Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-16
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Consideration of Measures Of Vital
Importance to Arkansas.
Wednesday, Feb. Is, 1898.

Importance to Arkansas.
Wednesday, Feb. Is, 1898,
SENATE.
The body met at its usual hour and
proceeded to hear committee reports
The committee rooms were convert.
ed into veritable slaughter houses, for
useless and obnoxious legislation yes
terday.
Senator Galloway was the greatest
sufferer, a majority of all the bills kill
ed, being his.
Senate bill No. 13l, known
as the penitentiary bill was
called up and the following
amendments thereto were offered and
adopted;
1. To strike out the last sentence
of section 10-"at no one time shall
more than 200 convicts be employed
in mining coal"
2. TO amend section IL, so as to
authorize the board to buy eighty
acres of land, rich with granite and
building stone, to work the convicts
on.
3. To strike out the Governor" in
line eight OF section II, and insert the
estate of Arkansas.
4. Making it felony for two or
more convicts to offer violence TO a
guard in effecting their escape.
B. TO strike cut that portion of
section 4, which provides for the
building of a new Penitentiary.
Further consideration Of the bill
was deferred until to-day.
NEW BILLS.
Senate bill No. 1870, Casey to pro-
vide for the calling in Of outstanding
warrants of cities and towns.
Senate bill No l91, Russ) to provide
for the management and control of
the penitentiary of Arkansas.
Senate bill No. 1872, (Adams) to
amend sections 2, 8 and 4, of an act
approved February 3, 1891, in refer
ence 10 forcible entry and detainer, to
extend provisions thereof and regu-
late proceedings in the same
Senate bill No. 1876, (Russ) to pro-
hibit the board Of any State insttu-
ton to draw any money from the
State Treasury only upon warrants
from the Auditor and for not more
than one month.
Senate bill No. 1886, (Scott) to regu-
late the manner of holding Probate
Courts.
Senate bill No. 1877, (Allen), to pro-
hibit the use of blinds and screens in
or about saloons.
Senate bill No. 1873, (Callaway) for
the State to. purchase land in Pulaski
county for military post for the
United States.
Senate bill No. 1919, (Calaway) for
the better regulation Of county con-
victs leased to contractors
Senate bill No. 200, (Hamby) to
amend section 1895 of MansGeld's Di-
gest. In case of an appeal to the
Supreme Court itrequires bond that
the judgement of the Supreme court
will be carried out If not, to pay the
judgement Of the lower court
At 4:50 p. m, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Met promptly, with nearly all Of
the members present
The entire day was consumed in the
consideration Of two measures,
First, n concurrent resolution (Kim-
balD providing for the appointment
of a joint committee to effect settle
ment with ex-Treasurer Woodrun's
bondsmen tabled.
The House then resolved itself INTO
the committee Of the whole for the
purpose of considering House bill No.
150, all act to provide for the manage
ment Of the Penitentiary and convicts
Of the State Of Arkansas, Mr.. Judklns
in the chair. The bill was taken up,
amended and adopted by sections.
After the adoption Of numerous
amendments, among which was one
from Mr.. Kirby, OF Miller, requiring
the financial agent TO pay into the
State Treasury once every month all
money on account Of the Pcniten-
tiary, the 4Sth section was reached