Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-02-09

| school funds.
BY Kyd. of Gage, to require townships
10 certify ir April the amount Of money
needed for township purposes.
BY Glenn. of Red Willow. to provide
for the payment of outstanding road dis
tTict warrants.
SENATE
| The senate convened at $50 Monday
and was in session until > o'clock. Pres
idcnt Jennings presided over the senate
and Sheldon Of Cass was chairman Of
the committee of the whole.
The following bills were introduced
Monday and read the first time:
BY Wall, allows appeals from county
boards Of equalization.
BY Gilligan, repeats state bank exam
incr law.
BY Fries. of Valley. to declare the
place of delivery of Intoxicating liquors
to be the place Of sale.
BY Eppcr&on, of Clay, to amend sec
ton S12 of the Code of Civil Procedure
and to repeal said section as it now eX-
lists. A creative measure
Ey Epperson, of Clay. to amend sec
tons , and + of chapter 10 of the Laws
Of Nebraska of 1897, and repeating said
sections as they now exist. Creative
measure
by Tucker of Richardson. to quiet and
perfect the title to land which has been
plated and laid out into lots and blocks.
BY Tucker. of Richardson. to regulate
the sale of -four, meal and other ground
cereals to prevent short weights in the
sale of such commodities.
BY Epperson. of Clay, to regulate the
execution of the death penalty.
Ry w. \. Meserve, of Knox. to amend
section SI26 of article , Of chapter 81 Of
| Cobbey's Annotated Statutes.
The senate was called to order by
Lieut.. Gov. McGilton Tuesday. ard in
tnr absence of the chaplain DR.. futile
asked divine blessing and guidance.
lhe resolution by Wall. of Sherman.
to pay employees of the senate for six
days work, with the exception of post
master. mail carrier night watch, one
ianitor and custodian, who are to be paid
for seven days, was adopted.
On motion of Cady, of Howard, the
committee appointed to investigate the
manufacture of binding Irvine in the
| Kansas penitentiary was excused for two
days.
\ bill providing for the issue of school
|
reading.
The bill to define embeZzlement and
provide punishment, was ordered en-
| crossed.
At noon the senate adjourned until 10
o'clock Wednesday.
4 bill by Thomas, of Douglas. allows
the school board of Omaha to make con-
tracts with the superintendent Of schools
three years duration.
Lieut. Gov McGilton Wednesday
morning expressed himself in no uncer-
tain terms of the work of the bill room
clerks. When the senate convened not
bill file had been filled and returned
to the desks of the senators. In fact,
the bill room was not unlocked at $50.
1t was said the clerks in this department
had been so busy lobbying for certain
measures that their work had been neg
lected. Lieut.. Gov. McGilton warned
the clerks against a repetition of their
| action.
The senate resolved into a committee
Of the whole, with Thomas in the chair,
and reported the following bills for en-
grossment and third reading:
By Tucker, of Richardson defining the
duties of county Judges in certain cases.
BY Shrek. of York. providing that
railroad companies shall furnish trans
portation to shippers of live stock to
accompany the stock.
BY Giffin, of Dawson. providing for
the establishment of drainage districts.
| Providing for printing the report Of the
irrigation board.
The following bills were introduced
Wednesday and read for the first time:
BY Laverty, to confer on cities of the
| second class. having less than 5000 i'll
habitants, the authority to exercise the
| right Of eminent domain in procuring
| a right of way for the construction of
sewers and drains.
BY Wore (by request, to provide Ii
cense for book agents, solicitors for
| books magazines or charts. and members
of organizations lodges, etc.
BY Saunders. to amend section I101
of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Ne
braska for 1903.
The senate committee got busy Thus
day and made reports on a number of
bills. These were placed on general file:
s. T. 70, providing for the publica ton
of the action of irrigation district meet
ings.
S. F. III, re-enacts the law establishing
the Hastings asylum and leaving out OF
the title Of the institution the word lin
curable.'
S. +. u, for the appointment Of reg
iStrar of vital statistics
s. +. 80, TO consolidate the home for
the r'riendIess ard the industrial school
| at Milford.
S. f. 101. 102 and 1O3. providing for
constitutional amendments; providing the
legislature shall create courts: providing
the legislature shall have power to regu-
late the power of executive state Off
GERS; tivesIXths Of a jury in civil cases
may return a verdict.
$. f. p, providing that drivers of trac-
ton engines must use proper diligence in
preventing the frightening of horses and
damages TO bridges and culverts amend
ed.
S. f. &C, allowing fishing in boundary
streams.
S. F. rs. providing for the taking Of
fish and spawn from streams.
$. +. 5S. providing for the formation
OF drainage districts. was passed. as was
S. +. 81, providing for the relief of Dan
! iel Johnson.