Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-29
Has Original Appropriation Bill Re.
ferred to His Committee.
o BADGES FOR LOBBYISTS
Senate Decides it Can Recognize
Them Without Label.
EXPERIMENT FARMS FOR WEST
subcommittee ConslderinR PhSsical
Valuation of Railroad bills De-
cides 10 Recommend the
Oils Measure,
CFrom a staff correspond.nt1

NFIOHl CldlI ONIItSHOUuNHAsN
LINCOLN, Jan. sS-(Special Telegram -
Senate employees will not be paid from
January 5. as was provided in a resolution
introduced by Senator Howell OF Douglas
and agreed to by the democratic majority
In open session. Senator oils OF Valley,
chairman OF the committee on accounts and
expenditures, today ordered the secretary
OF the senate to prepare tho pay roll for
the actual time OF each employe at work
instead OF from the first day Of the ses-
sion. Senator Oils is on record against
allowing extra pay for certain employees
and caused the reference to his committee
of a motion to pay the senate postmaster
s. day, made by Klein Of Gage.
The senate today decided the lobbyists
need not wear rings in their noses or cow
bells around their necks by tabling the reso-
luton by Diers OF York to give each regis
tered lobbyist a badge The vote to table
was Is to l3.
Senator Myers bill for three demonstra-
tion farms in northwest Nebraska was rec
commended for passage in committee of the
whole of the senate.
The house judiciary committee recon-.
mended for indefinite postponement Shoe
makers bill to repeal the Sackett law a
similar bill being put on general file by
the senate
The subcommittee of the joint committee
on railroads, which has been considering
physical valuation of railroad and public
service corporation property, has agreed to
recommend the bill of Senator Oils here
tofore published as their idea of the meas
ure to be introduced. This measure was
agreed upon at a meeting OF the joint
committee this afternoon. 1t provides the
valuation shall be determined by experts
commission it exists July /, 1909.
First Railroad Valuation Bill.
s. F. 1S3, providing for the physical valu-
alton of railroad property and that OF
public service corporations was intro
duced in the legislature January 20. by
Senator Oils of Valley. He specifies the
railway commission shal lasccrtain the
true value of railroad telegraph telephone
and express company property as It exists
July /, 1909. and shall employ such expert
help as the governor. may consent to en-
ploy and the expenses shall be met out Of
the money for the maintenance OF the
commission.
The bill provides that railroad shall
mean all corporations, individuals, asso-
Citations of individuals, their lessees, trus-
tees or receivers that now or hereafter
may own, operate, manage or control any
railroad or part of a railroad as a com
mon carrier in the state, or cars or other
equipment used thereon, or bridges, termi-
nails or sidetracks used in connection there
with, whether owned by such railroad or
otherwise
The physical valuation shall include:
Value of all real estate, value of all grad
| ing value of all bridges, buildings water
stations and other structures used by the
! road, all track material tools, signals, etc,
| all telegraph and telephone material
! owned by the company, ali stores and sup
! plies on hand, value o all rolling stock
! which in the case OF an Interstate road
! shall be the proportion Justly chargeaPle
/ to the part of the road lying In the state;
! value of shops and machinery, andall other
! articles and things belonging to and nee
essarily a Part of the road
The commission must find the total value
of each railroad, the number of miles of
/ road and the average value per mile of
! track The basis to be used In arriving at
! such value shall be average market value
| or cost of labor and material,
The values spoken OF shall be the
| amount of money found necessary to re-
| build the road complete as II now stands,
| allowing for reasonable length of time
! for assembling the material and doing
! the work necessary for bringing into eX-
| istence such railroad The proper reduc-
| tions shall be made for the wear and
! shrinkage in value on account Of age and
| wear of material.
| Full power is given the commission Ia
| call for reports from all the corporations
| affected and to devise schedules which the
! companies must answer under oath
The work must he concluded in the year
| 1910 and when valuation Of a company
is determined the opportunity for hearing
| must be granted.
| The senate this afternoon indefinitely
postponed Senator Kings bill to repeal
the bulk sales law passed by the last leg
| islature.