NKKKASKA. 



561 



ft Bluff. llnnricr, Kimball, Dawett, 



:lte. I 'llc\ rlllle, Slierii lull, 1 hli-11, < 'lu-ri'V, (inillt, 



Arthur, Ki-itli. Lincoln, McPheraon. Hooker, Thomp- 



, .>u'!iM, Ihiusoii. Cutter, Minim-, Hi-own, Kt-yn 

 1'alin, K.'.k, 1 "up, Holt, (iurflold, Vulley, Sherman, 

 Mullnlo, Howard, lii-eeley, Wheeler, and Boyd. 



An net to provide cheaper text-books in (lie 

 schools requires school boards In purchase all 

 text-books Hi-rosary .in their district, and to 

 make c.uitraets with publishers for supplying 

 such books fm- a term of years not exceeding 

 the. All books so nun-hosed shall be held us 

 tin- property of the district, and shall be loaned 

 to pupils free of charge, except that pupils shall 

 lie liable for damage or loss. Pupils or parents, 

 if they M> dc.Miv, may purchase their text-books 

 of the board, and shall be charged therefor only 

 the cost price. 



Km- the purpose of relieving the necessities of 

 people in the counties afflicted with drought in 

 the preceding summer, an appropriation of 

 $100,000 was passed, and a commission was ap- 

 pointed to purchase supplies therewith and to 

 superintend their distribution. By another act 

 the Governor and the Secretary of State were 

 authorized to issue 4-per-cent. bonds, payable in 

 five years, to the amount of $100,000, the pro- 

 ceeds from the sale of which shall be used in the 

 purchase of supplies and seed grain for distribu- 

 tion among people made destitute by the loss of 

 their crops during 1890. The purchase and dis- 

 tribution were intrusted to a relief board of nine 

 persons appointed by the Governor with the ad- 

 vice of the Senate. For the purpose of paying 

 the bonds at maturity an annual tax of one 

 eighth of a mill was levied. The county boards 

 were authorized to use any surplus general funds 

 in the purchase of food, fuel, seed grain, and 

 feed for teams, and to distribute these among 

 destitute and needy farmers, taking in payment 

 their notes, payable in three years at 7 per cent. 

 interest. The counties were also empowered by 

 popular vote to authorize the issue of bonds in 

 amount not exceeding 3 per cent, of their valua- 

 tion and not exceeding $20,000 in any case, and 

 to use the proceeds from the sale of such bonds 

 in the purchase of seed grain and feed for teams, 

 the farmers giving their notes therefor, payable 

 in five years with 7 per cent, interest. 



To secure an exhibit of the resources of the 

 State at the World's Fair in Chicago, $50,000 

 was appropriated, and a commission was ap- 

 pointed to attend to its expenditure. A Girls' 

 Industrial School for Juvenile Delinquent* was 

 established at Geneva, and $40.000 was appropri- 

 ated for the erection of buildings, the land 

 therefor being given to the State. For addi- 

 tional buildings at the Institution for Feeble- 

 minded Youth, near Beatrice, $25,000 was ap- 

 propriated, and for two wings to the main build- 

 iiii; of the Hospital for the insane, at Hastings, 

 $(50.000. 



Two amendments to the State Constitution 

 were proposed for submission to the people at 

 the general election in 1892 one providing for 

 the election of railroad commissioners by the 

 people, the other providing for the preservation 

 and investment or the permanent school funds. 



Other acts of the session were as follow: 



liiv.' the act of 1889 establishing a bounty for 

 the manufacture of sugar. 



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Providing for the (Mnlili.-lirnent of agricultural nd 



liortieiilturiil experiment hlutioiin ut ( ulU-n^-n tui>l 



Ognlullll. 



To r< .ruble the biuineM of building and loan 



To protc-et n*.o-iiitioiiH mul union* of workii:. 

 in the IIM- of lubcln, trade-mark*, and other forum of 

 advettiailia I;IH!H iimmifucturcd l>y them. 



To enalilr a"",-iiiti"iis o|' per-ons to IM mi- bodies 



coriHiratc tor tli- piiriMwe or a<-<|uirin<.' uiul holding 

 real chtntc, issuing bond* tliuron, uiul borrowing 



IIIOMCN . 



Hi '[in'ring railroad companion to cijuip all engine* 

 ninl cars with cllicicnt and cute automatic coupler* 

 and brakes. 



('renting the count v of Boyd out of the unorganized 

 territory north of Holt ('.unity. 



To require register* of deeds to keep a record of 

 mortgage indcbtcdne.s*, and to muke annual rc|>ort 

 therefrom, 



To prohibit the keeping of girlx -indcr eighteen 

 years of age. and boys under twenty -one years, in 

 unv house of ill fame. 



Making it u felony to sell or give fire-arms or am- 

 munition to any Indian not a eiti/en. 



Making it a felony to wll or give malt, spirituous 

 or vinous liquors or intoxicating drinks to any In- 

 diun not a citizen. 



To authorize the organization of mutual-insurance 

 companies. 



T" establish a State board of health, and to regu- 

 Inte the practice of medicine. 



Assenting to the act of Congress appropriating 

 money for the support of colleges of agriculture* and 

 the mechanic arts in the several States. 



Railroads. The number of miles of railroad 

 assessed in 1891 by the State Board of Equaliza- 

 tion was 5,418, against 5,157 for the year preced- 

 ing. Although the mileage increased, the total 

 assessed valuation of railroad property for the 

 year was fixed at $29,265,917.80, or $588,303.25 

 less than in 1890, the valuation per mile being 

 reduced from $5,788.42 to $5,401.45. 



Valuation. The total assessed valuation of 

 the State for 1891, as fixed by the State Board of 

 Equalization, was $183,159,260.48, a decrease of 

 $1,611,044.06 over the valuation of 1890. 



Relief Commission. The final report of the 

 State Relief Commission, appointed by the Leg- 

 islature of this year to distribute provisions and 

 grain to needy farmers, shows that the total 

 amount of money at its disposal was $200,785.91, 

 of which $195,687.67 was expended as required 

 by law. Provisions were supplied to 41,663 per- 

 sons, and grain to 13.662. The amount of grain 

 distributed was as follows: Wheat, 57,796 bush- 

 els; corn. :5H..J45 bushels; barley, 10,81 8 bushels; 

 oats. 12,771) bushels; potatoes, 6,680 bushels. 



Political. A justice of the Supreme Court 

 and two regents of the State University were to 

 be chosen this year at the November election. 

 The first ticket in the field was nominated by 

 the Prohibitionists in convention at Lincoln on 

 AULT. <">. It contained the names of R. W. Rich- 

 ardson for justice of the Supreme Court, and 

 William Gorst and Mrs. Caroline M. Woodward 

 for regents of the State University. The reso- 

 lutions adopted by the convention favor Govern- 

 ment ownership of railroads and telegraph lines, 

 a graduated income tax in place of the internal- 

 revenue system, service pensions for soldiers, 

 wi until suffrage, and the election of United 

 States Senators by direct vote of the people. An 

 increase of the "circulating medium was de- 

 manded, and the liquor traffic was denounced in 



