Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-01-11
Forty, Bills
! Alced
] Assembly
Senate and House Receive
Same Number; One Measure
Would Give Counties Con-
troll of Road Building.
Ask New EBlue Sky Law

Lincoln, Jan. l0,-tSpecial lele-
gram. )-Senatc and house members
introduced a total OF 40 bills today.
There were 20 thrown into the house
hopper and like number in the SEN
ate. Both houses adjourned late
this afternoon until 10 tomorrow
morning.
Adjustment of the statutes pro-
viding for acceptance of federal aid
on highways, establishment of coun-
ty roads requiring classification by
the highway commissioner and the
code law providing for allotment of
Is per cent OF auto license revenue
to the state highway fund are pro-
posed by Eppeyson of Fairfield in a
series of bills introduced. Another
Epperson measure provides for re-
peal of the law requiring counties
to maintain state highways within
their borders after the roads have
been permanently improved. With
these laws repealed. Epperson pro-
vides in another bill to give county
highway engineers power similar to
that of the present state bureau of
roads and bridges. In short, he
would place highway. construction
in the hands Of the counties.
Board of Public Employment.
Yeiser of Omaha, presented H.
page. closely typewriter bill. which
/ in substance would create a state
board of public employment to
guarantee employment of idle labor
ers on public works at wage of S.
day and force the issuance of state
labor warrants. redeemable when a
special tax levy of S250.000. proposed
for the first year, was collected.
/. Nelson OF Pierce would not abol-
ish the state share in automobile
licenses. But in bill introduced he
proposed to hike the county's share
from 25 to Is per cent.
Franklin OF Beaver City would en-
force railroad companies to trans
port caretakers of live stock on the
same train the stock is shipped.
Sturdevant of Atkinson proposed
to create lien on crops and person.
al property not exempt from eXecu-
ton.
New "Blue Sky" Measure.
Provision for cooperative compa-
nies to issue preferred stock and
guarantee a reasonable rate of in
terest is made in bill OF Hoare OF
Monroe.
In the senate, Anderson Of Lin-
coin introduced bill creating a new
"bfue sky" law, doing away with
state permits for sale of stocks and
empowering the bureau of securities
to deny anyone it sees fit the right
to sell stock.
Division OF Nebraska into the six
congressional districts FOR the pur-
pose of electing a university regent
and a supreme court justice from
each district is proposed in bill by
Wiltse Of Falls City. Wiltse in an
other bill demands five-sixth jury
verdict in civil cases.
Bill on Irrigation Control.
Stripping the railway commission
from directing irrigation matters is
the meat in a bill by Hoagland of
North Platte.
Dealing in futures" by bankers is
proposed ina bill by Bushee of Kim
ball. The bill would make the mort
gaging of implanted crops lawful.
Norval of Seward would bar towns
people living in a proposed consoli-
dated school district from signing
a petition for creation of the district,
in a bill introduced by request. Only
the country people could sign the
petition under this Bill.
Fifty-two bills, declared to be nee
cssary to round out the 1921 1egis-
lativc program OF the children's code
commission. will be introduced in
the lower house by the committee
on the children's code, with the
words, "by request" attached to each
bill. That was announced tonight
by members on the code, following
a meeting to may out a program for
introduction of code bills.