Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-12
LAW MAKERS PUT
IN SUNDAY AT WORK
ANTI Discrimination Insurance Idea
Finally Postponed by the
Senate Members.
RED1srR1cT1NG BILL THROUGH
CFrom staff Correspondent.)

(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 11.-(special. -
Members Of the legislature who have
formed the church-going habit since
coming under the environment OF
the Holy City" broke over this
morning and attended a short session
of the legislature instead.
In the senate five bills were
passed on third reading. and in COM
mittee OF the whole one bill was or
dered engrossed for third reading
and two killed. One of those killed
was House Roll No. 5sI. which had
been amended SO that 1t was sub
stitute for Senate File No. 46, the
insurance bill killed IN the house last
week.
Amendments TO the bill were adopted
by a vote OF "A 10 II. but when the bin
came % Tor the final action on a motion
to postpone indefinitely. the roll call
showed IA for death and 10 for It's saliva
ton.
Bills Passed by senate.
The following bills were passed:
II. r. 76S, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
S6e0O for foot and mouth disease Ayes.
Ti noes. none.
auditor to accept In full amounts due on
old claims from counties owing state on
insane accounts. without interest. Ayes,
II. Il. l4s. Larsen-Authorizes Douglas
county to acquire land and erect work.
house, and issued bonds for purchase Of
sumo; emergency. Ayes, &; noes, none.
Fl. r. 34s- Repeats junior normal school
Al H. r. ayss a. Petersen,IA,,ow. R m9es, county com
missioners OF Lancaster county 10 fix
no, 1.
Passed in spite Of Introducer.
communication was received IN the
senate from Representative Palmer of
Douglas, asking that his bill. house roll
No. 49, be indefinitely postponed. The
bill required justices of the peace TO pay
all fees in excess OF $1,000 into the county
treasury. The bill was passed at the SEES
sion last night and so the communication
came too late
The senate conference committee con-
Cured in the amendments of the house
on senate file No lsi. providing for fun
valuation OF all real estate, but levy shall
be made on % per cent valuation.
House roll No. 2S0 by Reynolds. pro-
viding for creation Of water power dis
tricts was recommended to pass in COM
mittee OF the whole.
RedistrictinE Bill Favored.
ovSI IN the house a short session was
held and house roll No. 4is. the NichciS
bill providing for a redlstricting Of the
Eighth and Ninth judicial districts, was
taken up. The original bill provided for
the taking OF stanton county from the
Eighth district and placing It in the Ninth
and providing an extra Judge for the lat
ter district. The senate amended the bill
by taking Cunning county also from the
Eighth district and putting II in the
Ninth.
Peterson OF Lancaster attempted 10 get
an amendment in providing for a fourth
judge in the Lancaster county district
court but this failed and the bnI wss
adopted. with the two districts affected
now standing as follows:
Eighth-cedar. Dakota. Dixon and
Thurston. with one judge
. Ninth--Aptelope. Knox. Madison. Pierce.
Wayne stanton and Cunning, with two
judges
Not knowing a ball game had been
scheduled for this afternoon at the league
park. the two houses quit with the under
standing that another session would be
held after lunch
Among the bills cleaned up this after
noon was II. r. Al, the Lhndgren- Negley
loan shark bill. The conference commit
tee agreed 20 the senate amendments
which reduce the yearly interest to from
90 TO 50 per cent and the license from
500 TO $50.
Both houses cleaned.up ali bills before
them and nothing Is left now but to walt
for the conference committee reports.