Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

AN A'n0 DeSh ~s
charged, but have the same appear as
a matter of record.
McShane moved that said testimony
be reviewed but not printed. Upon
this question the yeas and nays were
called and the motion was lost-9
to 10.
The question then came up as or.
lglnally introduced, but before o vote
was reached the senate adjourned till
tomorrow at 8 O'Clock.
H DATE OF ADJOURNMENT.
LINCOLN, February 13.-After the
senate resumed its session, Senator
McShane offered the following:
RESOLVED, That q committee Of
three be appointed to confer with a
like committee of the house to fix q
day for adjournment, sine die. 4
This resolution was adopted with
out opposition.
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
In n er to O resolution intro.
duced several days ago by Senator
Connor, the state treasurer sent the
following communication to the senate:
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of the following resolution
adopted by your committe to wit:
"REsoLvED, That our state treas.
urer be respectfully requested to In
form the senate at as early q day as
possible the true amount of the per-
mauent school fund now on hand aud
not invested In bonds, and
whether said school funds, if any,
not 80 invested In bonds is now In the
vaults of the state treasury and
whether the game or any part thereof
Is now, or at any time has been
loaned to banks, associations or indl-
~vidHaln."
Replying to the above I will cay
thai the true amount Of permanent
school funds now on hand aud not In.
vested in bonds is S137. sos n, and
that the amount not so invested In
bonds il in the vaults Of the treasury
in currency, gold and silver CON, and
that 10 part thereof is now or at any
time during the term Of ofh,s has
been loaned to banks, associations or
individuals. Very respectfully,
p. ID STURDEvANT,
Stste Treasurer.
THE ATToRNEY GENERALS OPINION.
The following communication from
the attorney general was received and
read yesterday afternoon:
To the Honorable Senate OF Nebraska.
I am In receipt of the resolution OF
your honorable body, requesting the
attorney general to furnish the senate
with q written opinion as to whether
or not it Is necessary under the con
stitution of the state that bills that
may be introduced or substituted for
other bills should be read on three
different days.
Section eleven, article three of the
constitution clearly requires every
bill and concurrent resolution to be
read at large on three different days.
This provision, intended as 1t is to
prevent hasty and improvident legis-
lation, might be rendered nugatory If,
by substituting one measure for an
otner, the reading of the measure thus
substituted might thereby be despens.
cd with. I am of the opinion q COM
plisnoe with the constitution would
reqvire all bills, including those offer.
ed as substitutes, to be read on three
different days.
Respectively your obedient servant,
ISAAC POWERS, JR,
| Atfoppau. Gap oral
This opinion will have the effect to
delay some of the substitute bills, but
as there is yet time to make e law, II
can do no vesy great harm. The
senate Is disposed to treat this opinion
as rood law.
Substitute for senate file No. 20, q
bill to prevent the receiving Of free
railroad passes by PERSONS holding
office, came mp on its second Reading,
and by q vote II was oslsysd TO It's
third sssding, thus sktpptng all the
oonnittNes. An exact dspilsAts OF
this bill having bssn eonddeIsd by
the RalsoAd committee, and the oom-
missee Of the whole, committee work
In SeRrd to the came was considered
unnecessary.
PRnrRs THE TESTIMONY.
Senator McShsne moved to suspend
the rules and reconsider the vote or.
dering the psinting Of the testimony
taken before the special railroad com.
mittse. He stated that he had Ia.
qu!rsd of the secretary OF state and
learned that to print this testimony
would cost the state the sum of $500
Senator Reynolds thought that the
money would be well invested, and he
hoped that the rule would not bs sus
pended or the vote reconsidered. The
senate refused to reconsider the vote.
SENATOR BUFFERS RAILROAD BILL,
reconstructed By the railroad commit.
tee, came up this morning In the com
mittee Of the whole. The bill provides
that the state treasurer, secretary Of
state and auditor of public accounts
shall constitute e railroad commission,
who shall have three secretaries who
shall be paid IS, 900 a year each
Bro VI Of Lancaster moved to strike
ont $1,000 and lnsert 81, 500
This was fought by Senator Conner
Butler, Brown Of Douglas, Dech anc
Reynolds. 1t was claimed that tn,