Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
HOUSE SPENDS
entire DAY ON
CIVIL CODE BILL
Proposed Amendments to Re-
duce Salaries of Secretaries
Voted Down; to Resume
Work Monday.
(By a Staff Correspondent

Lincoln, April 5.-With an inter-
rrption OF only a few minutes for
debate on the question of reducing
the salaries of the six secretaries
provided for in the civil administra-
tive code bill, the house this morn
ing began in the committee of the
whole to shape the 5l2 page meas
IRE for final passage. The senate
has already passed the civil code
bill.
Rep. F. r. Purcell of Broken Bow,
a democrat, stirred up the only ora
tory OF the morning when he pro-
posed the amendment which would
have scaled the salaries of the secre
taries from $1,000 annually to $1,000.
The amendment was voted down %
to As, after considerable discussion.
OF the Is favoring the lower salary
Scale, Is were republicans and 10
democrats. Only one democrat
voted with the republican majority
which defeated the amendment.
4 AS result of the test vote, it ap-
pears certain that the civil admin
istrative cod, bill, which is Cover
nor Mckeipie's campaign pledge aid
a part oe the republican state plat
form, will be cnatted substantially
IN the form as agreed upon i'll the
house and senate committees
Take Up Amendments.
|. All of the committee amendments
were taken up in the committee of
fhe whole this morning together
with some other small and incon-
Scqutntlal oneSN OF a corrective ma
lure. The process was purely
perfunctory one and went through
without interruption
The secretary then started in to
read the first 81 pages of the code
bill. Only three pages were finish
ed at the morning session of the
house, which was devoted entirely
to the code bill and then resumed
again at the afternoon session.
Individual amendments will not
be considered until the different sec
tions are taken up which will prob
ably not be before late Monday. The
entire bill is not to be read as no.
body has demanded that this be
done.
I One of the committee amendments
which the house adopted today cuts
In half the examination fee for regis
tered nurses, making it S. as com
pared with $40 now. Chairman Jeni-
sc thn III chat
q nurse works like a slave for three
years, she generally has no money
TO pay the $40 registration fee which
lis now demanded.
Il 1t was shown by the report OF the
state nurse board, which Mr. Good
read, that in two years time the sum
Of $3.50 was collected in fees for
applicants for certificates. The sec
rotary of the board is paid 500
month. Thes age requirement for
registered nurses was cut from q
OIL years.
To Pay Examiners.
Amendments were also adopted
allowing the state pharmacy exam
iners SIS, a day for time spent in
the performance OF their, duty, but
requiring them to turn all fees col
lected into the state treasury. In
the past they have been allowed
these fees for remuneration and ex-
penses. Mr.. Good had figures per-
tanning to this board, exhibiting the
fact they had collected 1920 in
fees and had expended all but $24.
On the committees recommended
ton, the annual license fee for phar-
inacists was reduced from s. to 81.
Speaker Dalbey, Rodman, Hostel
Ter, Stats, Thompson and Hardin
led the fight against the Purcell
amendment to reduce the salary
limit of secretaries from $4,000 to
$1,000. They insisted that the state
wanted big men for these positions
and would have to pay accordingly.