The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-07
NEW LAWS
Enacted by the Late Legislative
 session.
SOME RADICAL CHANGES
That fr Will Be Well to Note
 Carefully.
nousE RILL.

HOUSE HILL.
 Tue bill regulating elections is one of the important measures passed Is embraces many of the features of the Australian ballot. " creates atate board of election commission ere com posed of the governor, auditor, anu secretary of stat C. who appoint three election commissioners for each county Tn the state. The county board of commissioners appoint the iudgee of election for each precinct, not more tEan two of the judges to be members of the same political party. This removes tho zpnoi n tin z power from the county judge 70 the county commissioners of election, wno arc ap- pointed by the state board. The Judges or ssee- ton make their returns to the county cieTk, and also to the state board of election comn sioners, Tho bill also provides that no sheIin shall have more than three uepu.les a, rnn eao which shall be printed the names ot alL sne candidates, the voter marking ont the names of those for whom he does not desire .o Srsi that upon going to vote the voser snail hls. enter a booth and prepare his ballot, whlch he deposits with the judges. and if no cannot read he can express his choice 70 the t 1uusca. , who are authorized to prepare his ballot TOT
 House bill No 2s exempts from the Hen of mortgage an offspring of animals.
 Honse bill No. 55 prevents the taking on of scalage in weighing cotton.
 House bill No. TS makes it misdemeanor for any person to be found guilty or gaming with minors. Tho penalty is fixed at not less than $50 nor more than sl0o for each offence;
 sctions Nos. 0s32, STA and SITS Of Mansneid's Digest. in relation to school laws, nxes the number at ten when petition is made to trans fer from one district to another.
 House bill No. & regulates hawking ana peu- dlers. and designates those engaged as sucn as .farm and produce peddiers." and relieves them from payment of license.
 House bill No. T9 prohibits the throwing or dead animals into any running stream, anu names the ofense as amisdemeanor, subject 10 q fl no of not less than si0 nor more than $o0. House bill No. 222 provides q pension rang ing in sums of $25, $50 and $1o0 per annum. ac- ccrding to disabilities, to soldiers and sailors who enlisted in Arkansas and served in the state or confederate states service. and wno have been for the past twelve months next to the passage of tho bill residents of the state.
 The bill defines the extent of injuries and dcs- 1 ignates the sheriff, county judge and clerk board of examiners upon whose reofnmenua- | tion the state board, composed of the governor | attorney general and auditor, shall act as the | pension board. The unmarried widow or de. | ceased officers, soldiers sailors who lost their lives while citizens of this state in the service are also made bensnciarics in the act.
 The bill provides for the leyying ef one-louitn i, | of a mill for carrying out the purposes of the | bill. The bill makes it misdemsanor. subject | to fines of $25 to s200 for any lawyer or other I person found guilty of cxacting Tees rom any any l beneficiary in seeking pension under this 1 act
 Each county will be entitled to representa-
 tion in the legislature scdord,ng to .ne new " 100 members, as follows: Arkansas, Ashley, l Baxter. Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, | Chicot, Clay, Cleburne. Cleveland, Craighead, l Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulk- ner. Fulton. Grant, Green, Hot Springs, How l ard, Iz ard. Jackson, Johnson. Lafay cite. Law l renee Lincoln, Little River, Madison, Marion. Miller, Mississippi. Monroe, Montgomery, Ne- vada, Newton, OuachIta. Perry, Pike, Poinsett | Polk, Prairie, Randolph, Scott, Saline, searcJ. l Sevier, sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, Van l Buren. Woodruff, one each, Benton, Clark, l Columbia. Conway, Crawford. Franklin. Gar l land, Hampstead, Independence, Logan, Lee, I Lonoke, Phillips, Pope, White, Yell, two each; l Jefferson, Sebastian. W ashington, three each, l and Pulaski, four. This act takes effect Sep- tcmber 1, 1892.
 House bill No. al5 amends section 256s of | Mansfeld's Digest so that where a divorce is granted to the wifc the court shall mako an l erty not disposed of at the commencement Of | action at law.