Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-02


HOUSE-The house on the oath
killed the landlord lien bill by Voter
of Cedar by vote of SO to 26, after
recommending it for passage last
week. For some days last week it
seemed as if the bill was going to
pass, but in the interim members
avoke to new views upon the sub
ject and when it came up for pass
age it was killed. The vote stood &c
to So. II. r. so, by Barnes of Doug
las, was recommended for indefinite
| postponement. 1t sought to make it
misdemeanor for person to malign
or SANDER another person in public
| speech. When the time tor action on
| the bill came Barnes arose and in
| formed the house he had introduced
| the measure by request and since
| looking over the bill did not favor it.
| These bills were recommended for
| passage: II. r. 2S, by Perry-TO au-
thorize county attorney to file COM
| plant to warrant a conviction. II. r.
| SO, by Foster of Douglas-Imposing
penalty of from one to five years in
the penitentiary for jury bribing H.
r. 80, by Jackson of Antelope-R
ing the salaries of the chief deputy
game and fish commissioner from
$1,000 to $500 and the assistant from
$1,000 to $500. II. r. 43, by Smith
of Burt-To provide a county attor-
ney with the ordinary number of per-
emptory challenges in cases where
there are two or more defendants. II.
Il, Al, by Smith of Burt-To forbid
the dumping Of refuse in streams
used for drainage. Among the bills
introduced were the following:
Amending section OF article 2 of
chapter xviii to read: ANY person
may make such charge and the dis.
trict court shall have exclusive orig
inal jurisdiction thereof by summons
Takes original jurisdiction in cases
Where county officials are charged
with malfeasance from county com
missioners and gives it to the district
court" Providing for a state account
ant at salary of $4,000 and $500
lravelng expenses. appointment tC
be made by the governor treasurer
secretary of state, land commissioner
and attorney general, for two years
hequirng registration of automobile,
in Ctiice of secretary of state and i'm
poses fee of ST. The official IS re
quired to give it number, which
must be displayed on back in nuneT
ais at least three inches high. Mus
not exceed reasonable speed on high
. ways CT ten miles an hour in closel
! built up sections. Must stop when al
| proaChing horses that are FESTIVE Re
quires brakes and white lights i
front and red lights in the reac d,
clares all municipal ordinances regr
t lating the subject invalid, but allow
, cities to control vehicles offered t
3 the public for hire. Violation of tn
. provisions of the act is made punisl
able by fine ranging from $25 to SIS,
: or not to exceed thirty days in tn
county Jail.
4 SENATE-Mockett of LancastC
Q won temporary victory over tn
!. judiciary committee on the 25th
q that the senate voted to place his d
q vorce bill on general file after II
committee had recommended that It I
Il indefinitely postponed. The judicial
} committee then, over Mockett's pr
test, carried motion to have the hi
n discussed at once. After an interes
h ing debate on the merits of the hi
q Mockett secured the passage of a m
II ton to make the bill a special ord
% for tomorrow afternoon. S. F.. s,
Beghtol. providing that county surve
ors shall act as county engineers.