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LEGISLATURE
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A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gew
oral Session.
SENATE = 1'lle senate on the 7th
silent the entire morning In passing
" . . these hills \ : S. I' ' . JG-Allo\\'lng com '
- , plaints against opening of toads to he
fIled In district court and : giving that
court original jllrlsdlction. S. 1- ' . 17- !
Fixing the terlll when mill \ sites shall
revert to original own l' . S. I. ' . 22-
Allowing the laying of sidewalks In
villages without regard to grades. S.
' ' of the second
Ii' 70-Allo\\'ln cities
class to own and operate electric light :
plants. S. Ii'-Legallzlng 08toolH\lhy
' and prescribing exalllination of those
who Intend to practice such a pl'Ofeg-
, slon. S. P. 180-1'0 make stat his-
l tOl'leal society custodians of public \ records -
. _ ords of a historical nallu'e. S. 1" . 108-
r Providing for the selection of grand
J ntlll petit j\l1'ors. S. 1" . IHi-To estab
. lIsh a state board of veterinary medi-
. cine. S. F. 137-l\fallng It lawflll to
f. :
' . serve a SllllllllOnl on any agent of a
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. . ' " I . " foreign corporation doing business In
the state , and malting the Sllllllllons
binding on the corporal Ion. H. R. H-
Any person who shall deposit refuse
In any drainage ditch shall he liable
for lIamuges. II. n. 10S-Mallng fire
escape laws apllllcahle to three.story
hulldlngs.
HOUSE-In the house on the 7th ,
II. H. 23 , hy Parker of Otoe , prohibitIng -
- Ing a saloon within ,100 feet of a p)1b
lIc school , was recommended for pas-
sage. Lee of Douglas objected to the
" hill \ because it dill not include all
4' schools , saying the state was ag vital-
: ; - Iy interested in the morals of private
, , " ' school children as those of public
schools. Governor Mickey submitted
. S : , t a hill to the house to transfer $800
' ( from the clothing to the repair fund
at the Geneva girls' school. The bill \
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points out that repairs are greatly
. needed und while there Is l,775.G8 in
, the clothing fund , the repair fund Is
, exhallsted The governor says the
f Board of Public Lands and Builllings
agrees with him in this mutter The
house passed S. F. G1 ! , hy Jones of
! Otoo to provide for annual correction
br county boards of evident and gross
, errors In the valuation of real prop-
. ert ) ' . The present law males this once
. , In four 'ears. H. n. 15,1 , hy Ernest of
Johnson limiting the number of saloons -
loons In towns \ of 1,000 or less to
* three , Lind more than 1,000 to four ,
was IndefinitelY postponed on recommendation .
men dation of the committee . H. R. 9 ,
by Warner of Lancaster , occupied
much time. It provided originally an
appropriation of $100,000 for a subex-
Jerlmental station at North Platte and
, Ole purchase of land for the univer-
sity. As the hill did not state what
portion of this sum might go to each
1 purpose the bill was amended , appro
printing $18,000 for the purchase of
land adjacent to the University
campus , $20,000 for the substation ,
$15,000 tor library purpose ! and $7riOO
for poultry culture , cutting the total
to $82,1100. In this condition the measure .
: ure was commended for IIRssage.
SENATE-The following bills were
passed In the senate on the 8th : Senate -
ate file 22G , a bill limiting the number
of proxies of building and loan stocl
to the actual number of shares held
, br the member who wished to vote
them. Senate file No. 19G , creating a
I state railway commission. Senate me
No 157 , a drainage hllI. House roll
No. 172 , transferring $20,000 from the
Norfolk to the Hastings as 'lum. Senate .
' . ate tile No. 33 , by Senator Griffin , a
4 I bill to provide for a prosecuting attorney .
torner system In the state , was killed
In the committee of the whole of the
senate by a decisive majority. Senate .
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ate file No. 160 , a companion bill was
also slaughtered. The state prison
committee reported ! that the penitentiary -
tlIll'Y was In excellent condition , the
I ( tannage done by the lIre having been
repaired und the admlulstl'lltlon of
Warden A. I ) . Beemer was most ex-
cellent. The warden was complimented .
ell on his manner of conducting the
Institution. Senate file No. 17. by Sen.
ator Gibson , was indefinitely Ilost-
I polled all the report of the standing
I committee. It provided for the care
of liellcllllent chlldrell
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HOUSg-In thp house on the 8th
the following bills were read for the
third lime and passed. House roll No.
138 , br Douglas , eliminating the county -
ty clerk and county assessors as
members of the county board of equali- .
zation. louse roll No. 21\ by Anderson -
son , to protect labels and trademarks ,
of union labor organizations. House
roll No. 229 , by Parker , to prohibit
the granting hy county hoards of : .
licenses to sell liquors within , tOO feet
of country school houses The railroad
committee reported to the general
file , with a favorable recommendation -
tlon , house roll No. 282 , hy JIiIl , requiring -
quiring the running of at least one
train daily on every ling of railroad
and fixing a minimum sliced of twenty
miles an hour for passenger ; trains ,
ten panes for freight trains and ( twelve
miles for mixed = .ralns At 2 o'clocl
Dodge moved that the house go Into I
committee of the whole to consider
house roll No 297 and other hills on
the general file. lIQuse roll No. 217 !
provides for the submission of a constitutional .
stltutional amendment for the creation
of an electric railway commission of
three members , which commission
shall have the power to establish ,
modify and enforce reasonable freight
rates and prevent discriminations and I
ahuses. Mr. Dodge spoke forcibly In I
support of his mellon , calling attention
to the importance of the bill and the
lateness of the session and arguing
that unless the hill he considered at i
once it wOlll have hilt little chance of :
lH\ssage. Porter objected to the advancement .
vancement of the bill over the rate
bill , and Peabody : of Nemalna moved
that the bill be not considered at this !
time , which motion prevailed by a ris
Ing vote of 34 to 1 G.
SENATE-Upon the personal request
quest of Governor Mickey \ the senate
on the 9th allowed the IntrolllldlOn
of the county engineer bill , which the
governor vetoed because of defects In
the bill recently passed which In\'alld.
ated It. The salary bill introduced by
Good of Nemaha to make the pay of
all deputy state officers $1,800 a year
was killed , the vote being 15 to 13.
not a constitutional number having
voted In the afilrmative. S. I. ' . 87 , pro'
viding for the payment or costs In
misdemeanor cases , was passed. S. 1" .
17G and S. F. " 184 were recommended
for passage. The former fixes the
length of a school term according to
the number of pupils , making the
shortest term five months. S. Ii' 18.t
provides that when a district fails to
levy a tax for school purposes the
same may be done hy the county clerk
upon the recommendation of the county -
ty superintendent. The morning was
spent by the senate In the committee
of llle whole , with Shrecl In the clllllr ,
In a discussion of S. F. 112 , which
was finallY recommended for passage
The ball : reduces the salary of hank
examiners from $1,800 to $1,500 An
amendment by GlI1lgan was adopted
to cause the discharge of examiners
when a bank falls within six months
after having been reported solvent by
the examiner. These bills were recommended -
mended for passage : S. F. 174 , allowing .
Ing cities of the second class to make
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a Jefor the purpose of Improving
the roads lending Into the towns , upon
the petition of a majority of the freeholders -
holders along the road , told to make
the poll tax $2 when palll In cash. S.
F. 152 : ! , to compel l'nlll'OI\ls ( to carry
I stock at a rate of eighteen 1I\1ll ! IIn
hour on the main line and lift ecn miles
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an hour on branch lines und to allow
I the roads 10 designate three days In
the week aR stock shipping ' , days for
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the branch lineR : the law not to nlllll
on branch roads ( other than on those
three IlaYA. This ( lesignuthan of shipping '
ping days was nn anneadpne)11 put on
by GOllld , the introducer of the uwaH'
Ul'e
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JIOUS -On the 1UI ! the committee
011 revenue and taxation rellortecl for i
Indefinite postponoll\l'lIt hOllse roll No. :
cities and towns locally to assess , for
mlllllcipal purposes ollly , I'ullrolld tel'1 1
II\llIal property within their II 11It H ,
Memhlnney of Bl1I't moved that the
report of the ommilloo indefinitely
postponing the hill ho adopted and 1\lc-
Lead seconded the lI\otlOll , Clarke vigorously -
orollsly pr ' otc'sted against IIny such
summary action On a hill which means
$2 OOOO to :100,000 : more railroad
taxes a year to the ! cities and towns
of Nehrnslm. The vole for hllleflnite
pOHtponoment resulted , yeas H5 , nays
a.I : i \VIlHon of Pawnee , chairman \ of
the finance , ways and means committee -
tee , moved that the two big approlJrla-
tion hills yet pemllng-hollse rolls \
Nos 3,12 and 02-ho : ! made a special
order for FrlllIl , at 10:30 : n. m. , and
continue such until comillotell. The
motion prevailed The following hills
were read for the third time and IJI\SR-
cd : 1I0llHe 1'01No \ , 12 , hy Horton , to
allow counties of less than r.,000 to
assess property ! at aa 1.3 per cent for
purposes of local taxation only. 1I0llse
roll No. 250 , by Wilson of Pawnee ,
ca ) ruing the salary appropriations for
nil the state departments and Instltll'
Ii t br.s for the ensiling biennium ; total ,
094,280. House roll No. 217 , by
Rouse , requiring liverymen to post
II : ice schedules In a conspicuous : place
and to punish by fine and imprisonment .
tnent falJura to pay livery 1)1118. HOllse
roll \ No. 231 , hy Marls of Fillmore
establishing ! the liar of deputy county
assessors ! : ' at $ :1 : per day for time act-
ually employell. HOllso roll \ No. 211i.
hy Dodge of Douglas , to transfer free
lIilh school fllluls now In clInt
treasuries to school districts main.
tannin „ ; such free schools. louse roll
No. 233 , hy HOflre of Platte , invalid
ating ! ! salary loans unless made with
the written consent of the employer ,
amt rOlllrlnl the assent of the wife ,
if the borrower he marrlell. HOllse roll \
No. 2Gl , hy Perry of Furnas , to out'
law mortgages In ten years after mar
tuurity IInd In fifteen years when eon-
gaining an Indorsement. house roll \ No.
_ : .1 67 by hill of Hltchcoclt , establishing
I : fee ( s'stem for the compensation of
the secretary of the state board of 11"
rllatlon house roll No. 189 ! ) , hy At.
wood of Seward , fixes the salary ot'
road ' at ' for time
( overseers / $2 per day
actually employed , not to exceed $ GO
II y'ar House roll No. 2G2 , hy her
fn'fe , n curative Insurance act to al.
low ( reign / mutual companies with
assets of less than t $50,000 to do business .
ness Ir. Nebraslm. house roll \ No. 2G8 ,
by ! HII of Hitchcock , giving the state
board of Irrigation an official seal.
House roll No 271 , hy McAllister of
Dcuel , limiting the amount of war'
ants to be Issued by Irrigation dis
trlcts.
SENA -These bills were passed
In the senate on the 10th : S. F. 18t.
by GiJllgan- Which provides that
when a school hoard at Its annual
tweeting malws no provision for a
term of school the levy can be made
by the county clerk after the county
superintendent has estimated the 'ost.
S. F. : riO and 52-Two of the Cad ' de-
cedence biJIs. S. 1" . 16.1 , hy 1\1oclwtt-
Making the statutes conform to the
federal statutes In matters pertaining
to the filirng : : of transcript of judgment.
S. F. 197 , by Meserve-Fixing thej
boundary line of Dakota county to !
conform to the agreement between
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the Nebraska and South Dakota rOInoi
missioners. S. F. 171 , by gllpOl'l'eJ1\- :
Prl's'rlhln the lepgtin of a terra or
school under which a dlHtl'lct cull secure .
cure a part of he t state school all"
portion mont , S. 1174 , hy Gould
Provlllln that chiles of the first class
can n\lllw u levy to Improve roads
lending ' into the city allll providing ;
that the hall \ tax whom Purl III cash
shall he $2 instead oC $ :1 : 1. S. F , 206 : ! hX ;
pinery-Giving the State Hoard ] ( or
. Public 1.nnlls amid BlllllllnJ1I power to
react hlllldings owned ! hy the StlltO S.
F. 112 , hy Oootl-CII t Ing t down the
salllry of bank , examiners to $1,1i00 n :
year and making It n cause for dls
missal should a bank fail within sip
months after It Is reported solvent hy
the exall\lnm' \ 'I'ho vote was 17 to 10 ,
just purely ! enough : ! to curry. Six Wl'ro
ahsonl. 'I'he sellate went . OIi record \ ( IlII
absolutely opposed to uny increase III
snlllries of state employes , but ruttier
a reduction , IUIII expressed Its IIlslIl' )
IlI'oval of the liberality of ' the house
III the matter of allowing elllims III'
Ilhrcrlmlnlltely , hy Indefinitely postponing .
Ilolllng , with ollly one voice opposing ( ,
that of 1\loclwtt of Lancaster , the
claim of Ton Kenllunl for $10,000. t It
refused ! hy a vote of 10 to Iii to 1'0'
consider Its action In turning down
the Good bill providing , that all der
pity state officers ho paid $1,1\00. \ A
resolution of sympathy lo Seuutar Glf. I
fin because of the death of his brother
was adopted nllll the senate adjouarn
ed out of respect to the bereaved Bon
ator
IIOUS -Coll1 111 It tee reports were
read on the 10th , showlllg these hills
Indefinitely postponed : S. 1" 7G , hy
Breseo of Sherldlln-A jlldlcllll reap
lOrtlonlllellt ( hili. II. n. 417 , hy Dill"
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gess of IA\lwIIHter-Pl'Ovllllllg for a'
weather slglllli service through the
state superintendent to warn teachers
and IJllplis of approaching ( , storms On
motion of Lee of Douglas S. F. H ,
by Gibson , the South Omaha sewer
bill , was ordered for third reading. :
With Jackson of Antelope ! In the chair
the house went Into comlllitteo of the
whole and took up II. ) H. :147 : and II.
R. :102 : , the dcficlellcy und general ap-
' ) 'JI'olrlatiolls ( hills , 011 special orllor.
llIrlw of Douglas made a fight far
m umClllhnent providing for Il salaried
'Icluty ( game warden at Omlhn , hilt
'nllccl. 1\lcl\fulleu of Gage submitted
1111 UIIIOl\llll1ent add l)1g $4,000 for allowances .
lowauces to the Natlolllll Ollard. It was
' 1l1olted ( 1\lcLeod's I\IlIelldlllellt to
strike out the $50,000 Item was lost
hy 11 vote of 21 to 42. The alpl'Oprlu ) ,
tlon for junior norlllals was raised
from $12,000 to $15,000. The statutes
appropriation goes to Cohhey instead :
of Wheeler. The house cut out Wheel'
er and put In Cohhe ' . The general up.
proprlutions , a total of $1,800,000 , apr
proximately , wits not vitally altered.
The deflciency bill had all original
total of .10,1 G6 amid the committee
brought this UII to $55,5GO , which the
house did not clllllJge. Both bills were
then recommended for passage , the
house havlllg concluded couHld'I'ation
of them lit 4 } 1. m. IF. ) H 235 , hy Perry
of 'lIrnas < , the hlellnlul election hill ,
making the term of all county and
state officers two years , was I'ecom-
mended for IHlHsige :
English Names.
In a list of candidates who were
recently admitted to the bar III England .
land there were moll whose parents
had giveu them such "Chrlstlall"
names.as these : Elidyr , mlelld , Lux-
mlshanlwr , Bonalah , Samson and Archimedes -
chimedes Evidently they have no S.
P. C C III gugland , or If there Is one
here t It can't ho very watchful
Cemetery for Books
"A cemetery for hooks" Is what a
French writer calls the Nallonlll Li-
brary In Paris , In which the history
of France alone Is represented lJy
300,000 volumes.
You may have observed that certain
people who believe In saylllg only
some are said to he lucky because
they have good sense.