McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-12
STATE LEs1sLAr1rE Do1yos.
~ F0rshadosced In a Condensed Report Of
the Nebraska Legislature.

SENATE.-In the senate on the 2Sth the bill
amending the city charter of Omaha wa
called up and passed without opposition, witt
the amendments adopted previously. Tn.
amendments will be concurred In without op
position.
The question OF the proposed appropriation.
for university buildings came up on motion OF
ton bill by adding $4,000 for the purpose OF
building chemical laboratory for the univer
sitv.
Howe's school land bill, 8. F. No. GA, was
passed by Is toe.
new buildings at the university was brought
up on a motion of Holmes that 1t be read a
third time. Carr offered an amendment re-
ducing the appropriation from S75, 600 to $50,
600. Riley then proposed an amendment re-
ducing the appropriation to S25, 600 and this
amendment to the amendment reducing the
amount to 600.
Hall was in favor of $4,000 appropriation.
Nichol was in favor of $75, 600 or nothing
Holmes, who was engineering the bill, made
speech intimating that the management
would feel pretty well satisfied with So, 600 for
the erection of labratOry, and this amendment
was adopted and the bill reported for passage.
SENATE.-ln the senate on the I'd, Dolan
offered the following amendment to house roll
40 appropriation bilD
ReSotged, That the sum of 81 500, or so much
thereof as he may deem proper, is hereby ap-
propriated to be at the disposal of the COVER
nor, and to be paid under his direction, to the
parties instrumentalin preventing the robbery
| of the state treasury, If he finds they are de-
serving and entitled to reward. Adopted.
The following were passed: A bill TO amend
section 800, chapter 43, of the criminal code {;
relating to diseases among swine; for the
safety of guests at hotels, etc, etc. relating
to guardians ana wards; providing for the
| foreclosure OF tax lens concerning county
| boards amending certain sections of the code
| of civil procedure; relating to boundaries of
| lands; providing for fire escapes in public
buildings; relating to divorces; pertaining to
cities; providing for the sale of lots in the city
| of Lincoln; relative to the duty of church
wardens; providing for the election of register
of rdeeds; relating to fees; creating the office
| of county auditor.
The committee on penitentiarv reported that
| the institution is being well kept and made
| recommendations for needed improvements IN
| and about the premises.
| HoUSE.-A large number of bills were or
| dered to third reading. A large number OF
| bills still remain in the hands of committees
| and on general file, which will not be reached
aud will die with the session.
| This being the last day in which bills will be
| ordered to a third reading, there was strug-
| gle among members to get bills on the list.
| After much confusion and wrangling the
| regular order was taken up, which was bills on
| third reading. A large number were passed,
among others relating to constitutional amend
| ments; amending compiled statutes in rela-
ton to schools; providing for drawing petit
| and grand jurries; pertaining to cities of the
second class and villages: providing for the
| Issuing, certifcation and registration of same;
relating to corporations; locating a hospital
for the insane at Norfolk and appropriating
| $4,000 for its erection; house roll 81, making
May Both legal holiday; relating to hygiene
and physiology.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 3rd bills were
passed. Relating to real estate mortgages;
pertaining to the removal of county seats;
amending law relative to appeals; relating to
the organization, government and powers of
cities and villages; an act to prevent grave
robbng; relating to county seats: providing
for the suppression of houses of prostitution
At the evening session III. r. SIS, providing
for the sale, leasing and development of saline
land being the special order, was discussed at
length.
Several amendments were offered and re-
jected. The bill was ordered engrossed for
third reading.
The report of the committee appointed to
investigate the management of the hospital
for the insane was accepted and the committee
discharged. Five hundred copies of the evil
dence and report were ordered printed.
HOUSE.-Senate file 1877, known as the rail
way commission bill, was taken up and, on
motion of Nettleton, was considered section
by section.
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provision empowering the commissioners to
fix schedule OF rates for railways from time to
time for the government of the various rail-
ways in the state. Rejected. Section was
then adopted, after which section was read
and adopted.
The remaining sections of the bill were
adopted without amendment, several amend
ments having been proposed and defeated.
Holmes moved that the bill be engrossed
for third reading as amended. 1t was so Or
dered.
During the afternoon session the following
Hills were passed: bill appropriating mon
eys for miscellaneous expenses; relating to de-
scendants; pertaining to revenue; relating to |
the duties OF county treasurers; providing for |
township organization: providing for the |
burial of INDECENT soldiers at public expense; |
relating to counties and county officers; |
amending the revenue laws; joint resolution |
relating to the drawing of arms from the gen.
eralgovernment.
in the evening bills were passed: Relating |
to the funding of taxes: pertaining to bee. |
keeping; providing for the construction of
bridges and Viaducts in cities of the first
class; providing for house movers liens; pro-
viding for the discoutinuance of township or
CARNATIONS in certain cases; a bill to legalize |
the election of certain officers of the city of .
Wymore3
SENATE.-In the senate on the 4th bills were
passed: An act permitting foreign surety
companies 10 become corporations OF this
state; establishing a hospital for the insane at
Norfolk, and appropriating $4,000 therefor;
amending the swamp land act: providing for
leasing certain saline lands for stock ' ards
purposes, for period Of 80 years; bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for improvement of saline
lands; for relief of E. P. Childs ct al; to pre-
vent the spread of hog cholsra.
At the afternoon session a number of bills
were passed. The report of the investigating
committee of the management of the insane
asylum was discussed, Howe, McShane and
others favoring the minority report. The mi
nority report was adopted.
Paul offered a resolution sustaining the
board of public lands and buildings, and the
majority report, after warm discussion by a
vote of % to :.
The senate and house held evening sessions,
but no business of Importance was transacted.
HousE.-Scnatc file IA, regulating passen
ger rates on Nebraska railways and fixing a
penalty for violation of its provisions, was
passed by vote of 81 to Z. Crawford, Hig
gins, Hocknell, Holsworth, Lee of Furnas, and
Nettleton voted in the negative.
bill amending section IL of an act provid-
ing for payment of school district bonds was
taken up and passed.
Bills were passed in the afternoon as fol-
lows: Relating to cities of the second class
and villages; providing for the removal OF
cases from the district to the supreme court;
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