Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE
First Petition In House Against
County Option nm.


County Option nm.
(From a star Correspondent
LINCOLN. Feb. 7.--(special. THE house
acted on bills on third reading the first
thing this morning.
II. r. 1s7-Providing mutual FIRE insur-
ance companies may do business in other
states when they have on deposit securities
to the amount Of 100000.
II. r. b5-Providing judges are ineligible
to run for other Offices while on the bench
Was killed.
II. r. lse-Providing juries in justice of
the peace courts shall consist of six men
| chosen from a panel Of eighteen Was
Among the bills reported for the general
file was Lees bill providing no member OF
the Omaha Fire and Police Board can be
a candidate for ofice while holding such
position.
While a number OF petitions have been
received for and against the county option
bill. the council and mayor Of HoldreEe are
the first city officials to express themselves
| on the measure. Funk of Phelps this morn
ing introduced the following:
BE i resolved. That we, the mayor and
| council of the city of Holdrege, Neb.,
hereby memorialize the state legislature
i IN opposition to the so-called county option
bills introduced therein. and that in supN
port of such opposition We urge the follow
| ing reasons.
| l. That such bills, while in respect to a
| matter of great political Importance and
| division, are not the reflection OF any ma
| Jority sentiment expressed IN the last elec-
tom that they were not made an open OF
| legitimate issue in the state campaign, and
that TO enact the same into law az this time
| IL not only to betray an honest trust and
confidence reposed by thousands OF voters
! throughout the state but to give effect tc
the dishonest and dishonorable methods OF
designing OF INSCRIPTIONS politicians and
partisans.
q That the manifest purpose of such bills
/ is to give unfair advantage to one division
Of our citizens over another, and not ar
Of the state. anS that the inevitable result
or enactment would be to weaken and
impair such laws, by making them Less
effective and more difficult of enforcement
BY separating political power from official
and by developing the issue of license upor
suffrage unresponsive and alien to tbs
| locality and interests involved.
3 That said bills are. in derogation of the
principles of home rule and municipal au
economy, and of the just, salutary an6
necessary rights, powers and duties of the
Which IN T the free Exercises Exercises Of their fune
lions are doing more than the state itself
or any other political subdivisions thereof
to protect persons and property and per
sonal and property rights, to preserv,
order, peace and health, ito effect santa
ton and quarantine. and prevent infec
tain public works and buildings and max,
public highways and other improvements
TO build up and maintain an efficient system
|
welfare and progress.
C. C. Herring of Omaha spoke agains
the county option bill in the house thi
afternoon.
The house killed Homer's division bill
which prevented the division Of Custe
county.
The following bills were introduced:
II. r. &S-By Noyes' Of Cass. To regu
late demurrage and storage charges and 4
prevent delays In the transportation.
II. R. 26-By Cone of Saunders. Provid
ing that all goods or merchandise owneC
or sold within this state In, the origina
unbroken package shall have plainly printes
thereon In the English language the ne
II. r. saEsy Barnes ' Of Douglas e'" Addln,
to the fees to be paid county clerks, anC
enumerating, the things for which feei
( H. r, 2SS-By Marsh of Seward. TO regu
late the practice of Christian Science inso
far as II relate to the diagnosis and treat
ment or contagious diseases Of human
H. r. 2Ss-By Marsh OF Seward (by re
quesp To provide for the establishment
In cities of the second-class having lesi
than 5000 Inhabitants, OF system of sewer
II. r. 2sO-By Lahners of Thayer Il,
provide for the making of test borings, O
explorations, for the discovery OF OIL coal
gas or artesian water and other minerals
In the state of Nebraska, and to appro
pirate money to aid In such borings o
explorations 10000 appropriation.
II. r. 29l-By Killen Of Gage To pro
vide for q compilation of the laws of Ne
braska by ]. e. Cobbey. who is to delive
} 5000 copies to the secretary OF state at
/, copy.
II. r. 292-By Richardson of Frontier %.
request). To provide for the making o
test borings or explorations for the dis
/, coYery OF oil. coal, gas or arteslan waite
and other minerals in the state or Ne
braska, and to appropriate money to ali
In such borings or explorations, $4,000 ap
preparation.
H. r. @3-By Harvey of Douglas. Put
2 ting city mutual insurance companies othe
than life on stipulated premium pla
and allowing liability of members TO de
! crease as payment Is made on notes de
posted, the stockholders are limited 4
| their liahflitv IN ha xix NM