Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-26
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SENATE ON The REVENUE BILL
All Proposed Amendments to the
Measure Are Voted
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(From a stan Correspondents

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That it will pass the senate as it came
from the revenue committee there is little
doubt. Every amendment that was offered
today, however trivial, was promptly voted
down and the reading continued, inter-
rupted occasionally by oratory following a
proposed amendment. Hall and Howell
made a fight to change the taxation Of life
and accident insurance companies. and not
w~ithstanding a strong lobby has been at
work many weeks on this same matter,
they were unsuccessful.
Considerable discussion was INDUCED in
over the manner in which the bill should be
read. 1t was the intention OF the friends
Of the bill to first adopt the committee
amendments and thus railroad the bill
through. Howell, O'Neil1, Wall, Coffey and
others made such a fight on this that 1t
was decided to read 1t section by section
with the amendments.
t APO O'Clock, after eighty sections Of
the bill had been read, the committee arose
and reported progress.
Senate Routine.
When the report OF. standing committees
was reached this morning Chairman Brown
OF the revenue committee reported the rev.
enue bill back to the senate, with the
recommendation that It be placed on gen.
eral Ale.
Harrison moved that the, rules be sus-
pended and the bill be made a special order
for 2 o'clock this afternoon. Howell Of
Douglas stated he would like 20 have the
bill go over one day. Harrison's motion
was adopted by the following vote:
. Yeas, Alden, Anderson, Beghtol, Brown,
Cox, Day, Fries, Gifn, Hall of Burt, Harri-
son, Hastings. Hedge, Jennings, Norris,
o'Neill, Pemberton, Reynolds, Saunders,
Sheldon, Sloan, Umstead, Wall, Warner.
Young.
Nays, Brady, Coffey. Hall of Douglas.
Howell, Meredith.
The senate amendments reduce the state
tax levy from Z to 5 mills: places foreign
cars in the same classification as Pullman
cars; strikes out the house amendments to
the insurance clause, which provides that
2 per cent of the gross receipts on pre-
miums shall be in lieu Of all other taxes
on premiums; reduces the rate of interest
to be paid in redeeming land sold for taxes
from Is to II per cent. The other amend
ments were merely clerical.
Immediately after the senate convened
this afternoon, on motion Of Harrison it
went into committee Of the whole to dis
cuss H. r. 344, the revenue bill. Anderson
Of Saline occupied the chair.
Fries moved as a substitute to Warmers
motion that the bill be read section by
section; carried.
The committee amendment was adopted
changing dates when taxes upon personal
property shall be a lien to November instead
Of October.
An amendment was carried increasing the
salary Of assessors in counties having $1,000
to 100, 900 to 81. 800 from $1,000.
Sheldon moved to strike out word credit"
In list of personal property taxable; mo-
ton lost.
Howell moved to amend, section SO by
putting accident insurance Under same
classification with fire insurance companies
organized in other states; motion lost.
Howell then moved to lower the per cent
on gross amount Of premiums for taxation
to 1 per cent from 2 per cent.
Howell's motion was then voted on and
lost.
Howell moved that committee arise and
ask leave to sit again; motion lost,
Sheldon moved to strike out section sc.
This provides that every person, company
or corporation engaged in the business of
buying and selling grain for profit shall be
held to be a grain broker and shall at the
time required by this act, determine under
oath the average amount OF capital in
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estate or other tangible property, assessed
separately, for the preceding year, and
taxes shall be charged upon such average
capital che same as on other property. For
the purpose OF determining the average
capital of such grain broker the county as
SCISSOR and deputy assessor shall have the
right to inspect all books OF account and
the check books of such grain broker and
shall determine and fix the amount of such
capital by such inspection. The motion was
lost. tr
After eighty sections had been read Har-
sison moved that a recess be taken until
7:45 o'clock. Howell moved as a substitute
that an adjournment be taken until 9 o'clock
tomorrow. The substitute motion was lost
and Harrison's carried.
The following bills were passed:
S. +. 1870, providing that a police magls-
trate be elected at the pext general election
in November, 1903.
S. F. "a. providing for signing of bonds
for officials by surety companies.
S. F.. 16e, providing for the formation of
new school districts.
H. r., 271, providing that the South Omaha
school board shall consist of FIVE members
and providing for the salary of the mem
bers. N
S, F. 27s, increasing the oil test to 112
degrees.
S. F. 1O5. providing for the filing Of semi
annual statements by fire insurance COM
panies.
s. F. 172, providing for the formation of
cemetery associations. sN
s, F. 214, providing for order of attach
ment.
S. F. PAT, for the distribution Of bodies
OF unidentified dead to medical colleges.
The senate went into committee Of the
whole, with Brown of Keya Paha in the
chair, and made the following report:
S. F. so, providing for the election Of a
prosecuting attorney for each judicial dis
trict; indefinitely postponed.
S. F. 23O, for Strengthening bridges and
to regulate the crossing of them by steamI
engines; ordered engrossed.
Night Session IA Lively.
The senate resumed the discussion OF
the revenue bill tonight and adjourned at
10 o'clock. after having read 100 sections.
Many amendments we're offered, but none
were adopted, save those offered by the
senate revenue COMMITTEES.
The greatest discussion was on Howells
amendment to section So, providing that
the right-of-way Of railroads should be