Nebraska advertiser., 1858-11-04
HOMESTEAD.

the committee to- reporu a valua-
ion clause, upon which diTersityof OPT
ATOMS we're expressed. This questionhas
been a fertile theme for debate, infusing
lie and activity into most of the members
IF the House, whilst ndeaEoring 70 oBtain
L hearing at the earliest opportunity.
These confictions of sentiments OGca-
render the discussions quite in=
teresting to those Of the spectators who
have none Of the mmediate responsible
ties to bear n fear Of being called to
account by constituents.
HON. R. W. FURTASl
In order to- show what this gentleman
is doing IN the Council, / have taken the
trouble to gather the titles t the bills
which be has individually introduced for
the action Of the Legislative Assembly.
Twill give the subject Of the bills with
out strictly following the titles:
-License-Agri
cultuTal-Hedge Fences-Publication of
general laws-Ferry at AspinwalI-Fer-
nv at St. Deruin-M1Ldam hutchinson
Another IN Pawnee-Notaries-Mrs.
-Appraisement- Me-
gOtiabIe paper-COunty SurveYors-PrO-
bate Judge-Nemaha Insurance Compa-
ny-BrownvilIe Charter amended-Dep-
uties-Territoria Auditor and Treasurer
Joint Resolution relative TO Wagon
road from Platte to KansHs-AIsa to Ma
honaI HI mestead-Also relative toschooI
Lands-JOhnsOn county Assessor-COurts
IN Johnson and Pawnee-IOhnson county
seat question-County seat general law
Making IN the above list thirty, many
Of which are lengthy general bills re-
curing much labor and thought IN draft
ing them.
From this you perceive that the Judge
has not been idle whilst IN the Council or
about his room, where all this bill matter
isto be prepared before presentation.
Whilst In the Council, be is attentive to
the work of the session, and very seldom,
if ever, found absent from his seat when
avote Is taken.
Contrast this list with the whole num-
Der Of bills introduced into the Council,
which are IN number 100 on file, aud you
find that he has performed a very large
proportion Of the acu1aI labor of the ses-
sion.
The above is a practical guarantee Of
vigilance and activity on his part, mas.
much as he is necessarily bound to guide
and protect them to their fnafity.
He has offered several other bills since
the above was written, giving him the
credit Of being the producer Of over one,
fourth of the bills which have been pre-.
scented for the nTestigationof the Council
during It's present session.
Much patience and labor has been re,
quired to secure the passage Of many q
them
BILL WRITING
There are some members of the LIE
g~islarure who are nota as fruitful as they
might be IN the production Of mportan
bills for general laws, but consume tbs
time of both branches with local IegisIa
ton.
1t isno easy task to- perform to draft +;
long bill on a subject winch has but EttIt
or 10 attractions, and It IS probably FOL
this reason to some extent that SO few
general laws are introduced, togethei
with the desire 10 satisfy the whims o
others who do not stop to examine th'
Consequences to the country Of the coursl
which they recommend, but aim at self
aggrandizsment-
The Revenue bill wazmade the specia
orderfor 10 o'clock this morning, 2Ist
but other business Intervening kept It Of
until a late hour, and at last the HOusi
concluded not to take up that subject
HoMEsTE4n.
The Homestead biIappeared to be th
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principal engrossing question, and a dis
position was manifested TODD nothing els
Of Importance until thai whole sabjec
= was clearly disposed Of
They therefore, after much discussion
concluded upon taking Council bill n
! stead Of the substitute introduced into th
House
This COURSE was not anticipated b
| those suPposing themselves IN the MAORI
ys as they evidently were the day prev
GUS when they agreed to consider ii
: substitute
Many speeches were made On bot
sides during the two days the auestio
has been under debate, and eunsiderabI
anxiety shown for particular results.