The Forrest City times., 1893-03-24
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Daily Summary of the Proceedings
 of the 2oth Session.

or the ZStn session.
 LITTLE ROCK, March 17--In the senate yes
 rrday morning senate bill No. 2l9 permitting Satiye wines. unadulterateb to be sold in uuan. dties of one quart and over in sealed packages Hroyoked long debate, at the close of which he bill passed by vote of 16 to l2.
 Senate bill No. 2S7 providing remedy for
 wners of property which is appropriated for kublic use was read the third time and passed.
 Senate bill No. 1si. providing for the work hg of public roads was read the third time and piled to pass.
 Red Fork. Desha, Chicot and Linwood and Au- burn levee boards all state lands lying within Shese districts, drew out red hot discussion khot grew somewhat caustic Pending final ac. {ion the further consideration of the bill was h0stponed until Saturday.
 Senate bill No. l62 putting all county officers bn a salary being a special order was taken
 10 and discussed at length. the bill put back on ts second reading for amendment and laid pver
 1 On motion the senate resolved itself into committee of the whole to consider the appro- bristiop bill for the Arkansas Industrial Chi tersity at Fayetteville After an interesting Ind eloquent debate, over an amendment to cut town the general appropriation item. the Amendment carried and the committee arose Ind reported the bill with a favorable recon nendation.
 The vote by which senate bill No. f01. the SUI. preme court clerk salary bill, failed to pass, ras reconsidered.
 A number or new bills were introducedln the house yesterday, read the first and second Hines and referred
 Honse bill No sli. fixing the salaries of the officers Of Madison county, was read the third time and passed,
 Senate bill No 9. for the better working of hhe public roads, was read the second and third hines and was defeated by large majority. Also house bill No. 32l, on the same subject, Hnet the same fate.
 l House bill No. 1Se requiring county convicts 1o be worked on the public roads, passed.
 House bill No. 1s5, separating the onice of |secretary and treasurer of the Industrial Unl- fsersty, passed.
 House bill No BOT requiring settlements by {county treasurers with the courts every quar- her passed unanimously. House bill No. 3o6 to prohibit the sale Of in- toxicants within five miles Of Viola academy +in Fulton county. passed. House bill No 216, to prohibit fishing and Bunting on Sunday, passed. LITTLE ROCK, March ls-Senate bill No %. #so provide for the support and maintenance of #tbe state university at Fayetteville being the Especial order, was taken up yesterday morning .iu tbe senate and passed by a vote of 26 to 1. l Senate bill No. 2il to aid Tn the management snd conduct of the penitentiary, was put upon its final passage and failed to receive the nee &essary majority.
 House bill No l26 for the better protection #Gi laborers and landlords and to make their |liens assignable. failed to pass. House Dill No TIT, to prohibit the sale of in &toxieants within five miles of the Holly Grove #sohool house in Monroe county, passed. l House bill No 9S, the cigarette bill, ta |Een up lengthy debate ensued over this measure and a strong effort made to accom- Eplisn it's defeat. not by directly voting agalnst <it but by adding various amendments which Twill make the bill Imperative and the members fudierous. Final consideration of the bill was postponed until Tuesday. l House bill No l93. to provide for the payment l of refanding certificates. passed. l House bill No. Ss to compel the Iron Moun- tan railroad to build depot at Higginson was murdered without counsel, the vote standing, |nsys, 22
 House bill No a10, to amend the law fixing <the salaries of the county officers of Washing ton county, passed. l House bill No isa prohibiting the sale of in tOxicants within five miles Of the Hartford school house in Sebastian county, passed The usual routine was promptly dispatched in the house yesterday and house bill No. 299 to prevent the sale of intoxicants or drumming for the sale thereof, or running any kind Of gaming tables within five miles of Cumberland College, in Johnson county, was taken up as the special morning order. The bill was read the third time and passed by vote of 5S to 90
 Senate concurrent reSoluttons Nos. l2, l5 Is and i9, were read and adopted
 Senate bill No 5o to punish trespass on rail road cars and locomotives, was read the third time and passed almost unanimously
 Senate bill No 72, to establish court of com mon pleas in Nevada county passed.
 Senate bill No. s6 to regulate election Of alder men in cities Of the first class, was read the third time and passed. The bill provides that aldermen shall hereafter be elected by the vote Of the city at large.
 Senate bill No s0 providing that no iudg ments against counties on warrants or other evidences of indebtedness shall bear interest, vas read the third time and passed.
 MT Foster moved 10 reconsider the vote by which the bill passed and to lay that motion on the table. Carried.
 Senate bill No. I9i to amend the law estab- fishing the levee district in Greene and Clay counties. passed,
 Senate bill No. ll3, authorizing county clerks to appoint deputies passed.
 Senate bill No. IA. providing that when two or more persons are indicted for an onense, either may testify against the other. passed
 Senate bill No i5i, to permit luries To fix the punishment in cases of murder in the second degree, failed to pass.
 Senate bill No. l5S, to provide for more complete and accurate index to the statutes, passed
 LITTLE ROCK. March 20.-In the senate Sat urday the following message was received rom the Governor:
 MB. PRESIDENT - IL seems proper that l should call attention Of your honorable body to the necessity of taking some steps towards pro tecting the state against oyercharges for print ing, which occur with painful frequency. Yes terday the board of contracts discovered an