Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-24

Committee on nnance, ways ana
means, reported back IL. X 20, with
recommendation that it do pass.
Mr.. Wolph made minority report
of majority. Adopted.
Same committee reported back H.
r. %, recommendir G that 1t do not
pass. Report adopted.
Committee on judiciary reported
back n. r. 81, II, 46, 2o. recon-
mendiug that they do parS as amend
ed. Report adopted.
Mr.. Nettlcton introduced II r
1870, a bill to provide fora board TO
assess railroad and telegraph property
and provide for their pay,
Sessions, of Lancaster, offered q
resolution requesting tho secretary Of
the senate to furnish $50 copies e the
rerate roll by that body for the use of
the house. Adopted,
On motion Of Howard, OF Clay, a
resolution was adopted asking that the
attorney general be instructed to take
the necessary steps to collect amounts
duo from several couuties for the sup
port of the insane In the insane hos
pital.
On motion Of Grsy, Of Douglas, q
resolution WAS adopted for the print.
ing of $50 copies of the report of the
fish commissioners.
The capitol appropriation bill was
introduced by MIR. Field, of Loncas.
ter The bill provides for the assess.
ment OF tax of one mill on the dollar
tor the purpose of erecting the center
portion Of the new capitol. The speci.
ticatior of w. III. Wilcox, the archi-
tect of the two wings, 10 to be used,
and the whole to be completed by De-
cemhct l, 1887.
The assessed valuation of the state
at last assessment W 8 $9S, 537, 475 IL.
la ell human probabilities the next
va!Uation will be much larger and the
appropriation of one mill on the dol
lsr will amount to over 500. 00) a
ycar, and as the work can be kept
along over a period of five years, the
whole amount appropriated could not
fall short of half million.
The funny resolation for to-day wa.
introduced by Draper of Cass, and ex.
cused the federal eff GERS from further
attendance upon Its joint convention.
Yesterday Mr.. Roberts of Butler
county offered the following resolution
which WAS uneNimously adopted, and
If an afficmeNve answer is obtained
from the supreme court il is more thar
probable that railroad commission bill
will be passed. The resolution reads,
QUESTIONS TO COURT.
WHEgEAs, The conatitutionalitv o.
the railway commission system hRi
been questioned and there are DIFF
ferencss of opinion among the men,
bers of this legislature as to the con
structiop df section &c Of article ) o
the state of Nebraska, which provides
that no other executive state Off q
shsg be continued or created. there
fore be it
RSs oD,tyD, That the members Of tn,
supreme court of this state be ar d ar,
hereby respectfully requested to an
swer uhefollowing questiona:
First. Would railway commissioner
be state executive officers or would tn
ofic railway commiBsiorer of tn,
state be a state executive oilice j
created rhy che Icgislaturoi
2, Would such an eff 70 II created
by tie 4egis!ature come within the in
hlbition Of the state conptitution?
g Would the law regulating the
management of railroads In Nebrask,
under tho commission system be OBJ
nortous to any provision or provision
of the constitution of rhis state!
(. In your opinion could such ,
rsilroar commission law be framed
that would be capable of enforce
meuG
You are most rc spectf lvly requested
to anewer the above and foregoips
questions in full at your earliest poa
slble convenience
Mction to adopt was agreed to un,
der suspension of the ruleC.