The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-02-05
Thursday. January es.

COutcSU CASES.
Thursday, January 2S.
Expectation was rife today in the
house over the prospect of battle on
house roll 5, the re-canvass bill, but the
day was uneventful.
Mr.. Pollard of Cass introduced a reso-
luton that committee of five be ap-
pointed to draft sugar bill to encour-
age erection of new factories in the
state. Tabled on motion of Mr.. Soder-
man of Phelps.
The secretary of the senate an
nounced the passage of the resolution
instructing Senator Thurston to vote
for the free coinage of gold and silver
The committee Oh enrolled and en-
crossed bills reported that house roll 5
was correctly engrossed.
A petion from Omaha clergymen was
read, asking the legislature not to
make any change in the fire and police
commission as provided for in the pres
ent Omaha charter.
Several standing committees made
reports on bills. The bills relating to
passes were indefinitely postponed.
II. r. 4G. reducing salaries of secre-
taries of board of transportation was
placed on general file, as was also III.
r. 81, reported by the committee on
fish culture and game.
The claim of Boyd county for 81 1923
for costs in trying the alleged mur-
favorably by the claims committee and
placed on general file.
The committee on miscellaneous sub
jects reported favorably on Mr.. Gros-
venor's bill, fixing a penalty for steal
ing bicycles and unfavorably on a bill
by Mr.. Clark of Lancaster, No. 56.with
the same end in view. The reports
were adopted. The same committee
favored placing house roll No 80, a
bill to punish chicken stealing, on
general file. The house concurred.
House roll No. GO, to regulate the
publishing of applications for liquor
licenses, was placed on general file.
House roll No. %, relating to the
regulation of warehouses, was also
placed Oh general file.
Mr.. FelLer of Douglas introduced a
resolution ordering the committee on
asylums to make report on the ade
quacy of the state hospital to care for
ali the durable insane of the state
Adopted.
Mr. Burkett of Lancaster offered a
resolution that the Office of proof
reader be discontinued and that no
printed bills be received from the
printer until correct. After some de-
bate the matter was referred to the
committee on employees.
Forty-eight new bills were intro
duced after the noon recess, chief
among which were:
H. r. 296, by Mr.. ShelGon-An act for the es-
tablishment maintenance and management of
public libraries in school districts.
FL. r. 29S. by Mr.. DobSon-TO amend section
8 of chapter 49, subdivision of the compiled
statutes. The bill provides that the tax of
mill levied under the free high school law shall
fall on the whole county.
H r. 305 by Mr.. Rich-To amend section I3
of An act regulating voluntary assignments
for the benefit of creditors proceedings there
under, and to prevent the fraudulent violation
of the same, being section l3, chapter 6, enti-
tied Assignments. compiled statutes of 1895.
Fl. r. 3D. by Mr. Rich-To provide for land
lords lien.
H. r. $780, by Mr.. Snyder-To prohibit officers
and employees of any municipality. township,
county or state to accept free transportation
over any railroad in the state during his term
of office.
II. R. 336, by Mr.. Wooster Of Mer-
rick is similar in its import to III. r.
$50 by Mr.. Snyder.
House rolls 265 to 2S2 were read
second time and referred.
Mr.. Clark of Richardson moved that
the house resolve itself into committee
of the whole. Mr.. Clark of Lancaster
objected on the ground that it takes
two-thirds vote to suspend the rules
and proceed outside the regular order
of business set down in the rules when
any member objects. The matter pre-
cipitated quite discussion but was
finally disposed of by the speaker rul-
ing that the house could go into com
mittee of the whole at any time ma
jority wished to do so.
The ruling prevented the house call
ing up Fl. r. 5, which had been report
ed from the engrossing committee and
would have been first on file for third
reading and passage. The majority
had not sixty-eight members present
and they could not have carried it with
the emergency clause.
In committee of the whole house
rolls 20, to repeal the Russian thistle
law, and 50, to reduce the salary of
the superintendent of the Geneva in
iuSpI oSilOol, NCiS
for passage.
III. II. 46, to reduce the salaries of
the secretaries of the state board of
to 81, 800 was recommit-
ted for correction.
II. r. 27. which provides that it
shall be q misdemeanor to kill certain
kinds of game for a period of five years
was recommitted for correction.
The bill for the relief of Boyd county
for costs in the Scott murder trial was
for passage without the
clause.
On motion of Mr.. Sheldon of Dawes, |
5he committee rose and reported prog |
'ess. The report of the committee of |
5he whole was adopted and the house |
Id diourned.
Friday, January 20. |
Chaplain Mailley was called home by |
he death of one of his flock, and in his |
absence Speaker Gaffin called upon
sIr. Eighmy of Brown, one of the three |
preachers in the house, to invoke the
ivine blessing.
Immediately after the reading of the
ournal the house, on motion of Mr..
sheldon went into committee of the
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