Motion

"Mr. President: Inasmuch as the printed Journal is on the desks of the Senators, and the reading of the minutes is thus rendered unnecessary, I move that the reading of the minutes, as prepared by the Secretary, be permanently dispensed with."-KIECHEL.

The motion prevailed.

The following bills were introduced and read the first time.

Bills on First Reading

Senate File No. 18-By Bedford:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Section 11,035 of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, and to repeal said original section."

Senate File No. 19--By Bedford:

"A Bill for an Act to provide for the regulation and control of a trustee or trustees of an Express Trust, or Endowments, Guardian or Administrators of Trust Moneys, Property or Estates, and placing same under the jurisdiction of the 'State Banking Board'."

Senate File No. 20-By Bedford:

"A Bill for an Act constituting the several District Judges of the State of Nebraska, ex officio Commissioners of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, and providing for the discharge of their duties as such, and providing stenographers therefor, and also providing for the payment of the salaries of such stenographers and providing for an emergency clause."

Senate File No. 21-By Kiechel:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Section 5110, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, relating to paving streets and making assessments therefor, to repeal said original Section 5110 and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to provide for an emergency."

Senate File No. 22-By Bushee:

"A Bill for an Act to permit the organization of County Rural School Districts."

The following bills were read a second time and referred to appropriate committees:

Bills on Second Reading

Senate File No. 1-By Beal:

"A Bill for an Act to provide for and regulate public warehouses, shipping, weighing and inspection of grain, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith."-Agriculture.

Senate File No. 2-By Howell:

"A Bill for an Act for the consolidation of first or second-class cities or villages with cities of the Metropolitan Class, and providing the conditions of such consolidation."-Municipal Affairs.

Senate File No. 3-By Krumbach:

"A Bill for an Act authorizing the county treasurer of Polk county, Nebraska, to pay certain county warrants upon presentation by the legal holders thereof and declaring an emergency."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 4-By Mallery:

"A Bill for an Act to submit to the electors of the State of Nebraska a proposition for a constitutional convention."-Constitutional Amendments.

Senate File No. 5-By Kiechel:

"A Bill for an Act regulating contracts of suretyship between common carriers and their employees and sureties upon such contracts, and for other purposes."-Railroads.

Senate File No. 6-By Saunders:

"A Bill for an Act empowering the board of directors of metropolitan water districts to devise plans and to construct and operate electric light plants in cities, towns and villages in metropolitan water districts, to supply the same with electric current for street illumination and also for other light, heat and power purposes and to charge and collect revenue therefor and provide for the issuance of bonds when necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act."-Municipal Affairs.

Senate File No. 7-By Bygland:

"A Bill for an Act making it unlawful to sell or give away opium, morphine, cocaine, acetanilide, phenacetin, codeine or any derivative or compound of coal tar or other injurious drug except on the written order or prescription of a regularly licensed and practicing physician, providing a penalty for the violation of this act, repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency."-Judicary.

Senate File No. 8-By Hoagland.

"A Bill for an Act to fix the minimum salary of firemen in the fire department of cities having more than 40,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, and to declare an emergency."-Municipal Affairs.

Senate File No. 9-By Shumway:

"A Bill for an Act to prevent the procreation of certain classes of criminals and feeble-minded and other defectives; to provide for the appointment of a board of examiners by the board of commissioners of public institutions, said board of examiners to consist of two physicians and to fix their compensation, powers and duties; to provide for the appointment of counsel for the person to be operated upon; to provide for the keeping of a record of the proceedings for such board and for an appeal from the order of such board; and to declare illegal all operations to prevent procreation of the human species except as authorized by this act unless the same shall be medical necessity, and declaring such illegal operations a felony and fixing a penalty therefore."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 10-By Shumway:

"A Bill for an Act to provide a state life insurance system for the State of Nebraska."-Insurance.

Senate File No. 11-By Sandall:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Section 7935 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1913, and to repeal said original section."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 12-By Beal:

"A Bill for an Act to provide pensions for widows who are mothers of dependent and neglected children."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 13-By Gates:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Section 3869, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, relating to licenses in cities and villages and to repeal said original section."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 14-By Quinby:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Section 677 of Article III of Chapter 20 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska of the year 1913, (R. S. 8236), and to repeal said original section and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith."-Judiciary.

Senate File No. 15-By Quinby.

"A Bill for an Act to provide for the annual assessment of all real property in the State of Nebraska, to amend Section 132 and 149 of Chapter 69 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1913, (R. S. 6420 and 6437) and to repeal said original sections and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to declare an emergency."-Revenue and Taxation.

Senate File No. 16-By Quinby:

"A Bill for an Act to amend Sections 12 and 13 of Article II of Chapter 69 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1913, (R. S. 6300 and 6301) and to repeal said sections and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with said sections as amended and to declare an emergency." -Revenue and Taxation.

Senate File No. 17-By Beal:

"A Bill for an Act to provide for cumulative voting, and for voting by proxy by the stockholders of any company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nebraska, in all elections for directors or managers of such company."-Miscellaneous Subjects.

Motion.

"Mr. President: I move that the Sergeant-at-Arms, the assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Gate Keeper and Pages be supplied with metal badges designating their respective offices."-WILSON (Frontier).

The motion prevailed.

Motion.

"Mr. President: I move that a committee of three be appointed to arrange for committee rooms."-BROOKLEY.

The motion prevailed.

The Chair appointed as a Committee to arrange for committee rooms the following: Senators Brookley, Dodge and Quinby.

Motion.

"Mr. President: I move the Secretary be requested to purchase thermometers and that the Sergeant-at-Arms be instructed to keep the Senate Chamber properly ventilated, the temperature not to exceed 70 degrees above zero."-DODGE.

The motion prevailed.

Message from the House.

"House of Representatives,

Lincoln, Nebraska,
January, 12, 1915.

Mr. President:

"I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that it has adopted the following resolution:

Whereas: During past sessions of the Nebraska Legislature there has been great waste of public money in printing bills of different members covering the same ground, and during the session of 1913 this resulted in the printing of 112 bills in duplicate and a number in triplicate, therefore be it

Resolved: That after first reading all House bills be referred to a committee consisting of the Chief Clerk or Assistant Chief Clerk of the House, the chairman of the rules committee and the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, for the purpose of eliminating such duplicates either by writing in one House bill under the names of all its sponsors all bills covering the same ground, or by reporting back to the House for indefinite postponement all bills which are duplicates of those already printed.

Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the Senate asking its co-operation in this plan to save the state the expense of useless printing."-RICHMOND.

G. W. POTTS,

ChiefClerk.

On request of Senator Mattes the message from the House was laid over until Wednesday, January 13, 1915.

Senator Bushee at 10:30 a. m. moved to take a recess until 2:00

The Senate met and was caled to order by the President.

The roll was called and the following members were present: Messrs. Beal, Bedford, Buhrman, Bushee, Bygland, Dodge, Douthett, Grace, Henry Hoagland, Howell, Kiechel, Kohl, Krumbach, Lahners, Mallery, Mattes, Piller, Quinby, Robertson, Ruden, Sandall, Shumway, Spencer, Spirk, Weesner, Wilson (Dodge), Wilson (Frontier), Wink.

Absent, excused: Messrs. Gates and Marshall.

Senator Saunders was excused for the balance of the week.

Report of Committee on Committees.

"Mr. President: Your Committee on Committees begs leave to report and recommend the following standing committees:

Accounts and Expenditures: Charles Krumbach, Chairman; John

A. Robertson, John Mattes, Henry V. Hoagland and A. D. Spencer. Agriculture: I. S. Bygland, Chairman; John R. Henry, John A. Robertson, J. M. Gates, Thomas Lahners, Walter Kiechel and H. P. Shumway.

Banks and Currency: A. D. Spencer, Chairman; I. S. Bygland, John R. Henry, E. E. Howell, J. M. Gates, D. M. Douthett and John T. Marshall.

Constitutional Amendments and Federal Relations: Charles Krumbach, Chairman; E. J. Spirk, Will Brookley, Jeff W. Bedford, Wallace H. Wilson, Charles L. Saunders and Earl D. Mallery.

Drainage, Irrigation and Water Power (Combined): Peter Wink, Chairman; Charles W. Beal, J. M. Gates, Reinhold E. Piller, Walter Kiechel, H. P. Shumway, Berton K. Bushee.

Education, University and Normal Schools and Library: W. H. Wilson, Chairman; John R. Henry, Walter Kiechel, J. H. Buhrman, N. P. Dodge, R. E. Piller, E. J. Spirk.

Enrolled and Engrossed Bills: Laurie J. Quinby, Chairman; John A. Robertson, Charles W. Beal, N. P. Dodge, John T. Marshall.

Finance, Ways and Means: Philip H. Kohl, Chairman; Wallace H. Wilson, Peter Wink, Laurie J. Quinby, Will Brookley, E. E. Howell, Walter Kiechel, Berton K. Bushee, Earl D. Mallery.

Claims and Deficiencies: W. E. Weesner, Chairman. J. M. Grace, Willis Wilson, Thomas Lahners, H. P. Shumway.

Fish and Game: J. M. Grace, Chairman; J. H. Bushee, Charles Krumbach, Charles L. Saunders, Thomas Lahners.

Highways, Bridges and Ferries: J. M. Gates, Chairman; I. S. Bygland, John A. Robertson, Willis Wilson, Charles Ruden, Thomas Lahners, D. M. Douthett.

Insurance: John R. Henry, Chairman; E. E. Howell, John Mattes, Phillip H. Kohl, J. M. Gates, D. M. Douthett, Charles Ruden, C. E. Sandall, H. P. Shumway.

Judiciary: Charles W. Beal, Chairman; John Mattes, L. J. Quinby, Will Brookley, Philip H. Kohl, C. E. Sandall, Berton K. Bushee, E. J. Spirk, A. D. Spencer.

Labor: Earl D. Mallery, Chairman; Laurie J. Quinby, W. L. Weesner, Jeff W. Bedford, Walter Kiechel.

Live Stock and Grazing: Jeff W. Bedford, Chairman; Will Brookley, J. H. Buhrman, Charles Ruden, D. M. Douthett.

Manufactures, Retail and Commerce (combined): Reinhold E. Piller, Chairman; Charles W. Beal, Charles Krumbach, Peter Wink, N. P. Dodge, Earl D. Mallery, E. J. Spirk.

Medical Societies: Willis Wilson, Chairman; I. S. Bygland, W. L. Weesner, C. E. Sandall, John T. Marshall.

Miscellaneous Corporations: John Mattes, Chairman; E. E. Howell, Philip H. Kohl, Wallace Wilson, John R. Henry, Charles L. Saunders, Berton K. Bushee.

Miscellaneous Subjects: Charles L. Saunders, Chairman; Peter Wink, J. M. Grace, Willis Wilson, E. J. Spirk.

Municipal Affairs: E. E. Howell, Chairman; Laurie J. Quinby, W. H. Wilson, A. D. Spencer, Henry V. Hoagland.

Privileges and Elections: Wallace Wilson, Chairman; John Mattes, Will Brookley, E. J. Spirk, Thomas Lahners.

Public Institutions (Including insane hospitals, reform schools and other alsylums, soldiers' homes, state penitentiary, deaf, dumb and blind institutes, public lands and buldings): Walter Kiechel, Chairman; John R. Henry, J. H. Buhrman, Charles Krumbach, Willis Wilson, Reinhold E. Piller, Henry V. Hoagland, A. D. Spencer.

Railroads: Will Brookley, Chairman; Jeff W. Bedford, J. M. Grace, John Mattes, Philip H. Kohl, Henry V. Hoagland, Charles Ruden, C. E. Sandall, J. M. Gates.

Revenue and Taxation: J. H. Buhrman, Chairman; Laurie J. Quinby, W. L. Weesner, Peter Wink, Earl D. Mallery, Berton K. Bushee, John Marshall.