Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16

erty b. assessed, and Ia llLl-
thereto on tho amount If tie
gross receipts for a.. year next Pre-
ceding the first Ga, %. s9ro.t. ot toe
current year. such gro receir5 to be
taken and considered IA tie= total as
an item Of property and be 50 listed
and levied agans' the same AS ether
property. Such tai Ou gross tecaiu.s
shall represent the franchise ya,ua-
tior which sLall not be o,herH sc
assessed.
Railroad and Ger Companies.
Section 81. The properly Of rail.
roads. railroad coryoi.uu4s end car
companies shall BE- assessed as pre-.
scriDed in rnis act ly the ute beard
of equalization and assessment.
Section IS. The 8sa,e board OF
equalization and assessment Is hereby
empowered and it is made its duty 10
assess all property vi the railroads
and railroad corporations IL tie state
Of Nebraska Provided, how ever. that
all machine and repair shops general
office buildings store houses. and
also all real and personal property,
outside OF right OF way and depot
grounds as aforesaid, OF ana belong
ing to any such railroad and telegraph
companies, shall be listed for purposes
of taxation by the principal officers or
agents Of such companies, with the
deputy assessor of any precinct of the
county where such real or personal
property may be situated in the man.
ner provided by law for the listing
and valuation OF real and personal
property.
Section SO. The returns Of railroad
companies or corporations shall not be
held to be conclusive as 10 the value
Of said property, but the state board Of
equalization and assessment shall,
from all the information which it is
able to obtain, fiId the true value of
all such property, including tangible
property and franchises, and shall
assess the same on the same basis as
other property is hereby required to
be assessed. The valuation of each
mile to be determined by dividing the
whole value by the number of miles of
the main track of each road or line.
Section 80 The railroad company
operating any road within the state of
Nebraska shall annually on or before
the first day Of February. report to the
clerk Of each county through which
its line of road runs. the number of
miles of main track situated within
each township, precinct, city, village,
and school and road district in said
county, together will all machine
and repair shops, general office build
ings, store houses and all real and
personal property not on the right Of
way.
State board can compel attendance
before 1t of any officer, agent or SER
want of corporation having any prop
erty In the state. Any person who
falls to respond to such process or who
shall refuse to answer questions put by
the board, shall forfeit the sum of $500,
to be recovered in civil action prose.
cuted in name OF state.
The revenue bill goes into effect
Sept. 1.
House Rolls.
II. R. %, by Wilson-A bill appro-
priating $3.50 for the salaries of the
members and employees of the legis-
lature. Emergency clause.
H. R. g. by Gilbert-Changes the
city election in Omaha to the first
Tuesday in May instead of the first
| Tuesday in March. All succeeding
general city elections are to be held
three years thereafter. Emergency
clause.
II. r. 81, by Gilbert-An act requir-
ing the city council of Omaha to pur-
chase and acquire title to the Omaha
city Waterworks. The government of
the waterworks is vested in board Of
six members, two to be elected every
two years and to represent each of the
two largest political parties. Elmer
gency clause.
ii. r, 60, by Wllson-A bill appro.
prlating $4,000 for the Incidental ex-
penses OF the legislature. Emergency
| clause
II. r. 80, by Observation-Disclosures the
members of the Omaha school board
to buy text books and makes the free
text book law apply to Omaha.
Fl. r. AZ, by Burgess--A curative
measure to permit the Lincoln school
board to pay more than $72O year in
salary to the secretary of the school
board. Emergency clause.
H. Il. 279, by CODA bill transfer.
ring $4,000 tram the board and cloth.
ing fund of the Norfolk asylum for the
insane 10 the board and clothing fund
Of the Lincoln asylum. This was
made necessary on account of the fire
at the Norfolk asylum, Emergeuc-
clause
II. r. POO, by Klttle-Repeals all
bounties on wolf scalps and coyote
scalps Emergency clause.
II. r. ia. by Gregg-Re gulates print.
ing OF the state superintendent re.
port. Fifty copies 80 to the senate,
$50 30 the house of representatives
and one to each county and city SUI
perintenden5 in the state One also
goes to each state superintendent.
II. r. lG, by Davs-A bin to permit
townships 70 own, improve and protect