Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-18
Brief Outline Of the Work of th{
Legislature.
The Proposed Increase Of Ju
dlcial Districts and the
Counties in Each.
Thurston and Hall Explain Ger
tain Features of Railroad
Management.
The Fluctuations In Freight Rates
Regulated by the Market,
THE LEGIsLATURE.
ENATE-AFTERNooN SESSION

SBNATE- AFTERNOON SESSION.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of The Bee.
LINCOLN, January 1.-THE com.
mittee on counties and county boun.
daries reported back the bill to annul
the law In regard to establishing coun-
ties. Majority and minority reports
were made.
Case, of Webster, moved the sp.
pointment of committee of two to
act with similar committee on the
part of the house to see that proper
attention is shown to citizens visiting
the capitol during the election of
United States senator, 1t swas con.
sidered by unanimous consent adopted.
The committee on claims reported
Z. w. Schrimer as clerk of that com.
mittee. Benz. Patrick was appointed
clerk of committee on accounts and
expenditures, and Robert Hollings.
worth was appointed clerk of the
committee on enrolled and engraved
bills.
The report of committee on arrang.
ments for joint convention was read
and adopted. 1t provides for the
printing of 500 tickets of admission,
which are to be given to state officers,
ex, members of the legislature, and
repr resentatives tf the press. The gal.
leries will be open to the public.
SENATE, MORNING SESSION.
LINCOLN, January 1.-THE Gem
mittee on privileges and elections re-
porthe in regai d to the contest in the
Twenty.ninth district, that IL became
necessary that the ballots and poll
books should be examined.
Senator Brown, Cf Douglas, moved
that the president of the senate open
the ballo ts and poll books. and deliv.
or the same to the committee for in.
spection. The motion was agreed %
and the president, in the presence If
the senate, opened the packages.
Among tho bills read for the frat
time was one TO provide for The pro-
lection ,f the ipsane. 1t gives inmates
of asylums full lberSy of correspond
ence, free from censorship.
The memorial to congress on behalf
of the Sioux City & Pacific railroad,
giving 1t the right of way across the
Fort Niobrara reservation, was read 9
second time and referred to the com
mittee on federal relations.
lhe bill for redistricting the stats
FIR iudicial pnrpOspa was referrad tn I
special committee, The bill provides
fJr the following districts:
First -G4ge, johnson, Nemaha, Pawne,
and Richardson.
S cCni- CAss. Lancaster and Otoe.
Third-Dou, las aud Sarpy.
| Fourth-Bu,ler, Colfax, Dodge, Seward
Saunders and York,
Fifth-Adamf, Clay, Fillmore, Jetfer
con. Saline. Nuckolls and Thayer.
Sixth Hamilton, Hall, Howard, Mer
rick, Nance, Platte and Polk.
Seventh Burt, Cedar, Cunning, Da
Washington, and Wayne, and the Omah
and Winnebago reservations.
Eighth Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Gus
ter, Sherman, Valley and Wheeler an,
The unorganiaed territory north of Custer
Holt and Knox,
Ninth-Franklin, Kearrey. Harlan
Chase, Dundv, Furnas, Frontier, Gar
field. Hayes, Hitchcock Keith, Cheyenne
Lincoln, Phelps, Red Willow, Sioux an
Webster, and the unorgsnized territor
north of Keith and Lincoln.
The senate on returning from tn
joint convention adjourned till to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.