Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-09
SENATE.


These other bills were passed:
Providing that judgments shall become
dormant in five years.
Providing that railroads shall keep
open for Inconvenience of the public
suitable waiting rooms at stations.
Providing that it is unlawful to kill
squirrels.
Providing for appeals to the district
court from the decision of a board Of
equalization.
Providing that banks in towns Of 400
shall have capital stock of $1,000.
Providing that the number of pounds
contained in a sack of -four or cereals
shall be stamped on the outside Of the
sack.
Allowing road districts to vote a %
mill levy for the improvement of roads.
Bresee's bill to divide the Fourteenth
juuIcial district.
Allowing villages to buy land for parks.
The following bills were introduced
Tuesday:
BY Wall. providing for appeals from
damage assessments caused by road
changes.
Members of the senate Wednesday
took advantage of their last chance to in
troduce bills except through q personal
message of the governor and handed in
twenty measures.
The senate passed these bills Wednes-
day:
BY Clark, of Douglas, curative acts re-
ferring to costs, juries and changes Of
venue in justice courts.
To provide for the drawing of grand
juries in Gage County.
To allow mutual insurance companies
to withdraw securities deposited with the
state auditor and deposit cash instead.
These bills were introduced and read
first time Wednesday:
BY Gibson, the South Omaha salary
bill
BY Sheldon, to prohibit stock yards
from selling feed stuff to shippers at
more than % per cent above market
prices. That assessors shall give a per-
son Il copy of assessment. \ bill to per-
nit telephone companies organized under
the laws of the state of Nebraska to es-
tablish toll stations in any incorporated
village or city in Nebraska without Sc
curing franchise.
BY Good. of Nemaha, to allow the sale
of homemade wine by party making it.
BY Peterson, to provide for election Of
county commissioners.
BY Bresee, to require the state print
ing board to distribute the reports Of
state officers to heads of departments.
BY Thomas (by request of MaZZarin
League, to designate Oct II as "COlum-
bus" day.
BY Thomas. of Douglas making the
county assessor of any county including
within its boundaries Il city of the met
ropolitan class tax commissioner eX-of
ficio of such city.
BY Iaverty. of Saunders. fixing the
liability of corporations for injuries sus-
tanned in consequence of the negligence
or wrongs of employees, and to repeal
fellow servant law.
BY Mockett of Lancaster, to authorize
the governor to appoint a commission to
examine into the practical working of the
dispensary law of South Carolina. y
bill to provide for the organization of
sanitary districts.
BY Gould, bill TO regulate the time
consumed in unloading and yarding live
stock by stock yards companies or per-
sons.
BY Begthol, forbids subsequent insur-
ance policies.
BY Thomas. to provide that One-half
of road tax in counties under township
organization shall be paid in cash.
BY Mockett (by request of insurance
bill requiring definite
statements concerning the policy and
condition Of new companies.
BY Halter. of Washington, bill to ap-
point a commission to investigate the
Irvine factory project.
BY Epperson. defining the home office
of corporation as the place where the
principal business is transacted.
BY Mockett, a bill to require licenses
for mail order house agencies
BY Tucker. providing a regular form
for tax sale certificates.
In the committee of the whole. with
Cady in the chair the senate Thursday
Indefinitely postponed fuckers
bill for a joint resolution calling for a
convention The vote was
II to 9.
The following house bills were passed
by the senate Thursday:
BY Douglas, of Rock, 4 bill to permit
fraternal orders TO incorporate.
BY Burns. to codify certain sections Of
the insurance statutes relating to fling
securities with the auditor.
by Casebecr, to authorize the use Of
the state university cash fund for the
general uses of the university.
BY Knox. authorizing the Peru normal
to buy library books with matriculation
fees
On reports of committees the following
bills were placed on the general file
Thursday:
BY Gibson. South Omaha charter
bill.
BY Saunders, requiring that plats Of
additions to cities and towns have at
tached certificates showing that there
are no unpaid taxes
BY Neserve. regulating contracts for
exclusive water works privileges for term
Of twenty-five years.
BY Lavcrty, to confer on cities of the
second class right of eminent domain
for sewers and drains.
BY Thomas. to require owners of ho-
tells not provided with fire escapes to fix
permanently attached ropes in each
room.
BY Whaley, to authorize small cities
and villages to issue bonds for municipal
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