House of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska,
October 18, 1919.
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House of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska,
October 18, 1919.
The House was called to order by Mr. Fults, Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
The roll was called and all members answered present except: Messrs. Allen (Gage), Carroll, Filley, Frost, Fuller, Hoover, Porter, Rodman, and Taylor, who were excused.
The Journal of the fourth day was partly read when, on motion of Mr. Miller the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved as prepared by the Clerk.
Resolutions
Mr. Schmidt called up his resolution introduced the preceding day and moved its adoption.
The motion did not prevail.
Bills on Third Reading
Senate File No. 1:
A Bill for an Act to enable counties having a population of 150,000 or more in cases of emergency, to issue and sell bonds without a vote of the people to raise funds to repair county buildings or restore other county property damaged or destroyed by fire, riot, mob, storm or other casualty; to provide a tax levy to pay the interest and principal of such bonds; and to declare an emergency.
Whereupon the Speaker said: "The bill having been read at large on three different days, and the same with all of the amendments having been printed, the question is, shall the bill pass with the emergency clause?"
The roll was called and those voting in the affirmative were:
Messrs. Allan (Douglas), Anderson (Knox), Anderson (Butler), Anderson (Hamilton), Axtell, Baker, Barbour, Behrens, Berka, Bethea,
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Black, Briggs, Burgess, Burney, Carstenson, Christy, Crozier, Davis, Downing, Druesedow, Dyball, Filley, Foster, Frantz, Fries, Fults, Gerhart, Good, Goodrich, Green (J. Reid), Hardin, Hedges, Hostetler, Howard Jacobs, Jacobson, Jeary, Jenison, Jenkins, Johnson (Burt), Johnson (Phelps), Lambert, Lang, Lauritsen, Lundgren, Mathewson, Maurer, McLellan, McGrath, McKee, McLaughlin, Mears, Miille, Miller, Nelson, Noreen, Osterman, Purcell, Reynolds, Rickard, Rost, Sandquist, Snow, Staats, Steele, Stout, Strong, Sturdevant, Thompson, Tracewell, Vance, Van Patten, Wertman, Wight, Wildman, Windham, Mr. Speaker--78.
Voting in the negative: Mr. Purdy.
Absent and not voting: Messrs. Allen (Gage), Carroll, Frost, Fuller, Gifford, Green (Barton), Harte, Harris, Hoover, McLeod, Morrison, Porter, Rodman, Schmidt, Smith, Taylor--16.
A constitutional two-thirds majority having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill was passed with the emergency clause and the title agreed to.
Explanation
I am opposed to the principal of issuing bonds without a vote of the people--but in case of an emergency such as now exists in Douglas County--I vote Aye.
WILDMAN.
Resolution
BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Governor be, and is hereby requested to include in the next call for a special session of this Legislature, amendments to the laws in regard to the crime of Rape and also amendments to the School Redistricting law.
REYNOLDS.
Unanimous consent was given for the immediate consideration of the resolution.
Mr. Reynolds moved its adoption.
The motion prevailed.
Apples for the House
The Speaker announced that a box of apples had been presented to the House by Mr. Christy of Nemaha County. The "Mutt and Jeff" of the House (Messrs. McLaughlin and Davis), were delegated to distribute the fruit by the Speaker.
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Motion
Mr. Mathewson moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Christy for his donation, which motion prevailed.
"Profiteering" and "Code Bill" Resolution
Mr. Crozier called up his resolution of the preceding day embodying comments on "profiteering" and the "Code bill", and moved its adoption.
A roll call was asked for which received the required number of supporters.
The roll was called and those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Allan (Douglas), Anderson (Butler), Anderson (Hamilton), Axtell, Behrens, Berka, Black, Burgess, Byrum, Carstenson, Christy, Crozier, Davis, Druesedow, Dyball, Foster, Frantz, Fries, Gerhart, Gifford, Good, Goodrich, Green (J. Reid), Harte, Hardin, Hedges, Howard, Jacobson, Jeary, Jenison, Johnson (Burt), Johnson (Phelps), Lambert, Lauritsen Lundgren Maurer, McLellan McLaughlin, Miille, Miller, Morrison, Nelson, Noreen, Osterman, Purcell, Purdy, Reynolds, Rickard Host, Sandquist, Schmidt, Snow, Staats, Stout, Strong, Thompson, Tracewell, Vance, Van Patton, Wertman, Wight, Wildman, Windham, Mr. Speaker--64.
Voting in the negative were: Messrs. Bethea, Briggs, Carroll, Downing, Filley, Hostetler, Mathewson, McKee, McLeod, Steele--10.
Absent and not voting were: Messrs. Allen (Gage), Anderson (Knox), Baker, Barbour, Burney, Frost, Fuller, Fults, Green (Barton), Harris, Hoover, Jacobs, Jenkins, Lang, McGrath, Mears, Porter, Rodman, Smith, Sturdevant Taylor--21
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honor able body that they have refused to concur in the House Amendments to Senate File No. 1 and have appointed as a conference committee Senators Sears, Cordeal and Peterson.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
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Conference Committee on Senate File No. 1
Mr. Speaker: I move that a Conference Committee of three be appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate on Senate File No. 1.
HARDIN.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Fults, Hardin and Wildman.
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have passed the following resolution.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
Resolution
WHEREAS, the people of Nebraska, in common with those of our sister states and of a large portion of the world, are conscious of the fact that the entire economic struction (sic) of our civilization, as a result of the, destructive agencies of war, has been wrenched and our institutions put to a test even more severe than the test of war,
WHEREAS, our experience in recent months leads us to believe that our new economic conditions may demand an extension of governmental power to include in state regulation some or all of the agencies engaged in the handling of commodities generally classed as necessaries of life to the end that those agencies shall be required to render service to all alike without discrimination and for a reasonable compensation,
WHEREAS, that problem and others related thereto should receive immediate and earnest attention,
WHEREAS, while we cannot by legislative enactment alter economic facts nor by legislative decree restore to the world its loss from wastage of war, we sincerely desire to aid in whatever way in our power to bring back to our citizenship that condition of industrial and social content which a free people, blessed with an environment of untold possibilities and with a desire to achieve, ought to possess.
THEREFORE, be it resolved, that the President appoint three members of the Senate to act with a like committee of the House if that body sees fit to join with us; that said committee, conferring with the administrative officers of the State, consult with representative citizens on behalf of such groups of labor, consumers or business as they may speak for and then if, in the judgment of the committee, a legislative program can be formulated which promises any relief from existing economic ills, such committee petition the Governor to reassemble the legislature to consider its recommendations.
BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy hereof be transmitted to the House of Representatives.
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Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to join with the committee from the Senate to act in accordance with the foregoing resolution.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed
Invitation to Football Game
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
October 18, 1919.
To the Members of the Legislature in Special Session:
In behalf of the Regents, faculty and students we cordially invite you to witness the football game on Nebraska Field this afternoon at 2:30 between the University of Nebraska and Notre Dame. Inasmuch as the greater part of the grandstand has been sold out for sometime, and further believing that the members will enjoy mingling with the student and especially those from their home towns, tickets to the student section have been assigned for the use of members of the Legislature and their families and may be obtained by applying to the Chief Clerk of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the House.
In view of the fact that the registration in the University now numbers approximately 1,500 students in advance of any previous year, the bleachers will be crowded. It is suggested therefore, that those accepting this invitation come as early as possible in order to secure desirable seats.
J. T. LEES,
Provost Director of Athletics,
S. AVERY, Chancellor.
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that the communication from Prof. J. T. Lees and Chancellor S. Avery be made a part of the permanent record and that the invitation be accepted.
The motion prevailed.
Report of Conference Committee
Mr. Speaker: Your Conference Committee on Senate File No. 1 has had the same under consideration, and reports the same back to the House with the recommendation that the first and second amendments be concurred in.
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We further recommend that the House recede from the third amendment to said Senate File No. 1, and that in lieu thereof the following amendment be adopted:
"Amend Section 1 of the engrossed bill by inserting, in line 2, after the word "building" and before the word "by" the following: "in any county having a population of one hundred and fifty thousand or more."
| FULTS, HARDIN, WILDMAN, SEARS, CORDEAL, PETERSON. |
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move the adoption of the conference committee report on Senate File No. 1.
FULTS.
The motion prevailed.
The following message was received from the Senate by its Secretary:
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have passed and herewith return House Rolls Nos. 2 and 3.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
Report on Enrolled Bills
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills would respectfully report that we have carefully examined and compared House Rolls Nos. 2 and 3 and find the same correctly enrolled.
McLEOD.
Signed by the Speaker
In the presence of the House, while it was in session and capable of transacting business, the Speaker gave notice he was about to sign, and did sign, House Rolls Nos. 2 and 3.
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To Audit and Sign Vouchers
Mr. Speaker: I move that the Chairman of the Committee or Accounts and Expenditures audit and sign all vouchers after the adjournment of the House.
GOOD.
The motion prevailed.
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to notify the Governor of the Passage and provisions of the resolution asking for information in regard to the action so far taken to suppress Profiteering.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Stout, Johnson (Burt), and Sturdevant.
The following message was received from the Senate by its Secretary:
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October is, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have passed and herewith return House Roll No. 1, with Senate amendments.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
The following message was sent to the Senate by the Chief Clerk:
Message to the Senate
Representative Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska, October is, 1919.
Mr. President: I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that they have adopted the Conference Committee report on Senate File No. 1.
WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
The following message was received from the Senate by its Secretary:
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Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have adopted the Conference Committee report on Senate File No. 1.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
Motion to Not Concur in Senate Amendments to House Roll No. 1
Mr. Speaker: I move that the House refuse to concur in Senate amendments to House Roll No. 1, and that a committee of three be appointed to act with a like committee from the Senate.
JENISON.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Jenison, Jeary and Byrum.
Motion for Committee
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to draft an expression of sympathy with the President of the United States in his present serious illness.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Reynolds, Osterman and Windham.
The following message was received from the Senate by its Secretary:
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have appointed as a Conference Committee on House Roll No. 1, Senators Cordeal, Peterson and Sears.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate
The following message was sent to the Senate by the Chief Clerk:
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Message to the Senate
Hall of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. President: I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that they have refused to concur in Senate Amendments to House Roll No. 1 and have appointed as a Conference Committee Messrs. Jenison, Jeary and Byrum.
WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
Message of Sympathy
Mr. Speaker: We, your special committee appointed to draft an expression of sympathy to the President of the United States, hereby suggest that the following telegram be sent him, on behalf of the House, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk:
"His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States:
"The House of Representatives of the State of Nebraska desires to tender you unanimously its sympathy in your present illness and to express its hope for your speedy, recovery."
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On motion the resolution of sympathy was ordered transmitted.
The following message was received from the Senate by Its Secretary:
Message From the Senate
Senate Chamber, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform your honorable body that they have adopted the Conference report on House Roll No. 1.
CLYDE H. BARNARD, Secretary of Senate.
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Report of Conference Committee, House Roll No. 1
Mr. Speaker: We, your Conference Committee, on House Roll No. 1 have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report that we recommend that the Senate Amendments be concurred in, by the House.
| C. W. SEARS, J. V. CORDEAL, C. PETRUS PETERSON, Members of Senate Committee. A. J. JENISON, A. H. BYRUM, CLARK JEARY, Members of House Committee. |
Motion to Concur
Mr. Speaker: I move that the report of the Conference Committee on House Roll No. 1 be concurred in.
JENISON,
The motion prevailed.
The following message was received from the House by Its Chief Clerk:
Message to the Senate
Hall of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. President: I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that they have concurred in the Senate amendments to House Roll No. 1.
WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
Presented to the Governor
October 18, 1919.
Mr. Speaker: Your Joint Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills would respectfully report that we have this day, at 11 a. m., presented to the Governor for his approval: House Rolls Nos. 2 and 3.
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Approved by the Governor
To the Honorable Dwight S. Dalbey,
The Speaker of the House of Representatives:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to inform your honorable body that he has this day approved the following acts, viz:
House Roll No, 2.
House Roll No. 3.
Respectfully,
O. H. ZUMWINKEL,
Private Secretary to the Governor.
State of Nebraska, Executive Office.
October 18, 1919.
Report of Committee Investigating Delay in Printing of House
Journal
Mr. Speaker: We, your committee, appointed to inquire into the delay in printing the House Journal, beg leave to submit the following report:
We find that copy for about fourteen hundred pages of this book was turned over by Assistant Chief Clerk Israel about May 20th to Kline Publishing Company, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who held the contract for publishing it. This comprised all the copy except the statistical index and the general index.
Mr. Israel informs us that the statistical index copy was completed a few days later and the Kline Publishing Company was notified by him that same was ready.
The photos of the officials, whose portraits are to appear in the book, were sent to the engraver by the state printer about June 27th, and the engravings were received about three weeks later.
The general index cannot be prepared until after the main part of the book is printed, and Mr. Israel states that he has followed the precedent of the Secretary of the Senate, and has employed the Kline Publishing Company to prepare the general index.
The book will contain about 1800 pages and the contractors inform us that the book will be ready for delivery in four or five days.
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As to the cause of delay, we believe it is due to the contractors having more than they could handle under the labor conditions which have existed.
Respectfully submitted,
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Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move the adoption of the report.
PURCELL.
The motion prevailed.
Signed by the Speaker
In the presence of the House, while it was in session and capable of transacting business, the Speaker gave notice that he was about to sign, and did sign Senate File No. 1.
For Joint Committee on Adjournment
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to meet with a like committee from the Senate regarding adjournment.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Reynolds, McLaughlin and Miller.
The following message was received from the House by its Chief Clerk:
Message From the House
Hall of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. President: I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that they have appointed Messrs. Reynolds, McLaughlin and Miller as a committee to act with a like committee from the Senate to fix a time for adjournment.
WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
Per Israel
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Committee to Wait Upon the Governor
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the Governor and ascertain if he has any further communications to submit to the House.
FULTS.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Fults, Staats and Wildman.
Address of the Governor
Conforming to the request of the House, Governor McKelvie appeared with the committee and addressed the House as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives in Extraordinary Session Assembled:
Bearing upon the activities of the State Administration in conducting investigations related to the high cost of living, I am pleased to report to your honorable body that such investigations were begun in the principal cities of the State early in August. I have asked the Attorney General, who, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, has been conducting these investigations, to make a definite report to you of the progress thus far made.
You are, no doubt, aware that since these investigations were begun, both by the Federal Government and the State, the price of hogs has declined about 25% and the price of corn declined about 30 cents per bushel almost immediately, and inasmuch as Nebraska is largely a producing State, you will understand, I am sure, that this is a matter which should be approached with the utmost good judgment, in order that a very great injury may not be worked upon a very substantial group of our people.
I should add that one of the remedies which will be applied is that which relates to the revaluation for assessment purposes of city property. We are now procuring, through the Department of Finance, information regarding the rates at which rental properties are being let, and these will be used as a basis of valuation. We feel that through this source a decided benefit will accrue to all the people of the State.
You may be assured that this question is being pressed with such ways as seem most practical under the conditions, and when the work shall have been completed, a full report will be published to the people.
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Meanwhile, I desire to thank you for having given me this opportunity to inform you of our efforts, and I commend you for your interest in the matter.
SAMUEL R. McKELVIE,
Governor.
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that the address of the Governor be made a part of the permanent Journal.
McLELLAN.
The motion prevailed.
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that the Journal for the fifth day be approved as prepared by the Clerk.
McLELLAN.
The motion prevailed.
Motion as to Salaries
Mr. Speaker: I move that all house employees of this session whose salaries are not fixed by law be paid $5.00 per day.
AXTELL.
The motion prevailed.
For Preparing Permanent House Journal
Mr. Speaker: I move that the Chief Clerk and Assistant Chief Clerk be allowed one extra day's compensation each to close the business of this session; that the Chief Clerk be authorized to prepare the proceedings of this Extra Session of the House for Publication and that he be allowed a compensation of $100.00 for this service.
SNOW.
The motion prevailed.
Report on Enrolled Bills
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills would respectfully report that we have carefully examined and compared House Roll No. 1 and find the same correctly enrolled.
McLEOD, Chairman.
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Signed by the Speaker
In the presence of the House, while it was in session and capable of transacting business, the Speaker gave notice that he was about to sign, and did sign, House Roll No. 1.
Presented to the Governor
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills respectfully report that we have this day, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. presented to the Governor for his approval:
House Roll No. 1,
"A Bill for an Act to amend Sections 1, 3 and 4 of Chapter 184 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1919; to amend Sections 4199, 4200 and 5300 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913; to repeal said original sections, and to declare an emergency."
| DAN McLEOD, Chairman House Committee. R. C. HARRISS, Chairman Senate Committee. |
Address by the Attorney General
Attorney General C. A. Davis appeared before the House and read his report to this body as follows:
Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
To the House of Representatives,
State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: I am addressing this communication to your honorable body at the request of informing your members of the status of certain investigations which have been made into the present trend of high prices and informing your body of certain criminal prosecutions which have been commenced by my department.
Under the authority vested in the Secretary of Agriculture by Section 24, Article 1, Title 1 of the Session Laws of 1919, which is a part of the Civil Administrative Code, the Secretary of Agriculture is empowered to make a thorough investigation into all the books, papers and affairs of any person, firm or corporation when, in the judgment of said department, this is necessary to the efficient enforcement of the laws, etc.
In pursuance to the authority herein granted, the Secretary of Agriculture, during the month of August, began a systematic public
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hearing regarding the market conditions and prices of the various necessities of life? In pursuance to the statute enacted by your body at its last session, my department acted as counsel for the Secretary during his investigation and conducted the examination of witnesses and endeavored to produce before the Secretary such information as he required.
This inquiry was extended over the following subjects: fruits, vegetables, clothing, shoes, milk, lumber and building materials, and an investigation into the marketing conditions of butter and butter fat so far as the same concerns the large creamery interests. The testimony which was taken at these investigations has been reduced to writing and is now on file with the Secretary of Agriculture.
The hearings which have been publicly conducted in regard to all of these necessities of life have been confined to Omaha and Lincoln for the reason that it was the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture and myself that through the larger markets of those two larger cities it was possible to find out more about costs of production and costs of doing business and to obtain a better perspective on the conditions throughout the state than it was by undertaking to hold hearings at every town in the state from which we received a complaint.
From the testimony taken in these hearings, from the records of similar hearings taken in other states and from the reports of the United States Government in its various activities along the same line, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the present trend of high prices is not only a local condition but is national and international in its scope, and that it is caused primarily by a tremendous inflation of our currency throcgh (sic) the Federal Reserve Banks and the issuance of large numbers of bonds, as well as by the enormous consumption and underproduction growing out of the war. At the same time, there are in Nebraska some trade practices and combinations in restraint of trade that are illegal and they have been a large factor in increasing the prices of the commodities in which they deal.
It is the purpose of my department to prosecute to the full extent of our law all combinations in restraint of trade and all unfair discriminations which are being practiced by certain businesses.
As a result of the public hearings which were held before the Secretary of Agriculture and of a great deal of private information which has been procured by our department from different sources I am glad to inform your body that. my department has already begun one criminal prosecution against a combination in restraint of trade and that at the time of the recent destruction of the Douglas County court house together with the extraordinary congestion of the district court of Douglas County which has followed this destruction make it seem inadvisable to me at this time to file these prosecutions until such time as they can be given a speedy hearing in the courts.
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I want to assure your membership that my department will enforce our present statutes prohibiting combinations in restraint of trade and unfair price discriminations among different communities in the state, and that we will enforce the penalties thereto attached to the full extent of the law.
May I further inform your membership that a sufficient time has now elapsed since your request of October 17th regarding the legislative program which you could constitutionally consider so that it is possible to give a more detailed opinion regarding it. After a careful review of the several authorities which were not in the possession of our department at the time of the rendition of our previous opinion, I desire to retract my statement that the legislature did not have the authority to pass the proposed amendment to House Roll Number One. and substitute therefor the opinion that the authorities in other states are equally divided upon the subject and that it is quite probable that the House was well within its legislative authority in the passage of the bill.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE A. DAVIS,
Attorney General.
Motion
Mr. Speaker: I move that the report of the Attorney General be made a part of the permanent Journal.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed.
Approved by the Governor
To the Honorable Dwight S. Dalbey,
Speaker of the House of Representatives:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to inform your honorable body that he has this day approved the following acts, viz:
House Roll No. 1.
Respectfully,
O. H. ZUMWINKEL,
Private Secretary to the Governor.
State of Nebraska, Executive Office,
October 18, 1919.
Message to the Senate
Hall of Representatives, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 18, 1919.
Mr. President: I am directed by the House to inform your honorable body that they have appointed a Committee of three consisting of Messrs. McLaughlin, Hardin and Purcell to join with the committee from the Senate to act in accordance with your resolution to ascertain if a legislative program for economic relief can be formulated and to petition the Governor to reassemble the legislature to consider its recommendations.
WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
For Joint Committee on Adjournment
Mr. Speaker: I move that a committee of three be appointed to meet with a like committee from the Senate regarding adjournment.
REYNOLDS.
The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Reynolds, Miller and McLaughlin.
Report of Committee on Adjournment
Mr. Speaker: Your committee appointed to confer with the Senate regarding adjournment has performed that duty and we have agreed upon today as the time for adjournment.
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Mr. McLaughlin moved the adoption of the report, to which the House agreed.
Adjournment Sine Die
Mr. Speaker: The House and Senate having finished their work I move that the House adjourn Sine Die.
McLAUGHLIN.
The motion prevailed.
(Signed) WILL F. HITCHCOCK, Chief Clerk.
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