A bill for an act to provide for the printing and distributing of certain parts of the revenue laws among precinct assessors. Senate File No. 121, A bill for an act to amend section 182, of the code of civil procedure. Senate File No. 122, A bill for an act to amend sections 49 and 50, of an act entitled an act to provide a system of revenue, approved February 13, 1869, and to repeal said sections. Senate File No. 123, A bill for an act to amend section 138 of chapter 11 of the general statutes. Senate File No. 124, A bill for an act to amend section 17 of chapter 81 of the general statutes, and to repeal sections 18 and 19 of said chapter of an act relating to towns and villages. House Roll No. 13, A bill for an act to repeal sections 26, 27 and 28, chapter 22, of the general statutes. BILLS ON SECOND READING. The following bills were read the second time and referred to their appropriate committees: Senate File No. 106, A bill for an act to guard against accidents in the use of tumbling rods. tices. Referred to the committee on agriculture. Senate File No. 107, A bill for an act for the prevention of certain immoral prac Referred to the committee on judiciary. On motion, The senate took a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon. AFTER RECESS. 2 o'clock P. M. The senate was called to order by the president. Quorum present. The order of business being bills on their second reading, Senate File No. 108, A bill for an act to provide a civil code for the State of Nebraska. Referred to the committee on judiciary. Senate File No. 109, A bill for an act to enable the state to realize upon judgments and mortgages held and owned by the state, against any person or persons, or body corporate, whether securities held on behalf of the common school fund or otherwise. Referred to the committee on finance, ways and means. Mr. Chapman, from the committee on judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. President: Your committee, to whom was referred Senate File No. 90, A bill for "An act to provide for the collection of the securities held by the permanent school fund of Nebraska," Would respectfully report the same back to the senate, and recommend that the same bill be re-committed to the committee on finance, ways and means. On motion, The report was adopted, and Senate File No. 90, SAM. M. CHAPMAN, Chairman. A bill for "An act to provide for the collection of the securities held by the permanent school fund of Nebraska," was referred to the committee on finance, ways and means. Bills on second reading were resumed. Senate File No. 110, A bill for an act to amend section 904, of the code of civil procedure. Referred to the committee on judiciary. Senate File No. 111, A bill for an act to prohibit county officers from entering into or receiving the benefit of any contract executed by the county for furnishing supplies. Referred to the committee on counties. Senate File No. 112, A bill for an act to provide for the appointment of court commissioners in the several counties, and defining their duties. Referred to the judiciary committee. Senate File No. 113, A bill for an act to make taxes a perpetual lien upon certain personal property from March first in each current year, and declaring the same personal for taxable purposes. Referred to the committee on railroads. Senate File No. 114, A bill for an act to amend sections 29, 31, 55, 56 and 59, chapter 66, entitled "Revenue," of the general statutes of Nebraska. Referred to the committee on finance, ways and means. Senate File No. 115, A bill for an act regulating the manufacture, storage, and safekeeping of nitro-glycerine and gunpowder. Referred to the committee on municipal affairs. Senate File No. 116, A bill for an act to prevent the escape of fire from railroads within the state. Referred to the committee on railroads. Mr. Crawford, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution and moved That the rules be suspended and the resolution adopted : WHEREAS, It appears from the treasurer's books that the delinquent state taxes amount to the sum of $740,205.06; and be WHEREAS, The per centage of delinquent tax in many counties of this state is much greater than in others; therefore be it Resolved, That the committee on finance, ways and means, directed to enquire and report to the senate the cause for the failure to collect said taxes, and why the percentage of delinquent taxes in many counties so far exceeds that in other counties, and what legislation, if any, is necessary to insure the collection of said taxes. Two-thirds of the members voting therefor, the rules were suspended and the resolution adopted. Mr. Ambrose, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution, and moved that the rules be suspended and the resolution adopted: Resolved, That the committee on constitutional amendments be and they are hereby directed to enquire into the necessity of amending section 11 of article III of the constitution, in relation to printing, and to report by bill or otherwise. Two-thirds of the senators voting in the affirmative, The rules were suspended, and the resolution was adopted. Mr. Ambrose, by unanimous consent, introduced a resolution relating to the conduct of the office of attorney-general, which was laid over under the rules. Mr. Howe, by unanimous consent, introduced Senate File No. 139, A joint resolution requesting the senators and representatives from Nebraska in the congress of the United States to secure, if possible, such legislation as will appropriate the proceeds of the public lands in the several states afflicted with grasshoppers to those states, to be used in the payment of bounties for the destruction of such grasshoppers. The bill was read the first time. Mr. Ambrose, by unanimous consent, introduced Senate File No. 140, A bill for an act to regulate the canvass of votes for judges of the supreme and district courts. By unanimous consent, The special joint committee, to whom was referred A bill for an act to provide for township organizations, Mr. President: Your special joint committee, to whom was referred "A bill for an act to provide for township organization," Your committee, to whom was referred Senate File No. 86, "A bill for an act to provide for township organization," Having had the same under consideration, hereby recommend that it do pass. And we do respectfully recommend that the said bill be printed immediately. On motion, L. W. COLBY, P. W. BIRKHAUSER, Committee on part of Senate. HENRY A. BRUNO, LORAN CLARK, A. H. BAKER, PERRY SELDEN, The report was adopted, and Senate File No. 86, Committee on part of House. A bill for an act to provide for township organizations, Was read the first time. |