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THE NEW NEBRASKA LAWS WORK OF THE 1913 LEGISLATURE Complete List in Brief of Measures Passed by the 1913 Session of the Nebraska Legislature— Also Bills Vetoed by the Governor. The following measures were passed by both branches of the Legislature and Signed by Governor Morehead.' SENATE FILES. S. F. No. 1—Prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuri-H-ceived ov an employee in the course f employment, r 'ulatlng pro cedure therein and providing methods for payments of compensation: repeals all acts and parts of act in conflict. S. F. No. 2—Providing for an occupa tion tax to be levied against all express companies operating in this state. 3. F. No. 3—Defining the powers and ( duta s of the board of commissioners of state institutions. Passed with the emergency clause. S. F. No. 4—“The Dine Sky Law." An act to regulate and supervise associa tions. companies, corporations and per sons selling or negotiating lor the sale of bonds, securities, etc. S. F. No. 5—An act relating to the granting of injunctions, restraining or ders. etc. S. F. No. 9—Amends section S."» of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to no tice of pendency of suit where the title to real estate is involved. S. F. No. 11—Levying an occupation tax for express companies. S. F. No. 12—An act for an equitable 1 division of taxes for school purposes in joint school districts. S. F. No. 13—Amends section 10921 of | Cobboy’s Annotated Statutes of 1911. re- j 1 iting to the compensations of county . assessors. S. F. No. 14—An act relating to water j f"i i: ligation and power purposes and < aim-tiding sections 6787. 6807, 6817, 6835 I and 6,829 of Cobboy's Annotated Sta- j tues of Nebraska for 1911. S. F. No. 16—An act relating to Myer’s district irrigation laws in force March 26th. 1895. to amend sections 6847. 6850. j 6907. nnd 6911 of Cobbey's Anno- 1 fated Statutes for 1911. and to repeal caid original sections as now existing. S. F. No. 17—An act creating and in corporating metropolitan water districts and defining, prescribing and regulat ing their duties, powers and government. S. F. No. 18—An act to enable any qualified ‘lector, required by his duty or, occupation to be absent from the county • *f his residence on tho day of any gener- \ al election, to cast his vote wherever lie it «\ be in the state, and providing pen alties for the violation of its provisions, i S. F. No. 22—Regulating procedure be- ' fore the board of pardons and prescrib ing that notice of application shall be g; . < c to the. county attorney of the coun tv wh. re the crime was committed, the district judge who tried the case. etc. S. F. No. 28—The Sunday baseball bill, making it unlawful to play baseball with in tin- limits of any incorporated city or village. except by permission of a vote of ■ the citizens thereof, or in counties, out- i side tie- incorporated limits, except by t:i»- permission of the board of countv i commissioners. S. F. No. 24—Providing for a double shift «*f firemen in citi*-s having a popula tion • »:* more than 40.u0o and less than 200.000. S. F. No. 25—An act for the. better pro f‘ ' i >n of employees in tin* service of railroad companies and relieving such! employees from the assumption of risks. S. F. No. 27—An act providing for the establishment of departments of agri culture. manual training and home ©con- • omics in certain high schools. S. F. No. 40—-Giving a lien for labor ami material in furnishing and installing ! electric lights and gas fixtures. • , S. F. No. 43—Amends sections 6135. M.h*. 6139. 6140 and 6141 of Cobbey's An notated Statutes of 1911. and provide* tn.it county boards shall require bidders for bridge construction to bid upon plans and specifications and bidding blanks f)” the secretary of the state board of ir rigation. Providing that countv boards snail not let contracts for the construc ! :0V ,,f ;U1>* bridge. the cost of which is in excess >f $500.00 except upon urti fo.ui plans and specifications prepared by the state engineer, etc. S. F. No. 44—An act to require all per s ms. companies, and corporations or the r <• overs, lessees, managers and super intendents thereof, operating lines of r*. i I roads in the state of Nebraska to equip their locomotive engines with hadlights of a certain power. S. F. No. 61—Requiring railroads to construct and maintiiin proper crossings i at strei t and road intersections. S. F. No. 64—Regulating cold storage a-d ware houses and the holding of the I food tiierein. S. F. No. 67—An act to amend section s/';: °f Gobilev’s Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for 1911. relating to sewers and sewerage districts. S. F. No. 69—Providing for the ad viacement of injunction proceedings be-! lore the supreme court. S. F. No. 71—Regulates the issuance of bonds by cities of the second class for - the construction of light and heat plants, j S. F. No. 73—An act making tho sell ing or giving away of intoxicating i liquors to Indians a misdemeanor. S. F. No. 74—To provide for. and regu late marriages and divorces among cer tain Indians and to provide for the rec ords thereof, ind to define tho rights of Indian children. S. F. No. 82—For an act to amend sec tion 6924x6 of Cobbey's Annotated Stat utes of Nebraska for 1911. relative to ir rigation. and repealing said original sec tion. S. F. No. 83—An act to prevent per sons who unlawfully kill another, or conspire unlawfully to kili another, from taking the property or life insurance of the deceased. S. F. No. 84— An act relating to Schec kendantz’s general irrigation laws in lore© April 4. 1895. amending sections C786. 6813. 6814. 6829. 6841 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for i 1911. and to repeal said original sections as now existing. S. F. No. 86—Defining the crime of sodomy and fixing a penalty. S. F. No. 87.—Transfers to the. state board of educational lands and funds, the care, supervision and management of all j public buildings not under the manage- | ment of the board of commissioners of state institutions. S. F. No. 104—Amending section 9435 of Cobbey's Annotated statutes for 1911 relating to compensation of clerk of the district court, and fixing a salary for such office in counties having a popula tion of less than 17.000; repealing said original section. S. F. No. 109—Relating to Raynor’s law and permitting a change of location of the point of diversion where water is taken for irrigation purposes. S. F. No. 110— Pr aiding that the users of water for irrigation purposes shall an nually furnish the state engineer with a list of lands to which water is applied. S. F. No. 113—To nrohibit the manu facture or sale of any reproduction or forgery of archeological obj» cts. S. F. No. 116—“The mother’s pension a t.” provides that in certain cases the court may commit the care of depend ent and neglected children to the parent and make an allowance of not to exceed Jl .tiii per month tc be paid out of the county treasury to said parent. S. F. No. 121—Authorizing county boards to make a levy for the purpose of erecting court houses and jails. S. F. No. 123—To amend section 1019 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911, relating to county agricultural societies. S. F. No. 124—An act regulating school terms and providing Yor at least sev« n months of school in each school district In the suit**. S. F. Nc. 126—Creating the office of election commissioner for Douglas coun ty and defining his duties. 3. F. No. 127—Relating to the civil code O- the state of Nebraska and authoriz ing lie assignment of choses in action for tie* purpose of the assignee maintaining suit thereon. S. F. No. 139—Defining the crime of embezzlement of funds or property be longing io voluntary associations, labor unions, etc. S. F. No. 144—Amende section 11050 of Cobbcy’s Annotated Statutes for 1911 relating to the form of the county treas urer’s cash book. S. 7 No. 151—An act to amend section 10166 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of the year 1911. and to repeal said origin al section. S. F. No. 159—Amending Sections 9992. 9991. 9994. etc., of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911 In relation to factories, mills and workhouses. S. F. No. 160—An act to provide for a re-survey of any township or townships In any county, upon approval of the same by the voters of such township or townships and to provide pr eedure therein. S. F. No. 164—Regulating the hours of service for members of lire departments in cities having less than 49,000 and more than 25,000 population. S. F. No. 167—An act to ajnend sec tion 12001 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for 1911, and to repeal said original section. S. F. No. 170—An act to amend section 10919 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911. providing for the appointment of a precinct assessor in counties with a population of 150,000 or more, to repeal said original section and declaring an emergency. S. F. No. 174—An act to amend section 10602 of Cobbey’s Annotat'd Statutes for 1911. relating to the giving of trans portation to shippers of live stock. S. F. No. 187—Establishing weights and measures and making regulations there for. S. F. No. 188—To prohibit untrue, de ceptive or misleading advertisements. S. F. No. 200—An act to amend 9832X1. 9552X4. 9852X5. 9S52XS of Cobbev’s An notated Statutes of Xebraska for 1911. relating to paint. S. F. No. 236—Regulating the. salaries and duties of the county highway com mission and amending section 1 :s of chapter 78. article 2 of the Compiled Sta tutes of Xebraska for 1911. S. F. No. 245—Amends section 7701 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911 re lating to bonds. S. F. No. 255—An act to amend section 9IMI of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of 1911 regulating the examinations conduct ed by the secretaries of the state board of health. S. F. No. 256—An act to waive, release and abandon all claims to certain lands in the state of Xebraska. S. F. No. 260—Defining the duties and powers of the state board of irrigation and regulating appeals from their do-' cisions. S. F. No. 264— An act authorizing the incorporating of masoleum associations, to prescribe their rights, powers and li abilities. S. F. No. 271—An act empowering the state board of irrigation, highways and drainage to advise with the county boards in the preparation of plans, con struction, repairs abd supervision of highways and bridges. S. F. No. 273—An act to provide for the incorporation and the regulating of em ployers mutual liability insurance asso ciations. S. F. No. 276—To amend section 4754 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes oi Xebras ka for 1911 and to repeal said original section. ^ S. F. No. 291—To repeal section 9565 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of Nebras ka: relating to the county tr** isurcr’s settlement with the county * clerk. S. F. No. 2S2—Repeals s. • tion 9>’.’6 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911 which requires county treasurer to is sue duplicate receipts. F. No. 293—An act to amend section .117 nf Cohbey’s Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for 1911. regarding to the se miring of the payment of wages of me chanics and employees performing labor. S. F. Mo. 302—An act to establish a day to be known as Pioneer’s Memorial Day for suitable recognition *•> the de parted pioneers of the state of Xebraska. S. F. No. 306—Amending section 12016 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911. relating to prosecution of corporations charged with unfair discrimination and repealing ill acts or parts of acts in con flict therewith. S. F. No. 307—Authorizing the governor to appoint a tax commission to serve without pay and report to the next legis S. F. No. 309—Provides that when a person is released from the penitentiary he shall be given $10.00 in money, a suit of clothes, and an overcoat if dis charged between November 1st and April 1st. S. F. No. 310—An act making it unlaw ful for any physician or Vturgeon who is called in consultation by another physi cian or surgeon to divide fees or commis sions. S. F. No. 313—An act to provide for tub building and maintaining of bridges on public highways, across ditches and new channel streams excavated , bv drainage or irrigation districts. S. F. No. 316—Amends s-Ttion 7. chap ter 14. article 5 of the Compiled Statures of 1911. relating to village and city bonds. Passed with an emergency clause. S. F. No. 323—An act to amend section 1099S of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for the year 1911. relating to the assessment and taxation of the property of a car company. S. F. No. 336—Regulating procedure in probate court cases where" there is real estate belonging to on estate in this state and no county has acquired juris diction. S. F. No. 343—Defines the duties of the water commissioner In cities of over ■>.000 and less than 2.500 population. Passed with an emergency clause. S. F. No. 352—The non-partisan judi ciary act. Providing that candidates for judicial offices shall have their names printed upon separate ballots without any party designation: and prescribing a method for securing nominations un der tile terms of the act. S. F. No. 364—An act to provide for the organization and government of insur ance companies and to regulate, super vise and control the business of insur ance in Nebraska: and to provide pen alties for the violation of this act. S. F. No. 367—An act to amend section 244 of ciiapter 24 of the Criminal Code of the Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1911, ar.d to re peal said original section. S. F. No. 387—An act to provide a re tirement fund for public library em ployees in metropolitan cities. S. F. No. 389—An act requiring the submission of additional or alternative articles of sections at city charter ejec tions in cities of more than 5009. Emer gency clause attached. S. F. No. 390—To incorporate an asso ciation to be called tile ‘‘Fontenelle For est Association" and to provide for the object, control, powers, government and maintenance of said corporations. S. F. No. 391—An act to promote the science of medicine and surgery in the state of Nebraska, to punish a violation of the provisions of this act. and to repeal sections 30. 31. 32. 35 of chapter 55. article 1 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1911. S. F. No. 394—An act to amend section >5940 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for 1911. relating to hours for female labor. a. r-. rNo. ‘iui—Authorizes the board of county commissioners in counties having a population of 150,000 or more, to ac «iuii“ land and erect poor houses, county hospital, county workhouse and house or c >rrection and issue bonds to pay the ex pense thereof. S. F. No. 415—Regulating the holding of elections, and the selection of an elec tion board, in case of vacancies.' G. F. No. 416—Regulating the proce dure in the issuance of bonds in irriga tion districts. S. F. No. 420—Allows the board of health to establish rubs and regulations for notices etc. S. F. Nc. 424—Granting power to the state board of education to enter into contracts with any city or village for the sale or lease of water, light or heat. S. F. No. 422—To establish and pro vide for dividing convicts in the peniten tiary into grades and classes. S. F. No. 440—To amend section 4252 of Cob bey's Annotated Statutes of 1911 and providing tiiat foreign corporations doing business in this state shall ap point an agent on whom service of sum mons may be made, and declaring an emergency. S. F. No. 446—Amends section 9460 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of 1911 and increasing the salary of the county com missioner in Douglas county from $2,100 to $2,500 per annum and the commission er in Lancaster county from $1,$00 to $2,100 per annum. S. F. No. 450—Providing an excise board for cities under the commission form of government. S. F. No. 451—Relating to the placing out or giving the care or custody of chil dren by persons, associations or courts charged with the care of dependent chii I uren. S. F. No. 452—An act creating and pro . viding for the maintaining of a food, drug, dairy and oil commission for the I slate of Nebraska and regulating the | manufacture anS sale of drug*, food ; products, dairy products, petroleum pro ! ducts, and oils. | S. F. No. 457—An act to amend section | 10164 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of . Nebraska for the year 1911 and to re ! peal said original section. S. F. No. 436—Providing for the an I nual registration of dentists. i • __ HOUSE ROLLS. H. R. No. 1—An act providing ar.d fn j corporating into the laws of the state, the code of criminal and civil procedure as codified by the eode commission, and j passed with an emergency clause. H. R. No. 3—Providing for the Cstab , lishment and maintenance of count/ tele i phones. # H. R. No. 3—To provide for the inci dental expenses of the thirty-third ses | sion of the legislature. H. R. No. 9—An appropriation to pro vide for tlic payment of members, officers and employees of the legislature. H. R. No. 11—Fixing the compensation of election officers at $.35 per hour. H. R. No. 12—To define the powers, duties and fees of county surveyors and provide for the care and custody of their records and prescribing a method of es i tahlishing and restoring lost or obliter ated corners. H. R. No. 13—Providing methods by J which the stfato surveyor may settle : boundary disputes. H. R. No. 14—Amending sections 6055. 1 6056, 6057 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes I for 1911. relating to roads, and to repeal said original sections as the same now j exist. H. R. No. 15—Making it unlawful for civil engineers, surveyors or others to “locate.” “establish” or make imitation ; corners purporting to represent United States government surveyors. H. R. No. 17—Amends section 2181 of i Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of 1911. de fining a penalty for the destruction of property of a less value than $35. H. R. No. 18—Authorizing the mayor and city council or the village trustees of cities of the second class, or villages, to transfer funds from the general fund J so that they will he available for the i construction of sewers, etc. H. R. No. 19—Amends section 108 of ! the criminal code, defines penalty for de stroying property worth more than $35. H. R. No. 20—Permitting express and railroad companies to haul and handle freight, free or at reduced rates, for , state, county or city government, and * declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 21—“Physical connection -bill.” Requiring all telephone companies i to connect trunk or toll lines through their switching stations and to give and make terminal service to all subscribers from any point in the state, regardless of the ownership of the lines. H. R. No. 22—Fixing the time when the term of otfiee of village trustees shall j begin. H. R. No. 27—Providing that all pub : lie roads shall have a width of not less j than forty, and not more tnan sixty-six. I and that the boundary lines shall be dis tinctly marked. H. R. No. 32—Appropriating $15,000 | for the maintenance of the ortheopedic I hospital. H. R. No. 34—Appropriates money be longing to the state normal school library funds for the purchase of books and sup ; plies for the normal school at Peru. H. R. No. 36—Amending the primary law in regard to the. nomination of can didates. Provides that where the name ; of the party is written in on a ballot and voted for. he shall be notified bv mail and unless he accepts such a nomination, his name shall not be printed upon the j ballot. H. R. No. 41—Authorizing county boards in counties in which cities of the | first class, having a population of more : than 40.000 and less than 100.000 are lo i '.ated. to grade, pave or otherwise im ' prove roads leading to such cities. H. R. No. 42—Giving stallion owners a i lien upon the get of their animals and ! the dams thereof, 'and providing for the enforcement of such liens and the re ; cording of same with the county• clerk. H. R. No. 44— An act to amend sections i 7701 and 77<>5 of Cobbey's Annotated Stat utes of Nebraska for 191!. relating to i municipal corporations, arid to repeal said : sections so amended. m. k. ino. hg—joint resolution sub mitting a constitutional amendment nro vidlng that in criminal cases less than felonious and in civil cases, five-sixths of a jury may render verdict. H. R. No. 47—An act to amend section 7"24 and 7525 of Cobbey’s Annotated Stat utes for Nebraska for the year 1911. re lating to municipal corporations, and to repeal said se' tion as amended. H. R. No. 51—Making it a felony to in troduce into the penitentiary or other penal institution. cocaine. morphine, opium or other such compound. H. R. No. 53— Reapportions the state 1 into judicial districts so as to take Brown county out of the 16th judicial district and place it in the 13th judicial district. H. R. No. 56—Appropriating money be longing to the state normal library fund . for the purchase of books and library . supplies for the library of the state nor mal school at Kearney. H. R. No. 57—Requiring all light en ! gines running upon railroads to be man ned with a crew consisting of one en gineer, one fireman and one conductor. H. R. No. €5—Regulating the expendi ture of inheritance tax in the construc tion of public roads. H. R. No. 68—Increasing the tax that j may be devoted by any school district. from twenty-five mills to thirty-five j mills; passed with an emergency clause. H. R. No. 69—Relating to the voting ol bonds for county high schools, changing the petition for the same from twenty five voters in each precinct to one-third of the voters in each precinct. H. R. No. 71—Rexjuires the court upon rendering judgment against an insurance company to make reasonable allowance for attorney’s fees. H. R. No. 76—Relating to void mar riages ajid prohibiting the marriage of white persons with those of negro. Jap anese or Chinese blood' H. R. No. 83—Making the $tate treas urer the state fiscal agent, providing that bonds hereafter issued, shall be payable at the office of the state treasurer. H. R. No. 92—Providing for a constitu tional amendment auihorizing the levy ing of an income tax. H. R. No. 98—An act making an appro priation for the relief of John I. Keane. H. R. No. 106—Amends section 5062 of j Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911. re I lating to the appraisement of both per } sonal property and real estate in the pro : bate court. H. R. No. 107—An act lo amend section , 1064S of the criminal code of the Revised ! Statutes of Nebraska for 1913. being sec tion 2705 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes j for 1911. and to repeal said original sec I tion, and declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 112—Relating to surplus i county sinking fund. H. R. No. 114—Appropriates for the use of the state university ninety-three per : cent of the annual mill levy, for main ! tenance only. Emergency. H. R. No. 116—Requiring railroads to ; equip ail switching stations with lights at certain hours and to provide a penalty for the violation of this t,ct. H. R. No. 122—Restraining the use of i common drinking cups am: empowering the state board of health to regulate and enforce this act. H. R. No. 1c4—Repealing the statute requiring the printing o»’ abstracts on , appeals to the. supreme court. H. R. No. 125—Appropriating money be longing to the state normal school li brary fund, for the purchase of books and library supplies for the atate normal I school at Wayne. H. R. No. 130—Providing for the teaching of European langsages in the public schools of the state when the parents or guardians of not less than fifty pupils above the fourth grade file I a petition for the same, gat providing ! that this language shall net be tc.ught for more than five hour* in any one week. H. R. No. 135— Making nr appropriation “ for the relief of Ruby Carson. H. R. No. 1 *42— To amend sections 1. 4. ; 7. In and 11 of chapter 24 of the ses sion laws of Nebraska for the year i911, 1 relating to the commission plan of city i government. H. R. No. 146—An act to provide for the 1 construction cf a sanitary sewer at the Nebraska institution for feeble minded I located at Beatrice, and declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 151—Relating to garnishment, making it possible to garnish the 10 per ; cent of wages when the debt j* for neces , saries furnished the family. H. R. No. 152—Regulating the incor j poratlon of cities of the first glass, having I a population of more than 40.000 and less ; than 100,000 inhabitants; passed with I an emergency clause. H. R. No. 154—Authorizing cities of the ! fir*-t class to purchase, construct, acquire i and maintain municipal light plants. I street railways and other public service i utilities. i H. R. No. 155—An act authorizing the I construction of a permanent building on | the state fair grounds, and to appropri | ate for such purpose the sum of $100,000. H. R. No. 166—A joint and concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed amend ment to the constitution, providing for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people. H. R. No. 168—Limits county attorney’s salaries in counties with less than 1.000 population to $300; formerly $400. H. R. No. 169—An act making an ap propriation for the relief of Mrs. Ida Armstrong, the widow of Richard W. Armstrong. H, R. No. 171—An act providing for the inspection of nursery stock, fruit, shade, ornamental and other trees and shrubs, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. H. R. No. 172—Tt. protect the general public at railroad crossings :»nd providing that the railway commission may order automatic gates in cities and villages where more than three tracks cross a public street. H. R. No. 173—Relating to the mode of inflicting the death penalty, rubstituting electrocution for hanging. H. R. No. 174—Amends sections 10604 and 10605 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of 1911 and compelling railroads to fur nish adequate accommodations in the way of cabooses for shippers of live stock. H. R. No. 177—An act to regulate all traveling or permanent amusement com panies in this state, and to provide penal ties for the violation of this act. H. R. No. 178—Declares irrigation works to be common carriers and nlaces regula tion of rates, service and general affairs of all irrigation works, save those of irri gation districts, under the direction of the state railway commission. H. R. No. 179—An act to protect fish in streams, the water of which are used for irrigation ditches. H. R. No. 186—An n t to amend section 492S of the Revised Statutes for Nebraska for 1913. the same being section 7749 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for 1911. H. R. No. 187—An act to amend sec tions l. 10. 11. 12. 13 to 23 inc.. 33. 34. also 196. 265. 271. 295 of chapter 20 of the Revised Statutes of 1913. H. R. No. 189—An act to amend sec tions 162 and 163 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes for 1913. H. R. No. 197—Authorizing the state to condemn lands needed for the state insti tutions or for any state use and provid ing a method of procedure. H. R. No. 204—Regulating procedure of township boards and requiring the town ship clerk to publish an itemized state ment once a year. H. R. No. 210—A 'oint resolution pro posing amendments to the constitution: fixing the salary of the governor at $5,000 per annum; tlie secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, superintendent of public instruction and commissioner of public lands and buildings at $2,500, the attorney general at $4,000, and the state treasurer at $3,000, and the liteutenant governor at one and one-half the. compen sation of a senator. Said salaries to be come effective January 1. 1917. H. R. No. 214—Provides for the consol idation and transcribing of delinquent taxes for the county treasurer. H. R. No. 220—Providing for the license and regulation of pool and billiard halls and bowling alleys by county boards in territory outside incorporated cities and villages. H. R. No. 221—Creates a board of me diation and investigation as a means of aiding in preventing, and the settlement of strikes and lock-outs in industrial dis putes. H. R. No. 222—Providing for artisan’s lien on personal property. H. R. No. 223—An act allowing dealers in soda water and other non-intoxicating drinks, milk and its by-products, to adopt a name or mark and prohibiting competitors from infringement there on. H. R. No. 226—Knibles owners or les sees of small tracts of land to secure ac cess to the same from the public read by condemnation proceedings and to provide a method of procedure in such cases. H. R. No. 234—Appropriating to the use of the state and bridge .und. ninety P*t cent of the levy of one-fifth of one mill, provided for in chapter 113 of the laws of 1911. H. R. No. 236—An act t<$ abrogate the rule of contributory negligence as now existing in this state. H. R. No. 237—Amends sections 4749 and 475<> and 4751 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of 1911. allows district judges to sit at chambers and make orders, etc., on giving ten days’ notice to attorneys and hi. R. No. 247—Establishes the state in termediate reformatory and appropriates $150,000 for grounds and buildings for same: state board of control to purchase site where at least one section of arable land is available or where a brick plant may be maintained: buildings to accom modate at least 200 prisoners to be erect ed: as far as possible by convict labor; any male person of from 10 to 30 years old. when first convicted of a felony, may be sentenced to reformatory insead of to penitontiarv: board of control may trans fer other prisoners to institutions or re move men so committed to the peniten tiary. at their own discretion. H. R. No. 249—An «ct to fix the sal aries of the members of the state prison board and the state board of pardons, and to repeal certain sections. H. R. No. 252—For the relief of Thom as Doody. H. R. No. 262—Authorizing the officers at annual school meetings to determine the length of time school shall be taught in the district, but providing that the term shall not he less than four months. H. R. No. 263—Regulating the levying of taxes for school purposes. H. R. No. 267—Providing for the use of affidavits in perfecting titles to real estate. H. R. No. 273—Appropriates $10,000 for permanent improvements at the Curtis agricultural school. H. R. No. 274—Appropriates $4,000 for relief of Mrs. Roy Blunt*, whose husband was killed during pursuit of escaped con victs. and $3,500 for relief of infant son; first sum to be paid into her hands at once without consideration, second sum to be raid to boy's guardian for his sole use. Emergency. H. R. No. 276—The fraternal benefeiary referendum bill. H. R-. No. 278—An act relating to the plans and specifications of proposed bridges, and to provide for the settlement of disputes in regard thereto and pro viding for annual inspection. H. R. No. 280—An act to amend sec tion 8881 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for 1911. re.lating to the incorporation of villages, providing for the incorporation of the same when containing 100 or more inhabitants, and to repeal said original section. H. R. No. 281—Regulates the. sum of return on tax distress warrants. H. R. No. 282—An act to empower and authorize the board of commissioners of state institutions, at their option and dis cretion. to construct, equip and operate a binding twine plant at the Nebraska sate penitentiary. H. R. No. 288 An act to provide for systematic road dragging, appointing of superintendents of dragging, defining their duties, fixing their compensation, and levying a tax therefor. H. FI. No. 291—An act to amend sec tions 8417. 8422 and 8441 of Copbey’s An notated Statutes for 1911 relating to elec tions. term and duties of the board of ed ucation. to repeal said original sections and to declare an emergency. H. R. No. 299—Requiring county officers ! to make a report of fees on the first | Tuesday of January. April. July and Oc ( tober of each year.- to the board of coun ty commissioners. r-i. rt. ino. oud—Aim'nuing me law reiai ! ing to bonds of school districts and per manent university, agricultural College and normal school endowments. Provid ing that the same may be. sold at not less than the cost, to the state. JH. R. No. 321—Establishing a live stock sanitary board. H. R. No. 322—Authorizes the appoint ment of probation officers by any district i judge; provides for a chief probation of ficer in conn lies of 50.000 to 100,000 pop ! ulation. salaried at $1.2oo; in counties less I than 50,000 population, chief probation ! officer shall receive $720 or less, as county ! board shall determine; no probation of j finer shall be appointed in counties of less i than 20.000 population; prescribes in de tail duties and rights of probation of ficers. H. R. No. 32S—Fixing the maximum rate of charge for a ten word telegraph j message at $.25. for a message wholly j within the state of Nebraska. H. R. No. 329—Relating to the issuance ! of school bonds and declaring, an emer I gency. ft. R. No. 336—The Omaha gas bill; i allows people by majority vote at general ; or special election to extend city gas franchise twenty-five years, with privi ■ lege of purchase by city at end of fifteen | years. Emergency. H. R. No. 340—Provides for the uniform i registration and cancellation of bonds o? all description. H. R. No. 341—Appropriating money be longing to the state normal school li brary fund, for the purchase of books and supplies for the library of the state normal school at Chadron. H. R. No. 343—An act making an ap propriation of $4,200. or as much thereof as may be necessary, for current ex i ponses and maintenance at the school for ! the deaf for the last quarter of the bien nial ending March 31st. 1913. and deciar i ing an emergency. ! H. R. No. 345—Provides for three ! fourths of a mill levy for each year be : ginning with 1913 and ending 191S. for the University of Nebraska, and providing that in the fall of 1914 the question of i the location of the university shall be submitted to a referendum vote of the people. H. R. No. 350—Creates a hoard of agri cultural statistics. (Transfers the cre ating of agricultural statistics from the labor commissioner, by whom they have heretofore been created, to the secretary of the state board of agriculture.) Emer gency clause attached. H. R. No. 353—Appropriating $50,000 to cover deficiency in tin* penitentiary fund and to maintain the institution un til March 31st. 1913. H. R. No. 262 An .act amend sec tions 8295. S '21. S329, and SI 4. chap ter 37. of Cobbcy’s Annotate.1 Statutes 1 for 1911. to repeal said origin..-I sections • i H. R. No. 365—Appropriates $100,000. or so much as may be necessary, f >r the | buildings and improvements for the Ne | braska school for the deaf at Omaha. H. R. No. 377—Requires that all flour be stamped with name of manufacturer and place of manufacture: defines inis i statement of curative value of any drug i or food preparation as “misbranding” un : tier the pure food law. H. R. No. 330—Appropriating the cash funds and other receipts from piisi°l~ ; laneous sources, arising at the state m r i mal schools of Peru. Kearney, Wayne i and Chadron. to the current expense funds of each institution. I H. R. No. 382—Fixing the. salary of court reporters, raising the amount tliere ! of from $1,300 to $2,000. H. R. No. 387—The stallion registration bill. H. R. No. 390—Appropriates $5,000 for relief of Mary E. Heilman and daughter, whose husband and father was killed in penitentiary outbreak. Emergency. H. R. No. 391—To define the work of the Nebraska conservation and soil sur vey. created by the regents of the univer ; sity and supported by state funds. H. R. No. 404—An act to appropriate the sum of $75,000, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, for construction, re pairs and equipment at the Lincoln hos pital for the insane. H. R. No. 415—Creating the office of hotel commissioner and defining his , duties. Regulating the powers, duties and i compensation of hotel commissioner and pi >viding for the registration and licens i ing of hotels, restaurants and rooming I houses. H. R. No. 416—Defining the duties, li I abilities and rights of keepers of hotels. | restaurants, apartment houses and room ing houses. H. R. No. 423—Appropriates $5,000 for ! investigation of the state’s resources and for giving publicity to same: under di rection of a commission composed of the governor, the chancellor of the univer sity. the director of the conservation and soil survey, the secretary of the state hoard of agriculture and the director of the state reference bureau. H. R. No. 425—Creating and providing for the equipment and maintenance of a bacteriological and pathological labora tory. H. R. No. 428 Authorizing the purchase of additional lands for the state industrial school at Kearney, and appropriating $4 '.<'00 therefi<r. H. R. No. 436—An act to compel rail road companies of Nebraska to afford and give to all persons and associations ! reasonable and equal terms, service, fa ; cllites and accommodations for the traas ! noration and terminal handling of mer chandise. products. commodities and properties of all kinds, and to declare an emergency. H. R. No. 447—Relating to bank loans and providing that bangs shall not loan | to exceed ten times the amount of their capital md surplus, and declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 459—Appropriating the sum i of $45,000 to build, complete and equip a fire-proof hospital building for the Xe i braska orthopedic hospital at Lincoln. H. R. No. 460—Loan shark bill: per mits chattel loan agents to charge 12 per i cent a month, instead of ten. but onlv i on loans less than $250, and only when they are registered with the secretary of state after paying a $1"0 annual license fee and agreeing to submit an inspec tion of books at regular intervals. A ?! : fee for inspection of surety also allowed. I Emergency. H. R. No. 469—Amends section 6S56 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of 1911. re lating to meetings of board of directors . of irrigation districts. H. R. No. 486 An act to provide for the annual registration of dentists: t » amend sections 997.4 997,5. 993*. 9942. 9943. 994$. 9947. 994*. 9957.X3 of Cobbey’s Annotated • Statutes of Nebraska for 1911. and to , repeal said original sections and section i 9945 of said Cobbey’s Statutes. H. R. No. 501— Provides for the sale of unclaimed or refused property for rail road companies and the disposition of the j proceeds thereof. H. R. No. 504—Raises maximum levies in Omaha for fire purposes from $250,009 r«» $2*0.000. for police from SIGO.OOO* t > : $190,000. for street cleaning from $60,000 : to S70.000: reduces maximum a w for lighting streets from $70.000 to $60.00'*: provides that city shall repay any funds j advanced by any department at eitv coiineil’s request. Emergency. H. R. No. 517—Makes it compulsory I upon county board to cc.il a meeting oi school directors to establish a county j high school in any county which has no j twelfth grade school accredited to the ! state university, said high school to be located at the county seat. H. R. No. 521—Provides that county i treasurer, prior to each annual town I meeting, shall tile statement of amount I of money spent in previous year and j funds now on hand. H. R. No. 52 4—Provides for the employ ment by county boards of farm demon strators to teach agriculture. H. _R. No. 538—An act to amend sec tion 7159 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for Nebraska for the year 1911, and to re peal said original section. H. R. No. 548 —Allows cities of 3.000 to 5.000 to use proceeds of sale of ceme tery lots for improvement of grounds. H. R. No.554—Relating to banks and fixing the percentage to be retained as a reserve fund. H. R. No. 556 Repeals sections 10094 and 1009.5 of Cobbey’s Annotated Stat utes of 1911. which has heretofore re quired counties to pay for inmates of state hospitals. H. R. No. 563—An act appropriating $92S to reimburse Gus Hyers for attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by him in con ducting his defense in the charge of man slaughter on account of the death of Roy Blunt. H. R. No. 565—An act to provide for the construction and furnishing of one new building for the Norfolk asylum and for the construction and laying of a side track at said hospital, and appropriat ing $62,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, to do said work. H. R. No. 613—An act to amend section 10367 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911. permitting the sale nf school lands to school districts and churches and cemetery associations for schools, churches and cemeteries. H. R. No. 615—Appropriates $1,500 for the relief of Mrs. Anna Nichols, whose son died during a national guard en campment. H. R. No. 622—Amending section 11340 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes relating to limit of taxes for school purposes. H. R. No. 626—Establishing a wage commission with authority to investigate the- wages paid tp female employes and publish findings. H. R. No. 637—Providing for an annual levy of .S3 of one mill for the support of normal schools. H. R. No. 645—An act to amend section 26. chapter 91A of the. Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1911, being section 3777 of the report of the commission for re vision of general laws of Nebraska for 191 :i. and to repeal said original section as it now exists. H. R. No. 648 -Appropriates $2,300 to maintain a night school at the state peni tentiary. . .H. R. No. 651 Provides that part of the earnings of convicts shall be credited to their account and where members of the family are dependent on them for support earnings shall be paid to said dependents. If there are no dependents, it shall be placed to their account and paid over when they are discharged. H. R. No. 684—A concurrent resolu tion authorizing the governor to appoint three commissioners to act in conjunc tion with a like commission from the state of Iowa, to settle ‘he. boundary line between the counties of Douglas and Sarpy in Nebraska and Pottawattamie in Iowar H. R. No. 690—Appropriates 323.000 for the construction of a building at the sol diers* home at Milford for hospital pur poses. H. R. No. 691—A joint resolution au thorizing the governor to appoint a com mittee of three to investigate the feasi bility of forestation of school lands in the sand hill region. H. R. No. 721—Authorizes counties and cities to jointly construct jails in county seat towns. H. R. No. 726—To establish a memorial armory at Nebraska City and to provide for the payment of the construction thereof. H. R. No. 742—An act to provide for the carrying into effect the initiative and ref erendum. H. R. No. 748—Defining the method by which the mayor and city council in cities of the first class may issue bonds for the construction of sewerage sys tems. etc., and declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 751—Authorizing and regulat ing the use of seepage waters in certain cases before, reaching the natural stream and declaring an emergency. H. R. No. 752—Requires corporations to file annual reports with the secretat>* I of state and to pay annual fees. H. R. No. 818—Requires employers of j female labor in stores, offices and factor i les to provide seats on which they may j rest. H. R. No. 845—An net to appropriate j the sum of $5."no for the purpose *>f build ing a hatching house and aquarium at ' the South Rend ash hatcheries. H. R. No. 372—TL- general salaries ; bill. Emergency. H. R. No. 873 -Tin- general claims bill, f or 1311 - lt> 1$50,000 of said appropria tion of which was far advertising f pro posed constitutional amendments. Emer gency. H. R. No. 874—General maintenance bill. Provides money for the mainten ance of the various state institutions for the next biennial. H. R. No. S75 Provides for the editing annotating and i: «1 xing of tiic Nebras ka statutes and the taking of the copy right in tie nare- f the state. H. R. No. 876—Appropriating the stun j of $40,000 for the tion and furnishing i of an infirmary building at the hospital i for tuberculosis patients located at Kearney. H. R. No. 877 -An art to appropriate $50,000 for a new building for the girls' ; industrial scho >1 a» Geneva. H. R. No. 383—The genera! deficiency : bill. Emergency. H. R. No. 884—Provides for incorpora ; tion of Arthur county out of McPherson i county. Emergency. H. R. No. SS7—Appropriating $100."00 , for the relief of the tornado sufferers. H. R. No. 888—Appropriates IGO.OQP for ! buildings and repairs at the penitentiary. H. R. No. 880 - Authorizes county boards I to issue bonds to assist tornado sufferers | (designed to permit Douglas county to issue on«* million dollars in bonds). Has an emergency clause. VETOED MEASURES. ! The following House Rolls and Senate I Files were passed by both branches of the legislature and vetoed by Governor , Morehead. No bills were passed over the governor's veto. H. R. No. 59—Establishing a classified civil service for the state institutions, providing that the board of commissioners of state institutions shall administer the same and conduct examinations for posi tions; providing for promotions and re movals. Repealing ail acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. S. F. No. 132—An act to prevent the procreation of certain classes of crim i inals and feeble-minded and other defec tives. Providing for the app mitment of a board of examiners, and for the keep ing of a record of the proceedings of such board and declaring illegal all operations to prevent procreation except as author ized by this act; declaring illegal opera tions a felony and fixing a penalty there for. H. R. No. 138—An act to amend sec tion 2293 of the. Revised Statutes of Ne braska for 1913. being section 9444 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes of 1911. Re lating to fees for county judges. H. R. No. 229—An act making an ap propriation to pay the cost of surveying and marking the overland immigrant trails in the state of Nebraska. H. R. No. 308 —An act to appropriate $.->0,000. or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the erection and equip ment of a detached building to be used is a tubercular hospital at the state asylum for the insane at Hastings. S. F. No. 430—An act amending section 675 of th • code of civil procedure and r< - pealing said act as the same now exists. Providing that the original official rec ords be withdrawn from the custody of the clerk >»f the district court. H. R. No. 560—An act to provide for building and maintaining a fish hatchery on the south branch of Verdigre creek, in Antelope county, on condition that a site for such hatchery be donated to the state, and appropriating $5,000 for the building and maintaining of such hatch ery. H. R. No. 873—The general claims bill, was approved except as to the following item, which was disapproved: W. M. Thomas .$681.93 H. R. No. 874—The general mainten ance bill, was approved except as to the following it< in. which was disapproved: For dairy building and extension of heating plant and an astronomical ob servatory and equipment at the univer sity state farm. $115,000.” GREATEST OF ALL DISASTERS Flocd of the Hoang-Ho in China in 1SS7 Takes First Place Among Catastrophes. “Talking of floods, what was the : greatest disaster nature ever hit the | world with? I don’t mean the deluge | or anything so far o3 as that, and 1 , don't mean wars, either. They're our ! own work. But what was the higges: loss of life that ever happened be cause of a flood or a fire or an earth | quake, or anything of that sort, as j far back as the ordinary records go?" | "I suppose you don't include plagues, such as the 'black death' that ravaged ; Europe for a century or so, almost continuously, back in the Middle j Ages?" “No; that lasted too long. I mean one of the sudden smashes that have hit the world and knocked out cities or sunk ships; anything of that kind." “Well,” said the man appealed to as a handy reference book, "if you limit it that way I think the flood of the Hoang-ho, or Yellow River, in China, in 1887, takes first place. It began late in September and before the wa ter went down about 50,000 square miles of one of the most fertile and populous plains In the world had been swept by the swift current. That ! means twenty-five per cent, more land than there is in Ohio. “More than a thousand villages and towns were simply washed off the map, and the loss of life has never been calculated at less than a million. Some authorities say that fully 1, 100,000 persons perished. It was like wiping out as many people as there are in Cleveland and Cincinnati to gether." “I should say that might be the rec ord disasteri of all the ages!” ex claimed the "friend who started the talk about losses through the violence of nature. “It must be away ahead of anything an earthquake ever did, or a storm at sea." "Yes, probably by four to one, at least. But some of the worst earth quakes and volcanic eruptions have done a lot of killing where there was no way to get authentic figures. It is possible that more than a quarter of a million people have lost their lives In some earthquake or eruption, or both together, but the odds are against it." “What a paralyzing thing such a flood as the one in China would be If | it happened in this country or Eu ! rope!” “Indeed, it would," was the reply, "but half the people in China probablj never even heard the news.” — Solicitous for the Whole Family. Living on Armour boulevard is an affable old German woman whose ef forts to he friendly sometimes touch upon the ridiculous. As she came out 3f her house the other evening to pick up the Star their family physician I chanced to be passing. "Goot efening. doctor; und how are j you?” she asked with a funny little Inflection at the end of the line. "Oh, I am well, thank you.” “Und how is3 jour nice ieetle vife?** "She is well.” "Und how iss your son. Looey? I \ Son't never see him no core like I i used to.” “Oh. 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King Constantine was born in Athens and brought up under an English governess and German and Greek tutors. Later on he went to Berlin, where he received liis educa tion as a soldier, being attached to the Second regiment of Prussian foot guards. In 1897 he took command of the Greek troops in the war with Tur key, but his army was crushed in Thessaly. In April last he was ap pointed inspector general of the forces, and has since shown himself i a soldier of merit. At the moment of I his accession he was in Epirus, con | ducting the military operations for ! sweeping the Turks out of that prov ■ ince. DANDRUFF COVERED SCALP 3002 Cass St.. St. Louis. Mo.—“For five years I suffered with itching of my body and scalp. My trouble began with a rash on my lower limbs which was very annoying, and my scalp was lit erally covered with dandruff. My hair used to come out by the handfuls and the itching of my body and scalp was terrible. 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