The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-02
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House bill No. 51, by Mir Office, to amerd section 2348 of Mans6eld's Digest, read and placed on calen dar.
 BILLS UPON THIRD READING.
 Senate bill No. 59, by Senator Amis, to cure defective acknowledg- ments, was read third time and passed by 24 to 0.
 Senate bill NJ. 56, by Senator Wilson, to punish trespass on railroads and locomotives. Read third time and passed by vote of 9 10 0.
 Senate bill No. 58, by Senator Witt. 10 amend an fact to amend section 1893 of Mansfield's Digest, { read third time and passed by vote of 23 to 2.
 Senate bill No. @, by Senator Lucas, to amend section l2 of an act approved April b, 1891, to authorize the county courts to estab- fish fercing districts, read third time and passed by vote of 23 to 0.
 Senate bill No. GA, by Senator Galloway to amend sections 6l and 67 of Mansfeld's Digest. Senator Cal away moved to re consider the third reading of this bill. Adopted
 Senate bill No. 65, by Senator Gaughan, to make valid certain deeds of married women and for other purposes, read third time and passed by vote of 23 to 0. Senate bill No. 66, by Senator Liddell, to amend section 4425 and repeal sections 4439, 4442 and 4443 of Mansfeld's s Digest, was read third time and failed to pass by a vote of 23 to ?.
 A message from the house was read by D. N. Halliburton, clerk of the same, stating that that body had passed house bill No. 5, to repeal section 5588 of Mans6eld's Digest.
 Second message from the house was read stating that it had passed house bill No. 55, an act to de- termine the number of justices in each township.
 Senate bill No. Fl, by Senator Allen, to require equalization boards to attend and perform the duties required of them. Read tbird time and passed by vote of "A to 1.
 Senate bill No. "A, by Senator Scott, to provide for the keeping of the moneys belonging to school districts by the directors. Read third time and the bill failed to pass by vote of 26 to 1. The senate adjourned until 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning.
 HOUSE.
 The house re- assembled at 2 p. m.
 On motion of Mir. Hooper, the vote by which senate bill No. } was pnt on its final passage was recon sidered.
 MT. Russell moved that the vote by which the bill was placed on its third reading be reconsidered.
 On motion of Mir. Russell, the bill was amended by inserting an enact ing clause, which had been over looked in the senate, and to which fact the house's attention was called by the speaker.
 Mr. Park moved to lay the amend ment on the table. The yeas and nays were demanded, and the roll being called the motion was lost.
 The amendment was adopted.
 Mr. Russell, chairman of the com mittee on engrossed bills, reported house bill No. 49 as correctly en- grossed.
 The question then recurred on the passage of house bill No. 52, changing the law making the steal ing of property to the value of $20 a felony.
 MT. McGhee spoke against the bill. He could see no good that could be derived from the passage of the measure. He denied that if the bill came law that it would be detrimental to the legal profession, but that it would seriously interfere with stock raising.
 Mr. Hammock, in discussing the bill, paid a high compliment to the people of his county. They were honest as a rule, aud very little hog stealing was done there because there were very few hogs down there to steal. Mir. Hammock was opposed to the bill.
 Mir. Booth was in favor of the bill. He had never stolen hog himself, but knew a great many people who had. It was not right to send poor man to the peniten- tiary for stealing $2.50 hog. There were a great many poor peo- pie in Arkansas who were forced to steal hogs for living, and he hoped the members of the house would not be instrumental in sending to the penitentiary some of their con stituents for such small offense. He did not believe in hog stealing any other kind of stealing, and always believed in protecting the poor man.
 The speaker then called attention to the absence in the bill of an en- acting clause.
 On motion of Mr. South, the vote by which the Dill was passed to third reading waG reconsidered. The bill was then properly amended.
 Mir. McGhee moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed. The mo- tion was lost and the bill placed on