The Advocate and news., 1898-12-28

members were voted a place in the
Senate Journal. A resolution was adopt
ed providing that each committee room
be provided with a copy Of the general
statutes Of 1897 the same to be branded
Estate Property" and returned to the
Secretary Of State at the close Of the
session. An adjournment was taken un-
til Monday afternoon at o'clock.
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In the House Larimer (Rep) presented
a petition containing the Republican pro-
test but it was promptly referred to the
Judiciary committee.
Thirty-six bills were then introduced.
The first was by Rothweiler and is a
railroad bill. It gives additional powers
to the commission. 1t is generally be-
lieVed that it was introduced in order
that it might be read the first and second
time so that when the bill prepared by
the caucus is ready for consideration it
may be substituted for Rothweiler's bill
and forced through without delay.
Otherwise it would require three sep
arate days in the House to get 1t through.
Fairchild introduced House bills 2, 3,
4, s and 6. The first provides for the
taxation of foreign insurance companies.
Companies are required to make annual
statements Of the premiums received and
pay tax Of per cent on the same.
The next provides for the repeal Of the
metropolitan police law and the election
Of police judge and city marshal. Num-
ber repeals the act creating the Board
OF Pardons while No. wipes out the
Live Stock Sanitary Commission and
assigns it's duties to a State Veterinar- |
ian, who is to get salary of 81, 200 per |
year The last one prohibits the sale of
cigarettes and provides penalty Of $50
90 $1O0 fine and not less than ten days
in the county Jail for each offense
House bill No. z, by Weilep, creates a
court of common pleas for Cherokee
county, and No. 8, also by Weilep, pro-
tects frateTnal insurance orders. 1t pro-
vides that organizations must have
membership of 500 before a grand lodge
can be organized. The law now recOg-
nizes no order which does not have a
grand lodge The bill is said to have
been drawn by Webb McNall.
House bills 8 and 10, by Tapscott, are
local bills.
Johnson Of Chase presented House bill
No. II, which reduces the legal rate of
interest to 6 per cent. CassIn introduced
House bills 12, 13, IA and IS. The first
takes the penitentiary coal mine out of /
the hands of the warden and directors {
and places it under the control of the
executive council, the output to be used
by the State institutions excepting sales
to counties and school districts, the
mines to be operated by free labor The
second amends the garnishment laws in
the interest of the worker. The third 7
prohibits the sale of penitentiary coal. a
His last bill amends the scrip law by [
adding to the title the ain lawful money" {
which were omitted from the original
act.
Mr. Harbaugh's bills, Nos. 16 and II,
abolish the metropolitan police and pro- i, i,
hibits cities or townships from voting
bonds to aid railroads.
House bill No. 18, by Hackney, relates
10 assessment and taxation while No. 19 v
provides for the resubmissiOn of the t
Sumner county high school proposition b
70 the people. 7
House bill No. 81, by RutIedge, enables
Arkansas river counties to vote money >,
10 fight the irrigatiOnists at the head =
waters who are consuming the water 4,
supply. Turner's bill mo. 22) is a local y
1ne. Johnson Of Nemaha introduced II
House bill No. %, which provides for the Il
election of city attorney and city as
SCISSOR in cities of the second class, and r
also a bill prescribing the method by h
which election ties in second class cities Fl
shall be settled II
Wehrle's bill NO 25) is a local one, h
)ut Mr.. Bean seeks to secure the letting fl
If county printing to the lowest bidder
)y House bill No. 26. p
Mr.. Keefer introduced House bills Nos. n
n, 28, 20, 30, 81, 32 and SO. The first is "
n the interest of municipalities which W
lave voted railroad bonds The second u
s an act to define franchises; to make ff
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