The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-03-25
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
A Daily Summary Of the Proceedings
of the 20th Session.


of the 2oth Session.
LITTLE ROCK, March lin the senate re-.
terdsy morning senate bill No. $40, permitting
native wines. unadulterateb, to he sold in guam.
titles of one quart and over in sealed packages
provoked long debate at the close of which
the Dill passed BY vote OF 10 to ~.
Senate bill No. s67, providing remedy tor
owners OF property which Is appropriated for
public use was read tho third time and passed.
Senate bill No. 1871. providing for the work.
INF OF public roads, was read the third time and
Senate Bill No, $40 to donate to the Laconia
Red Fork Desha, Chicot and Linwood and Au.
burn levee boards oil state lands lying within
these districts drew out red hot discussion
tion the further consideration OF the bill was
postponed until Saturday.
Senate bill No. 1853 putting all county officers
on o., 49, salary, peing special order We, taken
ito second reading for amendment and laid
over.
On motion the senate resolved itself into
committee Of The whole to consider the appro-
printton bill for the Arkansas Industrial Uni.
versity at Fayetteville. After an interesting
and eloquent debate, over an amendment to cut
amendment carried and the committee arose
and reported the bill with favorable recon
preme court clerk salary bill, failed to pass
was reconsldcred.
A number Of new bills were introducedin the
house yesterday, read the first and second
Honse bill No. sl4 hxinR the salaries Of the
onicers OF Madison county, was read the third
Senate Bill No. 81. for the better working Of
the public roads. was read the second and third
times and was defeated BY large majority.
Also house bill No. S2i, on the same subject,
House bill No. $50, requiring county conyicts
TO be worked on the public roads, passed.
House bill No. 145, separating the ONCE Of
secretary and treasurer of the Industrial Uni.
versity, passed.
House bill No. 8O7, requiring settlements by
county treasurers with the courts every quar-
ter, passed unanimously.
House bill No. 800, to prohibit the sale OF In
toxicants within five miles Of Violn academy,
In Fulton county, passed.
House bill No. 276, to prohibit fishing and
hunting on Sunday, passed.
LITTLE ROCK, March 18-Senate bill No. 300
to provide for the support and maintenance Of
the state university at Fayetteville being the
special order, was taken up yesterday morning
S ~ vote Of to
and conduct OF the penttenttary, was put upon
its final passage and failed to receive the nee
ossnry majority.
House Bill No. 1eo, for the better protection
Of laborers and landlords and to make their
liens assignable, failed to pass.
House bill No. IN, to prohibit the sale Of in.
school house in Monroe county passed.
House bill No. 81, the cigarette bill was ia
ken up. lengthy debate ensued over this
plish its defeat, not by directly voting sgainst
It, but by adding various amendments which
will make the bill imperative and the members
ludicrous. Final consideration of the bill was
House bill No l93, to provide for the payment
OF refundinR certificates, passed.
House bill No. So to compel the Iron Noun
a In ruA til ,,l Mt Jtrvw{
murdered without counsel, the vote standing,
nays, 22.
the salaries Of the county ofhcers OF washing
ton county. passed.
House bill No. les prohibiting the sale of in.
toxicants within Ave miles Of the Hartford
The usual routine was promptly dispatched
In the house yesterday and house bill No. 900.
TO prevent the sale OF 1ntoxicants or drumming
for the sale Thereof or running any kind q
College, In johnson county, was taken UP Is
the special morning order. The bill was read
the third time and pussed by vote Of s. to 30.
Senate concurrent resolutions Nos. IL Is, IS
and 10, were read and adopted.
Senate bill No. u, to punish trespass on rail.
road cars and locomotives was read the third
time and passed almost unanimously.
Senate bill No. az. to establish court Of com
mon pleas in Nevada county, passed.
Senate bill No. %, TO regulate election of alder
men y cisss q the rs! T Sas was read sns
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aldermen shall hereafter be elected by the vote
senate eill No. 60, providing that NO ,udg
ments against counties on warrants or other
evidences Of Indebtedness shall bear interest,
was read the third time and passed.
Mr.: Foster moved 70 reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed and to lay that motion on
Senate bill No. 1874 to amend the law estab-
fishing the levee district In Greene and Clay
counties. passed.
Gouo No o,tthn riytr u<x,n ali
TO appoint deputies. passed.
Senate bill No. ia, providing that whom two
or more persons are indicted for an offense,
Senate bill No Isl, to permit juries TO fix the
punishment In cases OF murder In the second
degree, failed to pass.
complete and accurate index I 10 the statutes,
passed.
LITTLE ROCK, March 1O-In the senate Sat
urday the following message was received from
the Governor:
Mr. PRESIDENT : 1t seems proper that I
should call attention Of your honorable body to
the necessity Of taking some steps towards pro
tecting the state against overcharges for print
terday the board OF contracts discovered an
rcharge OF 1888 70 In one small bill Of e6l223
nearly two-thtrds. l would recommend that
. sworn officer, and that provisions be made to
have the state printing done In the future ~ its
own institution for the deaf and dumb. This
wo"d the syas dollars
TAe committee on mines reported on house
bill No. !, to abolish the bureau Of mines, man.
ufactures and agriculture, adversely and also
reported on the investigation made into the
above once under the administration Of ex-
Commissioner M. F. Locke, exonerating Mr.
Locke from oil charges Of mismanagemcnt
The report was adopted.
After short executive session the senate ct
WOclOck adjourned until Monday,
In the house Saturday message from the
Governor was received similar to the one sent
70 the senate relative to the state printing.
House bill No. $50, to assess and collect tsxea
from certain corporations, being tho special or
der, was read the third time and passed.
House bill No. u, to prevent preference
among creditors Of insolvent corporations, was
read the third time and passed.
House bill No. 3S, to enforce amendment No.
. to the constitution, Was read the third time
House bill No. ass, to encourage the produc
tion Of grapes and berries and for the manufac
ture OF native Wines was read the third timc
Speaker Humphrey having been granted an
Indefinite leave OF absence the house proceeded
70 elect . speaker pro tenn. Hon. j. +. Sellers
WAS elected unanimously and ut once entered
upon the discharge Of his duties.
The afternoon session Of the house was given
to the second reading Of house bills and NJ OH
early hour the house adjourned until Monday
LITTLE ROCK March 2l.-The senate met yes.
tsrday pursuant to adjournment
The following resolution was unanimously
Resolved, That the sympathy of the senate
be extended to Miss Willie r. Honey, tho very
eficient enrolling clerk Of this body, In her sad
bereavement in the death OF her dear father
Senate bill No. Da to amend the law govern.
Ing the letting OF contracts for the state print.