Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

| Senator King has introduced bill to
change the law of the succession of
| estates, a bill that many club women
of the state have advocated. The pro-
visions relating to descent Of real
property where husband or wife sur
vive are that one-fourth part shall go
to the husband or wife IL the survivor
is not the parent of all the children Of
the deceased and there are one or
more children, or the issue of one or
more deceased children, surviving;
second, one-third part to the husband
or wife IL the survivor is the parent
OF all the children of the deceased and
there be two or more children, or one
child and the issue Of one or more de-
| ceased children, surviving; third, one
half to the husband or wife If the sur
vivor is the parent of all of the chill
! dren of the deceased and there be only
one child, or the issue of deceased
child. surviving; fourth, two-thirds to
the husband or wife If there be no
| child nor the issue of any deceased
child or children, surviving.
|
qualifications of railroad commission
ers, providing that each shall receive
an annual salary of $4,000, and the
commission may appoint secretary
at salary of $1,S00, and may appoint
not more than two clerks at a salary
not to exceed $1,000 per annum EACH
and such other persons or experts as
may be required of them in the admin
istration Of the law. No one shall be
qualified to hold the office of railroad
commissioner unless he shall be res
ident of this state, nor unless he shall
be at least 80 years of age; nor shall
any person be qualified to hold the Of
fic If he is directly or indirectly inter-
ested in any railroad in this state or
out of it, or in any stock, bond, mort
gage, security or earnings of any such
egraph company.
There having been some question as
to how the legislature should buy
supplies, the chairman of the board Of
public lands and buildings was in
structed to notify the legislature that
the law, as interpreted by the board
is that all such supplies shall be
bought through the board, and that
the board is ready to furnish anything
that the legislature desires in the way
of legislative supplies. The chairman
and the secretary of the board will
look after the work of purchasing.
Affairs of the state university are
likely to come in for considerable at
tention. There is some talk for abo-
lition of the 1-mill levy, giving the
university in it's place a specific ap-
preparation. Under the present plan
of giving 1-mill levy there is no
way the exact amount of money the
university fund will receive can be de-
termined, and for that reason some Of
the members think it would be better
| for the regents to ask for specific
appropriation.
The liberality with which Governor
Mickey exercised the pardoning pow
er has given rise to bill for a state
board of pardons, introduced in the
house by Mr.. Jennison. His measure
provides for the appointment by the
supreme court of this board, to con-
sist of three members, who will mere
ly have the right to suspend sentence
until the next session of the legis-
lature, when it shall decide whether a
pardon shall be granted.
The senate craftsmanship of the
railroad committee, about which there
had been some contention, was given
to A. Wilsey of Frontier county. 1t
was he who introduced in the senate
the resolution providing for the ar
rest and exclusion of lobbyists"
found in that part of the state house
under the jurisdiction of the senate
and for the punishment of employees
who act as lobbyists.
Supporters of the bulk sales bill are
active in it's behalf. 1t has the en-
dorsement of the wholesale dealers of
the state, and provides that before a
merchant shall sell his stock in bulk he
must notify his creditors of his inten-
tons. The bill that was killed pro-
vided he must file with the county
clerk of his county his intentions to-
sell five days before the deal was
closed.
Both houses will attempt to take a
shot at the Christian Science method
Of treating disease, bills having been
introduced in line with the IDEAS
which the state medical society has
on the question. These bills provide
that Christian Science healers must
subject themselves to an examination
| by the state board of health.
Speaker Nettleton in the presence
of witnesses had a railroad pass mailed