Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-02

GrGsvenOr Inheritance Tax Bill In
Passed by a Vote Of 62 to %.
LINCOLN, Feb. 1.-THE house
listened to the reading this morning OF a
petition from citizens OF Ne:naha county ask
ing for the passage of a law fixing a penalty
of 500 for the killing Of quail. prairie
chicken or other birds except English spar
rows for the next FIVE years and asked that
one-half the amount of the fine in each case
go to the informant.
A petition was also presented asking for
the passage Of a law to prehibit the dis
charge of firearms near highways.
The committee on rules reported an
amendment to the rules providing that re-
ports of standing committees recommending
bills for passage or general file should be
adopted without debate, only reports for
indefinite postponement being open for dis
cussion. The report was adopted.
The following report on the postoflce case
was submitted:
Your committee to investigate the allie
cations concerning the postofflce OF the
house reports as follows: @
That the letter was written by one men,
Der to his own wife, but was through error
and good intention directed to the wife OF
another by some person connected with the
postofice OF the house and not by the writer
nor the husband OF the recipient: Ina the
lady who received 1t knew Vt was not writ
ten by her husband nor to her. but was in
tended by some other man than her hus-
band and for the wife Of the writer:
That this should be q warning to all per-
sons who are supposed to be connected with
the directing OF this letts. to the wrong
person not to do 1t again and " also in
tended to compliment the sound sense OF the
lady who received the letter not intended
for her. ALLEN G.. USHER,
]. II. CHAMBERS.
r. CAWTHRA.
Standing committees reported H. r. 80,
So, 11S, 1877, 1853, 143, "a, II, ITO. so, 3 and
46 for passage, and 145, IA and $50 for in
definite postponement. These reports were
all adopted. H. r. III. By Sturgess of Doug
las, requiring the registration of all bonds
with the state auditor. was reported for in
definite postponement. but was recommitted
for amendment. .
H. r. $50, one Of the bills killed, was the
bill providing a penalty for failure to vote
at general elections. Fl. r. 144 was a bill
making cities Of 10. 900 inhabitants cities of
the irst-class. H. R. 145 designated cities
between 5000 and 10. 200 inhabitants to be
cities of the second class.
On third reading H. R. SO. the Grosvenor
inheritance tax bill. was taken up and passed
by a vote Of 81 to %.
After recess the shouse went ahead with
the order of bills on third reading, first
taking up H. r. 40. by Crockett Of Knox,
which was passed by a vote of II TO 10.
This was the bill amending section 6079
Of the statutes relating to "appraisements."
The bill added the following section to the
existing law: %
provided. That the officer making such
levy shall serve personal notice on the de-
PENDANT or defendants. II residents of the
county wherein the premises levied on are
situated of the time when and the place
where said appraisers will meet to make said
appraisement. said notice to be served at
least three days prior to the time set for
making such appraisement. Such officer
shall receive for serving such notice like
compensation as for the service of notices in
Of such sale"
H. r. "a. by Lane of Lancaster. amend
ing section 26. CHAPTER xiii. Of the statutes
| relating to Guardians and Wards" provid-
ing for appraisal Of property and fixing the
time for filing Of inventory. was passed by
a vote OF SO to o
H.. r. 70. by Lane. repeating section Al,
chapter xix. the old law empowering the
appointment OF court commissioners in ju-
dicial districts. was passed by a vote Of
76 to o.
H.. R. 80. the Weaver bill. to prohibit loud
and unusual. noises In the night time, and
providing a penalty for violation. was passed
by a vote Of 90 to 25.
H. r.. SO. by Weaver. providing that q
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