Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Nebraska
Governor VetoeS
Two Measures and
Signs Three More
intermediate Sentence Law Fails Be-
u Of Salary Defeots-Irriga-
ton Bill Killed.

'HIom n SldII correspondent
LINCOLN, April L~-(Special Telegram)-
Governor shallenberger has vetoed S.. F.
ia. by Raymond Of scott's Bluff county,
at the request of the senator and those
who stood sponsor for him. The bill pro-
vides for the condemnation of excess water
in reservoirs. This would permit the use
of water held in these reservoirs over a
certain amount. 1t has been figured, now
ever that in some Instances fully so per
cent Of the water is lost through evapora-
ton and seepage and for this reason those
who originally framed the bill concluded it
would be a bad measure and 30 informed
the governor.
Governor S-hallenberger will veto the bill
providing for the indeterminate sentence.
The bill creates a board for the purpose OF
hearing applications for paroles and fixes
the salary at $40 a day for the lawyer and
physician members for the days actually
employed, but provides no maximum for
the amount they may receive in one year.
There is no appropriation for Carrying the
bill into effect. 1t does not provide a
board for hearing applications for COM
mutations or pardons.
Senate files 321, 122 and III were signed.
The first provides that corporations shall
do business through a local agent upon
whom service may be secured. The other
W provide that county repositories and
state repositories may deposit securities
instead of giving a security bono for the
guaranty of county and state money.
Governor Shallenberger issued a state
ment regarding his veto of Senate File No.
$50 the indeterminate sentence bill in
which he said:
6etore vetoing this act, l have investiga-
lEu I = nTnN1GHnna $780,
a NUMBER of reasons for my action are
the following:
First. One Of the provisions of this act
is 10 create a prison board. This board
Is to have Jurisdiction of hearings on ali
applications for paroles of persons i'm
Prlsohed in the penitentiary. No provision
is MADE for the board to conduct the hear
lnBS on applications for pardons. reprieves
or communications. If the legislature can
lawfully create a prison board to conduct
hearings on applications for paroles, | can
see no reason why the same board could
not be empowered to conduct hearings on
applications FOR pardons, reprleVes and
computations The hearings on applica-
ions Tor %pardons, reprieves and commuta-
ions are so Intimately connected with the
matter of Issuing paroles, that 1t would
De impossible to separate them and have
one class OF cases heard by the board and
the other heard by the governor.
The principal reason urged for the crea-
uon of this board is that II will relieve the
governor of the necessity of conducting
the hearings on applications for parole
The matter of hearing applications for
paroles takes less time than the applica-
tons for pardons, reprieves and
tons, so the governor would not be re-
lieved OF the important part of this W o rk.
Second. On April 5, 1909, l approved the
snyder law, House Roll No. 514. That law,
which passed with an emergency clause,
repealed and amended Sections $50 and so
the criminal code. Under the provis-
ions of that law. the Governor will not
be required to s pend so much time In con-
Quoting hearings as he has heretofore. The
Snyder law is now in effect. The present
act attempt to repeal Section go of the
criminal code. This section as It now
exists Is different than 1t was when the
present Act was introduced and passed by
the legislature. i hardly think that the
of Senate File No. 1876 would re-
peal Section $40 of the criminal code, as
by the Snyder law. The approval
of the present Act would create confusion
and doubt as to the manner OF securing
paroles.
Third. This Act creates two new officials
a salary of ten dollars $1,000 per
day. It does not fix the maximum salary
can be drawn by these officials. Bus
mess experience has demonstrated the ne
cessity of fixing a maximum salary of all
public officials. in my message to the
legislature, ] strongly urged that all Off
cials be placed upon a salary basis. While
this Act provides for payment Of salaries,
no appropriation has been made to defray
the expense arising under its provisions.