Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
Another Anti-Phss Bill.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
Some Routine Business Transacted
md AIinmrnmen1 I'M. en- To Monday.

and Adjournment Taken to Monday.
LINCOLN Feb 11-(Special Telegram.)-
Owens of Dawson was the only member alb
sent at this mornings session OF the senate.
, Fowler of Fillmore was excused for the day.
S. f. III, 239, and 202 were recommended
to pass by the committees.
The manufactures and commerce commit
tee offered a slight amendment to S. F. 4.
which is the concurrent resolution intro
duced by Canaday of Kearney endorsing S.
F. 1854 of the Fifty-ffth congress, introduced
by Senator CullOm of Illinois, giving the
Interstate Commerce Commission added
powers The committee struck out that part
! OF the resolution instructing our members in
congress to work for the passage of the bill.
S. r. 177 relates to the penalty to be i'm
posed upon persons who make false weights
OF articles in casks, cases boxes, etc, the
law requiring them TO be weighed and
marked. The bill provides that in addition
! to punishment as a misdemeanor, the guilty.
| party shall pay the aggrieved party damages
double the value of the goods
| s F. 202 amends section 49, article iii,
chapter xviii of the 1897 Compiled Statutes
as follows:
Any such bank located in the county may
apply for the privilege of keeping such
moneys on the following conditions: All
! such deposits shall be subject to payment
when demanded by the county treasurer on
! his check and by all banks receiving and
| holding such deposits, interest shall be paid
as may be agreed upon by the county treas
urer and such bank by and with the ap-
| proval of the county board, said interest
to be computed upon the amount SO de-
posted. as hereinafter provided ard sub
! iect also to such regulations as i'm
posed by law and the rules adopted by the
county treasurer for holding and receiving
such deposits.
The present law is that an interest II
not less than per cent must be paid by
bankers handling county deposits.
The following bills were placed upon their
| third reading and passed s. F. 96, lis, 1lS,
119, III, 1O1 49, 124 and 1903. All are curative
acts except S. F. 103, which is the bill dis
cussed in committee OF the whole yester
| day, and allows country attorneys to fol-
low criminal cases taken to another county
on change of venue.
The senate then went into committee of
the whole, upon motion Of Canaday of
Kearney, to consider H. R. III, the uni
versity bill.
Van Dusen of Douglas opposed the con-
sideration of the bill at this time, saying
! he had not had time to examine the bill.
| Canaday of Kearney said prompt action
was necessary, as only nine days remained
to introduce other bills which would be
| NECESSARY W pIOHlut lot lue university =
support if this bill should be killed.
| Senator Van Dusen moved that when this
committee arise it report progress On H. r.
Ill and ask leave TO sit again Monday.
| The friends of the bill consented TO max
! ing its consideration a special order for
Monday. The committee arose. as the
| motion only allowed consideration of this
one bill.
The senate at once resumed its commit
tee OF the whole session 10 consider bills
on general file. s. +. was again taken up
and recommended for passage with the
amendments given in yesterdays Bee abo1-
ishing the "circle" at the top Of official bal
| lots.
| S. F.. L. the bill to prevent enCumbered
lands from being plotted into city lots,
was next considered. This bill dis
cussed several weeks ago but pigeonh0led
to allow amendments to be drawn up pro-
viding for the vacation of plats whenever
the same have become of no value as city
lots-to provide way to recede from corn
! field booms'' and return the land 10 it's
original uses as farming property.
! substitute bill was recommended by the
committee, but no provision for vacating
plats was included, a separate bill cover
! ing that has been introduced. Several OBJ
jectons as to the validity Of the bill hav-
ing Deen made, the Dill was again put over.
! The governor sent a message to the SEN
ate giving the list of killed and wounded
at Manila. cabled by Colonel Stotsenberg in
response to the governors message of the
day before yesterday.
Crow Of Douglas moved that when the
senate adjourn it be till II O'Clock Monday.
Canaday of Kearney moved an amendment
that it be recess till 8 p. m, today, but
was speedily declared out of order. Senator
Crows motion prevailed
After the joint assembly the senate ad-
journed.