Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-03
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS OF SENATE
Bill Passed Raising Salaries OF
County Attorneys.

Bill Passed Raising Salaries OF
County Attorneys.
(From Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 2.-(Special. 1.-THE
senate this morning passed the bill provid-
ing for an increase in the salaries Of county
attorneys, under a call OF the house, the
bill finally receiving seventeen votes, Just
enough to pass It. There were IA votes
against IL. The opposition came from SEN
ators in whose districts the advance in
salary was made oyer their protest. The
following bills were passed by the senate /.
g +. 1ss-By- Aldrich. increasing the sal
aries OF county attorneys.
H r: H@By Jenlson. Appropriating
10000 for the establishment of normal
training courses in high schols.
n. r. 295-By Armstrong. Appropriating
SBe0 for a heating plant at the Peru
II. R. 4SoHBy Brown. Appropriatins 1850
for an addition to the building for the
81 io t4O thf fr TSSms AmsDdnsrt. 20
the Omaha charter relating to the repair of
paved streets and taking away from the
city council power to regulate telephone
The senate also concurred in the house
amendments to g F. 70, known as the de-
cedent bill.
In committee Of the whole the senate
acted on these bills:
H. r. 235-By Noyes Appropriating
$500 20 investigate insect pests and
Il. r. l7s-By Farley. Appropriatlng
$4,000 for a Nebraska exhibit at the
Alaska I9 Xuson-P Pacing exposition. To pass.
| fi,25Q for monument for General John
M ThRaysE, H. Pass e . p-ouu ,.....,.,
state capitol building. 10 pass.
n 2. ss1-Ry ,Kiiien: KpPropriatins
ne ssa t2F 1S SSePg for Ss
II. <. 4siOBy scudder and White Az
Ing al the Grand Island soidiers home, home
Il. = .s2-By scudder and White. Ap.
Grand island Soldiers home u TO pass ~ 'He
I n Z. 46e-By Keller Approprlating
$4,000, for an officers building at ths
Il R. f iiS@sy h aa@er TO R Pppa;
$4,000 for two wings to the Kearney
NfEmsl s ssi@v T com RSs1 ., 0v, .na
Historical society building 70 pass. '''
M H. y SSIEBy Keifsr Relating 70 tbs
! To pass.
/ The senate spent the evening session
discussing amendments to the present
road laws. Five house bills relating tC
changes in the road laws were recon.
/ mended TO pass after they had boer
amended to provide that county commits.
sioners in counties not under TOWNSHIP
organization shall act as road overseors
in their respective districts and provldina
methods of raising road funds and dis
tributing them. Most OF the amendments
were made by. Patrick Of sarpy county
and the night against them was led BY
Glover OF Custer county, who declared
they were in the interests OF automobile
lists.
The following bills were recommended
TO pass;
II. r, S9-By Jenison. Making the mol
| tax $500 and payable in cash
| H. r. 90-By JenisOn. Providing FOL
the division OF counties not under town
ship organization into road districts anc
making the county commissioners road
! oVerseers.
H. r. Shy Jenison. Providing for /
division OF road funds between the county
and the road districts.
II. r. s2-By Jenison. Fixing the par
| Of road overseers at $3.50 day.
H. r, 896-By Noyes. Providing FOL
the use OF road drags on main Travelled
roads.
H. r. 2OS, 2O4 and aO5-By e p. Brown
! Curing defects In statutes relating 4
procedure In the supreme court
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