Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-30
BACKSET FOR REGENTS BILL
indications House win Vote Down Measure
Which Came from senate.
SPIRITED DEBATE ON CORPORATION TAX
Fee PrOvisiOn Reinserted by senate
and Bill Passes that Body-CnrroIl
Being Urged for Insurance
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DIES MONIES, March 20 Especially
In an attempt to fix special time for the
consideration of the bill consolidating the
management OF the three state educational
institutions under one board of regents
the strength of the opposition TO the bill
was shown, and It is believed that there
Will be fully sixty-six votes against the
measure and not more than about thirty
for IT, To pass the house the bill must
receive fifty-five votes. The bill has passed
the senate and the house appropriation
committee has reported for the killing or
the bill with a minority report by nine
of the appropriations committee in favor
of it's passage. The bill probably viii be
reached on the calendar in the house SOME
time tomorrow Today the opponents Of
the bill made move to have II made
special order for this afternoon at 1:45,
while the friends wanted Il made spe-
cial order for Tuesday next at o'clock.
vote of two-thirds of the members, or
seventy-two, is necessary under the rules
to make bill special order, and neither
side had enough votes. The opponents Of
the bill mustered sixty-one votes. They
claim that on the final vote on the passage
of the bill they will have at least sixty
six against 1t. The bill. in substantially
| its present form. was passed by the senate
| last year and killed in the house
House Routine.
The house today passed the Saunders
bill providing for the conditional sale or
lease of railroads, street railroads, cleo
trio light or power plants or steam heat
ing plants, passed the insurance commits
sion bill relating to county and state mil
tuals, passed bill relating to the assess
ment Of telephone companies, passed bill
permitting the building of automobile rail-
roads as planned under a recent invention,
passed a bill appropriating money to pay
persons who furnished material and labor
] for the medical hospital at the University
! Of Iowa and defeated the referendum bill
by Pierce.
The house today reconsidered and passed
the bill giving supplies to the State Board
of Educational examiners so that body
will not have TO suspend operations; passed
the senate bill restricting the use Of CO.
caine and posons; passed the senate bill
allowing fraternal beneficiary insurance So
cieties to acquire real estate for home Of
fees; passed a house bill providing that
| the question of contributory negligence
in damage suit cases against corporations
must be left to the jury to decide.
Two saloon Bills.
Two LIQUOR bills were introduced In the
house today. One provides that councils
in cities and towns may permit saloons to
| remain open as late as II o'clock at night,
and the other provides that where the con-
sent Of property owners to the operation Of
saloon is required for a distance of fifty
feet from the building to, be so occupied
this shall not apply to property fronting
on any other street than that of the build
ing to be occupied as saloon.
The committee on public health killed
the bill licensing opticians The house
insurance committee voted to kill the in
surance department bill. The minority will
favor II.
Fight Corporation Tax Bill.
A spirited debate took place in the senate
over the fee bill related to corporations.
The bill as introduced by Ericsson provided
for an annual report from every corpora
ton, to be accompanied by fee which
ranged from $40 to SIS. The judiciary COM
mittee got hold of the bill and took out
all the fees and made It harmless and use
less. When 1t came before the senate an
vision, and Immediately a night was pre-
cipitated Senator Saunders led in oppo-
sition, declaring that IL was legislation
harmful to the state and that It would
drive business out of the state. He de-
clared the legislature had too many freak
legislators and that the business men of the
state are praying for it's adjournment.
Senator Jamison of Clarke supported the
committee bill, and Senators jackson, May
tag, Crossley, Smith Of Mitchell and Eric
son favored the putting in of the fee. The
bill was finally restored to its original
condition with the fee provision and passed,
but with an amendment exempting com
panies under 10000
The primary bill conference report was
adopted and then the conference commit
tee on the reformatory was received and
adopted.
The senate railroad committee reported
the demurrage bill, sleeping car rates bill
and speed limit bill. with recommendation
that they be killed.
Quack Doctors Bill.
The senate INDUCED in an extended de-
bate this morning on the bill to give the
State Medical Board the right to revoke
certificates of those guilty OF dnprofes-
sional conduct or for almost any reason.
The bill was amended so as to provide for
an appeal to the district court, in which
form II was regarded as satisfactory to all
concerned. and 1t passed unanimously.
The senate set as a special order for to-
morrow morning the Grier anti-pass bill
from the house.
The senate voted favorably on the bill
TO increase the pay OF deputy and assistant
dairy commissioners to &.4OO a year
The senate finished and passed the uni
form fire insurance policy bill, with no
amendments that We're material.
direct Inheritance Tax.
The new direct Inheritance tax bill was
introduced by Gillfland 1t was the work
OF the committee appointed by Lieutenant
Governor Garst assisted by Attorney GEN
eral Byers and Governor Cummins. The
bill provides that on a direct inheritance
OF over $4,000 there shall be a tax collected
OF 1 per cent, then each succeeding $4,000
to Increase / per cent until total OF 5
per cent is reached, and all direct inner
itances above $4,000 viii pay that rate: