Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-02-14

SENATE-In the senate on the 9Th
the measure to have the present law
amended so that one-half of the wages
OF laboring men may be attached for
bills for necessaries was Indefinitely
postponed. This was On the recon-
mendation Of the judiciary commit
tee, to which it had been referred.
A similar measure was introduced in
the house, but should it pass there it
would doubtless be killed in the sem
ate. The following were then placed
on third reading and passed: Senate
file 1873, providing for the appoint
ment of nine commissioners and such
stenographers as are necessary by the
supreme court. The commissioners
are to receive $4,000 a year and the
stenographer $1,000 a year. An emer-
gency clause is attached. Senator
Martin proposed an amendment d.
recting that the commissioners be Sc
lected from the district bench, but
withdrew it. 1t is understood that
the amendment will be proposed in the
house when the bill reaches that body.
Senate file q, providing imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not less
than thirty days or fined the amount
of damage inflicted, for destruction or
injury to personal property. Emer-
gency clause attached. Senate file 81,
providing punishment for indecent eX-
posture of person or use of obscene or
lascivious language. Emergency
clause attached. Senate file Al, relat-
ing to duties of clerk of the supreme
court. Among bills introduced was:
Senate file No. 231, by McCargar-A
bill to provide for an act for the COM
pulsory education of children, for the
employment of truant officers, for the
proper education of such children as
cannot properly be taught in the
usual public, private or parochial
schools, for the proper enumeration
of school age, for the punishment of
persons violating the provisions of
this act, and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts in conflict with this act.
This is the measure prepared by the
legislative committee of the State
Teachers association.
SENATE-ThS question of what
shall constitute a legal newspaper for
the purpose of publishing legal no.
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of the morning time of the senate
on the 7th. Senator Owens intro
duced the bill some time ago, one OF
it's provisions being that a paper must
be published ffty-two consecutive
weeks in a county before it can right
fully be used for publication of legal
notices. This was amended in COM
mittee Of the whole so as to read
twenty-six instead of ffty-two. The
same section met with prolonged dis
cussion in committee of the whole
the day before, and the amendment
was declared lost by one vote. Today,
after considerable wrangling. and af-
ter a motion to reconsider had been
carried the committee took up the
debated point again. Ransom moved
to substitute twenty-sfX for fifty-two.
Young opposed this, and then O'Neill,
in reply, stated that he thought cir
culation should control instead of
length of time a paper has been pub
lished. Senator Edgar also spoke in
opposition to the amendment. 1t
vas declared carried on a rising vote,
eighteen voting for 1t and the mega
tive not being put. Senator O'Neills
bill relative to the duties of the clerk
of the supreme court was recommend
ed for passage. 1t Is senate file No.
Al, and provides that the clerk shall
prepare the opinions of the court
when he has sufficient material to
form a volume of not less than 900
pages. Two thousand Of these he
shall deliver to kae state auditor and
draw from the state treasury S1.50
for each volume. Amendments to the
present law relating to soldiers and
sailors homes were recommended.
AS changed the law will permit vet
Grams of the wal of 1872, Mexican
war, civil war and Spanish-American
war, together with their widows or
mothers, to be admitted to the state
institutions after two years residence
in the state. This Is senate file No.
90.