1917 SESSION LAWS
NEW VCASURES adopted by
I
state legislature and |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
THE RECORD AS ENDORSED
Complete Ee tame of the Bills En
acted leto Laws at the Thirty
Fift" Session of Nebraska
Legislature
W-»'« Nr»h»(*r Union Nrwi Service
Ko c* u a complete resume of
a appropriation* and other bills
and ia*» enacted by the Thirty fifth
*e» - am of the X< braska legislature
*h h adjourned April 24th. after
the longest t.'ttng. but one. in the
history of that body
SENATE FILES
2- 1 -h-ie-r K mtaU Uiil to prevent
fc ** f ? . <* Liu uf ViiUu«ii4 in
<U(< tw*
4 I _ K - ' -til — Amttda fre*
cturr* - t rteju entrlc* by count}
c*rrik».
* 'e K Li—IYuvidea fur divi
m - .g- • km dirt ru ts of more than
»# ■ * » -p vul* L»l fxujuni) of lar.d
M*kh£l-"-r*
4 «armar. H »ird~Pnnidrs that all
4'* * '1#.i, » t»*d uf'mryarurt of real
et -> »‘.a . r..rrh!ter »Ulr actual uufifid
tthtiwfi paid.
T vt :*ar Tanner. Bennet. Strehlow
A ilia* > _|T*a» 1 duplicate of House
Mufti No 42
* * * q»!e»r— ftilaua bond of deputv
a * g* eral to f&>.«4l0 and eliminates
ChPf c.ef » bond.
a M' .-uri) ituufUh—Providing for
r i»v- unity attorneys in Douglas
county
2’ .i!'.:t *t u:.«
T• r ai... person to water live stock
a* a .'e r put-uc trough except by
* ■ of as : . ket .r ".-“ST Conveyance
VWfadPd b> tfc* 16rf id the Slock
. 0 ' oiatet to
las o* • > tb» tn tt ^rtgage matter*.
•» i-pe.. Krartiev — KcUtcS to
p1*- ' - wances of t laim> and time
* fed!t«4fl* to present claim*
s ■ - *' ■ 1 * e f rom €" to 4# da>s
S* i r—I*rorl04g foi com*
BiW; v.auting nurtr
:\*m.lor a num
ber «jf twor* *.4 publication of legal uo
tares
41 ti malm Pi r a ward -
- if -• *r* and n.4jmennct of
m~icm«r r*-fi ici (x»r • 4 divorce
44 *- - -1 -1 - Prvude* for an in
"jx : am s- houi levy to 4u
«t—* . > - - .i*. re*tt :• :i* n* ,
6* r — York — Makes possible for
»?-■. fit* • *«• ttcrtrk *.ght bond* in
u'.irf ■-•*.1 and up
61. -.jii* I*» . .*-■■ Fixe* aggregate
•rtiMv-o* tax .* ’ • muiha school
district
66 Ui furfjr, l »•» igiais-- Amends home
stead »U> C« WliilKI li*
6# •'; *' • 1 *w * ** »i%- vdd# penalty
t tr*r.,*r .**.••? .:ne Law x Hdatlemy
40 - ►toe—.v;n ar t- H *ffmeis
t* H „*e. r» •garuxjr g state
! • »: accord.: g to l»r Fox’*
f e nM 1 *tat lofts.
46. i - * nett. Inniflu Piritn to C*rad
d’M k t ill :a House. fUualnc insurance by 1
frmfsrstal *0* if*if* of etuatren between
agf* af o«ke and eighteen
47 i- * .-ter Joint resolution to
<««**•■> -rging government ownership
of rx l -r •«ad*
74 M M Gage—Increases fine and
f >-»*• sentence for automobile
Stem^ng
76. J i.re -,d Adams—Provide* a de- 1
' tut state fund*, of competitive
bed*
•’ V . • 1-gi.i* — Gives county
* • - ■ lo ctdiect and dis
burse water district funds
* i l ' Kr.trnr\ — Relates to sus
I * - 1 f *• *n of misdemeanor
•
i»"! r*. and fee to be
paid
7* ' 1 -Sia>~ 1 r• *\ ides for
*' • v re n municipal taxes
#7*11 b*» .• aid ♦'.•fleet-d.
42 M 1- -agUe Provides for a
rx ** fr- m. ft.W* t.. $2,000 in
'■ - ••re than 2' •«•*> and less
• • t* f r register of
deeds and in coutrtlss of more than 60.
t tar »* f! **•* for a deputy
•7 Amend L»w relating
lo designate r *•? unknown heirs
*04 * - v -i - Kebites to
t * - -■•■»:* T' if ; 7 •: :v r.r.a r. -
-f person* firms or cor
pwratjoa*
’*2 I **we*—Game commission
I ■ ■ c - .rv*.*-r of deputies and
■baking genera* game provisions
• H t .r.a>—Provide* for a
s— f i: f. r • unty comptroller In
< *-*■• ? .» V p*»puUiii< n of lid. 000 and
ever
•*6 u t*>*lgs — Provide* city
g*-^**r ? rrr of g. v »-mment for cities of
th* first ciass
*22 -rlas For the payment
«f pension* to widows of deceased police
«!.*• X »v n Of metropolitan class.
*2* • * *11tig statute re-lo
ratxig c -unty *«-ats.
"b • S- ».» Making it unlawful
to I*.*t advert.*- rg matter on bridges
tJO M*-riart■ I- flu-Raises salary
of pur 1-frv.der in bougbs county
fr-»«w j: . ■ 63 «**• jer annum.
*n (:• i *n* *. H 'It —Order* of court
dif«“ • :g *a> of pr~mi«e* by referee shall
also f x Th* place within the county and
term* <4 *al
*17 Albert Platte — Legalises public
do* umerits recorded ten years
*14 lw «*t I- jgU* — Provides for
- • : * ' mty < t»m -
pTi**SoTer* m Dougiaa county by districts.
'At \ tert, Platte—!*rovides for the
- . *t: .v » > •* . supreme court of six
* -rt * - - ‘ r er* f >r a term of four
>•■ '* v salary ..f 616^0 per annum
**l lb-- CbifaJi — Amend public
■M ! ' Ix..cui»—Prohibit* bar
U-rti4 •« Sundji)
'** A ter* Platte -Covers fee* of
cieek of d>»*rt<1 court.
** • -r’ • Flits time of pay
ment of uteumn,! paving
*« ’ • i* -rlaa Pr tides that
*■•••* "» di»tr. t cousts shall report
s. ’nets fe ctved :. the naturalization
of a -rs as fee* In other case*
'■T7. M If —let et al—Provide* for the
aafttsuneot bv the state auditor with coun
ties f e the amount due for the m.inten
atc e .rf insane patients
'*• M" - ;tv f acia* Provide* for
tt- i t i: ■ merit of tneaaenger bv the
*v- -er tif IXiugLas . . unty at a
•eUry of U2S per month
its M \ *!er Ante.ipe — Put tha
compensate f overseer* of road dis
trict, i* , ri tan us the county board
«• -. -
;thor
l*e* ail title* and v i.luges having less
thus a.m* Inhabit*?.!* to provide for
ear* of cemeteries and levy a tax there
for
1*1 Chappell. Kearney — Authorizes
<t:*?rtri court, with power to call grand
•urtea In It* diarreUon
JOO M v ill-- ter Antelope—Make* ell
■Muir for bar examination tha clerk of
■;* supremo court or any district court
• ’ ha* served eight year*
pennett. M rtartv Tanner. I»ug
dea that metropi.li tun water
• eiaim must be fully Itemized.
VWUSvsI lad audited, also preaenbea pri
ti . ** r ertung water board *i*e
Mtnden — Authorizes
fi. " -' ■ t .ish and maintain county
Mlndsw Reoulre, per
, - ‘tracts to erect, repair or
S^teml ' nr»> P«> labor and
' V! ' t-Ti—Provides for
HTr# 1"1 ;• ***' , • * Uw viola then by
252* <*»*vtad by county at
Mindu Is Arraigned
th>u«-i*. Art*.—Bhagaan Singah.
a Hindu, a bo was arrested at Naco
while trying to escape to Mexico,
was arraigned before a United States
ci. a,!:, its toner here on a warrant from
San Fran, isco charging him with be
ing involved m n plot to send two
shiploads of war munitions from San
Francisco to India “tor the purpose
of inciting armed revolt in India,
a possession of Great Britain, a
friendly foreign power.” He waived
a prel ternary hearing and was held
ander bond of $2.<>00.
223. Tanner. Douglas—Raises salary of
• >maha Are chiefs.
244. Bennett, Douglas — Provides that
'.ties advertise for bids on coal, hay or
•ther supplies at any time. Present law
n December.
249 Educational Committee — Extend
egregate school tax exclusive ot bond
nd special warrant taxes from 35 to 50
'ills
252. Doty. Seward — Provides that (
Warrants drawn on the state treasury
• • d not be drawn for at least ten days I
r *rn date claim is presented to auditor
255 Wilson. I>odge—Requires that be
t- paving bonds shall be issued where
i- h bonds exceed $15,000 same must be i
-ubmitted to electors at a special or gen
era! election
259. Spirk. Saline—By request—Pro
■i* > that school districts containing
within its boundaries of village having a
topulaiion of more than 500 inhabitants
-hall elect th* district school board upon
i separate ballot.
272. M< Mullen. Gage—Provides for the
ipproval by clerk «*f district court of
* • - • ■ lax bail to Mfl real estate be
fore sale of property.
273. Mi Mullen—Amend section 8299.
Revised Statutes of 1913.
280 Rush*** Kimball — Provides that
Linage ind Irrigation districts may pur
• r*al estate at tax sale.
287 Sandall. York — Makes Torrens
**f land registration mandatory-.
288 M Mullen. Gage—Provides optional
c.t-' for city management in cities of
l.oc*o .»r mor*.
300 Oberlies. I,ancaster — Authorizes
oord of control to contract with coun
*s for use of convict labor on roads, or
manufacture articles not In competi
’ion with other institutions.
303. Gates. Sarpy — County surveyor
niust not be interested in county con
! rar?*
314. Chappell. Minden—Relating to the
duties of state entomologist.
318. Moriartv, Douglas — Relating to
• nsr aides.
320. Doty and Mori arty—A bill to
•n* r.d ?♦-, tion 147 Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913.
330. Ot’*rlfes. Lancaster—Relating do
• rtgmtion di>t riots.
332 Wilson (Dodge). Adams. Chappell
Prohibiting unlawful use of telephone.
HOUSE ROLLS
2. Norton. Polk—Provides for call of
• nstitutional convention.
7. H ffrneister. Chase—Requires rail
m ! « • n. ponies to construct and equip
*11 unused right-of-way.. Exempts in
’•-rurbans
8. Naylor. Dawes—County bond issues
•r grading and improving public roads.
12 Hates. Fleetwood and Radke—
barges basis of school fund apportion
ment.
16. Th >mas and Waite—Authorizes the
slate education.il land and fund board to !
exchange school lands for forest reserve.
17. Th »rnas and Waite—Provides for
•'**. ibli>hrnent of forest areas by coun
ties. cities and villages.
19 Dafoe. Johnson—Widens powers of
f o:.tract of married woman.
21. J i- <d son. Dawson — Exempts li
*-?:i>ed embalniers from jury service.
23. Ollis. Valley—Non-partisan election
f state and county school superinten
dents
2t M> seley. Lancaster—Right of way
u*-rs granted to light companies for
tower* as well as poles.
2b. R-ish:ck. Richardson—Appropriates
f. >H*0 f«*r legislative expense.
29 v Rutte—Declare* pipe
■ whic h carry potash or other mineral
-itions to be common carriers and puts
them under railway jurisdiction.
31. ullis. Valley—Authorizes trust
cr.p : r.i»-s to invest funds in federal land
bank bonds.
23. Shannon, Douglas—Provides semi
monthlv pay day for railroad employes. I
30. OLU*. V’alley—Provides f-*r invest
ner.t of permanent school funds in fed
eral lind bank bonds.
28. Ante.* Boone—Provides for disposi
t ci of fees earned by county officials in
-as*-s f death, resignation or removal
fr*>m office.
89_ Reishick. Richardson—Appropriates
{_** T " for state printer, emergency.
40 Licgett and Norton—Provides for
distribution of freight cars on basis of
tmount of grain shipped froi . sta
tion
4". Bates and Reisner — Prescribes
method for taxation for maintenance of
■••*unty high school districts.
42 11 ff: leister. Chase—eRequi res elec
l‘°n 1 *«*ard to prepare and return to coun
general and pri
mary elections
50. Trumble. Sherman—Regulates wees
f undertaken*.
59. hr • s and Howard—Places expense
f conveying boys to state industrial
> h -1 on the county rather than the
state.
61. AinLiv. Nance—Slight amendment
• LiW relating to high school law for
non-residents.
63. 1 >ouglas County Delegation—Simi- I
lar to senate file No. 20
Gretni tit, -Allows opera
ri**n of mixed trains on newly constructed
lines
€8 Mills. I-ancaster — Provides county
relief for worthy blind.
72 Schwab. Red Willow—Provides for
: > r.g and regulation of billiard and
p*1-1 halls and bowling alleys.
74 Sass. Sarpy—Appropriates ?100.000
for new building at state fair grounds.
86. Flansburg. Iaincaster — Governing
reversal of cases in supreme court
89_ Relshiek. Richardson—Appropriates
11*s .<.**► for state printer. Emergency.
®2. Fries. Howard—Prohibits trapping,
■atching or killing fur bearing animals
between February 15 and November 15th.
101. H- ffn.efster. Chase—Defines pounds
per bushel of different farm products
103. H -ffmeister. Chase — Prohibits
practice of medicine by itinerant phy
ins. etc.
104. Hoffmeister. Chase — Provides
county high sc hoi bonds may be issued
without vote of people upon filing of
pet:tens by sixty-five per cent of voters.
*06. Iamar, Saunders—Provides for
birth and death registration with county
clerk.
107. Bates and others—Double election
board.
109 Taylor and others—Rotation of
names on ballot In counties of 20.000 or
more.
111. Lancaster Delegation—Adds one
listrict judge to Iacncaster Countv. Emer
i genoy
112. Keegan. Douglas—Raises salaries
r I up las county deputy sheriffs to $1 -
2**0 a year
" nanan—Relates to dam
ming of draws and dry water courses
118. Str-am. York—Makes five super
\isor districts in counties where change
from township system.
120 Fries of Howard—Provides that
-*rvey of sections in state shall be in
accords-nee with the United States law
122. Good. N'emaha—Provides for an
nexation of tracts of land belonging to
stat* to cities or villages of state.
126 I-ampert. Saunders—Provides for
condemnation of land adjoining ceme
teries of more than twentv years estab
oshment and with more than a hundred
bodies buried therein.
181. Cronin. Holt—Makes the usual
state aid bridge levy.
132 Lovely and" Keegan. Douglas—
I’rovides change of venue from Justice of
peaoe to municipal court in Omaha.
133 Iaivelv and Keegan. Douglas_
Prohibits municipal Judges from practic
ing law.
134. Keegan and Loveiv. Douglas_
Provides that municipal judge shall act
as police Judge whenever vacancy- occurs
135 Keegan and Loveiv. Ixiuglas—
Reduces municipal court fees, and ex
empts Indigent persons from costs in
civil suits.
137. Keegin and Loveiv. Douglas_
j Limits Jurisdiction of Justices of the peace
! to their respective districts
139. Keegan and Loveiv. Douglas—
; Limits Jurisdiction of justices of the
;ieace In attaching gt.ods to his district
141. Stearns. Scottsbluff—Provides for
confirmation of acts of Irrigation district
' i**ard by district courts before such acts
go Into effect.
149. Stearns. ScottsblufT—Authorizes
co-operation of state Irrigation districts
wi'h the United States reclamation serv
ice
150. Stearns. ScottsblufT — Authorizes
Irrigation district to comply with fed
eral reclamation act.
„.152 Dalbev Richmond and Dau _
Workhouse bill
uJo? f,r"wr -n,lfioes corporate
unit s of cities of second class and vil
lages.
155. Regan. Plaite-Ohanges time for
h 4Kirif of railway commissions* annual
report.
156. Dalbev. O^ipe—Xumber plates for
all cars used by dealer required under
this act.
To Confer at SL Joseph
St. Joseph. Mo.—Plans are under
way for a conference here May l of
tanners, educators, live stock and
grain men of Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska. Governor Gardner of Mis
souri will be asked to preside and
the conservation of food supplies, par
ticularly live stock and grain, will be
taken up An attempt will be made
I to have all the packers refuse to ac
| cePt tor slaughter young cows, and
{ brood swine.
158. Jacobsen and Johnson—Appropri
ates $20,000 for payment of soldiers' fares
to Vicksburg reunion
169. Good and others—Regular ap
propriation of .85 miU levy for support
of state normal schools.
170. Good and others—..ppropriates
cash funds and miscellaneous receipts of
state normal schools to their use.
171. Good and others—Appropriates in
come from normal school endowment
fund.
172. Good and others—Appropriates
state normal library funds to their use.
174. Fults. Furnas — Reduces certain
fees of county judges.
176. Hopkins. Douglas—Raises pay of
supreme court stenographers and clerks
from a thousand dollars to fifteen hundred
dollars.
177. Anderson. Phelps—Empowers sec
ond class cities to purchase or accept by
gift auditorium for public use. or to
buy ground and erect them.
179. Stuhr. Hall—Makes automobile
stealing a penal offense punishable by one
hundred dollars to five hundred dollars
fine.
184. Fuller Seward—Prohibits use of
paved public highways by tractor engines
or heavy vehicles.
189. Stearns. Seottsbluff—Fixes legal
methods for measuring hay in the stack.
192. Hopkins. Douglas—Authorizes and
regulates exchange of reciprocal or inter
insurance contracts and empowers cor
porations generally to make such con
tracts.
193. Fries et al—Provides for elimina
tion of electors' names from ballot and
their appointment by governor.
194. Fries. Howard — Candidates run
ning on two tickets can not accept minor
ity party nomination if he loses majority
party nomination.
195. Fries and Howard—Relatives of
insane need not pay for their care at
state hospitals when would be a "grievous
hardship" to do so.
1s?.. Dafoe, Johnson—Four years term
for county officers and altows people to
vote on abolishment of county attorney's
office.
201. Liggett. Seward—Disallows prior
ity claims in cases of failed banks where
funds have been obtained to help sueh
bank through its period of distress.
202. Schneider, Douglas—Gives county
attorneys instead of county judge right
to aid two other county officers in filling
county board vacancies.
203. Lancaster County Delegation—
Amends county paving district law in
Lancaster county.
206. Stuhr, Hall—University 1 mill levy
bill.
207. Fuller. Seward—Regular three
quarter mill levy University building bill.
208. —Reishick, Richardson —Appropri
ates $46,769 state institutional deficiency.
212. Dorsey. Franklin—Comprehensive
road bill providing for designation of
county roads and their maintenance.
215. Fuller, Seward—Repeals law for
providing for naming of attorneys for
surety companies.
222. Norton, Polk—Limited suffrage for
females.
232. Fries. Howard—Appropriates $15.
770 for past salary of supreme court com
mission department.
233. Finance Committee—Appropriates
D.OOO for expense of National Guard in
cidental to muster out of Fourth and
Fifth regiments.
tjv. auicu, Bwiic-1 luviurs iui
ing of extensive record on transfer of
motor cars by county treasurer.
287. Dalbey. Gage—Provides for ap
pointment Instead of election of road
overseers.
238. Ollis. Valley—Provides for sale of
State experiment station at Culbertson.
239. Tracewell. Cherry—Provides means
for selling city owned realty in cities
of a thousand to five thousand popula
tion.
249. Stuhr and Scudder — Mayor and
city council of cities of second class may
provide for sewer construction costing not
more than $200,000. and $100,000 for other
classes of improvements.
252. Thomas and Naylor—Makes pipe
lines common carriers and provides for
their regulation by the state railway com
mission.
253. Provides for bond issue for public
improvement by majority instead of two
thirds vote in cities and villages.
254. Murtey. Cass—In banks of less
than $50,000 capitalization, bank officers
can administer oath on quarter!v report.
256. Anderson. Boyd—$5,000 relief for
widow of Frank Honke. injured in build
ing construction at Norfolk asylum.
257. Trumble. Sherman—Adds to team
and vehicle insurance provisions accident
or injury, fatal or non-futal to persons.
262. Stearns, Scottsbluff—Provides for
establishment of school of irrigation at
Scottsbluff s experiment farm.
263. Richmond, Douglas — Prohibits
county judges from discriminating be
tween attorneys for practice in their
courts.
283. Gormley and Parkinson — County
fair organizations must first pay premi
ums before paying other expenses from
the donation from county.
301. Conley. Dalbey and Burrowes—
Increases salary of deputy clerk of the
district court in counties from 30.000 to
60.0‘K) population.
302. Dalbey. Gage—Provides for pay
ment of cattle killed by state order,
which are afflicted with foot and mouth
disease.
307. Radke. Cedar — Where practical
and public good public roads may be es
tablished through private grounds with
out owner’s consent.
309. Liggett, Seward — Dimming law
for automobile lights.
316. Swanson and Peterson—Provides
that residue of the capital together with
surplus and other funds of every* domes
tic insurance company may be invested
in drainage or irrigation bonds or in any
farm loan bank.
323. Dau and Schaffer—Provides for
establishment of new roads through pri
vate property.
324. A inlay, Nance — Provides public
roads shall not be vacated or changed
without consent of a majority of the vot
ers living within two miles; eliminates
non-application of this to roads having a
bridge oyer sixty feet in length.
325. Norton. Polk—Relating to elec
tion publishing proposed amendments to
328. Finance Committee—Appropriates
{1.600 for emergency use of railway com
mission.
330. Swanson and Schwab—Adds new
penalties to violation of law governing
operation of pool and billiard halls.
332. Peterson. Lancaster — Makes ap
propriation and creates commislson to
improve conditions of blind.
336. Reisehick and Parkinson — Re
quires state conservation commission to
preserve records of well building in Ne
braska.
337. Stearns. ScottsblulT—Relates to
issuance of general fund warrants by
irrigation districts.
339. Thomas. Box Butte—Makes it a
misdemeanor to leave gates open on pri
vate property.
341. Sass. Sarpy—Appropriate {8.000
for repairs at state fish hatchery- and
for new fish car.
342. Hoflfmeister. Chase — Relates to
property bequests to orphan asvlums
maintained by national fraternal orders in
this state.
344. Nesbitt and Koch — Ten-cent
bounty for killing pocket gophers.
LoBobbfy et al — Appropriates
{.->.000 for aid of southwest Nebraska fair
at Maywood.
350. Craddock. Douglas—Provides for
rural school teaching courses in state nor
mal.
351. Nelson. Douglas — Provides that
any person owing from $50 to $1,000 mav
provide for gradual payment of debts by
listing same with municipal court at Om
aha.
359. Fries. Howard—Fixes hotel regi
stration fee on basis of number of rooms
360. Fries. Howard—Provides for as
sessment of power plants where main
plant is located.
365. Liggett. Seward—Provides for fil
ing of reports by insurance agents when
applying for license, on their past rec
ords.
., Schneider Douglas—Appropriates
Slo.bOO for state fish law,
368. Ollis—An act to amend chapter
°£ -he Sess*°n laws of Nebraska for
bemg section *745 Revised Statutes
of Nebraska for 1913. relating to the
length of time school shall be taught and
to repeal said original section and to de
clare an emergencv.
377. Dorsey. Franklin—Makes countv
treasurer county fiscal agent.
383. Car Shortage Committee—Joint
resolution urging congress to compel in
terstate commerce commission to give
relief in car shortage. 6
387. Douglas County Delegation—Om
aha Commercial club good roads bill for
Douglas county.
390. Peterson and Flansburg—Validat
Beriin Strike Made Deep Impression
Copenhagen.—News of the strike
in Berlin made a deep impression
among Russians here, who saw in
the demonstrations the beginning of
a German revolution for the over
throw of the Hohenzollern dynasty
and the restoration of general peace
The correspondents of the various
Russian newspapers took this view
but persons not inclined to agree
with it, declaring too much impor
tance should not bo attached to the
demonstration.
Ing defective instruments conveying real
estate, curing defects ir> acknowledge
ment and execution and making same
competent evidence in the courts of this
state.
392. Peterson and Flansburg—Validat
ing conveyances by foreign executors of
real estate and providing for probate of
foreign wills wthout administration in
certain cases.
403. Shannon. Douglas—Provides dis
trict cleiks shall not retain certain fees.
406. White, Brown—Relates to inade
quate facilities of schools.
414. Neff—Misdemeanor for county of
ficers not to attend to road and culvert
repairs.
419. Stearns. Scotts Bluff—Relates to
stock shipping law.
420. Stearns, Scottsbluff—Amendment
to irrigation law.
423. Provides aero company for nation
al guard.
428. Dorsey. Franklin—Relates to vot
ing in supervisor districts.
431. Taylor and Norton—Unites hotel
and food commission in accordance with
Governor Neville's recommendation.
440. Taylor. Custer—Creating a bureau
of printing and supplies.
449. Good, Nemaha—Relating to for
eign insurance companies.
451. Rickard—OiMnspection fee bill.
469. Labor Committee—Regulation of
private employment agencies.
481. Ollis—Board of control shall have
power to name all institutional heads.
490. Flansburg. Lancaster — Appropri
ates $336.00 to heirs of Robert Scott, for
mer Milford home inmate.
494. Lancaster County Delegation —
Relates to public schools of Lincoln.
495. Peterson. I^ancaster — Relates to
registration of precinct bonds.
496. Peterson—Providing that no fran
chise right to streets and alleys can be
secured by user.
500. Peterson—Appropriates $1,300 for
sanitary district of Lincoln for benefit*
to state farm.
501. Peterson—Relating to interurban
railway incorporations.
511. Ollis, Valley—Makes food commis
sioner hotel commissioner.
513. Andei-son. Boyd — Provides that
governor in case of vacancy for United
States senator may fill by appointment
517. Osterman and others — Provides
for payment by the state of all hail and
storm damages.
525. Howard. Douglas—Relating to the
personal injury to employes of state of
Nebraska.
527. Rickard—Relating to salaries of
county superintendents.
530. Thomas. Box Butte — Providing
for the investigation and prevention of
fires and providing additional duties for
the fire commisisoner.
537. Trumbull. Sherman—Dividing the
state into six districts and the employ
ment of an inspector of weights and
measures in each district, fixing the com
pensation at $5 a day and traveling ex
penses.
540. Swanson. Clay—Providing that the
insurance board shall not issue any
license to any insurance company until
it has complied with the law relating to
uniform blank forms.
541. Swanson (by request)—Providing
that all fees received from insurance
companies shall be placed by the state
treasurer into the general fund account.
551. Defoe. Johnson — Providing that
any one entering any building armed
with a dangerous weapon to be used to
hold up persons shall be sentenced to
from twenty years to life.
jw. x1> . -MtM i iv. i L’> ifqufsii—rve—
lating to associations organized for the
purpose of raising money to be loaned
among members.
573. Hopkins. Douglas—Adds three as
sistant probation officers in Omaha.
583. Leidigh. Otoe—Relating to finan
cial conduct of school districts.
586. Ollis. Valley—To provide for the
re-districting of all school districts, and
provide for necessary surveys.
597. Ollis, Valley—Regulating the sale
of agricultural seeds
599. Mills. Lancaster — Excepting as
sessment associations from the law re
quiring a deposit of all investment se
curities with insurance board
€06. Peterson. Lancaster—Relating to
improvement of streets and alleys in Lin
coln
6C8. Fults. Furnas — Eliminating the
ten dollar permit charge collected under
lent law ft 11 dealers for imi
tation butter and cheese
629. Good. Nemaha—Appropriates $2,
000 for relief of Lettie May Wiser.
681. Anderson. Boyd — Amends pure
food law relating to percentage of alco
hol contained in articles.
645. Peterson, Lancaster—Modifies law
regulating sale of securities under Blue
Sky Law.
668. Thomas et al.—Provides for state
publicist
683. Taylor. Custer—Amend school dis
trict law.
691. Bates. Cheyenne — Appropriates
$15,000 for irrigation experiments.
697. Hughes and Regan—Appropriates
$31,400 for land at Norfolk hospital.
701. Bulla. Douglas—Regulates sale of
anti-hog cholera serum
702. Bulla. Douglas — Provides for
treatment of lice infected cattle.
703. Hunt. Saline—Provides for ac
quirement of land for cemetery purposes.
717. Finance, Ways and Means Com
mittee. by request of Board of Control—
Appropriation for buildings at the follow
ing institutions: Addition to hospital
building, etc., Beatrice institute for
feeble-minded youth. $63,000: cattle barn,
etc., girls' industrial school at Geneva. $7,
500; boiler house and new machinery,
soldiers’ and sailors' home. Grand Island,
$16,820. improvement lngleside hospital,
$25,000; improvement state industrial
school, Kearney. $3,500; tubercular hos
pital, Kearney, $20,500; Nebraska hospital
for insane. Lincoln. $143.000; orthopedic
hospital. Lincoln. $9,500: state peniten
tiary. $41,300; Nebraska industrial home,
Milford. $10,274; soldiers' home, Milford,
$3,000; Norfolk insane asylum. $117,000;
Nebraska school for deaf. Omaha, $6,000;
home for dependent children, Lincoln,
$2,500.
720. Andersen. Boyd — Appropriating
$50,000 to state penitentiary.
722. Road Committee—Meets require
ments of federal aid road fund appropria
tion
729. Hughes and Radke—Provides for
exercise of power of eminent domain for
purpose of securing library sites.
730. Neff. Knox—Defines flags for pub
lic school grounds.
731. Keegan, Douglas—Increases salary
of Douglas county assessor to $4,000 a
year.
750. Cronin. Holt—Provides for pur
chase of county supplies in open market.
753. Harris and Hostetler—Appropri
ates $14,000 for purchase of land at State
tubercular hospital.
7€8. Stearns. Scottsbluff—Changes time
of payment and rate of pavment of bonds
of irrigation ditches.
769. Stearns. Scottsbluff—Provides for
water suspensions where irrigation taxes
remain unpaid for two years or more.
770. Stearns. ScottsblulT— Relates to
transfer property in irrigation ditches.
771. Stearns,. Scottsbluff—Authorizes
irrigation district boards to borrow funds
on payments to the United States.
793. Joint Prohibition Committee —
Prohibition bill.
794. Appropriations for salaries of state
officers.
795. Reischick. Craddock. Greenwalt,
Hoflfmeister, Fuller. Oliis. Good. Peterson,
Cronin and Mears—Appropriation for the
current expenses of the state government
and miscellaneous items for the vears
ending March 31. 1918. and March 31,"l919,
and declaring an emergencv.
796. Committee on Claims and Defi
ciencies—Appropriation for the pavment
of miscellaneous items of indebtedness
arising from claims and owing to the
state of Nebraska and to declare an
emergency.
797. Fries—Appropriation for miscel
laneous items.
798. Richmond. Douglas — Authorizing
the board of county commissioners in
counties having 150.000 population to sell
land or lot for the purpose of securing
funds to erect a poor house.
799. By the Governor—To vatidate and
confirm title in saline land of Nebraska.
800. By the Governor—An act to pro
vide for the promotion for vocational edu
cation in accordance with an act of con
gress.
801. Governor Neville—Making an ap
propriation for the purchase of medals
for members of the Nebraska National
guard and declaring an emergency.
802. Beal—Making an appropriation
for the expense of mobilization and main
tenance of Nebraska National guards and
all other regiments and parts thereof re
cruited organized or mobilized within the
state and declaring an emergency
803n,-'-A .h'.11 for an act to amend sec
tion 31*n of the Revised Statutes for 1913,
and to repeal said original section as now
existing.
Now Adulterating Baled Hay.
Washington.—Even baled hay is be
ing adulterated, and the bureau of
chemistry of the department of agri
culture has been moved to issue a
warning against violation of the pure
food act when you bale your hay.
The experts of the department call
it ‘•veneering." This consists in feed
ing the baling machine an occasional
mouthful of hay that is brighter and
better than the rest, and then manipu
lating the bale so the high grade hay
covers the outside and conceals the in
ferior quality underneath.
PERPETUAL CLOSED SEASON ON
DOVES AND QUAIL
_ .
LATE NEWS FROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
—
Western Newspaper Union News Service
The legislature repealed the open
session on quail and doves, pro
. hibited spring shooting of ducks aud
geese and changed the open season
for prairie chickens and snipe. No
change was made in the open sea
son for fish. S. F. 113. introduced
by Senator Adams of Dawes, was
; the vehicle used for making these
| changes. It contained a provision
repealing the open season for quail
| aud doves It is said the bill aow
I contains no mention of an open sea
j sou on plover. As these birds may
be considered game birds, they are
probably protected the year thru by
J the provisions of the bill applying to
game birds.
The bills makes the state law con
form to government regulations in re
I gard to the shooting of ducks and
| geese and other water fowl. The old
: state law permitted the shooting of
| ducks and geese from September 1
I to April 5. The new law permits
I shooting of these birds from Septem
| ber 16 to December 31. The bill
(contains an emergency clause and is
now in force.
The open season for snipe was
j formerly from September 1 to May
1. It is now from September 16 to
■ December 31. the same as the duck
! season.
The quail season was formerly <
from November 1 to November 15.
This has been repealed and so has
the open season on doves and plover
; from July 15 to August 31. Sena
tor Sawyer of Lancaster offered the
amendment which closed the season
on doves.
The prairie chicken season, which
was formerly from September 1 to
November 30. is changed so that
hunters may try their luck from
September 15 to November 15.
The open season for trout not less
than eight inches long remains the
same, from April 1 to October 1.
i The open season for bass not less
thau eight inches long and all other
fish protected by law remains the
same as before, irom April 1 to
November 15.
The open seasons now are as fol
lows:
Ducks and geese—September 15
and ending December 31.
Snipe—September 16 and ending
December 31.
Chickens and grouse—September
15 and ending November 15.
Trout—April 1 and ending October
L
Bass and other fish—April 1 and
ending November 15.
No open season on quail or doves,
swans, white crane, Chinese pheas
ants or any other game bird im
! ported for propagation.
The old law permitting the seining
of fish during June, July, August and
| September on licenses issued by the
chief game warden has been changed
somewhat. The game warden is
fiven discretionary power to issue
teining licenses for the taking of
luffalo, carp and gar with seines of
iwo-inch mesh. The game warden
irill probably decline to issue such
icenses.
The seining law is amended in
Jne important respect. It no longer
permits the seining of catfish.
Section 2679 of the statutes, relat
.ng to unlawful possession or sale of
game birds and fish, has been amend
ed so that it is quite plain that cat
fish may be sold. For several years
the law has permitted the sale of
catfish, but game wardens have en
deavored to conceal the fact from
the public by omitting the provisions
from the game laws printed for gen
eral circulation.
Two Institutions Consolidate
Dr. W. H. Crutcher, who has been
appointed superintendent of the home
for dependent children and the Ortho
pedic hospital, under the new plan of
consolidation of managements of the
two institutions by the board of con
trol. has taken charge.
Dr. Crutcher was formerly em
: ployed at the Hastings asylum.
Mrs. Benbrook, matron of the
Orthopedic hospital, will serve as
matron of both institutions and Mrs.
Ollie Emsler of Staplehurst becomes
| supervisor of the children's home.
The board has announced that, ex
cept in extreme cases, it will aban
don the policy of going out in the
I state and bringing children to the
| home who have been committed by
the courts. The counties will be ex
! pected to bring the children in there
I by effecting a material saving of
i state funds.
—
Many Visit Home for Friendless
The state-wide appeal of Chairman
I E. O. Mayfield, of the board of con
; trol. asking Nebraskans to adopt the
i babies and children at the state home
j for dependent children, met with un
. expected response.
More people have visited the home
! than ever known in the history of
the institution, to look over the tots.
People came in to Lincoln from far
1 out in the state, and several of the
| little ones have already found a home.
1 v There are over a hundred children
1 at the institution.
I -
! New Prohibiticr Law
Copies of the new prohibition law,
! which became effective May 1, have
been mailed to all county and local
officials in the state and to all news
papers.
This was done at the instance of
Governor Neville, who is of the belief
that as wide circulation as possible
should be given to the provisions of
the prohibition law.
“1 hope the people of the state will
at once become familiar with the
law,” said Governor Neville. “That
will aid greatly in its enforcement.”
STATE APPROPRIATIONS
New Special Levies for University,
Institutions and Roads
Appropriations made by the 1917
Nebraska legislature show an in
crease of approximately two and a
half million dollars over those of the
preceding biennium, and will total
in the neighborhood of eleven mil
lions. The direct appropriations to
be raised by taxation aggregate a
little more than $9,700,000, and about
$1,300,000 more has been provided
through the appropriation of cash
funds, fees and other receipts of
different instituting, departments,
boards and comtr.isEions.
During 1917 and 1918, eight special
levies of state taxes authorized b7
this and preceding legislatures will
be made, totalling about 9% mills.
This assumes that the general fund
levy will -require nearly, if not quite,
the maximum of 5 mills which the
law allows. The total appropriations
to be met out of that fund are $4,
980.089, and the other levies are
calculated to yield $4,735,800 during
the two years, from an aggregate tax
rate of 4.68 mills.
In the 1915-16 biennium, the gross
sum realized from all state levies
was $7,273,701. or $2,442,000 less than
what the legislature that just ad
iouraed has appropriated from direct
'axation.
The other $1,300,000 expended in
the last two years was miscellaneous
receipts of the various institutions
(known as “cash funds”), fees and
ether receipts collected by state of
ficers, boards and commissions, and
money coming from the United States
government for the support of the
state university and its branches.
In this computation no account is
taken of the semi-annual school ap
portionments. amounting to $700,000
a year, more or less, which are de
rived from investments of the perma
nent school fund and rentals of state
school lands.
State Auditor Smith has prepared
the following table, showing what
the appropriations made by the re
cent legislature amount to, and for
what purposes they were authorized.
From the General Fund.
28 Legislative incidantals...! 20.000.00
29 Legislative salaries. 108.000.00
74 Hug barn. 80,000-00
158 Old soldiers to Vicksburg 20,000.00
205 Board of Control, defi
ciencies . 55,707.39
232 Supreme Court Commis
sion salaries . 15.770. CO
233 Nat l Guard ^nsergency.. 6.000.00
256 Mildred Honkke, relief. . 3.000.00
3^2 Foot and Mouth Disease 50,000.00
328 R. Ft. Commission, spe
cial investigation . 1.500.00
341 Improvements to Gretna
Fish Hatchery . 6,000.00
346 Mavwood Fair . 5.000.00
366 Fish Car . 15,000.00
490 It. \V. Scott, relief. 346.14
496 Bessey Memorial Fund,
committee . 4.000.00
500 Sanitary District No. 1,
Lancaster county . 1.500.00
629 Relit-f of Lettie May
Wiser . 2.000.00
691 Irrigation Experiments.. 5.000.00
697 Purchase of land, hos
pital for insane. Nor
folk . 12.000.00
720 Industries at penitentiary 50.000.00
753 Purchase land Tubercu
losis hospital. 12.500.00
793 I n hibition . 50,0 K) 00
794 Salaries bill . 906.480.00
795 General maintenance bill 3,347.740.00
796 Claims and deficiancies. 31.782.19
797 Claims and deficiencies. 48.702.36
soo Aid for vocational educa
tion . 21.000.00
501 Medals Nebraska Nation
al Guards . 1,000.00
502 Mobilization and main
tenance Nebraska Na
tional Guards . 100.000.00
Total .. $4.9S0.08S.68
From Special Levies.
In computing th* amount these levies
will raise during the years 1917-18. th*>
assessed valuation of the state is esti
mated at $505,060,000 for each vear. an
increase of $5,000,000 over 1916. The
levies are:
. Amount
1*9 Normal school tax. 85-100
of 1 mill .$ 85S.500 00
181 State aid bridge. 2-10 of
one mill . 202.000.00
206 State University tax. 1
T,a.n,i -100 mills ....... 1.167.500.00
L0, l niverslty special build
ing fund. 75-100 of one
... DmU* -.;. "57.500.00
*17 Board of control improve
ments. 48-100 of one
... mill . 4S4.S00OO
j .22 htate aid road fund,
65-100 of one mill. 665.300 00
Total special levies 4.6S
.,.$1,733,800.00
lotal general fund. 4.9S0.0SS.68
Grand total.*9.715.888.68
Some of the county superintendents
of Nebraska are making a special ef
fort to have a good exhibit at the
state fair. Among other things con
templated, and in fact already being
arranged for. is an exhibit of a minia
ture ideal consolidated rural school
and grounds. It win consist of a
ten-acre plot together with teacher
age. athletic grounds, gardens, school
house and everything that goes to
make up an ideal school in the open
: country.
I Plans to attend the federal training
camp opening May 8 at Fort Snelling.
■ Minn., are being made by a number of
| students at the University of Ne
braska, as a result of the announce
ment that all who expect to obtain
commissions in the federal officers'
reserve corps must take three months
of training at a training camp. Young
men need not necessarily be students
to attend. It is announced by the war
department that, at the conclusion of
| these camps, commissions will be
awarded those who have shown them
selves to be proficient.
The legislature adopted without dis
sent a resolution petitioning Presi
dent Wilson and congress to pass a
law “that will prohibit the manu
facture sale and transportation of
malt, spiritous, vinous, alcoholic and
intoxicating liquors in the United
States during the period of the war."
Treasurer Hall is authority for the
! statement that an appropriation of
. $50,000 for carrying out the provisions
of the prohibitory law is legal and
should be provided for.
Kennard Claim Defeated Again
The senate defeated a claim for
$13,500 for T. P. Kennard. presented
by T. S. Allen. United States district
attorney for Nebraska. Once the
senate stood tied on the subject, the
vote standing 15 to 15 on Sandall’s
motion to reject. Then on Sawyer’s
motion to allow the claim it was de
feated by a vote of 14 ayes to 17
nays. Sawyer of Lancaster cham
pioned the claim and Sandall of York
opposed It and it was by the lat
ter’s strenuous efforts in reviewing
j the history of the claim
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Orange Blossom Farms.
A minor trade which lias been badly
hit is the orange blossom industry.
Weddings are simple affairs nowadays
and there is not much demand for the
fragrant white flowers. Practically all
the orange blossom that reaches Lon
don is grown In the south of France,
a few miles back from the coast line,
in the sheltered valleys of the Alpes
Maritimes.
There is. in ordinary times, always
a demand for the blooms, for the per
fume manufacturers are ready buyers
if the other market should fail. These
plantations are handed on from one
generation to another in the same fam
ily. and there would be small encour
agement for rival planters as the trees
do not yield much in the way of a
floral crop until they are a fair age.—
London Chronicle.
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Bid of Theee
Ifiy (Spot*
There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the
prescription othine — double strength — Is
guaranteed to remove these homely spot*
Simply get an ounce of othine—doubl*
strength—from your druggist, and apply *
little of it night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain * beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee of
money back if it fails to remove freckle* —
Adv.
—
“Not Our Can.’’
A little lad at Carmel, Iud., whose
mother was sick, was asked by a
neighbor woman to bring the coal oil.
as she wished to kindle the fire. The
little fellow brought it, and then the
woman asked for an open vessel to
pour the oil in. as she was afraid live
coals were in the stove and an explo
sion might occur. The little fellow
looked at her unconcernedly and said:
“Oh gee. go ahead. It ain’t our can."—
Indianapolis News.
An Unappreciated Gift.
The veteran journalist H. G. Hib
bert, says Pearson’s Weekly, tells of
a chorus girl, the very dear friend
of a wealthy nobleman, who one eve
ning presented her with a priceless
set of silver sables.
Later she was nsked by a compan
ion how she had spent the day.
“Oh,” was the reply, “those furs
the duke gave me were full of gray
hairs; and I’ve been picking ’em out
War.
“Those old sculptors failed to recog
| nize me properly as the god of war,”
complained Mars.
“They made you fierce looking
enough.”
“Yes. But none of them had the fore
sight to put ‘made in Germany’ on my
statues.”
When a woman says that her hus
band Is perfection It Is a safe bet that
she hasn't been married three weeks.
A woman is never surprised when
she Is handed a compliment.
@/te
answer
to the
Health
Q&estion
often lies
in a
chande of
table drink