Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-09
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS OF SENATE
Bill Passed Relating to Descent of
Real Property.

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LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. S.-(special.) 1.-The
senate this morning passed s. F. 70. by
King, relating to the descent Of real prop
! erty to decedents. The bill gives the sur
viving husband or wife a share In fee of
the property instead of allowing the wife
dover interest of one-third under the
present law. Two votes were cast against
the bill by Wilsey of Frontier and Root
of Cass. Mr.. Root explained his vote by
saying he did not believe the bill gave the
wife SUFFICIENT protection as to her share
! Of the property against creditors OF tho
husband, and IN this respect was inferior
70 the present law. s. F. "a and 8. +.
rs, which repeal laws relating to dover,
were also passed.
The senate also passed s. F. 1877, by
Hanna of Cherry. providing for duplicate
| certificates Of tax sale where the original
has been lost.
| Among the bills reported on favorabiy
| by standing committees was Gibson's liquor
bill, prohibiting brewers from having an
interest In a retail saloon and limiting the
number of saloons according to popula-
ton. The bill was amended by the stand
ing committee to limit saloons in cities of
over 5000 to one for every 800 population
| anu III ClNlcS anu NitldbtS uAiucE GofvVV W
one FOR every 400 population.
The following bills were placed on gen.
| eral file:
II. r. 126-By Redmond. Making an APP
preparation Of 5000 for the expenses OF
the orthopedic hospital.
s. +. H4-By Root. Providing a penalty
for selling liquor to any person who has
once been committed under the dipsomaniac
! law:
s. F. 225-By wiltse Of Cedar. Allowing
witnesses at coroner's hearings the same
| fee as witnesses in district court
8, F. 226-By King. Repeating the ~
s. F. 76-By Gibson. Providing brewers
and distillers shall not have an interest In
retail saloons and limiting the number OF
saloons according to the population.
The senate then went into committee OF
| the whole, with McKesson of Lancaster in
the chair. The following bills were recon-
i mended for passage:
H. R. lS-To appropriate 5000 for ex-
penses of the oT pno hospital; o,va oor.
hicting statutes regarding bond elections
s. r. I95-By Thomas. Allowing the use
s- RSyi4 Tho On oman Increasing the
pay OF deputy in the register of deeds
I office In Douglas county from 81, 200 to ,6OI
year and OF copyists from 500 to $50 q
s. F. 12-By Randall Relating to the
taxing OF educational and saline lands.
The senate decided 10 hold an open meet.
/ ing Tor the nah ana game committees Of
both houses Monday night to listen to q
discussion of several game bills now be-
fore the Legislature.
The entire afternoon session was devoted
to consideration of the county option bill
in committee of the whole, and a few min.
utes before 4 o'clock the senate adjourned
until Monday afternoon at o'clock.
The following bills were introduced int
the senate today:
s. F. 2S1-By Randall of Madison. Per
hitting county repositories to give a guar
entee bond or to deposit United States
government bonds, state bonds or war
rants or county, city and school distric
bonds to protect county deposits instead o.
a bond for double the amount OF the de
posit.
s. f. S2-By Thorne of Nuckolls. To re
lQuire assessors to gather agricultural sta
tlstics and providing penalty for viola
tions.
8. f. 2Ss-By Saunders of Douglas. T,
permit trust companies to do business II
the state but to exclude them from trans
acting a banking business.
8. +. &4-By Patrick of Sarpy. Changing
sections Of the civil code to conform to
bill previously introduced to permit thu
beginning of civil suits by serving writer
notice on the defendant.