Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-02
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les and giving courts Jurisdiction
BY McClay, Of Lancaster. To consoIi-
date biennial reports of state officers
and departments.
Immediately upon converting at 10
O'Clock Tuesday morning the house
adopted amendments to tie house rules
The house passed these bills Tuesday:
BY Wilson, of Pawn:e, transferring
$4,000 from the cl@thing fund at the
Hastings insane AS! iIim TO the repair
and Improvement fur
BY Burns, Of Lancaster, to enable the
stale university regents TO condemn lands
needed for university purposes.
BY Scilley, of Dodge, empowering cit
les OF the second class to grant fran
rhiSeS and make contracts.
by Burns. to prevent printers from
publishing more copies Of books. pam
phlctS. etc. than ordered.
BY Jennings. Of Thayer, regulating the
amount of bonds which school districts
may issue.
BY Crorsey, of Jefferson. authorizing
county boards TO appropriate 500 year
for farmers institutes.
Ry Rouse. Of Hall, to allow surety
companies 10 be surety for Il public Of
TO exact Il penal bond of 5000 from an
applicant for Il saloon license before such
license is issued. Permitting state and
county trcaSurers to require guaranty
bonds from depository banks.
BY Warner. of Lancaster. requiring Il
uniform examination under direction Of
the state board of education for all APP
pGramts for state teachers certificates.
BY Ernst. Of johnson. apprOpriating
$4,000 for an agricultural pavilion at
III" state fair grounds.
BY kyd. of Gage. requiring school dis
trictS to estimate the money needed dur
ing the coming year instead of making Il
levy
BY Knox. of Buffalo, to allow mutual
insurance societies to amend their char
ters after twenty years.
BY GLEN. of Red Willow. to provide
for payment of outstanding road district
warrants.
BY McClay. of Lancaster. appropriate
ing $4,000 TO reimburse Thomas L.
kpnnard.
The house decided to decorate she
speakers stand Washington's birthday
with flowers and flags and celebrate by
working hard all day.
An American flag of wide proportions.
ccntPred with a likeness of the FATHER
of his Country" on each side Of which
were smaller flags draped upon the wall
Immediately back of the speakers desk
the first reminder to the house that
Wednesday was the one hundred and
Sixty-third anniversary of George Wash
ingtonS birth But despite this moment
Gus fact in American history. the Nebras
ka house of representatives reSiyed itself
into committee of the whole, and began
pounding away at the long general file.
The following bills were introduced
Thursday:
BY Ferrar. of Hall, gives school boards
and district boards right or eminent do
main in condemning property for school
sites
Fly Richardson. of Madison, to provide
for the compensation of clerks of the
district court.
BY Glnm. Of Red WILLOW. for the re-
lief of Russell f. Loomis.
BY McAllSter. of deuel., provides for
not less than five or more than seven
Junior normal schools.
BY Voter, of Cedar creating COM
mission of three to revise the insurance
laws.
by Perry. of Furnas (by requcsU. es-
iabliShing the standard of quality of all
stationery. printing and binding furnished
10 the state of Nebraska. Concurrent
resolution proposing an amendment 10
the constitution. To define the rights of
creditors of decedents and to prescribe
manner for applying for an order of de-
scent. (By request to provide for plac,
ing questions relating to amendments Of
the constitution, constitutional convcn-
lions and all other questions and PROPOSE
tons submitted to the vote Of the peo-
pie on a separate ballot.
BY Johnson. of Adams. to repeal sec
lion of Cobbey'S Statutes that provides
for a clerk of the state printing board.
BY Clarke. of Douglas. to amend GER
fam sections of the annotated statutes.
Among other amendments of revenue
law makes real estate mortgages real
property.
by Pospisil. of Saunders. to amend an
act approved April f. 1903. to provide a
system Of public revenue.
BY Johnson. of Adams. amends laws
relating TO charters of small cities.
BY McAllister. of deuel.. to appropri-
ate the sum of $4,000 for the mainte-
nance, the purchasing of the necessary
supplies for. the repairing of the build
ing of and the building of new buildings
on the agricultural experiment Sub-Sta-
ton at North Platte, NeE.
BY McAllister. of Deuel., providing Il
uniform method of keeping the county
road record in counties having less than
10000 inhabitants.
inc house adjourned at o'clock
Thursday afternoon, finishing the thirty
eighth legislative day of the sixty. and
will not recOnyene until p. M. Monday
This intcrmisSion is taken in order that
The senate. which is three days behind
The house. may catch up.
These bills were introduced Thursday:
by McClay, of Lancaster. TO prevent
and punish the desecration. mutiation or
improper use of the flag of the United
States. To allow insurance companieS
80 invest their capital and surplus in
stocks of incorporated Nebraska compa-
mics.
by Anderson. of Hamilton. to strike
from the records Of the auditor of public
accounts and the treasurer of this STATE
all charges and items therein against the