Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-09
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fortieth day of the session, the house
passed these bills:
BY Anderson, of Douglas. joint me-
mortal to determine the true status of the
Nebraska territorial militia
BY Douglas, of Rock, providing for sal
airy Of school superintendent.
by McClay, of Lancaster, providing
for burial of inmates Of state institu-
tons in the state cemetery.
BY Dodge, of Douglas, providing for
the detachment of unplatted land from
corporate limits to exempt it from local
taxes.
BY Rouse, of Hall, providing for the
payment by counties Of the premium on
the bonds of the county treasurer.
BY Peabody, of Nemaha, providing for
she organization and government of drain
age Districts.
BY McClay, of Lancaster. to print all
biennial state officers reports in one COM
plation.
The following were reported for pass
age Tuesday:
BY Windham. of Cass. respecting an
absolute statute relating to masters i'll
chanccry.
BY Perry, of Furnas, providing for the
conveyance of the interest of an insane
wife or husband in lands.
The house consumed nearly the entire
day Wednesday in doing something
which in ten minutes, just before adj
jcurnment, it undid.
The general salaries appropriation bill
came up on general file with the house
in committee Of the whole. Two fusion
members and one Republican, Jones. of
OF Stanton. started out to cut salaries
and at about 4:10. after precipitating a
fight on every item they touched and
causing several changes, Jones made a
motion to reconsider the action by which
these changes were effected, bunker and
Mcleod supporting the motion, and it
carried.
These are the remaining bills intro
duced in the house Wednesday.
BY Perry. of Furnas. to define certain
duties Of the auditor of public accounts.
BY PoSpisil. Of Saunders (by request.
provides for the transportation of pu-
pills between the age of and IA years
living more than two miles from school
| house.
BY Parker. of Otoe, permits farmers
to sell wine in quantities of less than
gallon from grapes of their own culture.
BY Pospisil. of Saunders (by request,
to provide for the transfer of any and
all passengers riding in any car operated
on any street or electrical railroad doing
business in the state of Nebraska and to
provide a penalty for the violation
thereof.
BY LahnerS. of Thayer (by reQuest.
to prOhIult the operation of automobiles
and all other vehicles propelled by steam
or gasoline power on or along any public
street traversed by electric cars.
BY Voter, of Cedar, relates to fees of
justices of the peace.
BY IuelOw. of ColfaX, amending law
to give bounties for discovery of veins of
coal.
BY Ward. of Sarpy. permitting the re-
moval Of the county attorney for neglect
of duty.
BY MuXen. of Douglas. repeating sec
ton > of an act defining liability of i'll
surance companies.
BY Doran, OF Garfield. providing for
the appointment Of county attorneys.
BY CopSey, of Custer (by request,
makes keeping Il slot machine felony.
BY Tucker. Of Douglas. compelling
ceived upon public funds.
BY Anderson (by reQuest, amends
mutual insurance law.
BY Hogrefe. Of Richardson. amends
law as to proceedings of commissioner
with respect to drainage improvements.
BY McNIullen, of Gage relating to APP
pointmcnt Of assistants to district clerks
in counties with a population between
10000 and 6OO0O.
BY the committee on federal relations.
appropriating $1,000 for Il library for
the battleship Nebraska.
BY the committee on revenue and tax
alton, relates to procedure for collection
of taxes on personal property.
BY Tucker, limiting cost Of 2.000-can-
die power arc light in metropolitan cities
to 500 Il year.
BY Lee. prohibiting the sale of liquor
within ten miles Of an Indian reServa-
ton.
BY Livengood. Of Franklin, repeating
township organization law.
When the house convened. at 10 a. m
Thursday. Hunker, of Cunning. fusion
list, offered a resolution To reconsider
the vote of Wednesday by which the
salary of the deputy secretary Of state,
us itemiZed in the salary appropriation
bill was cut from $3.50 to $1.700. The
resolution carried unanimously, leaving
the salary at 81. 800 as fixed by the com
mittee. This was done on the grounds
that other such reductions were restored.
These bills were passed Thursday:
BY Cady. of Howard, authorizing state
board of public lands and buildings to sell
Il certain section of school land.
BY Mockett, of Lancaster, the Juvenile
court bill
BY richardson, Of Madison. appropri-
ating S:}5. O0G for rebuilding the old wing
Of the Norfolk insane asylum.
BY Horn, of Ncmaha. appropriating
$4,000 for tireprOof library building
at the Peru normal school
BY Ward. of Sarpy, giving the right of
eminent domain to electric and interur-
ban railway companies.
BY JUnlin. of Gospcr, to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and mOnopolies.
BY Copsey. of Custer, to prohibit
shooting Of English, China or Monaghan
pheasants. English and Belgian part
ridges. English black cocks or any other
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