The McCook tribune., 1897-04-02

offered by Mr.. Talbot was adopted and the
bill was recommended to pass.
HoUsE.-In the house on the ed the COM
mittee on privileges and elections reported
house roll No. G51, the new bill relating 10
the powers and. duties OF the attOrney-gen-
eral In cases affecting the state, to ne en-
crossed for third reading. The report was
adopted. Bills on third reading having been
taken up. House roll No 6l5. the general
appropriation bill. was read and put upon
its passage. The vote stood s3 ayes 10 nays,
Eager. snyder of Nemaha, Wooster and
Young voting against the bill. House roll No;
$50. the claims appropriation bill was read
and passed by a vote of rs to g.. House roll
No. 353, providing for the payment by coun-
ties of the premium on the bonds OF county
treasurers where these bonds are executed
by a surety company authorized by law to
execute such bonds. passed by vote OF 60
to -. House roll number 354 provides FOR the
payment out OF the state treasury or the
premium on the state treaSurer's bond, when
the bond is executed by surety company
authorized by law to execute such BOND, the
premium not to exceed one-third OF l per
cent per annum of the penalty stated In the
bond. The bill carries an appropriation for
the payment of such premium. II was passed
by a vote of SO to q. House roll No 3ol,
by Rich. to amend sections and OF chapter
Xviii of the compiled statutes OF Ne
braska, 1895, and relating to bonds re-
quired from persons having contracts
with the state. received 52 votes for and
IS against it's passage with the emer-
gency clause. Roll was again called upon its
passage with the emergency clause stricken
out. and the fate of the bill being very uncer-
tain. Rich moved Il call of the house. 1t
was soon raised and the bill passed by a vote
of 53 to 49, House roll No 302. creating u
board of public works consisting of three
members in cities OF the second class and
village-cities of over 5000 inhabitants, was
passed with the emergency clause stricken
out by "a vote of 81 to A: House roll No. 3O5
provides that notarieS public shall give BOND
for 5000 either in an Incorporated surety
company or two residents of the county;
The bill received "a votes and was declared
passed with the emergency clause stricken
out. House roll No. 304 requires that when
the plaintiff is Il nonresident Of the county in
which action is brought he must first furnish
security for costs, either by Il resident OF the
county or surety company ii authorizea ,a;t TO
the emergency clause. Senate file No. Al,
RansOm's bill requiring that husband and
wife shall both sign chautcl mortgages given
on household goods, passed with only three
dissenting votes. Senate file No. 46. by Kan
som, requiring street car companies to con-
struct enclosures at the end of cars to protect
their employees from inclemency OF the
weather during certain seasons of the year,
was passed by a vote OF 20 to 10. :.
HoUsE.-Bills on third reading were the
first thing in order in the house on the 24th,
and house roll No. 474. Gaffin's bill to permit
county agricultural societies to participate in
the Trans Mississippi exposition and to pro-
vide for the expense of county exhibits; was
80, the bill to establish a state banking
board, to define state banks. provide for a
secretary for the state banking board and
state bank examiners and to provide for the
regulation of such institutions. with penal
ties for violation, false statements or entries;
also providing that receivers of such banks
panies, was passed after the emergency
clause had been stricken out. House roll No.
313. the last of Rich'S bills. providing that q
receiver shall give bonds of the same kind as
designated in the previous bills was passed
without the emergency clause. House roll
No. 3os. providing for. guaranty bonds for
township. city and io village treas4rers; .1a re-
gency clause. With that clause stricken
out. it received fifty-seven votes with thirty
two negatives and was declared passed.
Webb offered a resolution providing for the
printing of $50 copies of the Blue Book. to be
modelled on that of 1899. After some discus
sion the resolution was adopted. Alderman
sent up a resolution asking that the Missouri
river commission be instructed to take steps
to prevent the constant change of channel of
the Missouri river between Cottonwood Hills
bluff and the bluff at Sioux City. 1t was
adopted. House roll No 6. Hulrs. deficiency
Judgment bill. was recommended for passage
as amended before being sc sent to the special a;n
ignored. The committee of privileges and
elections reported senate file No. 3S2 the new
rec:lnvass bill, for third reading. 1t was so
ordered. Adjourned.
HOUsE.-The sitting committee of the house
the recommendation that they be ordered to
third reading in the order named: Senate
files and 80, house rolls 359. 629s5. senate files
"a. 76. house rolls 32, 4S1. 273 sos, III 351, q,
6O7. SIS and $40. The standing committee on
agriculture reported house roll No: 55 to be
placed ON the general file This is MarShallS
bill giving the state board of horiticu lture
5000 for the payment of expenses of the
society. House roll No. .4o1, by Gaffin, limit
providing that the board may borrow money
on bonds which NAV be issued when author
lied by the electors of said school district,
was paesd o9 third readnIg and passed @ BY
berley, to direct the application and payment
of certain moneys received by the state
treasurer annually. and known as the Nor.
the university of Nebraska, was read the
third time and passed with the emergency
clause. House roll No. l.. by Clark of Lam
caster, to amend the existing law relative
already. passed. providing for the. selec-
tion of non-partisian election boards,
by fe Of the 81 19 S
announcing that he had signed house roll No.
93. the Trans-Mississippi exposition bill;
house roll No. Is, for the relief of Boyd
Rebecca Perkins Senate file No. 3S2. the re-
count bill introduced at the suggestion of the
governor. was put upon its passage. During
roll call it was discovered that several mem
berS would have to be brought in before the
bill could pass and a call of the house was
demanded. The bill was passed by strictly
party vote. On motion of Shull of Nemaha,
the amendment to senate file No. 10S, the de
fciency Judgment bill. eXempting present
contracts, adopted yesterday. was stricken
out. An attempt was made to recommend
the bill for passage. but it was defeated by q
tie vote. A message from the governor an
nOunced that he had signed senate file No.
4S2, the new recount bill which passed during
the afternoon. The house adjourned to 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
HOUSE.-Immediately after the Opennge eX-
erciseS in the house on the ,26th the speaker
announced that he had appointed Dobson of
Fillmore Gerdes of Richardson, Fernow of
Adams and LOomis of Butler as the house
committee to aid in the recanvass. Nc
Cracken moved that the committee be in
structed to employ as help in the recount
the present employees of the house, as far as
eNpedicnt. The motion was adopted without
division. Senate file No. PSI was put upon its
final passage. This is the bill regulating the
filing of articles of Incorporation and
fixing the scale of fees for the same.
only eight in the negative. and was
declared passed with the emergency clause.
House roll No 1913. the committee substitute,
extending the term of of redemption of real
estate after foreclosure to one year beyond
the nine months already allowed. The bill
received ffty-SiX votes. and was again put
upon its passage. with the emergency clause
stricken out. On this roll call the bill passed.
House roll No 651. the bill suggested by the
governors message, increasing the powers of
the attorney general. was passed. When the
committee report on house roll No 42S was
read. Pollard moved that the report be not
concurred in. but that the bill be referred