The Russellville Democrat., 1891-03-26
Monday sorsnoon, March ss.
HOUSE.

HDO5E.
 After the reading of the journal this morning Mir. Neal obtained the floor and asked unanimous consent to call up senate bill 210, which was granted, and, ct his request, the bill was read first and second times.
 Mir. Newton in the chair.
 At the request of Mir. Evans, house bill 330 was, by unanimous consent, taken up and read the second time and, under suspension of the rules, read the third time and passed. The bill provides for 8 change in the time of holding the circuit court in Carroll county.
 MT. Flippen, chairman of the com mittee on enrolled bills, reported senate bill 67 and house bill 326 correctly enrolled and the same were signed by the speaker.
 Mir. Dickinson called up house bill 291, to prohibit the sale of intoxi- cants within three miles of Arkansas college, Independence county, Ark, and the same was read third time and passed.
 Mir. Berry called up senate bill 24l and had it read the first and second times and referred to the committee on agriculture.
 Mr. Russell called up senate bill 205, to authorize the inclosing of certain lands in the Arkansas river in Pope county and the establishment of the same into fencing district. He explained the reasons for the measure in satisfactory manner to the house and the bill thereupon passed by a unanimous vote.
 By request of MT. Baker, Mir. Yancy and Mr. Short were excused for the day.
 Mir. Otey called up his bill to amend Sec. IS of Mansfield's Digest, and the same passed.
 Senate bill S5 was recommitted to the committee on judiciary.
 Mir. Chimney reported house bills 274, IA and PIP correctly eDgrossed. MIR. WALKERS REPORT.
 As a privileged question MT. Walker, chairman of the special investigation committee on ex-Treasurer Woodruff's books and accounts substituted full and complete report on the affairs of the ex-treasurer's third term. The report says:
 "Your committee find no deficit or excess in this term, but desire to call attention to the following irregu , larities:
 TISSUE OF SCRIP. "In checking the scrip stubs with the scrip register and auditors war rants your committee found in frac- tional stub book blank, unrum- bered stub between numbers 4469 and 4471, from which the scrip had been detached and the corresp bonding space in the scrip register was found blank. This between the dates Octo- Der 29, 1884, and February 2S, 1885.
 "The scrip had been detached from stub numbered 4507 in fractional stub book and written across the face of stub in pencil the words issue stopped. This number is not entered in scrip register, and your committee cannot ascertain whether the scrip was issued from these two stubs or not.n The other part of the report is given under the head of numerous exhibits and shows the result of patient and care ful investigation. Chairman Walker, on the part of the house, certainly deserves the thanks of the people of tue whole state for his work.
 A message from the governor an nounced the approval of house bill Sl, to provide for the incorporation of booming ard rafting companies, and house bill s26, to authorize the state treasurer 10 borrow certain | funds.
 The question recurring upon the passage of the railroad commission bill, Mir. Sellers got the floor. He spoke an hour and twenty minutes against the bin and his argument was generally conceded to be the fullest, clearest and most powerful in a matter of fact and from legal s,andpoint of any argument on the passsyB Of this bill. At IF o'clock Mir. S lers yielded the floor for 8 m Lo take . recess.