The Osceola times., 1885-02-21
ARKANSAS STATE SSss.
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ne House psssra the sTester rA7 o. -
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time
Twelve rlnc- hills ~e7e intreiSeed N
the Hoass on tae On and tour IN the >enA'e-
Govegnos Rnehes prcscntea prSciAnsiloH
n the LEGISLATURE urging immediate Aciles
n regard - aNSst Ancant 81 49,, .sl-
gwen 70 The state BY tire sci Nppg2Nca y
temner - $50 bat tor which thc >sste "a
vet PAT in no claim The fc1erA ooNct
r,eui : every axy selling the lsnd, ana Il is
est tiElAfed that there l. nos due nc starr %
tbeir account over tSo handrea sna nts
Thousand anllzrs The message a. receives
in the House. and after consicersoie a.se .
slou referred 90 thu Committee on tcdefAl
Reiafions The House RNiirnA1 COMMITTED
reported on folr "a lroAc hilis reco . ne ~
ting the passage Of f~-o of n nor lEnPoE Alcr
bit diyid ne On the rerors al one y % 2 ps9-
posed to reduce the freight A1a pass .rlsef
raies. The latter ~As recoMmtte4, Ahes
hot debate
In the senate on the 10th senator Crit
tendsn. from fhe Committee on state Lands,
reported back Senate bill No 70. a bill for sr
act - authorize the Commissioner OF STATE
Lands TO execute deeds and certificates IT
certain cases. and the hill ~as read thiru
time and pAs>et-yess. . nays l. Two
nex bills were introducea ami four unim-
porlAnt measures acre read the second time
and referred. After the reports OF the vAri-
a ailourned ......In the House little business
Was transacted Two unimportant bills
from the senate were read the III RI time
And passed. defining the boundary lines oe
tween Marion, Franklin and Johnson
Counties, and changing the time OF hold
ing courts In the second judicial District
seven bills were introduced: To regulate the
sale of certain lands granted the town OF
Eureka springs; TO confirm certain acts OF
the Governor. Treas urer and Land Couinis
sioners on the sale OF real estate bank lands
to change the time of holding courts in
Washington County to provide for the
sale of town lots forfeited for taxes; 90
protect fishes toprohihlt unlicensed ferries
and 10 amend Msnsfeld's Digest bll reEu-
laiing the lime for holding courts in Desha
County was passed House bill providing
that the pla ntiff. II successful in his case
be paid attorneys fees was lost
In the Senate on the 1lth bill was in
troduced to regulate a settlement between
the state and the United states, agreeing TO
accept the original field notes as fnal in de-
terminlug the character OF such lands as are
ceded to the state by the United states. Re
ferred 10 the Committee on state Lands The
special order, the senate bill fixing the sal
aries OF the officers OF the General Assembly
was passed by vote of q 10 s. IL provides
for paving the President of the senate and
speaker of the House $40 per day; Sec
rotary of the senate and Clerk OF the
House, s.; Assistant Clerk and Assist
ant secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling
Clerk and Journal Clerk. s. each Chaplain-.
sci geant- at Arms, and Doorkeepers, S. each (,
pages, $3.50 each Janitors, 81 Assistant Jan
itors, s! each. The bil reduces salaries ia
several Instances. An Intellectual effort was
made to reconsider the vote by which the
Senate bill passed making the state Treas
urer ex-ofiicio Treasurer Of the state lnstltu'
tions lin the House the day was mainly
spent In discussion OF amendments to the
bill providing for Board of County Exam
iners The bill to regulate the redemption
and sale of Real Estate Bank lands was
passed
In the Senate on the 18th bills were in.
tro1uced To amend the law for the organ.
zation and government of municipal cor
porations; to make IL "A felony for any state
or county officer to embezZle money; for the
relief OF John ID. kImball, of Hot Springs,
who purchased land from the state t. which
the state had no title. BY Mr.. simmons: Re
quiring Lincoln and Desha Counties to pay
portion OF the debt OF jefferson County,
which should have been paid bv the terri
tory taken from Jefferson and added 20 LIN
coin and Desha-.....The time of the House
was mostly taken up with debate, no busl-
ness OF special importance being transacted
II the Senate on the 18Th the bill to fur
nish artificial limbs to all men In the state
who lost limbs during the war, was passed.
/ The act treats Federal and Confederate sol
I diers alike The bill prohibiting accepting Of
free passes on railroads was defeated by a
vote OF II to II after an animated discus
/ sion......In the House thirty eight bills
were introduced. the most important being
as follows: To establish separate courts in
/ Ionoke County; to require >hertfs to make
! report of the sale OF sixteenth section lands,
/ and to provide for a record Of the same, TO
] change the boundary lines of Lincoln and
/ Desha Counties; to abolish the convict farm
lab system; to establish separate judicial
] districts in Craighead County; to establ sh a
/ Bureau of Mining, Manufacturing and A.ri-
} culture; to provide for funding the state
| debt; to better protect the medical pro.es
] sion, TO declare non resident railroad cor.
] poTations resident. of the state.