Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

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committed had already placed the Ramsey
bill on It's list for passage. He thought the
senate was wasting time in discussing the
matter.
The minority report was adopted. with
the following voting against It; Beghtob
Day, Ginen. Hall Of Douglas and Meredith
Text of the Mn.
The bill as amended by the minority Of
the judiciary committee is as follows:
Section /. Where any person, persons, as
erect or place a grain elevator costing not
less than three thousand dollars NS,OOOOO
at a station o. any railway eGm d IN
writing of said railway company or cor.
p%oration operating a railroad, IN the state OF
such railway company for the erection of
such elevator, and such company or cor
poration FAIL neglect or refuse to do so
then II said person, persons, association or
corporation shall erect an elevator as above
described ON ground contiguous TO right,
railway company shall erect and maintain
a sidetrack OF suitable lepgth to approach
as near as four feet-of- the outer edge OF
their right-of-way when necessary; ana
suitable switch connections, and In all
cases to approach as near as may he neces-
erected adjacent to their right-of-way for
the purpose of loading grain into cars from
Section 2. That any railroad company
operating as a common carrier within the
state of Nebraska which shall ian and re-
act for the space Of sixty days after the re.
quest in writing as above mentioned shall
tSSefe sdm SR Of |! RS ,oo, e to tR be sSfEs tSt IN EeS q civil
action in any court of competent j~urisdic-
ton.
The following bills were read a third time
and passed: .
s. f. so, one of the pure food bills, by a
80 n = - - 20 90 Ill - ~. 49,. ~~,o
given when this vote was taken.
s. F.. 243, providing for the salary Of
county commissioners . :
s. F. 244, providing for bonds for irrlga-
ton districts.
s. F. 231. to legalize oaths and acknowl-
edgments heretofore taken and administered
by commissioners Of deeds.
S. f. 236, providing for qualifications Of
applicants to practice medicine.
8. F.. 213, providing for appeals and re-
versal In vacation.
s. F. 1877. relating to admittanee to Tome
of the friendless.
Lieutenant Governor McGilton signed S.
F.. So, to exterminate prairie dogs, and s. F.
304. to provide for the payment Of fees in
certain cases where the commissioned Of
public lands shall file papers.
The senate went into committee Of the
whole with Anderson of Saline in the chair
to consider the revenue bill. The reading
began with section 101. Everything went
smoothly until section 105 was reached.
This provides that the assessment on real
estate should be made every four years.
Sloan moved to make It every two years.
Brown. chairman of the revenue committee,
said the committee had threshed over this
section and after a thorough discussion had
decided that the four-year assessment was
Nhn k1kkAH .Ian To- hi No1lr H. NA.A- -
the amendment Sloan intimated his con-
tempt Of the manner in which the members
of the revenue committee talked OF what
they had threshed over and of the supreme
belief of the committee members that they
were infallible. The motion was lost.
Assessment of. Me rtEaEes.p pa.
Sheldon moved to insert an amendment
between sections 100 and ITO. The com
mittee arose while Sheldon was discussing
his amendment and the senate took q
recess until 2 o'cloew. The Sheldon amend
ment was as follows: PIT.
Section 1O9a. If any person has an inter-
est in real estate, not exempt from taxa
ton, as holder OF azduly recorded mort
gage given to secure the payment of a
fixed and certain sum of money, the
amount of his interest as mortgage shall
be assessed as real estate in the place
where the land lies; and the mortgagor
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real estate after deducting the assessed
value of the interest therein of such mort
gage. II such estate is situated in two
or more places the amount OF the mort
gagee's interest ito be assessed IN each
place shall be proportional to the assessed
value Of the m~ortgageds real estate In the
respective places. deducting therefrom the
taxable amount of prior mortgages, If any,
Section loeb. II the holder of such MORT
gage fails to file in the assessors office a
statement under oath of all his estate
liable to taxation under the preceding sec
ton, including, a statement of the full
amount remaining unpaid upon such mort
gage and of his interest therein, the
amount stated in the mortgage shall be
conclusive as TO the extent OF such inter-
est; but his interest In such real estate
shall not be listed for assessment at a
greater sum than the actual value OF the
land and structures thereon or afixed
thereto; and the amount of a mortgage
divided after the creation of such mort
gage need not be apportioned upon the
several parts OF such estate except as may
Section IO9c. Mortgagors and mortgages
reseTred to in the two preceding sections
deemed Joint owners until the mortgagee
takes possession; and until such possession
Is taken oy the first mortgages, an asses
sor or collector of taxes. upon application.
shall give to any such mortgage. or mort
gagor a tax bill showing the whole tax on
the mortgaged estate and the amount In
oluded in the valuation thereof as the In
terest OF each. mortgage and of the mort
hoeph iS6ptNIiNciy. II tne nTSL mOTIBdRee
Is In possession. he shall be deemed sole
owner; and any other MORTGAGE in posses
sion shall be deemed joint owner with prior
mortgages, &
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon Sheldon resumed the
floor in behalf Of his amendment.
o'Neil spoke against the amendment, as
did also Way, Brady spoke for 1t. The
amendment was lost by a vote of 10 to. g.
after two hours discussion.
Sheldon next tried to change the, state
levy from 5 to Z mills, but was unsuccessful
When $50 sections had been read a mo-
tion was carried to. read the sections By
numbers. At $3.50 the reading Of the bill
was, concluded and then came the scramblt
to get in amendments.
Several clerical amendments were
adopted and others not clerical were voted
down. The committee then arose and An.
derson moved that its report be adopted.
Corey offered as a substitute that tbs
committee report be not ooncurTed in re.
garding section SO. and he then offered thu
LOOMS amendment to be added to 1t. Brad!
seconded 1t. Harrison moved the previous
question. This carried, with Brady AM
Cohey voting against IL and twenty-five
voted for IT,. Coffey's motion was lost.
While others were scrambling for reeog
milton, Harrison moved that the report o