The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-11
Thursday.

The Trans Mississippi Exposition bill
passed the house Thursday without the
emergency clause. by a vote of 20 to 20.
Sheld0n's bill, house roll No. All, to pro-
hibit games, theatrical and circus enter
tainments on Sunday, was the topic of a
lively debate and was indefinitely post
poned. House roll No. 4S5, by Kapp, is a
joint resolution authorizing the commits
sioner of public lands and buildings to
select and accept for the state of Nebraska
certain tracts of land in Fort Randall Mill
tary Reservation as school land. The bill
passed, 80 to O.. House roll No. 259 was
next in order. The measure amends section
58, chapter xiii, entitled Insurance Com
panies," of the Compiled Statutes of Ne
braska, 1896, and repeats said section. 1t
authorizes the forming of companies to
conduct a line of general insurance, on de-
tached farm buildings, country school
houses and churches, also upon cattle,
mules, sheep and hogs, against damage by
fire, lightning or %tornadoes, providing such
property be not insured for more than two
thirds of its actual value. BY a vote OF 50
to l the measure passed. The bill for a
graduated scale Of pupishments, about the
same as the Illinois habitual criminal law
was passed. House roll No. 254 providing
for an appropriation Of the m~atrieulation
fees of the State Normal school for a library
fund for the use and support of the library
of the school passed.
Thursday morning when the regular Or
der was taken up Mr.. Howell, from the
committee ON municipal affairs, reported
the Lincoln charter with the recommended
ton that it be placed OF general file. For
reasons only known to himself, the assist
ant secretary made a verbal addition to the
wording of the report by announcing that
the committee asked that the charter be
placed on general file ''with the recon-
mendation that it do pass" A motion to
make it a special order for March 9, did not
prevail, and it will have to come up in its
regular order. The senate then took up
the order of bills on third reading. Senate
file No. "a, introduced by MUTT, and relat-
ing to salaries for caunty superintendent
of public instruction was passed. Senate
file No. 1875, by CaHaday, and relating to
teachers institutes, was passed. 1t makes
a few technical changes ip the law.
Senate file No. 255, by Ransom, relating to
the manner of voting on proposed amend
ments to the state constitution passed. The
bill provides that the returns made by the
Judges and clerks of election shall include:
First, the number of electors voting at said
general eleetioRi second, the number of
electors who voted tor the amendments;
third, the number of electors who voted
against the amendments; fourth, the num-
Der OF electors who voted for senator's;
fifth, the number who voted for represent
atives; sixth, the number who voted for
both senators and representatives, Joint
RESOLUTION proposing an amendment relat-
ing to the investment Of the permanent
school fund passed. House roll No. 8, re-
pealing the law passed two years ago for
the payment of a bounty on sugar and
cLieofy passed, The senate practically re-
constructed the bitlll as it passed the house,
and it will have to be returned to the lower
branch before it can go to the governor.