The Russellville Democrat., 1891-04-09
Wednesday Afternoon. ApriI 1

companies to place bulletin boards in the stations along their lines, was read third time and passed.
 House bill I90 was called up by Mir. Chimney, being an act to better facilitate the adjustment of the differ ences between the state of Arkansas and the United States arising under the grant of the United States to the, state of swamp and overfiowed lands under the act of congress. Road the third time and passed.
 Mr. Jones, of Pulaski, called up house bill 337, to refund direct taxes paid to United States and for other purposes. Read third time and passed.
 MT. Manning called up house joint resolution F, providing that ten amendments to the constitution may be submitted at any general election, which was read third time and passed.
 Mir. Manning then called up house joint resolution IA, proposing an amendment to the constitution re- quiring that sureties on bonds of state officers shall be residents Tn the counties in which such bonds are given. Read second and third times and passed.
 Mir. Dent called up house bill 226, compelling railroad companies to drain their road beds. Read third time and passed. Mir. Newton, chairman of the com mittee on penitentiary, reported favorably senate bill 204, providing for the construction of a sewer at the penitentiary and the establishment of a cemetery. Read third time and placed on the calendar. | Mir. Donohoo called up house bill requiring assessors to give persons certificates after assessing property to show that such prooerty has been assessed.
 Mir. Dickinson called up house bill 78, amending the law so as to enable any justice of the peace to appoint appraisers of property. Read third time and passed. l MT. White called up senate joint resolution, providing an amendment to the constitution, requiring voters to exhibit poll tax receipt before exercising the right of franchise. Read third time and passed. House bill BOA, accepting the pro- visions of the act donating certain proceeds from the sale of lands to indow and support agricultural col leges in the state, and senate amend ment to the same was adopted and the bill placed on the calendar. Mir. Dunaway called up house bill 181, amending Sec. S255 of Mans fields Digest, which was read third time and passed. Mir. Evans called up house bill 73, amending the law providing for the punishment Cf persons defacing pub lie property. Read third time and passed.
 l MT. Witt moved that the call of the roll for house bills on third read ing be dispensed with and that bills be considered according to their pri- ority on the calendar. The motion prevailed.
 House bill 25, by Mir. Lowe, was taken up and laid on the table. House bill 30, for the better en- forcement of the criminal statutes of the state, was laid on the table. House bills sS, 42, 47, 4s, 53, 5s and 79, were laid on the table. House bill s5, regulating the manner of issuing of scire tdcias to revive judgment. Read third time and passed.
 Mir. Rector (Mr. Newton in the chair) called up senate joint resolu- ton providing that each house shall devote the last three days of the ses- sion to the consideration of the busi- ness of the other house. AC hCoOiutiou VI ds ouOptCQs
 Mir. Chimney offered a resolution requesting the penitentiary board to procure information regarding the management of the various peniten- tiaries in the country for use of the next general assembly, which was adopted.
 House bill ss was laid on the table.
 House bill 92, regulating the ownership of lands in the state by aliens. Laid on the table.
 House bill 94, amending the law in regard to perjury. Read third time and passed.
 House bill 95, amending schedule ? of the constitution, was read third time and passed.
 House bill Al, to amend Sec. 6241 of Mansield's Digest, was read third time and passed.
 By request, Mir. Sellers introduced bill providing for the better distri- button of the fund for the mainte- nance of the ex-Confederate home. Read first and second times and made special order for tomorrow morning after the reading of the journal.
 House bill 116, providing for the fencing of railroad crossings, was laid or the table.
 The house then adjourned until o'clock Thursday morning.