Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-14
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LINCOLN, Jan. Special Senators
are not all backward in proposing new laws
ard the numl er OF bi Is at the prosen. session
promises to be as large as at any previous
session. Among the bills offered this fore
noon, are the following:
Senate file, No SO, by Grothan of Howard,
to regulate stock Yards.
Senate ilc No. "a, by Grothan OF Howard,
to authorize county treEsurers In Nebraska
to procure and keep a seal Of Office.
Senate file, No. 3G. by Conway of York,
providing for the payment of dog taxes to
the general fund.
Senate file No. 81. by Conway Of York
to prevent blindness in infants and to pro-
vide a penalty for the violation of the law.
1t provides that should one or both lids of
either eye of an infant become red and
swollen or should there be any discharge
from either eye at any time within three
weeks after its birth, 1t shall be the duty
of the person having said infant in charge
to report the fact to a legally qualified
practitioner of medicine.
Senate file No. 3S, introduced by John
son OF Clay (by requesO is designed to pro-
vide for the greater security of deposits in
the banks of the state 1t requires every
state bank to pay into the state treasury
annually q sum of money equal to one-half
vi i per cent VI llS uCpUSllS, SUN utpoSil
to be held by state treasurer as a safety
fund for the purpose of making good any
losses to depositors that may occur from the
failure of any of the banking institutions
of the state.
Senate file No. 80, by Sykes of Adams, pro-
vidcs that in no case shall the property of
wife, acquired from her husband by gilt CT
otherwise, ever be liable for any debt of the
husband contracted after the date of such
acquisition.
Al. gvt,
authorize the organization OF mutual hail
insurance companies.
Senate file No. Al, by Johnson of Clay,
amending the law relating to gifts of land
to cities and villages for park purposes.
Senate files Nos. AZ, 43, "A and 10, all by
Ransom of Douglas, are amendments to the
laws governing metropolitan cities and are
changes which will be made necessary if
the new charter ds adopted
Senate file No. 4G, by Ransom Of Douglas
requires street railway corporations to YES
tibule their cars.
Senate file No a, by Ransom of Douglas
provides that a chettel mortgage given by
married man shall be void unless signed by
his wife.
Senate file No 40, by Lee Of Boyd. amenGr
the law relating to the voting of bonds for
irrigation districts,
Senate file No. co. given by Lee of Boyd,
provides for the payment of attorney fees
by counties in civil actions.
AIMED AT BY HOUSE ROLLS.
Hill of Clay has bill for the regulating
of stock yards house roll No. 76, which is
even mere radical in it's provisions than any
of these introduced earlier in the week
Phelps of Dundy proposes to reorganize the
present system of eleCtng judges of elec-
tion. His measure embraces a plan to de
clare the one receiving the highest number
of votes from one party, and the enc receiy-
ing the next highest number shall be de-
clarod the elected and duly authorized judges
of said election.
Sodernan of Phelps one OF the most
economical reformers In the house intro
duccs John Curry's bill to appropriate $4,000
FOR the erection of statue OF Abraham Lin
coin on the grounds of the capitol. The bill
was drafted by Judge ]. II. Broadly OF Lin
coin. II authorizes the governor to eXpGnl
the money for the statue at his individual
discretion. Curry. who secured the dona-
tion OF the Tennessee marble to the state,
has shrewdly incorporated in the bcdy Of the
bill provision by which a portion of the
money appropriated shall be devoted to pay
ment for past services. He hes worked
away at he marble for number Of weeks
Lemar OF Saunders is the author this year
Of n bill to establish a state board Of en-
balming, and to provide for a system of
examination, registration and licensing of
ombalmers.
Hull of Harlan comes to the rescue Of
"Rainmaker" Wright by the introduction Of
house roll No. 49, to appropriate money for
experimental tests to produce precipitation
by means of conclusion of the atmosphere
by cannCnading. the whole to be under The
immediate supervision Of w. f. Wright Of
Lancaster county The bill approprates
$4,000 for the purpose named.
The new trarsfer circuit bill, house roll
"a, is introduced by McGee of Antelope.