The Russellville Democrat., 1893-05-11
NEW LAWS.
Inc Main Features Of the Acts ot the
 Twenty Ninih General Assembly,
LARGE NUMBER OF LAWS.
What the Legisiature Did in Ninety
 Days Session.
fContinued frcm last week
 CAME LAWS.

fish from the state before April |, 1901, ex- cept eat fish and buffalo fish ,hipped from the counties of Mississippi, Clittenden, st Francis. Poinsetf, Jas kson. Phillips, Desha, Chicot, Lincoln, Prairie, Craig head, Greene, Clay, Sebastian, Hampstead, Ashley and Jefferson The penalty for violating this provision of the till is fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50 Common carriers who violate the pro visions of the bill by receiving packages, the shipment of which is prohibited, are 1 liable to fine not less than $50 nor more than $200 the half of these fines go to the informer.
 Senate bill No 193, to better protect i prairie chickens The bill prohibits the cas hing or killing 9f prairie chickens in this state fos term of five years. A fine of not less than 8 nor more than $l0 is the penalty for violating this provisiofAof the act. Common carriers are liable to tne of from $25 to $50 for every prairie chicken carried by them out of the state
 i LEvEE DISTRICTS.
 ' Sena.e bill No. l83, to amend the act establishing levee district in Desha county. The act amends the act of 1891 i, creating ihe Red Fork levee district It meets certain legal objections made to the 1 original act with reference to the condem- nation of lands; enlarges the district so | that it embraces Randolph and Walnut Lake townships of Desha county; appoints R. A. Piekens as inspector for the Red Fork district, and provides that inc fax ! collected in Walnut Lake and Randolph | townships be used in building levees in 1 Lincoln county and nowhere else. The act empowers the county courts of Desha ] and Lincoln counties to let the county convicts to the levee boards, and author i izss the Red Fork levee board to build levees anywhere it may see fit outside ot i the county. The bill also creates the i Laconia levee district, which is composed of Mississippi township in Desha county ] and certain sections in the lower part of Phillips county C. B. Blackburn, k. H.. 1 Brith and Pat Henry are made inspectors ' of the Laconia levee district. The provis- { ions of ihe original act and the provisions | of this one are extended to the Laeonia 1 levee district.
 | Senate bill No. 104, to donate to the St. { Francis levee district all the lands of this l state within the limits of said levee dis. 1 triet, and for other purposes. The act do- mates to the St. Francis district all lands i belonging to the state, about 180, 900 acres ] Francis basin, and subject to overflow from five to twenty feet The object of the donation is to aid in the construction of levee on the Mississippi river from the Missouri line to the mouth of the St. Fran | cis river When built the levee will redeem l from annual inundation nearly 2,0u0, GOO acres of fertile aud productive land
 Senate bill No. F, to lay of and estab- 1 fish that part of the St. Francis basin ly- | ing within the state of Arkansas into a leyee district, and for protecting and main | taining the same, and to incorporate 8 board of levee directors for said district, and for other purposes. The act describes l the district as follows: Beginning on the | left hand of the St Francis river at it's | confluence with the Mississippi, northwest along left bank of St. Francis to southern boundary line of Lee county, to extreme 1 high water line, north to the north fine of | Craighead county, east to the north line of Mississippi county, thence along the l line to the Mississippi river, south on the right bank of the Mississippi river to the place of beginning. The following are ap. | pointed levee directors: J. P. Clark, A. ! A. Horner, T. A. Fitzpatrick. of Phillips | county; II. P. Rodgers, D. s. Drake, H. Phan, of Lee county; J. G. Stern, James l Russell, R. J. Williams, of St. Francis county; J. F Smith, s. R. Martin. Charles Fix, of Crittenden county; John B. Driver, B. c. Springfield, B. A Bugg, of Mississippi county; James M. Feresque, Thomas B. Smith, w. B. Rose, of Cross county; Benjamin Harris. J. B. Grant, T. J. Collins, of Poipsett county; W. H. Cate, F. E. Culberhouse, J. w. Mead, of Craig head county
 Senate bill No. l04 to amend sections l, ?, 3, 4, 5, 6, ', 8, 9, 10, II, l2 and If of an act establishing levee district, com prised of that portion of the territory of the counties of Clay and Greene lying be- tween the St. Louis and Texas Railroad and the St. Francis river and north of the southern boundary line of township IS. The act changes the western boundary line by extending it to the line of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway, provides for one of the commissioners or inspectors to be citizen of Greene county, and reduces the per diem of commissioners frcm S4 to $2.
 Senate bill No lS9, to create the Lin wood and Auburn levee district in Jefferson and Lincoln counties, and for other pur- poses The act creates a levee district composed of a portion of Jefferson county that is subject to overflow, and all that part of Lincoln county known as the Var ner district. It authorizes five-mill tax to build levees and works. Dr. c. M Taylor, J. J. Boles and J. G. Garrett are made commissioners.
 Senate bill No 2s9 to donate lands to the Linwood, Laconia, Red Fork, Desha. Chieot and Auburn levee districts. The provisions of the bill are the same as those of the one donating land to the St. Francis lsvee district.
 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION,
 Senate bill No l79, to provide for a creditable exhibit of the resources of Ar kansas at the Columbian Exposition. The act apprcpriates $la, ,000 for the purpose, and provides for the appointment of board of commissioners.
 House bill No. 99, to authorize an ex- hibit of the educational system of the state of Arkansas. The act appTopriates $500 to pay the expense of binding, collect ing and exhibiting the educational system of Arkansas as prepared by the pupils of the various public schools and other in stitutions of learning.
 ROAD LAWS.
 Senate bill No. 25, for the better work ing of public roads. The act provides that the road question shall be placed in the county court at the tenn when the justices of the peace of the county are in attend anee. The court shall levy road tax if the constitutional limit ia not required for the current expenses of the county. The court is also authorized to extend days of work not to exceed ten days in any one year.
 House bill No. 2S2, to enable Phillips county to maintain her public roads and highways. The aet allows county con victs to be worked on the roads.
 House bill No. 205, 10 suspend the operations of the road laws in Union, White and Jefferson counties, and leave the opening, working and repairing of roads and bridges in those counties in the iurisdieiion of the county court of each