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' LEGISLATURE
of NEBRASKA
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L A Synopsis of Proceedings - of the Twenty tI Ninth Genii
era ! Session
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SgNA'I'E-'I'he senate was not In
session on the 18th , having adjourned
from Friday until ltouday.
1I0US1 - When the house was
ready for work on the 18th , It re
solved itself Into committee of the
whole with Jackson of Antelope In
the chnlr II n. No , 171 , hy Anderson
. - - of Douglas county , was first consld
' - , ored. It fixes the HIatus of the Nebraska .
r.-- hrnslm territorial ! militia , placing the
members of this hOlly on the same
" footing as soldiers of the civil war.
. " It was recommended for passage. H.
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- . " , n. No. 220 , hy Fltlo of Douglas , was
recommended to pass : as amended.
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The bill manes It a misdemeanor for
another newspaper to make use of
4 : nny current news that has been secured -
i-r cured hy 0111' paper The amendment
, that was attached to the bill Is to
a satisfy the demands of the weekly
newspapers of the state. It reads :
"Provided , nothing In this act shall
he so construed ns to prevent puh.
. fishers of weekly newspapers from
,
compiling from available sources a
. : . ' . brief summary of the current news
"
. ,4 . " of the week and publishing the same
: ; " In their respective weekly newspa-
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pel's " H. R. No 179 , hr Douglas of
Rock , providing a schedule of salaries
: ' , - of county superintendents In those
; " , counties where they receive pay by
the day : : , was recommended to pass.
j -r- ; Mr. Douglas made a speech of some
' 7 , duration In favor of the hill. H. R. No
] 90 , by ! \f < , Clay of Lancaster , appro-
priating $20,000 for T. P. Kennard of
Lincoln as commission for making a
collection in the early days of the
state from the national government ,
.t , was recommended for passage.
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SENAT -Afler a very strenuous
though humorous fight , the senate ,
on the 20th , in the committee of the
whole , voted to recommend for pas-
sage H. R. 75 , by Foster of Douglas , :
- compelling dealers to paint gasoline
cans red. S. } 1' . 88 , allowing school
districts to retire their bonds at the
end of five years , was passed. The
d II senate resolved into a committee of
the whole , with Wall of Sherman in. .
the chair. H. R. GO , the Foster dental '
hill , was recommended for passa e ,
The following new hills were intro-
duced : S. F. 207 , by Bresee of SherIdan ] -
dan , that patent medicines containing
10 per cent of alcohol shall } he deemed .
ecl an intoxicating drink and dealers
shall be required to taken out a
liquor license.
HOUSF.-The house wont Into committee .
mittee of the whole on the 20th , with
Bartoo or Valley in the chair These
hills among others were recommended -
ed for passage : H R. lW : , hy .TacIe-
son of Antolope-AutllOrlzlng appeals
. , . , " 1 to the district court on tax levies and
giving courts jurisdil'tlon H R. 191 ,
by McCinr of J..ancaster-To consolidate -
elate biennial reports of state officers
and dopartment. These hills were
passed : H. R. 103 , hy flacon of flaw-
son-Provhlng for Hale of penitentiary -
tiary lands , control IInd disposition of
IUlul ! and to create penitentiary lands
1I11C1. 1-1. n. 171i. hy Howe of Nomuha
-Malcing it mandatory instead of optional ,
tlonal for county hoards to appropriate -
prlato 3 cents per capita per annum
for the benefit of agricultural so
clotlo ! S. F. 3 , hy Good of NOUluha-
Fixing the date of convonlllg the
State Board of Equalization ou the
third Monday In July , making It utter
the county hOllrds' oqualizatlou in
stead of hofore. H. n. 70 , by Burns of
I.ancnstor-One of the Lincoln charter .
tor bills.
( ENATI - The senate on the 21st
In tbe committee or the wbole , Inde-
Lthemmfttethcoie91nd
finitely postponed the blacksmith i
lien law hill , and recommended for I
passage the South Omaha sewer bill
by Gibson. The blacksmith lien hill
provided that for work on any kind
or vehicle or for shoeing 0. horse or
other animal the workman should
have a lien on the animal or vehicle
should his lien ho filed within four
months. Cady of Howard introduced
the hill hy request and spoke for its
Imssage. II. H. 60 and H. H. 82 were
pas ! ed. The former regulates the
practice of dentistry and the latter .
provides for the construction of a live
stock pavlllon and fish building at
the state fair grounds. H. R. 67 was
indefinitely postponed. This bill pro-
vides for the printing of the report
of the State Board of Irrigation.
These bills were introduced and read
a first time : S : F. 208 , by Meserve ,
providing for the appointment of
three commissioners to revise the insurance -
SU1llnCe laws of the state for which
each is to receive $8 a dar , the work
to be completed by January I , 907.
S. F. 209 , by Jones of Otoe , providing
that where a community gives a
bonus of land for an industry the town
or village shall have a Hen on the
property for twenty 'enrs. S. F. 75
was passed. This is the Thomas negotiable -
gotiable note bill , defining a negoti-
able instrument. Among the bills reported -
ported for general file was H. R. S ,
the OmAha water board bill.
HOUSE-The house , on the 21st ,
passed these bills : Transferring $ 20-
000 from the clothing fund at the
Hastings insane asylum to the repair
and improvement fund ; emergency
clause. To enable the State university
regents to condemn lands needed for
university purposes. The emergency
clause failed t.o pass. Empowering
cities of the second class t.o grant
franchises and male ; : contracts with
power plants. To prevent printer
from publishing more copies of books ; : ,
pamphlets , otc. , than ordered. Emer-
gency. Regulating the' amount ot
bonds which school districts may Is-
sue. Authorizing county boards to
appropriate $100 a year for fnrmerg'
institutes. To allow surety companies
to he surety for a public officer for
more than two successive terms. To
exact a penal bond of $5,000 from an
applicant for a saloon license before
such license is issued. Permitting
state and county treasurers to require . -
quire guaranty bonds from depository !
banks ! , whereas now they may only
require personal hands , and it legalizes ,
izes such guaranty 1IOuc1s. Requiring
fl uniform examination under direction .
tion of the State Board of Education
for all applicants for state teachers'
corUficmteR Appropriating $10.000 for
an agricultural pavilion u.t the stale
fair grounds Requiring ) sthool districts -
tricts to estimate the money needed
during the coming year hu'ttead ' of
making 11 levy Emergency clauso.
1'0 allow mutual insurance societies ! !
to amend their charters after twenty
yours so as to issue five-year pol1ei08.
To provide } for payment of outntand- .
lug road district warrants and to
liquidate all indebtedness against !
road dintricts. Euiiorgency clauno
Providing that any person insured in
u mutual company , except In CURe of
notes acquired hy this act to ho deposited -
posited } at the time of Its organization : ,
may at any time return the policy : for
cancellation and on paying amount
duo on his premium note and ho discharged .
charged tram further liability Emergency -
goncy cluuse.
SENA'l'E-In the committee or the
whole , with GIffin in the chair , the
following bills were considered on
the 22nd : Senate me No. 3G , br ; Shel
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don , to provide for open depots In
small towns , rocoIUIIIOIHled for P1\8'
sage. Senate file No. H2 , hy HrmJCo ,
providing for 11 'ear'B residence for
divorce applicants , for IlI\ssngo. S'n- ,
ate file No. 133 , hy Wall , permitting \
appeals In lax litigation , for passitgo. ,
Senate file No. 148 , hy Hl'esoo , to
amend road tax collection statutes ,
for passage . House roll No 1U : , by
Smith , to pay county commissioners
$3 a day indefinitely postponcd. Sen- !
ate file No. 76 , hy Breseo , dividing the
Fourteenth judicial district , for pass ' I I
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sage. The following new hills were
introduced : Senate file No. 21.1 , hy
Thomu -To provide for notice In tux
Bale foreclosures. Senate file No 215 ,
by Thomas-To provide for the payment . .
ment of tax claims any Umo before
foreclosure and fixing the rate of interest ,
terost at 15 per cent house roll No.
3 , by' 'Vlndham , to alllloint three supreme -
promo court commissioners and forut
a commission of six , was llUssed. Sen
ate file No In , hIesl'1''e , tu make
adultery a felony was read for the
third time and passed This measure
Is designed to regulate the conduct of
the Indians In Northeast Nehraslm.
HOUSE-There waR no suspension
of business on the 22d. Washlugton'l
birthday : Hunker of Cumin/ / offered :
a resolution commending Kansas for' '
its fight upon the Standard Oil trust ,
pledging sentimental co-operation and
taking a shot at John D. Rockefeller ] )
as the magnate of the most treacher
ous monopoly in existt'nce. The resolution .
solution went 0\01' H. n. 20 , by
Clarke of recommended
Douglas was i
for pnssage. It is the bill which Im-
poses a one-year penitentiary sentence
or a fine of $500 for the game of
polic- The bill to precipitate an unusual .
usual contest was H. R. 230 , by Parker
of Oloe It provided for the prohibition .
tion of saloons within 400 feet of any
schoolhouse. Jackson of Antelope offered -
fered an amendment making It apply
only t.o retail places of selling liquor.
The amendment was lost and the hill
recommended for passage. H. R. 2 ,
McMullen of Gage , to amend the
revenue bill so 0.5 to elect instead of
appoint dIstrict assessors , brought
out much discussion The measure
was finally Indefinitely 110stponod. H
R. 87 , by Bonre of Platte , prohibiting
the granting of liquor licenses to any
but the actual parties interested , was
recommended for lJUssage. Among
bills introduced were the following :
Concurrent resolution proposing an .
amendment to the constitution ; for a
state railway commission of three to
serve three years , whose duty It 8'l1l\1I \
be to enforce laws of Uw le lsluturc ,
H. R. 333 : . hy Perry of FIII'nas-To do-
fine the rights of creditor ! of decedents -
dents and to prescribe a 1IIanner for
applying for un order of dogcont. 1'0
repeal section 11.412 of Cohhey's
Statutes that provides for a cleric of
the State Printing hourd. Creating n
commission ! of three to revise the insurance -
nurance laws of this ntute. To provide
for placing Juentions relating to
amendments of the conatltution , constitutional - i
ntitutlmml conventions und all other '
JuoHtlO1IR and propositions suhmitted
to the vote of the people } on a sepur
ate ballot , which shall he of phtk color ,
to he deposited in a separate ballot
box , also of pink } color. H. R 337 , hy
Pospisil of Saunders , to amend HOC-
tlon 13 of an act approved April } 4 ,
1103 ! , entitled "Ant act to provide a
system of public revenue , unll repeal
articles i , II , iii . iv and v , and nocUous
4 , fi , G , 7 , 8 , H , 10 , 11 and 12 of article
vii of chapter 77 , Compiled Statutes
of Nebraska for the year InOl , " told to
repeal said section 13 and all acts
and parts of acts inccmnlntont heree
with.
SENA'l'E-In the senate on the gird
in the committee of the whole with
1\toclwtt in the chair Home hnIlortnnt
measures were disposed of. One of
these was by EpJlerHon to repeal the
law which creates the office of the
state nrchltect. Epporson quoted
statistics showing that the state
would have been at less expense had
it employed outside architects in
stead of havIng a state architect. The
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hill was r'co111111l'llIltHl for passage . It
H. I32 : , ILIIIlI'olll'lntlug 11I(1)IY for Ullt
building of n filth 1111I111 ILt South noud ,
was recontnto11ded for ptssago ( ' , IUI
were those olhOl' measures : S. F , IH ,
fixing penalty for jury hrlhllll\ B. Ii' .
15 , fixing penalty for ono who bribes
n ( jlll'tlr. S. Ii' . 121i , I1xlllg 1IIIIIIIIhmllnl
of parent wt.o cOlllrlhlllC's to child dt ) . JI' , \ i. . :
IhHllwncy 1\8 1101111011 hy lie ( IIllLtull-2i , TM'
S. F 1 . W : , plmnHtlllg all fraternal cinn "
IJIlIIloH to 11IJ'llomto , walt IUlIolllhd
so as 10 luclllilo Scottish RHo MIL-
HOIIH. S. P. 149 , allows money now
held hy cOllllly treasurer of DOIII11Ui
county to he paid into school diu-
( n ets . the same having been collected
for tuition of high school pupils from
outside 1113trlcl1' . the law later having )
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been declared volll hy the HlllrOIlHl
cOllrt. S. F . 14:1 : , to Illlow the Omaha
school beard . ! to elect fL secretary for
a tn/'ln of limo years instead : of one
year , us at prc.t + ent. Hills introduced
wen : S. Ii' . JS , by Gibson of Doug r
1las i , Incl'I'llsC"fi the Hillary of members
of South Omul11L police hUHI'd from
I $100 to tiOO : Ii Yl'ar. S. F' . 219 , hy lib-
Hun of Douglas , to allow the mayer
and city council of South Omaha to'
refund the 1'16 "Ial paving tax to 1'1'01'
erty owupr'a ( IlIOIlI 'l'wonlyous'lh'
strcet between A and Q.
HOUSg-In the house on the 2ard
II. n 40 , to elect no county aSHOII : ors
ill counties of less than 10,000 population .
lion was IndefinitelY Jostpom d , The
hunker resolution : pledging Nob.-aHka'y
sympathy : ! to Kansas III Its fight against
the Standard Oil trust came up , was
amended and paRHed. Among hllla introduced - ;
troduced were the following : A bill
for an act to compel railroad compa-
nies In Nebraska : ! to afford equal facilities -
clllties without favorItism or discrimination - ;
crimination , tu all persons and associations -
clat Ions erecting or operating grain
elevators and handling or shipping
grain or other produce , and to compel
railroad companies to afford equal ! a-
ciUtles aa between Individuals shipping - in
ping their own grain and freight , and sf ; ,
said persons and associations erecting -
ing or operating grain elevators and
handling or shipping other produce ,
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and to equally supply cars tu Iud i- . , '
"Iduals and associations and persons
engaged In the business \ of buying
and shipping of grain told other :
freight and to provide equitable distributions - t
tributlonB of curs between shipping i
points and between shippers at such 1 I
points , when the demand fur cars Is
greater than the supply , and to fix ,
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penalties. An act to provide for the
making of test borings 01' explorations
for the discovery of oil , coal , gus or
artesian water , und other minerals In i l
the state of Nebraska , und to approprIate -
prIate moues to aid In such borings ur
explomtlons. Appropriates $ 55,000. I
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An act ulIlldng appropriations for the i
current expenses \ of the state govorn- I'
UHJnt for the years ending March 31 , I.
11106 , und March n : , 1907 , and tnisccl-i ; ,
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lIUWOUfJ itoms. Appropriates U,828-
000. An act creating mud making the
count ' , ' ' In In-
county jI'OUII\II'cr any county - II
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eluding within its boundaries } a city :
of thc metropolitan class treasurer ox- ! :
illicit of lIuch city , and also treasurer \ i
ex.olllclo of the school : district in I
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suia ( city. An act to allow insurance , :
companies } to Invest their call1tlli and f + '
surplus in stocks of incorporated No- I i
hrauleu com1lUnieR. A hill for un net ! E
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l1uthoriziug county clerks and rocord- ' 1
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are to accept printed hool,8 from water .
tor usors' UHHoclutious organized uu- I ; I
dol' the uut10llul reclamation act and ,
to use the name for recording stock +
HuhHCI'ipt1oUB of such nHsociatiou. A , .
hill for un act to declare It uolnwflll f
to give OJ' accept free tmnRpol.tutioll
upon lily ( railroad within the state , to a . . .
provllio ( for the truuHportntlnll of state
uJ1ieorH , members of the legislature
mill other persona traveling nu state
llllliiness. house adjourned till Mutt -
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With these amendments , It is saId ,
the osteopaths will he satisfIed , :1S ilL
this form the bill , IlS alllilled to them , I
merely re-enacts the present Jaw and
insures that they are not to he shut
out by any clandestine repeal of tll'
law aunt now stands-