The Green Forest tribune., 1893-03-02
LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS.
AN IMPORTANT TEMPERANCE BILL BEFORE
OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
List of the Most important Bills Passed BY Goth
Branches Of the State General Asse mbiey.

FEBRUARY 20.-The Senate passed
part of the days session in discussing the
Worlds Fair appropriation bill a number Of
deadly amendments were introduced by Senator
Handy but the friends of the measure were
strong enough to vote them down. The mill
it Will stand when the final vote is taken appro-
PIRATES $50, 600. The bill fixing the price OF
school books passed the Senate.
The following bills passed the House:
To prescribe the qualifications of county exam
liners, and fixing their salaries; limiting the
number of days person is required to work the
road to ten To prohibit the sale, giving away OF
exhibition of cigarettes, OF cigarette paper, pen-
atty 500 fine for each offense; to repeal the 18th
section of the State pharmacy law revoking the
licenses or pharm acists who have been adjudged
guilty of selling intoxicating liquor without
licenses; to amend the law in relation to the do
nation of forfeited lands; prohibiting The work
ing Of minors On the public roads.
February 81 The bills to pass the senate were.
To appropriate $50 GOO for ali exhibit at the
Worlds Fair; House bill to confer additional
powers upon cities of the first class; Senate bin
to amend the Rector divorce law SO as 10 bar
widows from any further claim to dower;N per
mittng change of venue from Justices OF tie \
Peace to another township in the same county;
to provide for the calling in for Identification and
registration of all outside Indebtedness CT tie
State. If such evidences Of debt are not report
ed on OF before January / 1884 the claim will be
forever barred Any officer who shall redeem
any evidence of indebtedness which was not
stamped as valid prior to above date shall be
guilty Of felony. The bill carried an arpropr-
alton Of So, 600 for newspaper advertising
The following bills passed the House: To es-
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county; to regulate the removal Of county seats;
to secure defective acknowledgements; for the,
better prosecution OF forgery.
February 22.-Both branches of the General
Assembly, adjourned at noon in comIneInoration
of Washiagton's birthday.
The House passed Senate bill appropriatiag
So 900 to furnish the row annex to the State =
sane Asylum.
February % 23.-Nearly ell OF the days session
in the house was consumed il the discussion OF
the bill to provide fer the management Of the
Penitentiary After a long and spirited discus
sion the bill passed by vote Of IS to Is, and
immediately transferred to the Senate. 1t viii
pass that body also. The bill is simply mo-
1ication Of the present lease system, and creates
six lucrative positions to be appointed by the
Governor 1t places the convicts absolutely uii-
der the control OF the State authorities
These bills passed the Senate: Tor the better
working OF the public roads, to regulate the dis
tribution of geological reports; to regulate the
practice OF medicine aud surgery; TO provide for
the calling in OF the warrants and other outstan,-
ing indebtedness Of cities andi icorporated towns
February 24.--With the exception OF one hour
the house devoted the entire day s session in dis
cussiag senate bill to icfne who are fellow SER
wants and who are not. After bitter contest
the bill passed by vote OF Y to 35. ltnoN goes
to the Governor for his signature.
Bills passed by the senate were: House bill to
revive and extend the charters Of certain railroad
companies; to digest the laws OF the State aEd
to amend the separate coach law SO as to permit
railroad companies to erect partitions in passen-
ger coaches short roads ard to permit the
mixing of black and white pas sengers i'll case OF
accidents.
| February 25.-ThiS was the forty-ninth day OF
the Arkansas Legislature, eleven davs before
final adjournment, unless the session is eXteilt-
ed. The session held short session, consider
ing bills on second reading.
In the house thr session was consumed by the
introduction OF bills, tie most important beas
To prevent the selling or giving away OF sp4itu-
ous, vinous or matt liquors within four miles Gf
any private or public school house, OF any i,sti
tuition OF learsing, or of any church or place set
apart for public worafip i'll the State OF -lrSsl-
sas This bill, if passed, would prohibi. The
sale of all intoxicants in the State