I SHU CHOICE Both Houses Vote Daily But Changes Ara Slight TfiE fliimt IS NOT PROMISING Senate Passes a Measure Dealing With Kidnapers Bills Put Through in the House Record c2 Baalncss In Both Branches HOUSE The only business trans acted In the house on the morning of the 15th was the adoption of standing committee reports placing a number of bills on general file House roll 52 by Dahlsten providing that county at torneys shall be elected only in coun ties of more than 3000 population in other counties to be appointed by the county commissioners at a salary of not to exceed 300 per year was rec ommended for passage Loomis or Dodge called up his resolutions of Tuesday last commemorative of the life and services of Hon Samuel Max well and spoke eloquently and feeling ly of the virtues and deeds of the dead jurist and statesman His re marks were attentively listened to and produced a deep impression Mc Carthy of Dixon also -paid tribute of respect to Judge Maxwells long and distinguished services to the state and spotless private life He was followed by Lane of Lancaster who spoke in a similar strain The speaker con cluded the series of remarks by re lating a little incident illustrative of Judge Maxwells noble character Thew various addresses were ordered spread upon the records whereupon by a standing vote the house as a further token of respect adjourned until next Monday The senatorial vote Allen 45 Berge 3 Grounse 4 Currie 13 Hai ner 4 Harlan 2 Hitchcock 45 Hin shaw 18 Kinkaid 4 Meiklejohn 29 Morlan x Martin 9 Rosewater 15 Thompson D E 30 Thompson W Hr 7 Whitmore 1 Householder 1 Mendenhall 1 HOUSE At the mornifcg session of the house on the 14th a number of bills were placed on general file The committee on public lands and build ings submitted a report of its investi gations of the condition of the asylUm for the insane at Lincoln The com mittee reports that the buildings were found to be in good condition with a new wing to the capacity of 150 patients yet uncompleted It recom mends however that repairs should be provided for the old building par ticularly as regards plumbing flooring and kitchen supplies A metal ceiling is recommended for the laundry room together with the purchase of another patent washer The house reconsid ered its action of yesterday in indefi nitely postponing senate file 39 by Baldrige which leaves it discertionary with the county board to vote aid to fakirs House roll 79 by Lane appropriating 50000 for the purchase of land for state fair purposes and improvement thereof was recommend ed for passage by the committee on public lands and buildings with an amendment reducing the appropriation to 35000 House roll No 177 by Lane was read for the third time and passed This bill creates a state board of charities and corrections to be composed of the governor the land commissioner and the state superin tendent shall appoint four advisory eecretaries not more than two of whom shall belong to the same polit ical party An appropriation of 2500 annually is provided for to cover the expenses of the board The vote for senator resulted Allen 52 Berge 5 Grounse 4 Currie 18 Hainer 4 Har lan 2 Hinshaw 14 Kinkaid 4 Meikle jobn 31 Morlan 1 Martin 10 Rose water 15 Thompson D E 33 Thomp son W H 57 Mondenhall 1 Owens 1 HOUSE In the house on the 13th the following bills were read for the third time and passed House roll 77 J by Ollis providing for the appointment of a committee to appraise damages caused by the opening of new roads TToiisp roll 73 by Jouvenat providing for a landlords lien upon crops plant ed or sown on demised premises Passed after call of the house and without the emergency clause by vote of 53 to 41 House roll 96 by Corneer providing for the safety of employes by requiring the construction of coun ter floors in the erection of buildings House roll 189 by Rohwer curative to validify the present law relating to county teachers institutes House roll 6 by Mockett fixing the salaries of the county commissioners of Lan caster county at 1800 each per an num Passed with emergency clause Among bills introduced were the fol lowing A bill for an act to amend section 5 chapter 83 article 1 com piled statutes of Nebraska for the year 1889 and to repeal said section as it now exists Fixing the salary of the governors private secretary at not to exceed 2000 per annum A bill for an act to amend section 77 of chapter 77 article 1 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska 1899 and to repeal said RAPtion 77 Providing that in counties of more than 125000 inhabitants the rate of tax for county purposes may be up to 17 mills instead of 15 mills as at present Emergency clause The vote for senator was as follows Allen 51 Berge 6 Crounse 7 Currie 20 Hain er 4 Harlan 2 Hitchcock 51 Hinshaw 14 Kinkaid 4 Meiklejohn 31 Morlan 1 Martin 8 Ransom 8 Rosewater 15 Sutherland 2 Thompson D E 33 Thompson W H 7 Van Dusen 1 Uhl 1 HOUSE Resolutions in memory of Judge Maxwell were passed in the bills introduced house on the 12th Among duced was house roll No 359 h R W Lafilin a bill for an act for the appor tionment of and designation of con gressional districts to provide for the election of representatives therein and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith First district Lan Nemaha Paw Johnson caster Otoe Tee Richardson Seward York second Sarpy Cass third district Douglas ds ret Burt Dodge Washington asassspwassEsw agMigsBacwggC3tttM jJ mxFT Cuming Stanton Madison Pierce Wayne Thurston Dakota Dixon Ce dar Knox Antelope Boone fourth district Gage Saline Jefferson Fill more Thayer Clay Nuckolls Adams Webster Kearney Franklin Harlan fifth district Saunders Butler Polk Colfax Platte Holt Boyd Nance Mer rick Hamilton Hall Howard Sher man Greeley Valley Garfield Wheel er sixth district Brown Rock Keya Paha Cherry Sheridan Dawes Sioux Box Butte Scctts Bluffs Banner Kim ball Cheyenne Deuel Grant Hooker Thomas Blaine Loup McPherson Ar thur Logan Kieth Lincoln Custer Dawson Buffalo Phelps Gcsper Fur nas Frontier Red Willow Hayes Hitchcock Dundy Chase Perkins A bill for an act to tax gifts legacies and inheritances in certain cases and to provide for collection of the same A bill for an act to provide for a pro rata charge for the shipping of mixed carloads of live stock Following is the vote for senator Allen 50 Berge 3 Crounse 6 Coffee 27 Currie 19 Hainer 5 Harlan 1 Hitchcock 23 Hinshaw 14 Kinkaid 4 Meiklejohn 30 Morlan 1 Martin 9 Miller 1 Newell 1 Rosewater 16 Sutherland 1 Thompson D E 34 Thompson W H 6 Van Dusen 1 HOUSE House roll No 14 by Crockett was read for the third time and passed on the 11th The bill pro vides for payment out of the general fund of the county of all damages caused by the laying out altering opening or discontinuing any county road The following bills were con sidered and recommended for pass age House roll No 6 by Mockett to enable Lancaster county to con tinue paying her county commission ers a salary of 1800 a year notwith standing the decrease in population House roll No 230 by McCarthy pro viding that appeals to the supreme court must be taken within six months after the rendition of judg ment House roll No 234 by Mc Carthy requiring appellants to su preme court in foreclosure cases to file a bond for payment of rent in the event the lower court is sustained This bill was debated acrimoniously and at length Taylor and Edmonson leading the oposition and McCarthy Loomis and Sprecher being most ac tive in its defense It was finally recommended for passage by a rising vote of 45 to 30 House roll No 233 by McCarthy relating to appeals on error to the supreme court The vote for senator shows results as follows Allen 44 Berge 4 Crounse G Cum mins 4 Currie 18 Hainer 5 Har lan 1 Harrington 1 Hinshaw 10 Hitchcock 16 Kinkaid 3 Martin 9 Morlan 1 Meiklejohn 25 Owens 1 Rosewater 15 Sutherland 1 Thomp son D E 31 Thompson W H 25 Van Dusen 1 HOUSE In committee of the whole on the 9th the house recom mended for passage a bill providing for the oreation of a state board of charities and corrections The meas uro carries with it a provision for an appropriation of 2500 for all ex penses of the board for the first two years of it 3 existence It is proposed to have the board consist of the gov ceive any compensation The commit and buildings superintendent of pub lic instruction and four advisory sec retaries to be appointed by the three state officials none of whom are to re ceive and compensation The commit tee appointed several days ago to in vestigate the condition of Treasurers Stuefers bond reported and asked for further time to consider a question concerning one clause of the docu ment The bond was reported to be good for two years and that the only objectionable feature was the provi sion which required the treasures- to exercise reasonable care in looking after the states property Bills on first reading included To reduce freight rates on commodities goods and merchandise transported by ex press companies between points in Nebraska to 85 per cent of tne rates in force January 1 1901 Penalty for vio lation fixed as follows First violation fine of from 100 to 200 second vio lation fine of from 200 to 500 third violation 500 to 1000 fourth viola tion 1000 to 5000- subsequent vio lations 50C0 The senatorial vote re sulted as follows Allen 40 Berge 1 Qounse G Currie 16 Hainer 3 Harlan 1 Hitchcock 20 Hinshaw 12 Kinkaid 3 Meiklejohn 27 Mar tin 6 Rosewater 14 Sutherland 1 Thompson D E 30 Thompson W H 3 Van Dusen 1 SENATE The senate on the 15th indefinitely postponed consideration of Senator Baldriges bill providing for humane shoeing of horses in cities having a population of 5000 or more Van Boskirks measure proposing es tablishment of sub stations of the Ne braska agricultural experiment station at or near Ogallala Culbertson and Alliance met a similar fate The bill introduced asking for an appropriation for erection of a monument on the battlefield of Shiloh in honor of Ne braskans who lost their lives here was withdrawn by request of Senator Steele He said it should go to the house first because of the appropria tion feature The original copy of senate file No 226 Van Boskirks bill relating to priority of water rights in irrigation districts mysteriously and inexDlicably disappeared from Senator Owens desk The senator brought the fact to the attention of the sena tors and asked that the custodian of the chamber be instructed to take bet ter care of it SENATE In the senate on the 14th the following bills passed Senate file No 104 by McCargar requiring a stamp or label on every bail of binder twine offered for sale in the state Emergency clause attached Senate file No 22 by Ransom provid ing adequate punishment for parties found guilty of kidnaping Senate file No 171 by Miller permitting di rectors of- the State Dairymens asso ciation to decide on time and place of holding the annual convention Sen ate file No 116 by Pitney to prevent spread of contagious and infectious disease by empowering county boards to establish boards of health and to enforce quarantine regulations Sen ate file No 46 by Oleson amending section 958a of the civil code relating to changes of venue in suits before -4 -X justices of the peace It provides that when a change of venue is taken the -proceedings shall be transferred to the nearest justice of the peace striking out In the present law the additional clause to whom the said objections do not apply Senate file No 90 by Arends for encouragement of forestry and arboriculture The request of the house that it be permitted to reconsid er its action on senate fie No 39 which it indefinitely postponed yester day was granted This is Baldriges bill for Incorporating county fair as sociations SENATE The senate on the 13th indefinitely postponed quite a number of bills Brodericks bill for the es tablishment of two normal schools was recommended for passage by the com mittee on university and normal schools and was ordered to the gener al file It is house roll No 37 The following were also ordered to the gen eral file House roll 9 providing a fine of not less than 50 nor more than 500 and imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months for illegal voting in any precinct or ward in the state House roll 51 making it a crime to threaten etc the same as senate file 73 mentioned above Senate file 184 providing that proposed amendment to the constitu tion shall be submitted to the voters in such form as the act relating to their submission may provide Senate file 193 proposing a slight amendment to section 509 of the civil code Sen ate file 132 on request a bill relating to municipal affairs and especially to elections Senate file 131 on request provinding for laying of sidewalks at a cost not to exceed 50 cents per lin eal foot in cities and villages having less than 5000 population SENATE Most of the time of the morning session on the 12th was de voted to hearing committee reports Eight bills were recommended for in definite postponement six for the gen eral file and a number for passage Bills on first reading were A bill for an act to amend an act to regulate the purchase of supplies for all public in stitutions and the executive depart ments and all other departments or ganizations and National Guard not including judicial department of the state and to create a board of con trol therefor and to repeal article 12 of chapter 83 and sections 6 and 7 of chapter 22 and chapter 68 entitled State Printing Board of the com piled statutes of Nebraska for 18S9 as heretofore existing Senate file No 248 by Liddell A bill for an act to amend section 10 of chapter 44 of the compiled statutes of the state of Ne braska 1881 ninth edition entitled Interests and to repeal said section 10 as heretofore existing This pro vides that all warrants or orders here after to be issued by the proper author ities of any county city town or school district or other municipal sub division less than a county shall draw interest from and after presentation at the rate of 7 per cent - SENATE A legal newspaper for publication of legal notices shall here after be one having a bona fide circu lation of 200 copies weekly published at least twenty six weeks prior to the appearance of the notices that is provided the house and Governor Dietrich concur with the senates ac tion on the 11th Senate file No 49 by Owens as amended by Ransom passed on third reading with but six votes in the negative The following additional bills were passed on third reading Senate file No 40 by Mar tin repealing the state barbae board law Senate file No 89 by Baldrige permitting cemetery trustees to re ceive trust moneys Senate file No 12 by Young a curative act relating to section 223 of the criminal code provding a punishment for betting on elections NewelFs bill providing punishment for those who vote in the wrong precinct or ward was recom mitted for the purpose of attaching an emergency clause It Is senate file No 28 The following was the only bill introduced during the day A bill for an act to fix and limit the indebtedness of counties cities towns townships school districts and other municipal corporations or political sub divisionsyof the state -- SENATE The senate spent a good portion of the session on the 9th in committee of the whole with Steele of Jefferson in the chair the bill up for discussion being senate file 33 a bill introduced by Harlan of York which amends the law so that in coun ties having a population of 20000 or more there shall be elected a- register of deeds The present law provides for a population of 18003 and the change was made so as to exclude certain counties in which it was the desire of the people to abolish the office The committee had recommended an amendment which included only counties having a population of 25000 or more and raising the salary 500 per year but both of these amend ments were knocked out today and a substitute amendment adopted provid ing that counties haying a population of 18250 i change of less than 250 from the present law was adopted and the bill was recommended for pass age A number of bills wqre up for first and second reading among the new bills being one by Steele changing the judicial districts of the state The judiciary committee reported for pass age senate files 15 69 and 10G and 87 95 and 123 for postponement LEGISLATIVE NOTES Among the bills recommended for passage by the senate was one intro duced by Senator Edgar which makes radical changes in the form ol the offi cial ballot to be voted at elections By the provisions of the bill the form of the ballot is changed back to the old form or similar thereto the names of the different candidates being printed in separate columns and not one her low the other as on the ballot now in use The party having polled the larg est number of votes at the preceding general election is entitled to the first or left hand column and so on and no name can be printed on the ballot in more than one place The cogressional redisricting bill introduced in the senate by Senator Young of Stanton is one which has been carefully prepared By its provi sions five of the six districts will be republican if based upon the vote cast last fall while the fifth makes radical changes in all the present districts not a single county of the old fifth being in the new fifth Cass county is taken from the first district and Seward and York substituted Cass ia placed in the second with Douglas and Sarpy Washington at present in the second is placed in the third to take the place of Colfax Platte Nance and Merrick Last week was the busiest of the season By the passage and postpone ment of bills both branches have greatly decreased the volume of busi ness awaiting consideration and have opened the way for final disposition of many measures of importance The apportionment bills the appropria tion budget the supreme court com mission Dill and others equally import have not even passed the standing committees but so many of lesser magnitude have been disposed of it is believed that they may be taken up for final action within the next two or three weeks Senator Steele has introduced a bill in the seiate providing for the crea tion of another judicial district and a decrease in the number of district judges from twenty eight to twenty one Under the proposed apportion ment Douglas county alone will con stitute one district and will be enti tled to five judges Lancaster county will also constitute one district but will be entitled to only two judges According to the terms of this bill the number of judges of the district court of Lancaster county is decreased by one An important bill passed relates to the disposition of property owned by a person having an insane husband or wife It was introduced by Spencer and recommended for passage by the committee on judiciary It provides Where either the husbana or wife is insane and incapable of executing a deed or conveyance relinquishing or conveying his or her right to the real property of the other the other may petition the district court of the county of tis or her residence or the county where the real estate to be con veyed is stuated setting forth the facts and praying for an order author izing the applicant or some other per son to execute a deed mortgage or conveyance and relinquish the inter est of the insane person in said real estate The petition shall be verified by the petitioner and filed in -the office of the clerk of the district court of the prop er county notice of which shall be given as in other causes Upon com pleted service the court shall appoint some responsible attorney of said court guardian for the person alleged to be insane who shall ascertain the propriety good faith and necessity of the prayer of the petitioner and may resist the application by mak ing any legal or equitable defense thereto and shall be allowed by the court reasonable compensation to be paid as othor costs in the case Senator Owens intends obviating le gal obstacles before irrigators of the state according to recent decisions of the supreme court and with that end in view proposed an amendment to the constitution in the senate He pro poses the plan suggested by Senator Martin so far as method of voting is concerned a plan whereby it is thought almost every amendment sub mitted may be carried Heretofore proposed amendments have been de feated by the great number who failed to vote on them The house holdup committee put in an afternoon investigating charges that have been made in connection with the bill to appropriate 50000 for permanent state fair grounds It is asserted that a well known lobbyist offered to push this measure through the legislature for 1000 The man has been subpoenaed and will be ques tioned by the committee The senate this afternoon passed senate file 22 providing penalties for kidnaping The bill provides that any person kidnaping or carrying off any person fraudulently shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than seven years Whoever shall unlawfully carry off decoy en tice away or secrete any person for the purpose of extorting money prop erty or other valuable shall be im prisoned ipr the term of his natural life Should the kidnapers injure or threaten to injure any person in their power shall upon conviction suffer death or be imprisoned for life The house committee on public lands and buildings reported on the condi tion of the Hospital for Insane at Lin coln recommending an appropriation of 4000 to complete construction of new wing It also recommended sev eral repairs in the main building The committee on normal schools has reported house roll 37 by Brod erick for passage it being a bill to provide for the location of two addi tional normal schools Senator Martins bill to repeal uie state barbers examining board law has been indennitely postponed this action being recommended by the com mittee which had the bill under con sideration Senator Lymans bill providing for the appointment of six deputy inspec tors whose duty it shall be to inspect the accounts of the state and county treasurers was recommended for post ponement but upon motion the report was not concurred in and the bill went to general file where it might be discussed Among the bills that have been in- troduced in the house is one by H G Sears creating a commission of ento mology providing for its officers and defining their powers and duties pro viding for an inspection of nursery stock shipped into the state or from one county to another of this state and of the orchards nurseries and fields of this state authorizing the quarantine treatment and destruction of infdsted trees or plants the fees for the same and the manner of collection defining violations thereof and fixing penalty therefor and the making of an ap propriation for the purpose of carry ing this act into effect The Bourse Gazette in advocating an alliance between 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