Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
HOUSE PASSES MANY BILLS
Beet Sugar Bounty Payment Favor
ably Acted ON I'm Committee
of the whole
(From a STAFF Corr espondent.)

LINCOLN, April 1.-(Speoial)-The house
first disposed Of a large number OF senate
bills and then entered on the third reading
of bills. These were passed. ''
H. r. 10, by Sadler of Adams, appro-
p~riating SIS, 900 to buy 800 acres for the
benefit of the chronic insane asylum at
Hastings.
H. r, 1876, by Fishback Of Clay, to pro-
vide drainage of farm lands for agricultural
and sanitary purposes.
The senate amendment to H. r. 102, by
Cropsey Of jefferson, to credit the appropri-
alton Of 500, 900 for a school of agriculture
to the university instead Of general fund,
was concurred in.
The senate amendment to H. r. 20, RAM
sey's elevator bill, changing the minimum
cost Of erecting elevators from $4,000 to
$1,000, was concurred in.
The sitting committee this morning re-
ported these bills back for general file:
S. f. II, by Hall of Dauglas, supreme
court commissioners and stenographers; H.
r. 1858, by Sears, Nebraska-South Dakota
boundary commission; H. r. 449, by. Sears,
Ne~braska-Iowa boundary commission; H.
R. 45O, by Jones OF Cass, Nebraska Missouri
boundary commissionS S. F. 9S. by Saun-
ders of Douglas, to prevent docking horses
tails; H. r. 4S3. committee on claims, $47,-
900 for beet sugar bounty claims; s. F. 100,
by Jennings, amending law relating to de-
fault payments on school bonds; a.. r. 1873,
by McClay, to give Lincoln seven council
men; H. R. 1929, by Kennedy, defining crime
of abandoning Wife and child and prescrib-
ing penalty; II. r. ALB, by Nelson Of Doug,
las, to legalize Acknowledgements, oaths and
aflrmations heretofore taken; H. r. 439,
by Rouse, inheritance tax; H. R. 1928, by
Jouvenat, providing for gathering and COM
piling agricultural statistics; H. r. 4sS, by
| governors recommendation, authorizing
Board OF Public Lands and Buildings to sign
petition to pave H and Sixteenth streets,
AUDITING the state capitol; ST. So, by
Gifin, amending law relating to water ana
water works in small cities; S: F. 20, by
Marshall, permitting cities Of second class
to maintain heating and lighting plants
H. R. 347, by Cropsey, to establish sewers
in cities Of less than 5000; H. r.. $50, by
Ribble, to prevent fraud in railroad tick
cts, coupons and receipts; H. r. PSI, by
Ribble, to prevent spurious manufacture OF
railroad tickets, ETC.; H. R. 2S2, by Ribble,
to prevent counterfeiting in use Of rail-
road tickets, etc; H. r. 2S7, by Ten Eyck,
amending civil code with regard to appeals
from district to supreme court; II. r. 1888,
by Roberts, department of agriculture; H.
r. APO, by Spurlock, to prevent life insur>
ance companies and mutual benefit associa-
lions from making special contracts, dis.
eliminating between members OF legal age;
H. r. 431, by Perry, to amend civil code
by providing for service of process on nom
| resident persons, partnerships, associations
and corporations and for appointment of
! agents. ?
Most Of these bills were afterwsrd rec
commended for passage by the committee OF
the whole.
At the afternoon session Spurlock of
| Cass, chairman OF the sitting committee,
| asked unanimous consent to have the rules
suspended and advance S, F. 100. providing
for an expert state accountant. Sweezy
objected and then Spurlock moved to sus-
pend the rules for this purpose and the mo-
tion was lost. Speaker Mockett took the
position that If this motion prevailed 1t
would set a bad precedent and defeat the
the purpose Of the sitting committee.
Cuts Speeches short.
On motion of JGnkia Of Gosper all
speeches for the remainder of the session
were limited to five minutes.
The conference committees report on the
amendments to the revenue. bill was
adopted by a vote OF IS to 10, The house
then went into committee Of the whole and
took up bills on general file.
The claim OF the Oxnard beet sugar fac
tortaa NJ S47 600 for bountfes under the act