Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-06

SONS bill constituting nine hours legal
day OF labor for laboeers and mechanics, also
Conner's bill for adjusting labor disputes by
arbitration. ~
The committee on. constitutional amend
ments have recommended Corbin's house
resolution for au'amendmcnt authorizing the
investment of tho state permanent school fund
in registered school district bonds. This meas
ure is identical with Senator Cornelps,
which was once passed by the senate, then
recalled and killed. Senatorial sentiment is
veering around in favor of the proposition.
f. The senate cleaned its slate by passing all
the bills recommended Dy the committee OF
the whole except the bill to suppress bucket
shops, which was lost by a vote of IL ayes TO
Is nays. The most important measnes passed
were Raymond's banking bill and the Neigh
normal school bill
The morning session was filed out with
the consideration of two bills changing the
code of civil procedure, both OF which were
approved.
One provides that actions in the following
cases shall be brought in the county in which
the property is located. To recover damages
for trespass on or injury to real estate; for
the recovery of real property or interest
therein for the partition of real property;
for the sale of real property under a mort
gage, lien or other incumbrance or charge.
The effect of the bill is to throw down the
bars and open the district court to all the
petty suits now tryable before. Justices OF the
peace II also enables the plaintiff, il he re-
cover, to put his costs Oh the defendant.
Quite a number of senators were absent on
committee duty, and this bill is liable to be
lost on final vote.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A bare majority was present when the
gavel fell. The senate went into committee
of the whole, and the first bill to come up was
McMllan's house roll Familiarity known as
the South Omaha charter. 1t provides for
th.,i irnn tinr Nf tln. Of IN VI,
as cities of the first class
Senator Funck, of Beatrice, moved to lay
the bill aside until Senator Walbach, of
Grar1 Island, should be present that they
might agree upon reputation lint, as their
cities as well as South Omaha are concerned.
Other senators thought these gentlemen
should have presented their desires to the
committee in cities and towns. Funck's
motion was defeated and on motion of Scna'
tor RAYMOND the reading of the bill was dis
pensed with and it was recommended for
passage without further ado. The bill has
sixty pages, and the senate thought life too
short, as one member expressed it, to dissect
such n measure after having passed the
thrcshing machine of the house.
Another bill for the suppression of bucket
shops came up ana was strangled with neat
ness and dispatch by a vote of IA to s.
l.indsays amendment to the revenue law
was approved. 1t directs the state board o
equalization to examine and compare the
various county assessments and then make a
just and equitable apportionment of the ag-
gregate amount of state tax to be raised by
each county. The bill is intended to
correct the irregularities of the present per
centage system, under which the counties
with low assessed valuation escape paying
a fair share of the state taxes.
The resolution for a constitutional amend
ment increasing the supreme court to five
members was recommended for passage.
The following bills were killed:
Legalizing defective land titles when they
have gone unquestioned; another requrin g
clerks of district courts TO write up and read
their journals daily, apd an anti-bucket shop
bill.
In adopting the report of the committee of
the whole the friendsef the last bill tried
desperately to save 1t by various moticns'
but We're to votes IN the minority.
A fourth anti-bucket shop is on file.