Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-02
SOME OMAHA MEASURES ON LIST
One to Abolish Water Board by
Holmes Of Douglas,
ANOTHER CAPITAL REMOVAL BILL
Question to Be Submitted to People at
Next Election.
LOSES HIS PET PLAN
Agricultural Instruction IN the
High SchOOIS-COod Roads
Measures,
rFrom a staff Correspondentl

From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Ncb March l--tSpecial).-
The last day for introducing new measures
in the egslstur brought forth an avail
anche Of new bills covering up all the tag
ends Of affairs that have hitherto been
neglected ana few sections OF the laws of
Nebraska, as they stand now have es-
capped without threatened change. he
house has had 7O2 bills brought before II
altogether. and the senate 3sG msking a
total Of 1,O9S bills. SO impressed was the
house with the amount Of law-makng piled
up ahead OF It in the next twenty days that
it decided to begin night sessions tonight.
Afew more bills made their debuts at
this eleventh hour approximately making
100 new ones In the house today and thirty
six new ones In the senate
The offering for the day by the Douglas
county delegation was a bill fathercd by
Robert Holmes abolishing the Water Board
nOmaha. The bill Is short and specifies
only the repeal OF all the sections OF the
statutes which define create and control
the Water Board and puts all powers OF
control over watcrworks the purchase OF
water works aud their incidental powers
in the hands Of the city council. In the
senate Reagan OF Douglas offered a bin
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Omaha
New Capital Removal mn.
Among the new bills IN the senate was =
new capital removal bill offered by Bodin-
son Of Buffalo Buhrman OF Hall and Tib-
bets Of Adams. representing respectively
the claims OF eKarney, Grand Island and
Hastings. The bill provides that the Ques-
tion Of removal shall be submitted TO the
people at the next election. II the proposi.
ton OF relocating gots a majority OF the
votes cast the capital goes to the city re-
| ceving the majority of the votes II no
choice is reached on the first vote and the
proposition OF relocating IL carried then
! the two cities having the highest number
OF votes will fight 1t out in a special cleo
ton between them.
BIIl Against Fire Warden.
The office OF the fire warden in Omaha
was abolished and an emergency clause
was attached to the Ibal which puts the
office out Of existence gs soun bs the meas
! ure is signed by the governor. The bill re-
pealing the law establishing the office was
Introduced by Shoemaker and backed by
Holmes. against whom an accusation OF
sour grapes" was Immediately made by
| some OF the friends OF the present incum-
bent Edward Morris. The bill met little
opposition, however, on third reading and
passed the house, &c TO II.
| Agricultural Instruction Fails.
! The bill offered By McKelvie for an ap-
/ preparation of $4,000 TO establish an exten-
/ sion system Of agricultural instruction
through the public schools OF the state
was defeatdeby a vote OF fUrty-threo to
forty-eight. McKelvic made a hard fight
for this bill, which was intended as
means Of bringing elementary agricultural
instruction to all parts Of the state
whether favored with experiment stations
or not The opposition made BY McKeIvie
| to several other agricultural Instructions
bills such as the Eastman bill for the new
chool in the southwest part OF the state,
reacted against him, however, and he
could not muster enough votes TO make
good on his plan
The disappointment anticipated over the
failure Of Hatfield Of Lancaster to intro
duce his anti-long -hat-pin bill was saved
by Riha OF Douglas, who introduced an
anti-hat pin bill OF his own. The measure
provides that no pins shall be worn with
out a muzzle unless les than seven inches
In length.
The house through a motion of Swan Of
Fillmore thanked the Omaha investigating
committee today for a "painstaking and
impartial report" The resolution was
unanimously adopted.
Three Roads IliiIs
The special committee appointed from
the two houses TO draft comprehensive
road bills decided today upon its three bills
which are expected to cover the roads
situation for the state in a way that will
be satisfactory to farmer automobilists
and taxpayer. The bills number five. one
provides a state highway commission to
consist Of the governor, attorney general
and the commissioner OF public lands and
buildings This board is to have under Its
control a state engineer and a board OF
local deputies to serve without compensa-
tion.
The second bill provides a one.fourth mill
levy for state aid I'm highway work. The
third makes poll tax in country districts
an option between work and cash payment
The fourth provides for county engineers
In Douglas county the surveyor is TO do
the work without extra compensation. This
bill also covers specifications Tor a system
Of standard road work, dragging, concrete
work, etc. The fifth bil allows county
boards in counties with the commissioner
system TO have different levles for road
purposes in different road Districts,