Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-06
Nebraska
GOVERNOR is HOLDING BILLS
Sixteen Measures Yet in His Hands
Awaiting Signature.
NET WEIGHT Is NOT SIGNED
Wayne Normal, Normal In North
west and Omaha Building
Bill Have Not Been
Approved.
NET WEIGHT is NOT SIGNED
ORION a STAFF Correspondent


LINCOLN, Neb., April 6.-(Special.)-
Governor shallenberger is still holding
sixteen bills. The two big appropriation
bills. the bills for deficiency claims and
the one for miscellaneous claims are
number. The net weight branding bill has
not been signed.
The others are:
A~ppropriating $4,000 for a new building
at the Omaha Institute for the Deaf; an
propriating 10000 to build the Wayne Nor
NAL; the SCOTS Bluff irrigation bill Of
Raymond, against which the North Platte
valley water users made their fight: the
bills permitting banks TO put I'D securities
for state and county deposits instead Of
guaranty bonds; the closing bill; the Mil
Ter insurance bill compelling companies to
make a deposit with the auditor, for which
Senator Barton made his fight; Tibbets
bill compelling corporations to appoint
resident agents.; the indeterminate SEN
tence bill, and the one ~forbidding the sale
OF liquor to mixed blood Indians.
Governor Sh~allenberger has about decided
to veto the Henry bill which prohibits the
sale Of liquor to Indians. The governor mas
about decided that the bin is unconti-
tutional as 1t does not refer to reservation
Indians. Other Indians are citizens and it
Vouid be just as lawful TO prohibit the
sale Of liquor to any nationality of people.
Busy on Wolf Bounties.
Brokers are getting busy on the wolf
bounty claims and numerous applications
are made to the owners of some of the
claims to buy them. These brokers are
acting under the impression that Gov
ernor shallenberger will approve the act
Anroarfak,ar COO nn0 &C., &bo a,.r.a- - A..
first 5000 claims on file with the auditor.
Should. the governor sign this bill these
claims will be wowrth 100 cents on the
doliar
First Municipal Bonds for state.
State Treasurer Brian today contracted
for his first municipal bonds as an invest
ment for the permanent school fund. The
bonds were issued by the city Of Albion
for the erection of a city hall and for the
OF obstruction of an electric light system and
amounted TO SIS. They will net the state
AZ per cent interest. The bonds are OPP
tional at the erd of ten years.
Gas Case Hits snax.
The decision in the gas company case
which has been brought in the police court
under the gas STANDARD ordinance, will
be deferred until the supreme court of
the state decides the moximum amount of
the fine which q police Judge may assess.
Under the ordinance 1t appears tina the
gas company is libal for a 81 900 fine for
the grade Of gas that was furnished under
the three days test that the city made
last week. The decision of the supreme
in the Dudgeon election case was
that a police judge cannot levy a fine Of
more than 800.
Upon this sang set by the supreme court
Judge Riser is willing 70 make his de-
cree. The supreme court will have a
hearing in the Dudgeon case next Satur-
day and it will not be until after that day
that the gas case will be decided. 1t is
expected that the higher tribunal may in
crease the amount OF a fine that any DO
lice judge may assess. II 1t does not
there will be a conflict between the city
ordinance and the court Jurisdiction that
cannot be broken.
ONE for Commercial CIub.
A proposition that the Commercial club
lease the Auditorium grounds and building
for a period of fifty years and upon the
vacant ground between the Auditorium and
NJ street erect the structure that 1t has
been proposed to build as the home for
the club, has been submitted by f. c..
Rewick, manager of the Auditorium as
Mr.. Rewick declares that the
association will surrender its claims and
allow the club to take its lease at $500
a year, the figure at which tine association
now holds from the county. The question
involved in the suit between the county
and the association. now pending decision
in supreme court. can be avoided by the
club taking a lease direct from the coun-
~.
Mutual Hail Case.
A new turn in the receivership case OF
the Mutual Hail Insurance society has de-
veloped in the answers OF a number of
defendant policy holders, who claim that
the alleged fraud of the officers OF the
society invalidated the whole attempted
organization OF the society, consequently
that there never was any effective organ
ization and that the policy holders cannot
be held liable for the debts of the or
ganization. 1t is asserted in these an
swers that the very allegations OF fraud
and Encouragement which furnished the
chief grounds for placing the supposed
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