Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-27

urban companies to engage in commercial
lighting, heating and furnishing Of power.
II. r. 5Oe-By Keller Of Nuckolls. Twenty
per cent cut on express rates,
H. r. 465-By Harrison of otoe. Twenty
per cent cut on sleeping car charges.
H. r. S97-By Quackenbush of Nemaha.
Providing maximum rate on oil.
II. r. 570-By Harrison Of otoe. County
truant officer for counties Of 5000 or more.
II. r. 422-By b. w. Brown of Lancaster.
Relating to the use of affidavits as evil
H. r. 42s-By Raper. A prohibitory
HI II. r. ss5.By Clarke. Permitting banks
in Omaha to bid for city deposits
H. r. 3B-By Clarke. Permitting the
cancellation of tax certificates within one
year, when the city bids in property under
| the scavenger tax law.
| lightning and tornado insurance companies
may deposit securities with the auditor for
the protection Of the policy ho OF eno,,+.r
| Raising salary Of nurse and teacher at
the Home for the Friendless
| II. r. 502-By Fries of Howard. Giving
county boards permission to impose an
emergency levy F f9E bF ~ s%asb,npton To
| license itinerant vendors of medicines
| s. F. SS-By Aldrich Of Butler. Maxi
mum freight rate.
| Following are explanation Of votes on
the motion to recommend for passage the
antl-pass bill;
E. A. Brown-Although s, II. does not
| fully meet my approval as an anti-pass
| law. and l voted for H. r. 473, which was
passed by this house, yet for fear that this
1 legislature will not pass better anti-pass
Mr. Notwithstanding this bill fails
| to shut out attorneys and surgeons, the
parties that should be. above all others, /
think It Is better than no anti-pass bill.
Mr.. Shoettger-I desire to explain my
| vote. l expect to vote for an anti-pass
law and II this is the best we can get /
| will support 1t, but, as nearly every lawyer
1 in the different towns is q bona 6de
| ploye of the railway, this will be very
| lame law to place upon our statutes, but
| rather than have no anti-pass law at all,
| though 1t Is not what 1t should be, 1 vote
| yes.
pass law Is about as good as we can make
| II at the present time and II there should
| be any loopholes, like some Of the mem
bers think. we can plug them up at the
! next session.
Mr.. Van Housen-This bill is not as
strict as 1 would like, but the best we
Mr.. Whltham-I don't want the gentle
man from Saunders to- have monopoly
am In favor of this bill; 1t is all o. X.
Mr. MISUNDERSTANDING that this bill per-
the lawyers and doctors-that we have been
seeking to eliminate, 1 vote no.
| In the committee Of the whole the house
tonight killed the Hart bin, II. r. ga, pro-
vldlng saloons shall close from 10 at night
| 10 III Inc NObS III Coiii-
mittee was 90 to 80 and Cone, who was ir
the chair cast the deciding vote which
ended the existence of the measure Hart
got roll call against adopting the re-
port of the committee and again he lost
by a vote Of 50 TO 49,
II. r. 4SO, by the finance committee. pro
viding fees to be charged by the secretary
of state, was also killed.
The following bills were recommended 70
passage:
H. r. 4SC,-By Keller of NuckoIls. Cutting
out school levy.
H. r. SS3-By Baker of York Providing
for town board auditors
II. r. 5S7-By Keifer of Nuckolls. II
abolish cash funds at the state institutions
II. r. S37-By Armstrong of Nemaha Re
pealing the maximum freight rate law.
H. r. 519-By Armstrong of Nemaha
Providing fee for a coroner when he view
body. The bill is to prevent the holding
OF inquests when not necessary.
II. r. 419-By e. w. Brown Of Lancaster
Extending the jurisdiction of the juvenil
court law.