The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-04-12

day, and Signed.
lincoln, Neb., April Especial to
The News: The following bills have
been passed by the legislature and
signed by the governor. More than a
hundred bills await executive action:
House Rolls Passed and Signed
III. II. 1T by Leeder of Douglas, for
double shift force of firemen in the
city of Omaha.
Fl. r. 1873 by Eller of Washington,
defining the transportation of funds
belonging to fraternal lodges as en-
bezzlement.
H. r. 1856 by Dodge of Douglas, pro-
viding that decree of ejectment in
forcible entry and detention cases may
be enforced Notwithstanding appeal
upon the giving of sufficient bond
by the plaintiff to cover possible dam
age to the defendant.
H. r. 267 by Joint committee On rail
roads fixing the maximum passenger
rate at two cents per mile.
H. r. 81 by Killen of Gage. to pre-
vent pooling of bridge contractors.
II. r. 83 by Byram of Burt, giving
village boards power to license, regu-
late and prohibit billiard halls, pool
halls and bowling alleys.
H. r. 81 by e. w. Brown of Lancas-
ter, authorizing county boards to make
appropriations for the establishment
and maintenance of detention homes.
H. r. 105 by Steinauer of Pawnee,
making the minimum capital for state
banks 10000
H. r. 10 by Scudder of Hall, to
prohibit the stealing of rides on trains,
engines or cars, or climbing thereon.
Penalty a jail sentence of from five
to sixty days at hard labor or fine
of not less than SIS nor more than $25.
H. r. 80 by Keifer of Nuckolls, to
prevent the obstruction Of highways,
streets or alleys in villages by rail
roads for more than five minutes at a
time.
H. r. II by Hart of York making
burglary with explosives distinct and
separate crime and providing penal
ty of from twenty years to life i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary
H. R. 389 by Farley of Hamilton, in
creasing the price of supreme court
reports to so volume.
H. r. IS by Best of Douglas, increas-
ing the salary of deputy register of
deeds in Douglas county to s1,500 per
annum and Of copyists to $50 per
month.
Fl. r. IFS by Wilson of Custer, pro-
viding for the closing of the affairs of
school districts which for continuous
period of one year have less than two
legal voters residing therein or for
two consecutive years shall fail to
maintain it's district organization.
II. R. 102 by fish and game commit
tee, providing penalty for unlawfully
pursuing fish or game protected by
law.
H. r. 72 by Cone of Saunders, to
provide for library in every public
school district in the state, to be main
tanned by funds amounting to ten cents
per pupil.
H. R. Sc by Hamer of Buffalo, to
appropriate money belonging to the
state normal school library fund for
the purchase of books for the Kearney
normal school library.
Fl. R. 81 by Redmond of Nemaha, to
appropriate money belonging to the
state library fund for normal schools
for the purchase of books for the IL
brary of the Peru normal school.
H. R. SO by fish and game commit
tee, prohibiting the sale at any time
of game birds or fish protected by
law or the possession of such game ex.
cept during the open season or five
days thereafter.
H. R. 81 by Hansen of Merrick to
permit precinct townships, cities OF
tie second class and villages to issue
bonds for the aid of municipal tele
phone systems and to repeal the pro
visions of the statute permitting the
issuance of bonds in aid of railroads
II. r. 1875 by Redmond Of Nemaha by
request, to appropriate $4,000 for the
payment of salaries at the state ortho
pedic hospital and for the mainten
ance of the institution until April l
1907.
II. r. So by Keifer of NuckoIls, ap
propriating $4,000 for the paymen
of incidental expenses incurred by tn,
present legislature.
H. R. Ga by Keifer of Nuckolls, ap
propriating $4,000 for the payment o
salaries of members, officers and EN-
ployes of the present session of thu
legislature.
H. r. 116 by Quackenbush of Nema
ha, to allow court reporters ten cents
per hundred words for making tran
scripts in all cases and providing tina
the county shall pay for Transcript
in criminal cases where the defendan
files a poverty affidavit.
Railway Commission.
Members of the railway commission
must be thirty years of age. The.
must not have any interest in an.
common carrier doing business in tn,
state. They must not engage in an.
business allied to or inconsistent will
the business of the commission
Should a vacancy occur, the governo
must I'LL 1t by appointment.
Salaries OF the commissioners ar,
hIed at $4,000. No person shall b,
secretary of the commission who shall