Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-13
TWO MONEY BILLS
HOLD LAWMAKERS
In FINAL THROES
All Business Disposed of Save Big
Appropriations, Which Garry
.. Items Over Which Two
Houses Disagree.
COMPROMISE ON UNIVERSITY
State School Will Receive Levy that
viii Raise Nine Hundred and
Thirty Thousand Dollars.
NORToNs PLAN NOT AGREED TO
CFrom a Staff Correspondent }

(From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, April 12.-- Especial
With all bills disposed Of save the
two big appropriation measures for
maintenance of public institutions
and salaries Of officials, the legisla-
ture tonight was going through it's
expiring throes.
The house refused to accept Rep
resentative Norton's plan to have
one conference committee act upon
all the appropriation bills and sep
arate committees were named,
pushing business through much
more rapidly.
During the day the house and senate
sront the time alternately acting upon
conference committee reports and dis
posing of such tag ends of business as
occurred to tho various members at inter
walls.
University Gets 1890, 900.
The house and senate compromised on
the appropriation for the University of
Nebraska. While the senate raisel the
amount i'm the bill $50. 900 above the sum
fixe0 by the house. the committee cut the
increase down to $4,000. This left the to-
tai appropriation to be raised by the uni
versity levy at s93O0O0
This report was conrurred i'm by the
LCUsc. by a vote of 50 to l. on a standing
vote, the speaker enforcing the gavel rule
and refusing to listen to a call for roll
call
Bills Agreed to In House.
The house concurred in the following
bills coming from the senate with amend
ments:
:. r. d0--Countye Judges fee bill.
s. +. UJ--State aid for vocational train
ing in high schools.
r. r. 764 O,OCO for fighting foot and
mouth disease If II should appear.
H. r. 567-Consolidates stallion registra-
tion board with office of state veteri-
marian.
II. r. 75S-General claims bill
II. r. i37-0maha charter bill
H. r. 321--Raises tax for free high
school service from 75 cents to 81.
H.: II. e6S-slo,0oO for laundry at Milford
Fl. r. eS7-Ss.ooo for bakery, machine
shed and ice plant at Grand Island Sol
H.-Re sSs-s4s,OOO for-new building at
Home for Feeble Minded at Beatrice,
H. r. 2Ss-s1o.00O for additional breeding
ponds at the fish hatcheries.
BiIls.in' Conference.
Just two Bills were referred to a con-
ference committee during the morning
session, as follows: ''..-.. ..'....' ''.r.
H. r. 75l-Maintenance bill
H. r.. 142-Boundafies of school districts
pointed consisting OF Elmelund, Ainlay
and Regan.
4 The conference committee report on n.
r 800 providing method for ipcorpora-
tion Of water power districts was adopted.
Representative Taylor. reporting for the
conference committee in the house that
considered II. r. 2O4. raising the sala-y
OF Food Commissioner Hartman $3.50 a
year, said the committee could not agree
and the measure failed.
It was provided. however, in II. r.
9O5. which was agreed to. that there
shall be three instead Of two inspectors
in the pure food department. though the
bill called for six. An increase in pay
from 81 TO $3.50 day was provided.
The rule of the gavel was being en-
forced regularly, and roll calls wer
avoided until Representatives Hoffmeis-
ter, Fries, Scott, Taylor and Anderson
Of Boyd sent up communications that
they would refuse TO vote longer.
Two B:IIs Voted on.
These bills were voted on on third
reading in the house:
:. i. l9-Provides that no person can
be candidate for office at the regular
election who was defeated at the primary
Passed.
s. F. 16i-All real estate TO be assessed
at its real value but levy to be made
on 20 per cent of assessed valuation The
bill received siXty-threc votes carrying
the emergency clause. but failed TO pass
on the vote without the emergency
clause, receiving but forty votes.
Local Forecaster.