Fowier. authorizing county treasurers to sign j and acknowledge titles to land sold for taxes was considered in the house on the 31st without definite result. A number of normal school bills were considered. Finally the last one of the four was taken up, and after several amendments were made was recom mended for passage. In its amended form it provides for an appropriation of $100,000 for two normal schools, one to be in the Fifth congressional district and the other in the bixth dis trict, the exact location to lie determ ined by the state normal school board. The measure was introduced by Brod erick of Clay county and iu its orig inal form provided fur an appr pria tion of only $50,000. specifying that the schools were to be located on op posite sides of the Platte river. Quit" a number of bills were read for firs', time, most of them of minor import ance. The senatorial vote resulted: Allen. 47; Berge, 3; Rroady, (i; Crounse, 7; Currie, 20; Gilbert, 1; Mainer, 4; Harlan. 1; Harrington. 5; Hinshaw. 13; Hitchcock, 23; Kinkaid, 4; Martin, 9; Meikiejohn, 2H: Mere dith, 4; Morlau, 1; Oldham. 2: Rose water, 16; Smyth, 1: Speeher, 1; Sutherland, 1; Thompson, 1). IF. 34; Thompson. W. H.. 18; Von Forell, 1; Van Dusen. 1; Westover, 1. HOFSE.—The following bills were read at length for the third time and passed on roil call in the house on the 30th: House roll 61, by Broderick, to place one-half the proceeds of road taxes at the disposal of the several road districts to be expended under the supei vision of read overseers, roll 38, by Fuller, to provide for mowing or otherwise destroying weed3 in the public roads. House roll 117, by Fowler, for the submission of a constitutional amendment providing that constitutional amendments here after submitted ne d he pub.ishcd for only thirty instead of ninety days, and that a majority of the votes cast for and against such amendments snail be sutfiiint to adopt them. Af ter recess house roll 46, by lxiomis, tusking the warden the official execu tioner of the death penalty was passed with the emergency clause, by a vote of 92 ayes to 1 uav. Bills in troduced included: A bill for an act providing fur taxation of personalty remaining in counties loss than a year, and providing f ir violating the same. Relating to live sCx K and irri gation herds. House roll No. 278. by Charles A. Fowler—A lull for an act to amend section 1 of subdivision 4 and section 3 of sub-division 6 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska for 1899. providing for the appointment of teachers iu public schools and to re peat the said sections as now exist ing. No contract with teacher shall be void except on action of all mem bers of district board; no contract with high sclmol Ua hers shall be void except oil action of live of the six members of hoard. HOUSE.—In the house cn the 2!Uh standing committees reported the fol lowing bills for indefinite postpone ment, the report in each instance be ing adopted. House roll 47, relating to the sale of land for taxes. House roll 48, same. House roll 02, relating to executions. House roll 33, by Tefft, providing a penalty for kidnaping. The only bill recommended for pas sage was house roll 110, by Mullen of Douglas, depriving one-half of the wages of laborers, mechanics and clerks who are heads of families of the protection of the exemption laws. This Is the bill that has been indorsed by the Omaha Retail Grocers' associa tion. The following bills were read for the third time and passed: House roll kit. by \Varner, requiring county superintendents to hold examinations during April and July of each year for the examination of applicants for ad mission to the St ite Normal school at Peru, and others that may be here after established Yeas So; nays none. House roi! Si. by Hall, appropriating ft,200 to enable the governor to pur enasc and present mrdals to tlie Ne braska volunteers of the Spanlsh Arnerlcan War. House roll 55, by Fow ler, exempting at! township, precinct and school district offices from that section of the corrupt practices act which requires the tiling of sworn statements of nominating and election expenses. House roll 43, by Murray, reducing the rate of interest on state warrants from 4 to 3 per cent. House roll 41, by Murray, requiring county commissioners to hold an extra ses sion during January of each year to pass on bonds of new officers. Sen atorial vote: Allen, 57; Ashby, 2; Itroadv, 1; Crounse, 7; Currie, 30: Hainer. 4; Harlan. 1; Harrington. 3: /finsliaw. 13; Hitchcock, 4!t; Kinkaid. • : Hind say, 1; Martin. ti; Meiklejohn, 2k: Mot Ian. i: Oldham, 1: liosewater, IS; Sutherland, 1: Thompson. I). 13., 3k; Thompson. NY. H.. 0: Van Dusen, 1. HOI'SIi.—No business was transact ed at the morning session of the house on the £Sth. At the afternoon session the house at once proceeded to the or der of bills on third reading. House roll No. 130, by Wenzel—-Appropriat ing $55.35 for the relief of Frederick rirleh, was read for the third time and passed by a vote of 73 yeas to 10 nays. House roll No, \'J. by Hearn—A com m rent resolution petitioning con gress for the submission of a constitu tional amendment, was passed without a negative vote, with ss votes in tlie affi] mative. House roll No. 19, by Mis kel! of Saline, to provide for the de struction of cockle burrs and sunflow ers. was debated at considerable length. The bill declares toekieburrs and sun dowers a public nuisance and makes it the duty of every owner of land to destroy them between August 15 and September I of each year. The hill went over one day. House roll No. 77, by Ollis. Jr., relating to pro posed road alterations or vacations, was recommended for passage. House roll No. 61. by Broderick, providing that in counties under township or ganization one-hnif of the road tax shall constitute a township read fund, the other half to constitute a district road fund, to he i xpended by the road overseer for certain specified purposes, was recommended for passage. House roll No. 16. by Crockett, authorizing the state board of public lands and buildings to construct a wagon bridge across the Niobrara river between ! Boyd and Holt counties, and appro- j priating $',000 therefor, was recom- | mend'd for indefinite postponement. < HOUSE.—In the course of three hours' work the house on the 2Gth passed erne hill and placid seven more ou the general file, to be taken up for final reading and passage Monday. The hill that was put through was intro duced by Murray and is known as "the anti-cigarette bill." It was gen erally suposed that the bill passed the house last week, but it. was discovered today that the measure was simply recommended for passage aud placed on the general file. Under the head of third reading the bill was brought up in tiie house this morning and passed by an overwhelming vote, only three members voting in the negative. The following Hills were placed in the gen cra! file with the recommendation that they be passed: Authorizing the pur chase of the old Western Normal col lege building at Hawthorne, a suburb of Lincoln, and providing for the es tablishment of a state normal school therein and appropriating $•*>0,000 there for. Providing for tin appropriation of $75,000 for the construction of a com bined library, chapel and gymnaiaium building for the State Normal school at Peru. Proving for the establish ment of a state normal school at Cen tral City and appropriating $00,000 therefor. Providing for the establish ment of two state nurmal schools in the western half of Nebraska, to bo located ou opposite ruler, of the Platte river, exact pieces to be determined by a joint committee appointed by the speaker of the house and the lieuten ant governor, and appropriating $50, 000 for the- construction and establish ment. The bill also requires the schools to be located only where at least fifteen acres are donated. Mak ing the warden of the state peniten tiary the public executioner and re lieving county sheriffs from the duty of carrying out death penalties. Fix ing dates for periodical meetings of county commissioners. Requiring the destruction of weeds on public: high ways by the owners of abutting prop erty. Chairman Whitmore submitted the report of the committee on privi leges and elections, recommending that Representatives Johnson and Hunt, fu sion members from Douglas county, be allowed lo retain their seats. The re port was adopted without debate or opposition in the roll call. Speaker Sears announced the appointment of the following committee to investigate charges against senatorial candidates: Wilkinson. Hall. Tweed, l^illin, l’eis iger. The vote for senator resulted: Aline 45, Bcrge 1, Broady 2, Crounse G. Currie 18, Mainer 4. Harlan 1, Har rington L Hinshaw 10, Hitchcock 24, Kinkaid 2. Maftin o. Meiklejohn 29, Rosewater 15. Sutherland 1. Thomp son. I). E., 34, Thompson, W. H., 2G. Van Dusen 1. SENATE—The senate was In ses sion less than two hours on the 1st, an adjournment being taken after the joint eonferenee until next Tuesday at 11 o'clock. The reason for adjourn j ing from Friday over until Tuesday is for the purpose of giving the vari ous committees an opportunity of ac complishing some of the work which has been accumulating because of their inability to get together often enough to keep the work up to date. The work of the senate proper is well j cleared up and the time can most ; profitably be given to the committees. ! After roll call, prayer and the dis 1 posal o£ a ft w bills up for second i reading, the senate went into com mittee of the whole for the purpose | of considering hills on general file. ! Several were recommended for pass | age. Among measures considered by I the committee was senate file 61, a bill by Van Boskirk of Box Butte, the object of which is to protect Jive stock from and prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases. The bill provides that the governor shall appoint a secretarj, who shall be a competent veterinary surgeon, who shall be known as the state vet erinarian, and who shall receive $2, 500 per annum and actual traveling expenses incurred by him in the dis charge of his duties, and further pro vides for the appointment of deputies, who shall receive $5 per day while actually engaged. The duties of these officers are also set forth. The com mittee will sit again. But one bill was introduced, 'the senate adjourn ed until Tuesday. SENATE.—A flood of debate deluged the senate on the Hist for an hour and a half. Martin, Ransom, Currie, Mil ler, Oleson, Lyman, Harlan and O'Neill all expressed themselves on the subject of repealing the state bar bers' law. The measure was placed on third reading and Senator Currie moved that it he recommitted. This was done by a vote of IS to 12 after lengthy discussion. Senate flie No. 39, empowering county boards to decide w hether or not county fairs shall be ; held, was recommended far passage. Senate files Nos. (i. 8 and 9 were also recommended for passage in commit- 1 tee of the whole. They are curative: acts introduced by Senator Vouiig. | Senate file No. 13, another by Young, was tabled to be considered at some future time, it is an amendment to the game laws of the state. The extent of the demand for a constitutional convention was a subject fin which senators isissessed a wide divergence of opinions this morning. Senator Oleson's bill to provide a method for electors to express themselves at the i next general election for memtiers of j the legislature was considered In com- j mittee of the whole, and indefinite ( postponement recommended. SENATE.—On the 30; li Senator Renting introduced a measure, mak ing it unlawful for any railroad com pany. corporation or any officer or employe, thereof, to give any person, other than an officer or employe, free transportation over any line in the state. For violation of the act he sug gests a fine of $500 for each offense, the money to go into the school fund of the county, where the suit was brought. It is also provided in the ! same act. on or before January 10, l every company or corporation in th'1 j state shall file a list of all persons ! to whom free transportations has been issued during the year, together with { the nature of the office or employment of such persons. Violation of this I provision ?3 to be made pu livable by | a fln° cf $10,000 for each offecse. A ' bill to erDin: farm taxation, both ] teal and personal property of incorpo- | rated posts or lodges of the Grand 1 Army i nion Veterans, Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and I all other benevolent and charitable j organizations not operated for profit, was introduced by Senator Harlan. It is senate file No. 200 and an emerg ency clause is attached. Senator Paschal proposed an amendment to the liquor laws, making it illegal for one person, firm, co-partnership, as sociation or corporation to operate more than one saloon or have more than one license at a lime in any city or village in the state. It is senate file 197 aud has an emergency clause attached. A consdierable increase in ! the fees to be charged by the clerk of I the supreme court is sought by Sen ator Martin through senate file No. 196. At the time of filing each civil case the clerk may collect $50. In ad dition a number of increases, from 50 to 100 per cent, are to be permitted in fees charged for certain services. An emergency clause is attached. SENATE.—In the senate on the 29th Senator Meredith proposed sev eral amendments to the liquor laws oi the state. He would have licenses protect none but licensees and would also provide against adulteration of liquors. Ills bill is senate tile No. 192. The committee on enrolled and en grossed bills reported that both house roll No. 88 and senate file No. 14 had ! been printed, with all amendments, and found correct. A motion was adopted permitting Senator Johnson to draw pay for full time. He suc ceded Hodges, the latter being ousted after being seated two weeks. Hodges was also empowered to draw pay for I the time he actually served, together with mileage. The following were placed on first reading: A bill for an act to amend sections 5. 13 and 25 ot chapter 50 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska cf 1899. anti to repeal said original sections. A bill for an act to amend section 500 of the code of civil procedure and to repeal said orig inal section. SENATE.—Systematic control and disposition of Nebraska land along the Misouri river is the object of a hill introduced in the senate on the 2Sth by Senator Martin, on request of Judge Stull of Nemaha county. It would make it the duty of the treasurer of each county along the river to keep a record of all such lands and to report the same to the state treasurer, the state and county official together to lease the land and collect all rents. Senate file No. 72, a measure by Sen ator O’Neill, for the purpose of estab lishing another soldiers’ and sailors' home, was placed on general file on recommendation of the committee- on military affairs. The senate passed its j first hill—with the exception of the two appropriation bills and a few cur ative measures. It was Senator Van Bosklrk’s measure for protection of cattlemen by providing for a registry and exhibition of hides. The clerk of the house reported passage of house® roll 12. Murray’s anti-cigarctte bill, and asked coucurremc of the senate in the same, it was placed on first reading in the senate. Among hills in troduced was a hill for an act to amend sections 14 and 45 of chapter .'!! of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1899, entitled, “CSuardians and Wards,” and to repeal sections 44 and 15 and all acts and parts of acts in consistent herewith as now existing and making it the duty of the county attorneys in their respective counties to prosecute offenses against childieu ! in certain cases. The Senate on the 2Sth passed Its j first bill, as follows: ••Section 1—Any person now en gaged or who may hereafter engage in . the business of a butcher in the state ! of Nebraska snail keep a record of ; all branded beef animals he may slaughter, giving age, sex, marks and brands, of whom purchased and date of said purchase, which record shall at all times be open for public inspec | tion at his place of business, j “Sec. 2—It shall be unlawful for any ! person or persons who occasionally J slaughter tattle for beef to offer for ! sale said beef without exhibiling the hide or hides of such heel’ at the time and place said beef is offered for sale. And it is provided further, that thq brands on the hide so exhibited must j not be changed, mutilated or de stroyed. Sec. 3—AH persons other than butch ers, who occasionally slaughter cattle for beef, for home consumption, shall keep the hide or hides of such animals so slaughtered for a period of not | less than three days, subject to inspec tion by any person or ptrsons. “Sec. a—All purchasers of hides | shall keep a record of all hides of ' meat cattle purchased by them, which j record shall state the name of names i of the person or persons from whom j purchased, their place of residence, i the date of purchase and all marks i and brands on said hides, which shall ! at all times be open for the Inspection | of stoca growers, their agents and em j ployes. Provide !, that the provision of this section shall only apply to ' branded hides. “Sec. 6—Any person who shall wll 1 fully violate the provisions of this act or wilfully neglect or refuse to do any act herein required shall he guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exccd [ ing one year or pay a fine not exceed ing flOO." — SENATE.—Immediately after the ; senate had convened on the 2t»th the ! clerk of the house was announced, who read a message from that body stating that a committee of live had been appointed by the speaker of the house to investigate charges that cer tain senatorial candidates were Issu ing railway parses and in other ways trying to Influence members of the leg islature to vote for them. The com mittee was instructed to summon per sons or papers needed for evidence and to' ascertain if any members of the leg islature had accepted such favors. No action was taken cm the communica tion at the time, but just before ad journment. upon a motion by Martin of Richardson, a like committee was appointed from the senate to confer wiih the house committee. The com mittee on asrk’ulutyre report?*] sen ate file 71, a hill relating io tiie death of animals from disease, with some amendments'. for passage, wHereupon it was placed on general file. Bills reported upon favorably and placed on general file were senate files 35. 80, •19, 74, 75, 31, 41, 23 and 27, while 29, a curative act by Newell, was recom mended for indefinite postponement. A number of new bills were introduced and a number were up for second read ing. A communication was received from the State Board of Agriculture, recommending a change in the Van Boskirk fish and game bill, which would prohibit the killing of quail in Nebraska for a period of five years. The board also recommended that the legislature take some action, if possi ble. to prevent the spread of disease among animals resulting from eating cornstalks. THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS. Folowing is the full text of house roll 291. Introduced by Representative Evans of Lincoln county: “Joint resolution of thanks to the officers and men of the Nebraska vol unteers in the war with Spain, the I’nilippines and in China. “Resolved, By the legislature of the state of Nebraska, that the thanks of the state be and are hereby egtended to the officers and men of the First Nebraska regiment. United States volunteers, for their gallant conduct on the field of battle, their courage in the presence of danger, and their for titude in the hardships cf camp and campaign. “Resolved, That we acknowledge with gratitude and joy the debt the state owes them, by reason of the honor conferred upon it by meir valor while defending the principles of our government, and adding new glory to tne flag. We pledge the honor of the state,that to the living shall he ac corded worthy distinction and to the dead all that can be given the dead, a fitting memorial of their fame. “Resolved, That the state appre ciates the patriotism of the officers and men of the Second and Third Ne braska regiments and company K, Third United States volunteer cavalry, who. for love of country, without hes itation, freely offered their services, performed every duty imposed upon them, cheerfully endured the hard ships incident to a soldier's life, until dlschaged from service, because no longer needed. “Resolved, That the officers and men who enlisted in the service of the United States to maintain the au thority of our country in the Philip pines. and who have so nobly aided in compelling due respect for our Hag abroad, by making th<‘ lives and prop erty of American citizens secure in China, the state of Nebraska most heartily tenders Its thanks." LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Senator Zoigler of Cedar county lias prepared a bill which has Tor Its ob ject the repeal of that section of the road law which allows 75 per cent of the land road tax to be paid in labor, tile law being amended so that the land tax will all be paid in cash, leaving taxpayers the privilege of working out their poll tax only. 'Un der the present law tiic taxpayer is allowed to work out his poll tax and 75 per cent of his land tax. whieh leaves the amountof road tax paid in i cash so small that there la never I any money to sepak of In the road I fund. H. M. Bowers of Ruby, Seward county, has been appointed deputy warden of the penitentiary by the Governor. 11S5G Wheel bought Direct from Our Factory Costs Yen Put $22.95 I-Fires Guaranteed i One Year. Highest Equipment. Sand Us One Dollar And frtMe whether LADIFS* or v. r > I s b! yrle, l*rnr anti Color wanted, aud we will ar-nd you our VYJ'&hr**1” *rH,-W model AKRON Rise BH VI LK byei presaU.O. 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