The Green Forest tribune., 1893-04-06
The PRISON COMMISSIONERS
WE'RE CONFIRMED BY THE sENATE-ToREG.
ULATE HAWKING AND PEDDLlNG
The Bill Requiring Ten Days Work on the Public
Roads Each Year Was Defeated by Tie Vote.

MARCH 27.-The Senate held an ex-
ceedingly stormy session. The recent appoint
ments by the State Penitentiary Board of Com
missioners We're discussed, and after much dis
cussion R. w. Worthin, as Superintendent, j
G. Carroll, financial agent, and j F. Calef, for
clerk, were confirmed by only one majority Dr.
j. j. Re obertson, for physician, was confirmed
by an almost unanimous vote.
Bills to pass the house were: To define arson
and fixing the punishment; to enable Justices of
the Peace to issue processes to be served outside
OF the county where such Justice is located; to
regulate practice and pleadings in the Pulaski
aud Chancery courts; for the better protection of
laborers working in mines and quarries author
Izing the redemption ofreal estate sold under or
der or decree OF court; to amend the criminal
statutes to the extent that persons charged with
embezzlement can be indicted and tried at any
time within three years after the discovery OF
The crime, Instead OF three years after the COM
of the Branch Normal school (colored) at Pine
BluG.
Ellis passed by the senate were: For the bet
ter government Of cities of the first class, and to
confer enlarged and additional powers on such
cities; TO appropriate money for the support and
maintenance Of tue Sta,e Deaf Niue If g. 5ute.
MARCH 2s.-The senate defea,ed The bill pass
ed by the house establishing county uniformity
OF books in the puoc schools OF the State.
| The greater portion of the session in the house
was consumed in the discussion of the Fayette-
vile University bill. The item of Sc, 600 for the
agricultural department was amended to s., 600.
Bills passed by the house were To protect
the estates OF deceased persons aud the rights of
! persons interested therein; to prohibit the de-
struction of fish in the waters of the State; re-
! quiring the Land Commissioner to furnish field
notes to counties in case of fire; to amend the
statutes so that laborers, whether under written
or verbal contract, shall have an absolute lien
Oh the pre- duction of their labor
The road bill prepared by the caucus of sena-
tors and representatives, which provided that
every male person between the ages Of Is and Is
shall work the road ten days each year, but not
more than four days in any one month, was de-
feated by tie vote
MAHCH 29.-In the senate the Joint committee
selected during the early part of the session to
| draft two amendments to the Constitution to be
| submitted at the next general election, reported
that they had agreed to recommend the passage
OfJo1nt resolution No. 4, giving the Governor
power to fill vacancies in State and County offices,
and senate resolution giving Justices of the Peace
exclusive origional Jurisdiction in misdemean
cases.
| The house passed the bill to support and main
tain the eX-Confederate Home and to create a
pension fund. The bill levies a tax of "a OF
mill. The total amount appropriated for two
years is 500, 600.
Also the bill to amend the act for the better
facilitating the adjustment of differences be-
tween the State and Federal authorities
MARCH 30.-Gov Fishback again paid his re-
spects to the Legislature in the shape of special
message. The house several days ago defeated
bill which had previously passed the senate,
known as the Witt bill which provided for the
calling in for the purpose OF Identification of all
evidences of debt against the State, hence the
message. 1t is as follows
/ feel that should be wanting in my duty to
the people of Arkansas if l did not again call
your attention to the necessity Of protecting tax
payers oil the State against the stolen evidences
| of debt which are missing from the treasury and
are lying around here waiting to be sneaked in
aud redeemed. There are, interest and ell
nearly quarter OF million OF stolen scrip and
coupons and bonds, which we know to be miss
ing, but the books OF the Auditor and Treasurer
are in such condition that it is impossible to
tell how much more. Twice within the last few
OF this scrip and coupons redeemed, and but for
the watcbfulness Of the Treasurer, the attempt
would have succeeded. The bill passed by the
senate to have tae Treasurer call all these ev;-
deAce5 OF debt in TO be exam; aed registered anu
stamped, ard making it FELONY tor the Treas
ufer to paw az Dat such as are so registered
and stamped thereafter, seems to me to be the
only way in Which the emer sency can be met, I
have no disposition, however, to dictate any
specific plan, but do have disposition to insist
that some step should be taken before your ses-
siou closes to protect @nr taxpayers against
these great frauds. Respectfully,
W. NJ. FlsHBAcK, Gov.
The bill empowering Justices of the Peace
when aseemb ed together to extend the time for
the working of the public roads, providing that
the eXtention would Ii It exceed ten days in all,
passed.
MARCH 81 Bills passed by the senate were:
To enforce the provisions of all endment No 2
to the Constitution OF the State; appropriation
bills for the support and maintenance of the
State Lunatic asylum, and for the support and
maintenance of the legisla tive, judicial and ex-