The McCook tribune., 1891-03-27
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The report of the railroad commit
tee on the Moan 2-cent passenger rate
on railroads favored its indefinite post
ponement in the senate. 1t was read
a second time.
Heath's bill, providing that all ol
the laws passed by the legislature shall
be printed in two papers in each coun-
ty of opposite political faith, was re.
commended by the committee to be
passed.
In explaining his vote against the
bill allowing Il farmer to mortgage his
crop before it was planted, Mr.. Gale
said there were too many mortgages
on western farms now, and he could
not vote to increase the burden.
Among the bills now pending in the
house is measure introduced by Her.
man, known as house roll 5SS. which
provides for the appointment by the
commissioner OF labor of labor agents
in the various cities and counties OF
the state. whose duty it shall be to as
sist employers to procure labOrers,
clerks, servants ana artisans" There
is q provision in the bill which re-
quires each employer TO pay to the
agent the sum OF 80 cents when max
ing application for assistance, and this
is all the compensation the agent will
get, so that if the bill becomes law
it will not add anything to the bur-
dens now borne by the taxpayers.
The expense OF the last session OF
the legislature footed up to $3.50, 600,
and from present appearances this leg
isiature will not fail very far behind.
The house has already appropriated
SO, 600 for salary OF members ana en-
ployes. ana the same amount for in
cidental expenses, and an additional
appropriation Of $23, 900 for members
and employees wages is pending in the
house. This brings the total to within
SO, 900 of the expenses incurred two
years ago. and this may Yet be covered
by items that have been omitted and
will be found among the miscellaneous
appropriations.
House roll 81. by Moan, fixing rates
for telegraph messages, as passed by
the house, reads as follows: Section
l. That the maximum rate charged by
any telegraph company for the trans
mission OF dispatches from any point
in this state shall not be more than %
cents for the first ten words, and ,
cents for each word thereafter. Sec.
=. No charge shall be made for the
name and address in Il message. or for
the delivery thereof within the limits
of any city or village in this state
within I. radius OF one mile of the tele-
graph office. Sec. 3. Any telegraph
company failing to comply with the
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a msdemeauor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined in Il sum not less
than 500 nor more than $500.
Mr.. Watson introduced the follow
ing: Whereas. 1t is reliably reported
that an honored member OF this house
has been especially blessed 10y Provi-
dence in the birth of tifteen-pound
son. and Whereas. 1t is further re-
ported that the capillary adornment of
IudI SON IS VI tlldb uTlilliht IlIldn Eue
so much admired by his doting father.
and stamps the offspring us "a chip off
the old block" therefore be it Re-
solved, That the congratulations OF
this house are rendered, over the
auspicious event. to the Hon. George
j. Sternsdortr and his estimable wife.
and that copy hereof be forwarded
to the said urchin, James E. BOYD
Sternsdorff. to be placed under his
bib" The resolution was agreed to.