Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-01-19
legislative.
HOUSE.
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house Tuesday:
by Burns, Of Lancaster. act to cure
the defect of the law permitting state.
county and local officers TO give surety
bonds.
by McMullcn, of Gage. act to provide
Tor election of precinct, township and
ward assessors in the counties and cities.
BY Windham, Of Cass, to empower su-
preme court to appoint six commissioners
to serve two years, unless summarily re-
moved by unanimous vote of the court.
BY Whitman, of Johnson, to provide
for the election Of precinct assessors to
serve for four years.
BY kyd, of Gage, authorizing the pub
lcation of laws on plan uniform with
the annotated statutes
BY kyd, of Gage. to authorize the
preparation Of jury lists in counties of
10000 instead Of 10000 population.
BY Dodge, of Douglas. to provide for
primary elections.
BY Dodge. of Douglas. to give to the
Omaha water board power now held by
city council of regulating management
of water supply.
BY Warner, Of Lancaster appropriate
ing money for the maintenance of the
SubStatiOn of the agriculture experiment
station at North Platte. the mainte-
nance of farmers institutes and eStab-
Gshment and maintenance of depart
iMent of poultry husbandry by the re-
gents of the University of Nebraska.
Approprates 100000.
BY Horton. of Cherry. to provide boun-
ties for killing Of coyotes, wolves and
mountain lions.
BY Horton, of Cherry. to make open
season for prairie. sage chickens and
grouse. Sept. / to Nov. 30: quail, month
of November.
BY Horton, of Cherry, TO provide for
the assessment of all property on the ba-
sis of one-third instead Of one-fifth its
actual value.
BY Voter. of Cedar. providing for a
landlords lien and for the enforcement
thereof.
BY Jackson. of Antelope to empower
cities of the second class to acquire real
estate by gift. devise, or purchase, for
parks and public grounds.
BY Dodge of Douglas. to make the
last registration day the second Satur-
day before election i'll metropolitan cit
les
By Horton. of Cherry. to amend the
revenue law invalidating tax certificates
for failure to foreclose.
BY Casebeer. of Gage. to appropriate
to the use and benefit of the University
of Nebraska the moneys known as the
agricultural experiment station fund"
BY hyd. of Cage. to require contract
for bridges. culverts. etc. to be let
to the lowest bidders.
BY DERRICK, of York. to regulate the
sEeed Of and to control the use Of auto
mobiles and other horselesS conveyance
BY Richardson, of Madison. to appro-
pirate 100000 for the purpose of i'm
proving the grounds. repairing. etc, al
Norfolk insane hospital.
BY Roberts, of Dodge. act in regard to
patents issued by the state
Converting at 10 Il. N. " ednesday the
house spent an eventful session. The
three resolutions. respectively inviting
Congressman BIrkett to appear and
state his views on the presidents pro-
posed railroad legislation. commencing
the presidents policy and demanding that
Nebraska's representatives in congress
support that policy. and condemning
Postmaster Sizer. Of Lincoln. for his ac-
tivity in the speakership contest and rec
ommerding that the postal department
ut Washington investigate his case. Gre
atpd much excitement. The two former
resolutions were unanimously passed and
the last one laid on the table.
\ motion by Wilson that the printing
committee be authorized 10 ascertain the
cost Of mimeograph copies of the daily
minutes for the members was passed At
the first of the session Il motion was
PASSED doing away with this custom on
the grounds that 81 day. the cost last
session. was too much.
The committee on rules returned a re-
port which was adopted. and does away
with two clerks employed heretofore.
The following bills were introduced in
10 the house Wednesday and read for the
first time:
BY JahneI, of Washington. to amend
toe game law and regulating fis hing in
the Missouri River.
by Clark, of Douglas, defining child
dependency and providing punishment
for the i'll treatment of children.
BY Barnes, of Douglas. dividing Oma-
liza frcmen into two shifts
by Zuelow, of ColfaX, apprCpriating
%lW.OOO for state refOrmatOry.
by Clark, of Douglas, enlargi;g the
power Of cemetery associations.
By Parry of FurnaS. making il oblig-
atcry on county attorneys to file COM
plants when in possession of evidence
which warrants prosecution.
by Burns. of Lancaster. apprcpIiating
$40 for the payment of the guaranty
hond Of Attorney General Prout.
BY Douglas, Of Rock, authorizing the
incorporation Of fraternal societies; pro-
viding bounties for the killing of wild
animals.
by Ward. of Sarpy. TO prevent the ille-
gal expenditure Of public funds.
by Foster, of Douglas. providing for
the punishment of jury brbers; TO pun
ISL jurors and referees who take brides,
and defining the crime Of jury tamper-
Ing.
Ry Gerdes. of Richardson, to compel
railroads TO run passenger and freight
trains on schedule time.
by Kyd. of Gage, TO provide for issu-
;ncc Of sewer bonds in cities of the sec
nnd cLlSs.
BY NcAIliSter, Of Deuel., reapportion-
mcnt hill.
by Perry. Of FurnaS. denying the
right of appeal during the concurrent