Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-24
snE OlHIE UNTIL NJ,
Both HOuSe3 Settle Down to the
Routine of law Making.
Several Important QUESTION:
Submitted to the Supreme
Court by the House.
The Biennial Capital Raid on the
Treasury Appears in New For III.
Brief Outline of the Business rrans
acted.
THE LEGIsLATURE
,cid Correspondence OF TuE BEE.


SENATE AFTERNOON SESSION.
LISCoLN, January ga resolution
was adopted calling upon the superin.
tendent of public buildings to place a
wire division across the lobby, 30 as to
make private the senate cloak room
and the gates.
The senate went into committee OF
the wb 5.e, with Mr.. Reynolds In the
chair.
Ca motion, it was resolved to take
mp the general tie in regular order
Brown, of Douglas, asked that NJ !
might not be taken up in the absence
of Mr. McShane, who introduced it.
No. 2 was then taken Gp "a bill to
amend the code of civil procedure
section 5Sl to read as follows:
An order affecting SO bstantial right
in an action, when suck order in effect
determines the action and prevents a
Judgment, and an order affecting q
substantial right made in a peclal
proceeding, or upon summary appli.
cation in an action after Judgment,
and an order granting or overrulipg a
motion for new trial, Ia final order
which may be vacated, modif I'd OF
reversed as provided in this title
Sic 2. Section '6S1 OF the code o.
civil procedure as now existing K
here by repealed.
The only change is the introduc5ic n
of the clause, "And an order granting
or overrudng motion for a new
trial. The coRmittee agreed to re-
port recommending that the bill g4ss.
No. IL, to authorize county clerkt
to administer caths and take ackno wi
edgmentu, &c. Section 2 mskea valiC
the action OF county clerks and theii
deputies III administering osthc anC
taking aokno wledgments in the past
This seotion was antagonizsl, by
Schuenheit esd Brown, Of Douglas
and desende6'oy Brown, of Lancaster
Barker and others. The secSiun wa,
adopted and Mhe passage Of she bill
was to be rec commended.
Mr. Mcshsue having tax en Ais seat
No. i was taken up. 1t Ia bill t,
amend the revenue law in respect t.
the assessment and taxation ct prop
erty beiongtaS to railroads and tele
graph companies. A disco ss;on arose
on the meaning of the wore "super
structure, used in the bill. aIcShsn
said he supposed it meant tas ties ant
rails =pon the rosdbed. 1t was raov 81
that sectioas 80 and 40 stand approved
with the word ''superstrue tars in sec
tion 3S Etvisken out, but bsfore vote
could be token Sang moved that tn,
committee~arise and repott progress
which VEG sgreed to.
After the report of the conn itte
was adopted the senate sd o, rned.
sEN&yE - MORNING s1ss-cN.
LINCOLN, January 23.-k petition
in favor Of compulsory education wa
presented'by Mr.. Brown Of Douglas
and wac referred to the committee OF
education.
The committee on privileges auC
elections reported on the contest, Sad
ler va. Gonigardner, the charges tha
the vote WAS not counted by tb,
proper persons and that tse ballot
were NOT properly cared for nor aus
tanned byfscts. They find many "gros
IRE gularities" In the manner tf hand
ling the returns in several Of the pre-
cincts, anLrreport back the matter t,
the senate without recomn endation
The committee on railroads reported
back bill to prevent discrimination
and unequa. charges on the part {
railroads, recommending that the bill
bs printed for the use OF the senate.
Brown OF Lancaster moved, that the
report on tie contested case of $ .dlel
VS.. Bomgardner be printed. AIR. But
Ter moved as an amendment that thu
rules be suepended and the repor
considered at,Cnce. Agreed so.
Mr.. Butler moved that es there
was special order for the present
hour, the consideration of the report
be postponed till 3 o'clock thes after
noon. Mr.. Dech asked for the read
hirg of the report The report wa;
again read.
On motion Of Mr.. Dsch the oousid
GRAFTON of the report was made the
special order for % 80 this afternoon.
The committee on claims aud ex.
P6nditures reP0Cted back the house
boil to provide for the exper ses of the
present 81 IiOn of the legislature, with
Eecommendati9n that it oa,s
auGnded 30 as to provide for examin-
ati0o and approval of the items there
of bg the auditor and secretary OF
state.
A bill was read for the first time to
re.deaGe the boundaries of Knox
county so as to lclude part of the ter.
ritory added by Senator Saunders
bill to the northern part of Nebraska,
the Same not to take effect till the
president of the United States had de
clsred the Indian title TO said land
extinguished.
Mr., Ktnesid introd1 need bill do.
timing the boundaries { f new county
to be called Loup,
The senate then adjourned TO 90
into j0int convention tor the cleotion
Of l 4ited ) .ates senator.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
LlScoLN, January % -Committee
on judiciary reported back II. r A..
Recommending that it DO pass With
amendment.
Committee on cities and towns, re-.
ported back II. r. II, without rec
ommendstion.
Committee on federal relations, re.
ported back -. r. No. 3, recommend
Ing that it do pass.
Committee on roads and bridges,