Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-19
One PASS BILL SMOTHERED
House Committee Decides Question is Gov
cred BY Existing Law.
COMMITTEE HAS INSURANCE MEASURE
some Amendments Are Suggested by
the Companies and the LeEIs-
IRtors DO Not Take kindly
TO Any of Them.
,NMITTEE HAS INSURANCE MEASURE
dFrom a stan Correspondent

From a STAFF Correspondent
| DIES MONIES. Feb 1S-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The bill by Senator Hughes making
the possession Of railroad pass cause for
! peremptory challenge of a Juror when a
transportation company is interested in the
suit, which passed the senate, was killed
! in the house judiciary committee this after
noon and the report will be made tomor-
row for indefinite postponement. 1t is as
serted that proof Of such possession is al
ready ground for peremptory challenge.
In the insurance committee OF the house
today the uniform fire Insurance policy
was given to a subcommittee. Insurance
| men suggested a waiver in writing clause
an arbitration clause and a joint policy
! clause. all of which will be opposed on the
ground that the waiver will allow agents
TO make misrepresentation. the arbitration
! clause place in the hands of the companies
| power to force all arbitrations and the Joint
policy clause would repeal the Blanchard
law prohibiting combinations TO fix rates
| OF insurance.
! Marstons bill limiting the hours OF con-
| tlnuous employment of railroad men in any
one day to sixteen, amended so as not to
| apply to sleeping car employees, was rec
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roads and commerce for passage today.
The stillman bill drawn on the pattern
Of the Nebraska law prohibiting combina-
! lions to fix prices on grain was reported
by the agricultural committee for passage
! Both these measures go upon the calendar
and will be reached some time about the
middle of the week. They have been hard
| fought by the railroads, but according to
the present outlook probably will pass the
house in substantially the same form as
that in which they come from the COM
mittees.
New Bills offered.
In the house today Jones of Montgomery
introduced a bill providing for annual ac-
countings Of dividends to polcyhoders by
life insurance companies and Clary intro
duced a bill making it misdemeanor for
any insurance company to make a willful
misstatement Misrepresentation. White
Of Story introduced bill providing for the !
railroad commission to put in a joint
freight rate schedule; Schultz a bill permit |
ting cities and towns to join the Iowa !
League of Municipalities and to appropri- |
ate money to pay dues and assessments |
thereto, and Blackmore bill appropriatlng |
1880 annually to be used by the Agricul- |
tural college in conjunction with the ma /,
tional Department of Agriculture I'm breed !
ing an American type of horse. The Des +,
Moines municipal government bill was in !
troduced in the house by Sullivan at the !
afternoon session.
Jury Bill Special Order.
Weeks bill, providing for change in the |
method of securing the jury lists, was |
made special order in the house for to- |
morrow morning at 1880.
To Help County Fairs.
The house agricultural committee today |
reported for passage the bill by Arney !
giving state aid to county and district |
agricultural societies.
Some Bills Passed.
McAllister in the house today secured |
reconsideration of his bill defeated Sat
urday providing for the assessment of rural /
and farm telephone lines not charging
toll On reconsideration the bill passed
the house.
Saunders senate bill providing for is |
suing an execution when an outstanding ex-
ecution is lost was passed by the house
slightly amended
The bill by Anderson allowing directors
of state and savings banks to borrow |
money from the bank on the vote of the |
other directors, the applicant being absent, |
passed the house.
In the senate.
Ericsson of Boone in the senate this after |
noon introduced a bill that will add some
thousands of dollars annually to the rev. |
enue of the state and such increase in |
the revenue is the stated purpose OF the
bill. 1t provides that every corporation in |
the state shall make an annual report to |
the secretary of state. Corporations with |
a capital stock of $4,000 or less shall ac- |
company such statement with a fee of s.. |
The fee is to be gradually increased 50 that |
corporations with a capital of SlOOO,O0O or
more shall pay an annual fee OF $25
Other bills introduced in the senate to- |
day were BY Jameson of Page, a joint |
freight rate bill; by Newberry, restricting |
the sale of cocoaine and similar drugs; by
Peterson, providing for special assessment
against railroad property for improvements /
the same other property; by Stookey, |
giving the State Board of Educational ex-
aminers authority to recognize diplomas Of
state institutions in issuing certificates; by
providing for the manner of having |
acts of the legislature published If the
newspaper designated refuses or is unable !
to publish them; by Hughes, relating to
safeguarding machinery; by Dowell, the
Des Moines municipal government bill; by |
Dowell. school teachers retirement fund
bill; by DOwell, providing that the major
ity of the stockholders of a railroad shall
have full authority in all cases regardless
OF any statement in the articles of incor-
poration 10 the contrary.
Senate Passes bills.
The senate this afternoon passed three
bills. One is a bill which authorizes the |
levying of tax for the purpose of build
ing homes CT detention houses for delin-
quent children, the purpose Of the bill be-
ing to meet a requirement of the Juvenile I
court law which prohibits Keeping children |
under certain ages In jails or penitentiarles
Another decreases the amount 70 be paid |
to township clerks for handling the road |
fund TO per cent from 5 per cent. The |
same bill was up at the last session The !
third measure provides that county boards |
Of supervisors can lease or convey land |
for the purpose OF erecting monuments
thereon The bill was introduced in the |
house by Weeks and passed there. Its
purpose is to permit soldiers monuments |
TO be erected on court house grounds.
Attempted Kidnapping.