The Russellville Democrat., 1893-03-09
TwENTY-NINTH SESSION.
lContlnned fro1a Flrat Page. )


 read first time.
 House bill No. 227. fixing the salaries of the county officers of Hot Spring county, read first time.
 House bill No. 124, to regulate the poor house of Independence county, read twice.
 House bill No. l26, for tie better pro lection of l4borers and landlords, and to make their liens assignable, read and placed on calendar.
 House bill No. ll9, to permit the con struction of gates across the public high ways of the slate, read twice and put on
 House bIll No. ile, tessiaes inc salaries of county officers in Eleburne county, read first titne.
 HsuSs bill lse S2S to prevent minors between eighteen and twenty-one from 1 buying spirituous liquors, read first time. l Chief Clerk Halliburton came within the i bar and announced that the house had i passed the World Fair bill, appropfi- l ating money for creditabie display of l Arkansas resources at the Columbian Ex- | position at Chicago, with certain amend ments. As amended the bill sppropriates 1 fifteen thousand dollars for that purpose. At II :55 the senate took recess to 2 o'clock this afternoon.
 HOUSE.
 The house was called to order at 9 am. Speaker Humphrey in the chair.
 The clerk called the roll.
 A quorum present.
 Prayer by the chaplain.
 The manuscript journal of yesterday was read and approved and signed by the speaker and attested by the clerk.
 Mir Baldridge was excused for yes terday.
 Mr. Pate was granted leave of absence. Mir. Colquitt was absent yesterday on account of committee work. Mir. Blaekshare was granted indefinite leave of absence on account of sickness in his family.
 Mir. McCauley was granted leave of ab- sence.
 By unanimous consent Mir. Roberts, of l Madison, introduced house bill No. 3l4, a | bill for an act fixing the fees and salaries | of the officers of Madison county, read first 1 time and by unanimous consent read sec ond time and referred to the committee on 1 public expenditures. The sergeant-at arms announced mes sage from the senate, whereupon John w. | Howell, secretary of the senate, appeared within the bar of the house and read the following:
 LITTLE RocK, ARK March 2. MR. SPEAKER-l am instructed by the senate to inform your honorable body of the passage of senate bill No. 76, entitled l bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the third sub-di- 1 vision of section 5596 of Mansfield Digest, approved March 26, 1891; also senate bill No. 25l, an act entitled an act to prohibit l nf to<a as.f Arkansas; also senate bill No. 1856, bill 1 for an act authorizing the money in the 1 state treasury to bs deposited in banks or banking institutions, or with person or persons, and regulating the manner of l drawing the same; also senate bill No. 204, an act to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale or giving away of srdent, vinous or malt liquors in certain territory in Baxter county, Arkansas; also senate concurrent resolution No. 12, instructing our senators and representatives in congress to investi- gate certain proceedings in certain railroads in the United States, and herewith respect fully transmit the same for your favorable consideration.
 JOHN w. HOWELL, Secretary. By unanimous consent Mfr. Baird by request introduced house bill No. 3l5, an act for the enforcement of the laws of cities and towns, read first time. MT. Russell submitted the following report
 MR. SPEAKER Your committee on en. grossed bills beg leave to report that they have examined house bill No. 153, sub stitute for house bill 129. an act to amend section 1 of an act entitled Ian act regu- lating the sale of the sixteenth sections, and to provide for the collection of all claims due the school fund arising from the sale of said sixteenth sections and for other purposes" also house bill No. l60, bill for ian act entitled an act to amend chapter l49 of Mansfeld's Digest and for other purposes" also house bill 222, bill for an act to be entitled an act to amend section 7, of Ian act to punish and prevent prize fighting in the state of Arkansas, approved March 3l, 1891; :" also house bill 240, a bill for an act to be entitled ian act to enforce the provisions of amend ment No. 2 to the constitution of the stafe,' and find the same correctly en- grossed. RUSSELL, Chairman.
 By unanimous consent Mir. Hawkins in- troduced house bill No. 316, bill for an act for the better government of public schools, read first time.
 Mfr. Welck, chairman of the committee on education, reported house bill No. l87 favorably.
 Mir. Hutton, chairman of the committee on circuit and justice courts, reported sen ate bill No. 116 favoraby
 Mir. Emmerson, chairman of the commit tee on public printing, reported house bill No. l69 adversely.
 Mir. McGhee, chairman of the committee on state charitable institutions, submitted a report.
 Mir. Hutton offered the following resolution:
 Whereas, The select committee of the house and senate, appointed to investigate the Branch Norman School at Pine Bluff, have incurred an expense of s37 50; there fore be it
 Resolved, That the clerk of the house issue to the chairman of the committee a certificate to the auditor for said amount of s37 50--Hutton.
 Adopted.
 Senate bill No. ITO, bill for an act to provide for creditable exhibit of the re- sources of Arkansas at the Columbian ex- position, to make an appropriation therefor and for other purposes, was read third time and put upon it's final passage, the question being shall the bill pass
 MT Bridewell made a strong, unan' swerable argument in favor of the bill. Mr. South deplored the reduc- ton of the amount from $30,0 900 to sl5,- 009.
 Mir. Wright was interested in the pas sage of the bill and earnestly urged it's passage.
 MT. Clement moved the previous ques- tion, which was sustained and the ques- ton being shall the main question be now put, the same was agreed to- The question shall the bill pass, the clerk called the roll when the following voted in the affirmative Messrs. Baird, Barry, Berry, Black, Bledsoe, Booth Bradley, BridswelI, Brod- max, Brown, of Logan, Carr, Carroll Churchill, Collins, Colquitt, Crump. Davis Edwards, Emmerson, Feguson, of Wood ruff, Flucks, Galloway, Gates, Hammock Harris, Harrison, Hawkins, Hunt, Hutton, uf