The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-02-15
THE ANIEPASS MEASURE
AGREED UPON BY MEMBERS OF
THE JOINT COMMITTEE.
PROVISIONS ARE STRINGENT
Employees Of Railroads, Attorneys and
Physicians Who Receive Salaries Of
$500 Vera, caretakers Of stock and
Few others May Ride Free.


The News Under the provisions of
the antipass bill agreed upon by the
members of the railroad joint com
mlttee, the only exceptions made are
employees of the roads and allied cor
poratlons and caretakers of stock.
The short list of exceptions Is said to
be due to the announcement Of Gov
ernor Sheldon that he would not sign
bill which did not conform closely
to the party platform.
The argument on this bill was long
and loud, special effort being made to
include the inmates of old soldiers
homes and ministers on the list OF
exceptions. The wording Of the anti.
pass BILL as 1t was introduced, in nam
ing the persons who may properly ride
on passes, is faulty, as 1t says bona
fide employees" instead OF employees
of railroad corporations, but the men,
bers of the joint committee insist that
this was an oversight in drawing up
the bill, and that 1t will be corrected
| by adding an amendment.
A fine of from 500 to $1,000 is pro-
vided for violations of the provisions
of the bill, and the one who accepts
pass is made equally liable for prose
cution with the giver This last clause
has reused much opposition.
Both the anti-pass bill and the two
cent fare bill were introduced in the
house yesterday afternoon. AS the
commission bill, which is about TO-
900 words long, was not copied in
time, it was held over until today for
Introduction.
The text of the anti.pass bill as in
troduced is as follows:
A bill for an act entitled IAN act
regulating and limiting the issuance
giving. receiving and using of free
tickets, free passes or free Transports
ton in any form for transportation OF
passengers over any and all the lines
of railroad within the state Of Ne
braska and to provide penalties foi
violations thereof"
Be 1t enacted by the legislature Of
the state of Nebraska:
Section |. 1t shall be unlawful fol
any railroad company or corporation
owning or operating any line or lines
of railroad in the state of Nebraska OF
any officer or agent of any such com
pany or corporation to directly or in
directly issue or give to any person
or persons any free tickets, free pas
or free transportation in any form TO
! the transportation of any passenger o
passengers over or on any lines o
, railroad or any part thereof so owne,
: or operated by it in the state of Ne
3 braska, except to persons hereinafte
designated and limited; and it shall
, also be unlawful for any person o
, persons not included within such class
\ es hereinafter designated and Unite
\ to accept and use any such free tick
I ct, free pass, or free transportation Il
any form $50 issued and given in vic
4 lation of this acD for travel on o
G over any line or lines of railroad o
s any part thereof in the state of NJ
|. braska.
i Provided, however, that nothing cor
|. tanned in this act shall be construe
Y to prohibit or make unlawful the issr
e ing or giving of any such free tickle
e pass, or free transportation to an
J. person or persons within the classe
l. hereinafter designated and limited @
l. the acceptance and use of the sam
persons within such classes, viz, bon
l. fide employees and their families, of
S GERS, surgeons who are annually en-
ployed at a salary of not less tina
$500 per year; attorneys who are a,
r tually employed and receiving salarie
j Of not less than $500 per year; to me-
essary caretakers of livestock, pou
L try and fruit; to employees on sleepin
cars, express cars and baggage cars
" and to linemen of telegraph comps
MES; to railway mail service emplo
es; baggage agents. and persons Il
jured In wrecks and physicians an
J" nurses attending such persons.
Provided, further, that the prov
N sions of this act shall not be construe
=. to prohibit the interchange of pass,
=" for the officers and bona fde employ,
10 and their families of other railroa
companies, nor to prohibit any ra
20 road corporation from carrying pa
Il, sengers free with the object of provi
10 Ing relief in cases of general epidemi
II. pestilence or calamitous visitation.
Any railroad corporation violatiI
40 any of the provisions of this act sha
,d be guilty of misdemeanor and f
n each offense on conviction there
g. shall pay a fine of not less than 81,
-, and not more than 1000.
Nv Row Over the Brewers.
% Lincoln, Neb. Feb. Especial
N. The News: So demonstrative did Jol
W. w. Parish and Elmer e. Thomas /
a. come in speaking respectively for Il
IN brewers and the Omaha Civic fedeI
g ton in the hearing before the sena
committee on cities and towns tn
Senator Gibson had to spring betwe,
to the two men and insist on order. T.
III hearing was on the Gibson bill to pl
ay hibit brewers from owning saloons al