Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
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into the senate bill of far-reaching in
fiuence upon the saloon business in Omaha,
South Omaha and Lincoln. 1t prohibits
the taking out of saloon licenses by brew
ers. breweres, distilleries or any manu-
facturers of liquor in the name Of any one
else and prevents manufacturers from in
teresting themselves in any way in the Sc
curing of licenses by any person. The
bill will prevent running saloons by brew
cries in the name Of agents and will make
only bona fide owners and operators OF sa-
looms eligible to secure licenses.
Another feature OF the bill which will
affect Omaha and South Omaha is a pro-
vision that in cities of over 5000 inhab-
itants no more than one saloon to 1000
population shall be licensed. The bill pro-
vides for the numbering of each license
consecutively In the order OF issuance and
declares all licenses issued after the pro-
portionate number has Issued null and void
1t is provided any taxpayer may go into
the district court to enforce this law. The
penalty for violation is a fine Of from
| 500 to $1,000.
That the fight OF two years ago to pre-
vent legislation hostile to the practice of
| healing by Christian Scientists wilh be re-
peated this year is assured by the intro
iuuCliOH Ol Dlll ny wilson OF
Pawnee. the effect of which will be to re-
qulre Christian Science healers to be Ii
censed by the State Board OF Health Sen
ator Wilson is a physician and took a
prominent part as a member of the house
I'm the fight of two years ago, when a
similar measure was up Senator. Wilson's
bill is s. F. No ". 1t places under the
jurisdiction OF the State Board of Health
all persons who maintain ofices or re-
| spond to calls for the treatment of phys
teal or mental ailments real or imaginary.
| OF who suggest, recommend or prescribe
any form OF treatment" with or without a
fee for ANY physical OF mental ailment
real or imaginary" Such persons shall be
construed as practicing medicine ana must
4 be licensed by the State Board of Health.
The bill does not prevent emergency treat
ment or ordinary household remedies.
Descent of Property Bill.
Senator King of Polk today introduced
the bill relating to the descent OF property,
| compiled by a committee of Omaha at
| torneys, consisting of T. j. Mahoney. d.
| NJ. Vinsonhaler, c. w. Delamatyr. W. T.
/ Nelson ID. l.. johnson and others ana in
| dorsed by a number OF womAn's organ
izations, who assert the property rights
of the widow were more equitable under
it than under the present law. Com.
| panion bills were introduced repeating the
| present laws relating to dover and
| courtesy rights The law places the sur.
viving wife on the same footing as the
surviving husband. 1t provides the rea
estate shall be given one-fourth 20 this
surviving husband or wife II the survivor
Is not the parent Of all the children of tht
deceased and one or more children oil
issue OF one or more deceased children
i survive. One-third goes to the surviving
husband or wife If the survivor is parent
| OF all the children OF the deceased and
two or more children or one child OF ons
or more deceased children survive. II tn,
survivor is parent of all OF the livinl
children OF the deceased and only ont
child or the issue OF one child is livlnI
he or she shall receive one-hah. Two
thirds of the real estate shall go 70 the sur
vivor II no child OF issue OF a deceased
child survive. The remainder of the rea
estate goes to relatives in the same man
Esr as is provided In case there is no sur
viving husband or wife.
The bill also makes provision for tn
descent Of property where no husband o
wife survives and for the division OF per
sonal property. II provides the surviving
husband OF wife, where there IL no viii