Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-19

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OF the bill and submitted the draft
of bill identical except the provi-
sion for payment Of fees.
Warner of Dakota moved that S. II.
30i, recommended by the governor,
be read first time. This was done.
Mrs. Louise Bowser will not get
the So 600 asked of the state for the
erection of sod house at the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition. The senate
indefinitely postponed the bill this
afternoon.
SENATE ROUTINE.
III. II. 1l9, providing for the re-
ports Of teachers and county superin-
tendents, was passed.
III. II. 1877, joint resolution mem
orializing congress to pass bill for
the election of United States sena-
tors by popular vote, was passed.
Committees reported as follows:
5. Fs l00-l0l, providing for grand
jury system, was recommended for
indefinite postponement. The report
was concurred in and the bill was
placed on general file.
5. f. l46, providing for the erection
OF grain elevators and warehouses,
was placed on general file.
S. f. 2l0, defining cultivated lands,
placed on general file.
S f. 232, indefinitely postponed.
The senate went into commit Of
the whole with Brown Of Keya Paha
in the chair. The committee made
the following report:
5 f. 1911, appropriating $1,000 to
Mrs. Louise Bowser with which to
| pay part of the expense of the ereo-
tion of sod house at the Louisiana
Purhase exposition, indefinitely post
poned.
5. +. So, an act defining the bound
aries Of the state IN certain cases, Or
dered engrossed. y
5. Il. l16, an act 20 provide for the
establishment of public road to and
from lands surrounded or shut out
from road, ordered engrossed
S. f. l47, an act for opening and
maintaing roads to bridges across
streams separating two counties,
amended and ordered engrossed.
IN THE HOUSE.
Nelson Of Douglas renewed his mo
zion to have committee appointed
to act on the Sears statement looking
to an Investigation of ex-State Treas
urer Steufer's method of handling
school bonds, and Speaker Mockett
named these memb ers: Warner of
Lancaster, Meradith Of York, Man.
gold OF Douglas, Davis of Buffalo,
Fishback OF Clay.
AT the request Of Kennedy of Doug,
las the house went into committee Of
the whole to consider, first, ii. R.27I
by Riggs OF Douglas, providing a re-
duction in the number Of South
Omaha school board members from
nine TO llye. The committee recon-
mended the bill for passage.
The house met in afternoon session
at 80 instead Of o'clock. 1t took
up ii. II. 344, the revenue bill, in
committee Of the whole. The first
provision Of the bill considered was
that liking the time of assessment.
The original bill named February /
and the standing house revenue COM
mittee proposed to change this to
April l. Thompson of Merrick Or
dered an amendment to tx March 1
as the time. After spirited debate
the committee amendment for ApriI
l carried by an overwhelming vote.
An amendment by Nelson Of Doug
las was adopted making taxes on real
property first lien from and includ
ing the first day of October OF the
year in which they are levied until
the same are paid.
A committee amen dment was
adopted making section 20 read:
personal property, except such as is
and assessed Otherwis. snail be listed
and assessed in the county, percinct
township, city, village and school
district where the owner resides, ex-
cept that property having a local SITES
like lumber yards, grain elevators,
etc, shall be aSSesSe: at the places
of sites" etc.
A communication was read from
the governor submitting a bill Civ
ing the secretary OF state perpetual
right to sign paving petitions, the
general purpose Oh the bill being to
yalid1te the paving Of Gtreets sur
rounding the capitol building, for
which the appropriation bill sets out
SIC, 900 to defray the states portion
of this expense.
The prime object of this bill is to
provide for the reraving Of the streets
on the east and south sides of the
capitol grounds, Sixteenth street be-
tween III. and X streets end II street
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets.
The afternoon session adjourned.
at 8 O'Clock, the order being nigh
session TO begin At 1880.