Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
NATIONAL BANKERS EXEMPT
State Has No Control Over Them in Con-
Quoting Savings Department
PREMIUMS FOR The PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FiIlmors and Nemaha Counties TIE
for First Place ON Collective
Exhibits, Geneva First in
the City Schools.
CFrom a stan correspondent.l

LINCOLN. Sept. 15--(Special. )--Attorney
General Norris Brown has given Secretary
Royse of the State Banking board an
Aopinion in which he says national banks
may conduct savings departments without
supervision of the State Banking board.
As Mr.. Brown has found no authority
conferred by the national law upon ma
tional banks to conduct q savings bank.
his opinion that they may do so without
regard to the state law is not accepted
without question by many attorneys. The
attorney generals opinion is as follows:
In compliance with your request for an
opinion from this office to whether or
not your department has jurisdiction over
the savings departments Of national banks,
operating savings departments In this
state, you are respectfully advised that In
our Judgment your department has not
In Instructions and Suggestions Of the
the Organization, etc, of National Banks,''
Issued In 1906, he says: There does not
appear to be anything in the national bank
act which authorizes or prohibits the opera
bank"
II, under the national bank act. national
banks In this state undertake to operate
savings departments, such departments OF
The exclusive control and supervision of
the federal authorities
Premiums for schools.
Superintendent r. c. Bishop of the edu-
cational department at the state fair has
announced that in the county collective
exhibits Nemaha and Fillmore counties
were so nearly equal that the judges could
not decide as to which won first place
Since the FIVE counties ranking best were
awarded FIVE premiums, Fillmore and Ne
maha were decided tie for first place
Fillmore county was first In the number
of premiums awarded, being awarded
81. ka una ArQf m
value Of premiums awarded, being awarded
S72 cash. The other prize winning coun-
ties on collective exhibits were; Dodge
Lancaster, Johnson. Hall. Pawnee, Frank
lin, Chase and Gage. In the city collec-
tive exhibits Geneva was given first place
and Auburn second. Columbus given
first place in manual training.
school Children Cut on.
Because of the Missouri rivers meander-
ings fifteen children in Nebraska have been
denied the opportunity 10 secure an edu-
cation. All of them live on less than a
square mile OF ground, and eleven Of the
number belong to one family. There is no
little white schoolhouse for them, and they
do not know what a teacher is. Superin-
tendent w. A. Yoder of Douglas county,
whose attention was called to this be-
nighted locality some time ago. has writ
ten to State Superintendent McBrien asking
him what steps should be taken to provide
school privileges for the children. The
situation has proven so knotty to the state
superintendent and the attorney general
alike, that they cannot outline or advise
course of action until they get further
informal ton regarding the status OF things
in the schoolless area.
On the initial submission, the attorney
generals office could not ascertain a
sufhcient basis OF fact to arrive at an IN
= telligent legal view of the case. A request
has therefore been sent TO the Douglas
county. superintendent asking, for all the
dhta he has relative to the situation. The
questions particularly asked of him are:
Was school ever maintained in the dis
trict? and when did II cease to be main
tanned? When the answers are received,
the attorney general will take another
whirl at the matter.
Republican County Committee.
At the meeting OF the republican county
central committee this afternoon, the legis-
lative candidates present, J. c. F. Nc
Kesson, e. w. Brown and Ned Brown,
made It very plain that they stand upon
the republican platform, and will carry
out its mandates conscientiously IL elected.
The question under debate was whether
the campaign should be a speaking one or
home and let the people do the work.
The committee was called TO order by
retiring Chairman Walton @. Roberts. He
announced that the candidates had selected
J. s. Baer as chairman, Howard Schlegal
as secretary and Bemen c. Fox treas
urer. The selections were confirmed.
Must Bury Animals.
When horses, cows. hogs or other do
nestle animals are condemned by the state
veterinarian because OF disease. they must
be killed and disposition made of their
bodies by the owners, There is no pro.
vision in the statutes which requires the
veterinarian himself to slaughter the beasts
or destroy their carcasses. Furthermore
the state win not compensate the owners
for the loss of their property. and II the
sheriffs or other, local officlals are called
upon TO help get rid OF the bodies they
must look>to the counties for their pay.
These rules are laid down by Deputy At
torney General w. T. Thompson in answer