The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-16
Pending discussion the house took recess till p. m.
 SENATE

present.
 BILLS ON SECOND READING
 Senate bill No. 166, called up, read and 1 referred to committee on judiciary.
 Senator Adams called up senate oil No. 1 l33 and asked that it be read the third ] time. Granted The bill adds Jefferson and Lincoln counties to the Second chan c4ry district. Every senator voted for the l bill.
 Senate bill No. 124, by Senator Allen, was called up by it's author, that pending l amendments might be acted upon. The amendments were adopted.
 Senate bill No. 125 was called up for a similar purpose. The amendment was l adopted.
 1 Senate bill No 55, the coach partition bill, was taken up for action on amend. ments. The amendments were adopted.
 Senate bill No. ITO, a three mile act for l Bentonville school house, read second time and ordered to third reading.
 Senate bill No. I'll, to provide for assess ing property that has not been assessed by the assessor at any time prior to the dis 1 eovery. The clerk assesses it. Read second time and referred to committee on circuit and inferior courts.
 Senate bill No. TIP, to regulate charges on extra baggage, read twice and referred l to committee on railroads. 1 By unanimous consent Senator Adams introduced senate bill No. 180 to provide for better exhibit of the states resources at the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Read first time and placed on the calendar.
 Senate bill No. 173, regulating the man ner of electing certain officers in cities of the first class, prescribing terms of office, read second time and referred to commit tee on elections.
 Senate bill No 174, to amend the Rector divorce act of 1891, read second time and I referred to judiciary committee. | Senate bill No. 175, to extend charter of certain railway companies, read second time and referred to committee on rail roads.
 THE RULES SUSPENDED.
 The regular order was suspended in order that bills might be introduced.
 By Senator Amis: Bill No. l81, to amend sections Nos. 4740 and 4761 of Mansfeld's Digest, so that counties will not have to pay interest on judgments rendered on county warrants or other evil dence of county indebtedness in any court. Read twice and referred to the committee on judiciary.
 By Senator Galloway: Bill No. 182 to aid in maintaining good public roads, and providing for the issuance of bonds by the 1 state in lieu of the funds due to the state for public roads under section 3, of com pact between the United States and state, 1 approved June g, 1886, and for other l purposes.
 By Senator Sloan: Bill No 182, to es- tablish two judicial districts in Sharp county, the northern district at Hardy, the southern at Evening Shade. l Bill read first time and placed on the calendar
 At o'clock pm. the senate adjourned till 9:30 am. Monday. | HOUSE. 1 The house re-assembled at D. m. Mr. Jones, of Pulaski, resumed his argu- ment OIL his amendment to the anti-prefer- enee bill, at the conclusion of which Mir. Sellers spoke in opposition to the amend ment. MT. Sellers was not only opposed to the amendment, but also to the bill. | Mir. Judkins in the chair. | MT. Bradley was in favor of the bill, l which he said was in the interest of the | people. Under the present attachment | system, many man was forced to the wall, | who, if left alone, would pay out eventu | ally. If a man must fail, his assets should be divided equally among all his creditors. | He thought the amendment should also pass. This will also prevent people going into business on borrowed or fictitious cap ital and obtaining credit when not entitled to it.
 The vote was taken on the adoption of the amendment and it was adopted by vote of 37 to 13.
 MT. Jones, of Pulaski, offered the follow | ing amendment. Section T. If any in- solvent person, firm or corporation shall by a mortgage, pledge, orssale of his property, give or attempt to give any of his creditors a preference in the payment or securing of any of his debts, incurred or contracted prior to the execution of said mortgage, pledge or sale, such preference or at- tempted preference shall be held to inure to the benefit of all creditors, who shall within thirty days file their claims in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where such mortgage is filed or such pledge or sale made is attempted. MT. Jones, of Pulaski, spoke in fs vor of the amendment, which he said was intend ed to prevent man to prefer one creditor by means of a mortgage.
 Mir. Hutton was opposed to the amend ment as he was to the other, and as he was to the bill. He hoped the house would be on guard in this kind oflegislation. There was but one more amendment to make the bill perfect, and that was one to allow the foreign creditors to come in and take hold of a mans goods, and throw the home creditors into outer darkness. This was the whole tendency of this kind of legisls- tion.
 The amendment was adopted.
 Mir. Mckay was granted leave of absence until next Tuesday morning.
 Mir. Humphrey offered an amendment re- quiring claims of creditors to be filed with in thirty days.
 In support of his amendment he said that the fact that man has failed is flashed over the wires and within twenty-four hours the people everywhere knew of it, and thirty days will give creditors ample time to file claims. His amendment would facilitate the settling up of insolvent busi- ness.
 The amendment was adopted.
 Mir. Humphrey also offered an amend ment making the time in which any creditor may intervene in attachment suits thirty days. The amendment was adopted.
 The first amendment offered by MT. Witt on Tuesday was adopted, and the second amendment presented by him on that day was rejected.
 Mir. Sellers moved that the clerk be in structed to prepare a copy of the bill as amended for the information of the house.
 Senate bill No. 60, to make valid certain deeds of conveyance of married women, and for other purposes, was read third time and passed ayes, 76; nays, 1.
 Senate bill No. 63, to amend sect on 1879 of Mansfeld's 8 Digest, for tie punishment of depredations on public property and the z .l....1 69; nays, 8.
 Senate bill No. 1l6, to authorize directors of school districts other than special districts to expend the sum of SPA per annum for the purpose of purchasing globes, maps, charts, dictionaries, etc, WIS taken m and the vote by which if