Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-07
LEGISLATURE
STARTS ON LAST
LAP OF SESSION
Civil Administration Code Bill
Expected to Occupy Week
in House; Hope to Ad-
journ in 10 Days.
BY a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, April 6.-The Nebraska
legislature is entering upon its final
week or 10 days of grind. if the am
billions of leaders in both branches
are realized as seems likely now.
When the house started Saturday
on the civil administrative code bill,
the lower branch took up its final
big job before winding up the work
OF the session. House leaders ex-
pcct that the civil code bill will re-
quire the attention of the lower
branch for practically the entire
week.
The last appropriation bill has
been ground through the mill in the
house and now awaits the formality
Of third reading when it will go to
the senate.
The senate has practically cleared
the decks for disposing--of the re-
naming two appropriation bills
which are hanging fire there. The
upper branch in passing the three
gool roads measures and the Omaha
Grain exchange bill, has cleared
away the more important measures
with the exception of the appro-
priation bills. There are still num-
Der of important measures hanging
fire. but nothing which would delay
adjournment beyond the date fixed.
Many Bills Pending.
There are still over 100 bills
pending on the dockets of the two
houses, but no one expects that all
of these will be disposed of before
the final windup and in the last few
days it will be a case of passing
those first reached and allowing the
other bills to die by the wayside.
The house has already reshaped
the Cordial blue sky law, which re-
moves the department from the
jurisdiction of the railway commits
sion and places it under the direc-
lion Of the new department Of
commerce. but has made nd vital
changes in the bill, and it is ex-
pected that there will be no ques-
ton about senate concurrence III
the house amendments.
All but one of the big school
bills has been disposed of in house
while senate concurrence in the con-
ferees' report on the Siman foreign
language bill is all that remains be-
fore it reaches the governor. The
house last Friday approved the con-
ferees' draft OF the Siman bill. The
parochial school bill passed both
branches after being ironed at in
conference and awaits the COVER
nor's signature. Although the house
has killed one school redistricting
bill, the governor has introduced
another in the senate which elimi-
mates the Objectionable features in
the house bill, and it will probably
be sent through both branches. The
governors redistricting bill permits
the rural districts to vote as unit
on consolidation and is especially
designed to build up the rura!
schools of the state.
Wood May Speak.
The legislature will probably take
enough time off during the week to
hear General Leonard Wood, who
was scheduled to speak last Friday
afternoon, but who was compelled
10 cancel his engagement. If ar
engagements can be perfected, the
invitation to General Wood will I'M
dcHbtedly be renewed.
Leaders hope to wind up the work
by next Saturday, although pro-
ionged debate over the civil admin
istrative code bill would undoubted
ly carry it we'll over into the next
week and possibly another two
weeks.