Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-25

will be constructed in the building and this
gallery will be used for educational and |
other exhibits.
While no definite move has been made |
In that direction, there is a growing senti- |
ment for the contracts of the Institute for |
| the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha and of the |
| School for the Blind at Nebraska City, |
passed upon by the State Board of Public |
| Lands and Buildings. Under the present
| method Of running these institutions by
board or boards of trustees the auditor
| issues warrants without knowing anything
| about whether contract has been COM
| piled with, and inasmuch as the members
| of the managing boards receive no salary
| 1t is generally believed little of their timo
Is devoted 20 detail Investigations OF CON
tracts. The supplies for all the other state
| institutions are bought by the State Board
of Purchase and Supplies, ali at one time,
each quarter, and the sentiment is to have
the supplies for these institutions bought
at the same time and in the same manner.
So much has been said about the print
ing trust and the State Journal and UNI
official supreme court reports that many
persons have been asking what "un-
official" supreme court report really is. On
the first page of the unofficial reports this
explanation is given by the court: I'm the
cases reported in this series the court has
approved the conclusions reached and
adopted the recommendations made as
correct disposition of the particular case
in which the decision is reached They
are unofficial In the sense that the court
has not necessarily approved all of the
propositions of law advanced as indicated
either in the syllabi or in the opinions
themselves"
1t is told when the court was several
L..
! years ago the judges proper did not have
; time TO review in all details the opinions
; of the commissioners. but instead merely
: endorsed the findings. Lawyers were pro-
: hibited from using the law points in their
BRIEFS but inasmuch as times have changed
since then many of the lawyers use the
law in these unofficial opinions when maxi
ing oral arguments and the court ITSELF It
! is said frequently uses them for prece-
dents.
Annex 10 state Capitol
The Board OF Public Lands and Build
: ings and Supreme Court Clerk II. C. Lind
say are preparing to go before the ap-
, preparations committee of the house and
ask for sufficient money to build an annex
to the state capitol for a library building
1t is planned TO have the annex Join the
building at the present library; have it
! constructed OF firepHoof material and suf-
hclently large for the books and records
! OF the library. Many of the members
have visited the present library, and those
who have expressed themselves are In
favor OF something being done whereby
thu valuable library can be protected from
fire and at the same time given space
sufficiently large TO contain the books. 1t
Is thought II will require about $3.50, 900
for the construction OF the annex.
Objections TO Street Railway Bill.
Another puncture was made in II. r. l.
which provides street railway companies
i may own stock Of an interurban company,
when a member OF the railroad COMMITTEES
to which the bill was referred happened
to think OF another bill which Walsh in
troduced providing interurban companies
4 can do a general heating and lighting bust
ness along the route. This member OF the
committee says this will give street rail
way companies a franchise to do a general
\ heating and lighting business in cities with
out more ado. But a more serious obJeo-
ton to the bill Is that It will practically
i put street railway companies under the
same taxing laws as now apply to rail-
roads, which will mean that in Omaha the
street railway will not be taxed locally, bu
the valuation will be made by the State
Board of Assessment. member from
out In the state called attention 10 thes'
things. and unless the bill is amended tG
prevent the things complained OF an ad
verse report from the committee Is lookeC
for
A public hearing will be held on th'
Jsnnison telephone bill. which provides al
telephone systems must connect their lines
This year It lie the Independent people WIN
are trying to kill the measure, taking tn
same position so long occupied by the Ne
braska company.
1t was discovered tonight that Leeder'
double shift hremen bill Is unconstitu
y tional. in that the title and the body o
the bill do not agree, and Leeder VIII asi