Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-20
USE FOR COUNTY SINKING FUNDS.
Custer Commissioners Make n Propo-
SitiOn To the House.

custer comm nlSNtOncfF hUNt " 'pf'-
sitiOn to the House.
LINCOLN. Jan. 19.--(Special Telegram.)-
Grosvenor OF Hamilton county sent up to
the clerks desk a petition from the citizens
OF that county praying that the appropria-
ton for the payment Of sugar bounties be
made by the present legislature. The pc
ttion was referred TO the committee on mis-
cClaneous subjects, as was a similar petl-
ton from the citizens Of Custer county,
The following resolution was introduced
by Webb OF Custer:
Whereas, There Is large sinking fund on
hand In our treasury; and
Whereas. There are duly ana legal
issued warrants unpaid Tor want ol tuhus'
| Whereas. These warrants are bought by
the banks and scalpcrs, and often paid for
by the very money that repres entS the SINK
ing fund, which is deposited in the banks
and
money be lost, but money invested in
county warrants that must be paid by the
county cannot he lost; therefore, he II
| Resolved by the Board of Supervisors OF
| Custer county. in session assembled, That
| we are in favor of and earnestly advocate
| the passage of a law authorizing the county
| treasurer to pay the face value of warrants
of the county out of any money belonging
to the sinking fund not already invested nj
the discretion of the treasurer not to eN-
ceed - per cent of such fund
Tho matter was referred to the committee
on ways and means.
Tho following bills were introduced and
read for the first time:
BY McGee house roll No. 19l, to repeal
sections "a, %, 20 and p of chapter iv Of the
BY Rich, house roll No 49, to amend sec
| tion of chatter XVI, entitled, ELECTIONS
TO enable persons owning taxable real es-
| tate to vote on bonds or a bonded indebted
ness" and to repeal said original section.
by Rich house roll No. 1893. to provide for
| and other liens upon mortEaged real prop
| erty by action IN the district court ana 10
$50 S53 S54 S55, s56. S57 S5S $50 SEQ. S61 OF the
| code of civil procedure and to repeal sec
ton of an act approved February %, 1915,
| entitled AN act to provide for stay of eN-
| ecution and orders of sale" being section
| No 6O5s of the compiled statutes of Ne
an '9 act Sntted % Hn act T proVidng for the
| redemption of real estate" from DEGREES and
Judgment liens approved February 25, 1915
| and being section No GOSS of the cor. lied
| statutes of Nebraska of 1885 and to repeal
said section as now existing, and to amend
| section l of an act entitled AN act to
amend section 49S of chapter ivii of the code
| Of civil procedure" being section No.
| GOS9 of the compiled statutes Of Nebraska of
| 1855. and to repeal said section as now eX-
| listing,
| sections 16 and 10. chapter vii. Of the COM
| piled statutes of 1898, and to repeal said
| original section.
county treasurers to invest an amount moi
| to exceed - per cent of the sinking fund
| in their respective counties in registered
warrants of the county at their full value.
by Shull, house roll No. 1856 to appro-
| pirate money to rebuild the dOrmitory of the
| State Normal, located at Peru, Neb.
by Stchhins, house roll No 19i. to pro-
| mote agriculture on land under irrigation
| IN the state of Nebraska and to confer an
| original jurisdiction on boards of county
| commissioners to fix rates to be charged
| for the use of annual ana perpetual water
! rent to occupants on lands under irrigation
| by means of canals or bitches. reservoirs,
| laterals in irrigated districts in the state
| of Nebraska, and to regulate the furnishing
and distribution of water for irrigating,
milling and domestic purposes, and to regu-
| late and control persons, associations stock
companies organized under the general
| laws of the state of Nebraska for the pur-
| pose of maintaining and operating canals,
| d!tches and laterals thereto i'm the state
| of Nebraska and prescribe the time when
| prior vested rights may LAPSE as to subse-
| quent owners, constructors and bun lers o.
| canals, ditches and laterals in the state Of
| Nebraska.
The house then adjourned until 10 a. M.
| tomorrow
| The house was in session but short time
| this forenoon and adjourned until tomorrow.
| The majority element had a protracted eau
| Gus Immediately after adjournment and dc
| cided, by a practically unanimous vote to
| pass this bill providing for = recount of the
| ballots cast for the constitutional amend
men,s and for senators and representatives.