McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-02-12
STATE LEe1sLAr1yE Do1Nos.
10 Forshadosccd In Condensed Report of
the Nebraska Legislature.

Temporary adjournment Fl, m Wednesday to
Monday there had been 154 bills introduced.
VI these 100 are in the hands of the var. Gus
committees TO which they have been referred.
Fifteen have been reported from the commit
tees and placed on the general file, twelve have
been indefinitely postponed anG twelve have
been passed. Among bills indefinitely post
poned is the one providing for the submission
OF prohibition amendment This is the only
important one In the list. Most of the Others
are bills which have been incorporated into
other similar bills. When the Committee get
to reporting the bills before them, however, q
large number of them will be relegated.
The special order Of the senate n the 81 was
the New Orleans exposition appropriation, ap-
propriating $4,000. 1t was considered in
committee OF the whole and its passage recon-
mended
HoUsE-In the house up to the 1st 2S7 bills
have been introduced. OF these 240 are yet in
the hands of committee, twelve have been re-
ported and are on general file, fourteen have
been indefinitely postponed, two have been
passed, and nineteen have simply been read
the first time. The bills that have been
passed have been the appropriation for the ex-
pense of the legislature, and the bill appro-
priating SIS, 600 for the Nebraska exhibit at
the New Orleans exposition. The only bill
that has passed both houses has been the ap-
preparation bill.
In the house on the ID Lee, of Merrick, in
troduced a resolution instructing the secretary
u
contracts made by the state with w. H. B.
Stout and others relating to convict labor.
Adopted.
Bills were introduced running the total up
TO BOZ. Among these is one to locate the State
Normal school at Aurora Hamilton county,
and another railroad bill, the former by Cox
and the latter by Barley.
SENATE.-In the senate on the Sd num-
Der of bills were introduced, among others "a
bill for an act to classify railways in the state
of Nebraska, and to fix maximum rates of
passenger and freight tariff and to regulate
The carriage of freight and passengers thereon;
toprohibit the pooling of the earnings of rail
ways, to provide penalties for the violation of
any OF the provisions. and to repeal sections
one and two of article five OF the compiled
statutes of Nebraska, entitled Railways
and all acts and parts of acts in conflict here
with"
Senate file "a was put upon its passage and
defeated by a vote of q to 7against The bill
provided that all roads in the state which have
been or shall be established by dedication, or
by ten years use, should be declared established
public highways.
Senate hle 50, passed in the senate, relates
to divorce and alimony; judgment may be
opened in certain cases when notice is given
to defendant by publication in newspaper.
s. F. q, also passed, relates to prevention of
spread of prairie fires and makes it the duty
of oversees to warn out citizens in case of fires.
HoUsE.-ln the house the following were
introduced: By Smell, authorizing attach
ments to issue in cases other than those on
contracts; by Burr, amending section 2, chap
tor s. of the compiled statutes; also amend
ing sections and - of the probate court act;
by Dolan, amending section 3, chapter 90, of
the compiled statutes; by Smith, of Fillmore,
to regulate the practice of medicine.
House roll 234, relating to the management
of railways, being the special order, was called
up by Nettleton. Amendments were intro
no W nlf
cussion, when the committee of the whole
arose, reported progress and asked leave to sit
again. Adopted.
The senate and house committees on rail
roads met in the chamber to hear statements of
prominent gentlemen connected with the rail-
roads. The committee was addressed by T. L.
Kimball, general traffic manager of the Union
Pacific, and he was followed By P. L. Eustis,
general passenger agent eff tho B. d NJ.
SENATE.-Bills from 167 TO III, inclusive,
were read second time and referred. The fol
lowing bills were read third time and passed:
S. F. 66, by Smell, amending sections IS and
915 of code of civil procedure: 45, by Sewers,
relating to township organization; 3d. by
Spencer, amending section of an act entitled
Counties" and 121, by Skinner, making it
criminal otfense to remove personal property
to prevent listing for the purposes of taxa
ton.
The senate then adjourned in order to give
the various committees the opportunity of
considering and disposing of accumulated
business.
HousE.-Houser roll 234-being a bill relat-
ing to regulation of passenger tariffs on rail-
ways-was taken up as special order. The
house went into committee of the whole to
consider this bill, with Rice, of Holt, in the
chair. On motion, the title of the bill was
amended to read as follows:
"A bill for an actregulating passenger rates,
the carrying of baggage, carrying OF passen-
gers on freight trains on railroads in the state
of Nebraska, and to provide for a penalty for
the violation of the same"
On motion of Haley the committee arose
and reported favorably upon passage of bill as
amended
Senate file 4, to fix the number of employees
and establish their pay, was taken up, and the
house went into committee of the whole to
consider the same. The committee reported
favorably on the bill.
Bills were introduced as follows: By Peter
son, to amend certain sections of chapter II
Of the compiled statutes entitled Revenues"
also, to amend section Al, chapter Il, entitled
Insane by Newmeyer, to locate state nor
NAL school at Fullerton; by Dempster, to
CIRCULATE the sale of spurious and malt liquors.
SENATE.-Paul, from the committee on judi
ciary, reported favorably upon the bill to pro
vide for the election of county officers; bill
TO provide for prosecuting offenses on infor-
nation and to dispense with calling grand jul
ries except BY order of district court; also
portance.
Reports from the committees on miscellane-
ous, corporations, counties and county boun-
carries, and on internal Improvements We're
heard and adopted.
The question of concurring in the house
amendment to senate file 4, relating to pay
ment of employees in senate and house, came
up. and was concurred in by vote of 10 to A.
HoUSE.-In tae house special order was
taken up, being the resolution offered by
Kuony, restricting time for the introduction
of bills. After considerable discussion the
resolution was adopted. 1t provides that no
new bills shall be introduced in the house after
the twenty-ifth day of the session, except such
as come from committees.
Among bills reported on favorably was
house roll 175, by Nettleton, relative to taking
the census for the present year in conformity
with constitutional provisions.
Petitions from many counties, containing in
the aggr gate GAS names, praying for the
submission to the electors of Nebraska an
amendment to the constitution prohibiting
the manufacture, importation and sale of al
coholic stimulants, were read and referred.
Joint resolutions, relating to the St. joe and
Denver lands, were passed. House rolls 212
PA and 215, all authorizing the state treasu
rer to transfer certain moneys to the sinking
fund, were read third time and passed, as
was also house roll No. 232 providing for the
payment of incidental expenses.
SENATE.-In the senate the following bills
were read a third time and passed: To amend
sections 5S4 and $50 of civil procedure; to de-
fire boundaries OF Dawes county; defining
boundaries of Sioux county: defining boun-