The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-16
TWENTY-NINTH SESSION
ARKANSAS G NERAL ASSEMBLY.
Wednesday Afternoon, February s.

Wednesday Afternoon, February S.
 SENATE.
 Senate bill No. 43 by Senator Mehaffy to repeal the act providing for the geolog ical survey, was then read third time ant passed d-ayes, 20; nays s.
 Senator Harkey called up senate bill 122 to provide a fund for furnishing nev building at the insane asylum. It appro 1 priates $8000. Senator Harkey stated tha additions had been built to the asylum t, | accommodate 340 more inmates, and tha the trusts es are without funds to furnisl these new buildings so that they can b, occupied. The bill passed-yeas, 28 nays, 0.
 Committee on county and county linel reported:
 l Senate bill l47 do past ; senate bill i3! do pass; senate bill S3 do pass | Committee on finance reported resolu l tion unfavorably. | Circuit and inferior courts reported sen ate bill 133, that amendment "A'' be re | jected and amendment ''B" be adopted and as amended that the bill do pass. I Senator Adams called up senate bill No | 133 that the amendments might be acted upon. Amendment "A'' was to strike oui $2500, the chancellor's salary, and insert s2000.
 Senator Hawkins moved that the amend ment be adopted, notwithstanding the un. favorable report of the committee. Senators Chimney and Gaughan argued that as two more counties had been added to the district, namely, Jefferson and Lin. coin, that much more work had been i'm posed on the chancellor-that it would take him about twelve months in the year to hold the courts and he ought to be paid more.
 Senator Allen said that when the chan cery district was first proposed it em braced the counties now added and that the chancellor was willing then to take the position at $2000 per annum, and it ought not now be raised.
 Senattr Hawkins tbinks under the con stitut.on judicial officers salary ought not to be raised while he is in office.
 Senator Rus thinks this $2500 salary is an entering wedge for raising the salary of all the judges.
 Senator Adams called attention to his la ge disirict-larger than any chsncery or judicial circuit in the state. Serator Bell stated that the chancellor had stated that 5000 year is not suffi- cient comren.ation for his services. Senator Harkey said he asked Chaccellor Robinson two years ago il $2000 year wa, enough for the chnncellor, and he said yes.
 The amendment vas adopted, and his salary was fixed at $2000 per yea. Yeas, IS; nays, 10.
 Amendment bill, swapping places be- tween Drew and Arkansas in the bill, was adopted.
 Senate bill No. S6. by Senator Galloway, to provide for the election of aldermen by the city at large, was made special or der for Wednesday next at 2 clock p. m Senate bill No. 87, by Senator Liddell, regulating the manner of giving protest as to commercial paper.
 Senator Hamby explained that the bill provides that notice may be given by g letter addressed to the party where he gets his mail, and the party may be absent from his postoffice and might not get the notice He thinks notice should be served on tht party by an officer.
 The bill failed to pass s-ytas, 8; nays, 17.
 Senate bill No S9, by Senator Allen, te amend section 1530 of Manshelds Digest The bill provides that in cases of murder in the first degree the person convicted may be hung or sent to the penitentiary not Jess than fifteen nor more than thirty years.
 Senator Allen said under such law wt will get more convictions than under the present law.
 The bill failed to pass-yeas, 9; nays, 10.
 Senate bill No. 6l, creating two judicial dis tricts, was laid aside.
 Senate bill No. 93, by Senator Mehaffy, to repeal sections 305, 306, BOT, sos and 309 of Mansfeld's Digest, the law permit. ting preferences in cases of assignments.
 Senators Mehaffy and Amis showed ur the imperfections and inconsistencies o the law in the sections proposed to be re pealed.
 The bill passed-yeas, 26; nays, 2.
 Senate bill No. 100, by Senator Wilson, regulating the election of school directors in incorporated towns and cities.
 Senator Wilson called attention to the fact that the law providing for the election of school directors in towns and ties is different from that in the country. That it is complicated and very imperfect as to towns and cities and his.bill remedies the evils. The bill passed-yeas, 2s; nays, 0,
 Senator Mehatfy in the chair,
 Senate bill No. l13, by Senator Smith, to amend section 2l96 of Mansfield Digest The amendment requires three creditable persons to make affidavit that justice can. not be had before 6 change of venue shall be granted.
 Senator Smith pleaded for the bill or the ground that too many changes of venue are taken, piling up cost and dragging me' and women away from home to other counties to testify.
 Senator Galloway does not believe in ( fellow being allowed to trump up an afh davit, supported by one individual, to taki a change of venue to another county just to vex and annoy his adversary and pile ul cost.
 Senators Hamby and Chimney was fol | justice. When man gets into trouble among strangers every hand is quickly | turned against him. Sometimes popular sentiment runs high. He may be suspected wrongfully. But what is remedyf H. | can t get fair trial there. It may be ex ceedingly difficult for him to find on' creditable man to make affidavit that h' | can't get justice, so that he may have tim' to prove his innocence and be tried il another county where popular sentiment il not infamed against him. Every op | portunity should be given an accused maI to prove his innocence. Senator Hawkins thinks too man, changes ot venue are taken, aud often fo l the purpose of delay rather than to ge | justice.
 Senator Adams is not surprised at law yers wanting loose and easy method Q obtaining change of venue. In the de