Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-28
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGs OF HOUSE
Number Of New Bills sent over TO
the senate.
STAN COrrespondent.)

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| CFron a stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, March E.--Cspecial. THE fol-
| lowing bills were passed In the house to
! day;
! H. r. tss-By Raper OF Pawnee Appro-
| priating 81 $50 for monument to General
| John NJ. Thayer In Lincoln.
| H. r. Hs-By Raper. Providing that mo-
! taries public shall keep record Of their
/ III. r. SS6-By Cone OF Saunders Amend
! ment to the Hirsch law providing that
railroads must furnish sidetracks to ele-
| vator owners of a minimum capacity Of 10
goo bushels and providing for legal action
H. r. SOO-By Springer Of SCOTS Bluff
/ Providing that county suPerintendents in
| counties Of 1.500 or less shall be paid on
! per diem basis.
! II. r. 547-By Carlin OF Rock. Providing
| that In contests for legislative seats only
! the successful party shall be reimbursed
ii. r. SS3IBy Thiessen Of Jefferson. Re
! curing railroads to furnish scales and
! weigh shipments in carload lots at division
| points and providing for state weigh
II. r. 4s2-By scudder and White Of Hall.
Appropriating $500 for an addition TO the
hospital at the Soldiers home at Grand
II. r. Sl5-By Redmond of Nemaha. Ap-
propriating $4,000 to encourage the devel-
opment Of coal mining in the state.
II. X 42S-By Blystone Of Lancaster. APP
propriat!ng $4,000 for a statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln on the capitol grounds at
II. r. l51-By p. p. Brown of Lancaster.
Appropria ting $1,000 to furnish suitable fire
protection for the capitol building
r.. X; H5-By special committee Board
II; r. 29s-By Jenison OF Clay. Appli-
be iUT n9th ar pupS G0 dg must
Van Housen of Colfax moved to post
pone all house bills in the hands Of COM
mittees Motion prevailed.
By. unanimous vote the house extended
sympathy to Representative Quackenbush
of Nemaha, who was called to his home
in Auburn by the illness or his son, Ralph,
who has scarlet fever. Mr.. Quackenbush
left for his home today.
In the committee OF the whole the house
recommended for passage the following
bills:
H. r. BABY Barnes Of Douglas. In
crossing pay of bailiffs in Douglas county
H. r. S7s.By Harrison OF otoe. Legal
izing Acknowledgements Of notaries here
H. r. s1O-By Smith of Boone Legally
ing the Nebraska Com Improvers' aesooia-
ton and appropriating 1900 annually for
i; r. lcO-By Judiciary committee. An
affidavit may be used In clearing a title
II. r. 62S-By Hamer Of Buffalo Per-
hitting townships and villages to issue
bonds for railroads on two-thirds vote.
II. r. RS-By whitman of Johnson
| Where school districts contain three Sec
tions or less providing for adjustment OF
II. R. lio-By Lee of Douglas. For fire
n. r. 15SNBy Farley Of Hamilton. For
the distribution OF laws and journals Of
| the state.
The following bills were indefinitely post
poned.
Ne IL e -
! ing premium Of surety bonds to one-quar-
! ter of ] per cent.
! caster, The third county option bill.
| On motion Of Clarke or Douglas H. r.
1872, the house terminal tax bill. was in
definitely postponed.
| The wolf bounty fight was renewed on
motion by Filler of Washington to advance
to third reading s. r. 242 providing that
the state should pay a bounty on wild
animals when county pays a like amount.
Doran moved that the bill be indefinitely
| postponed Carlin defended the poorer
counties Of the northwest most in need
of wolf bounties and most unable to dupli-
cate the bounty paid by the state. The bill
was indefinitely postponed. This senate
bill was recalled from the senate after
having once been postponed by the house.
The following bills were recommended
for passage by the house committee of the
! whole tonight:
H. R. S01-By z. P. Brown of Lancaster.
Raising salaries of officers and employees
at the state penitentary
II. r. 5O9-By Keifer OF NuSkolls. Twenty
per cent reduction OF express rates.
! II. r. 3W-By Harrison of Otoe. Provld-
ing a county truant officer for counties of
Fl. R. 422-By E. W. Brown OF Lancaster.
Relating to the use of atfidavits as evil
| dence.
n r. n-By Walsh Of Douglas. Permit.
ting interurban companies TO engage In
commercial lighting heating and furnish
ing power.
ting banks in Omaha to hid for city de.
Fl. r. sa-By Clarke Of Douglas. Permit
ting the cancellation of tax certificates
| within one year when the city bids In prop
erty under the scavenger law.
II. r. 349-By Quackenbush of Nemaha.
| Mutual fire, lightning and tornado insur-
ance companies may deposit securities with
the state auditor for the protection OF
II. r. SsSNBy e. w. Brown OF Lancaster.
Raising salary of nurse and teacher at the
Home of the FTiendless.
II, r. 502-By Fries OF Howard. Permit
ting county boards to make an emergency
H. r. 42S-By Raper of Pawnee. Prohibl-
ton constitutional amendment Recon-
mended by a vote OF 30 to 80.
H. r. 465-By Harrison Of Otoe Twenty
per cent cut on sleeping car charges.
The following bills we're Indefinitely post
poned:
H. r. 26l-By Scudder Of Hall. Exempt
ing Is per cent Of wages,
i II. r. S3s-By Eiler Of Washington.
Licensing patent medicine peddlers.
CAUSE OF DEATH UNCERTAIN