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 The vote by which the bill was ordered to its third reading was reconsideyed and took it's place on the calendar for the purpose of cor, recttng certain errors
 Senators Worthen and Sloan were added to the committee on state lands.
 The morning hour having expired the consid. eratton of house business was next in order.
 number of house bills were read the first time and few the second time.
 In the midst of the consideration of house business Senator King said this was his birth day and he wanted to celebrate 1t by taking up senate bill No =. providing for the reduction Of whisky license, which was done The senator then started out to tell about whisky in ye olden times and in real birthday style but the point was raised that the gentle man was out of order. The point of order waa sustained and house business resumed.
 House bill No. 6, to detaeh Baxter county from the Fourteenth and attach 1t to the Six. teenth judicial district, was read the third time and passed-ayes-s1, noes 3.
 Recess until 2:S0 p. m.
 At the opening of the afternoon session house concurrent resolution No. & to pay tn e l joint committee's expenses to visit the A. Ii l U, was called up and adopted.
 House bill No IA, amending the digest with reference to the manner of declaring election returns was read the third time and passed l by unanimous vote.
 
 ing courts in Clay county passed-ayes ga
 House bill No. Sg, for the better proteetion Of game and fish, was next taken up and the amendment heretofore offered to exclude all the counties in the state from the operation of the bIll withdrawn. and the bill placed on the l calendar
 House bill No. si, the laborers' lien law. passed-ayes 20, noes 4.
 House bill No. 1S8 to create county boards of medical examiners, was read the second | time. An amendment to the effect that two members of the board should be gradua ates cs some reputable medical college was discussed at length and pending final action the senate adjourned until Wednesday morning.
 HOUSE.
 Immediately following the reading of the | journal in the house yesterday morning Mir. Manning called up house bill No. f2. This bilI makes Phillips county liable to Monroe county l for the territory taken from the latter and added to the former county.
 After some dispute the debate was limited to forty minutes. and was decidedly warm while it lasted and upon call of the roll the bill passed-ayes 52, noes 20.
 Mr. Dunavant moved that senate bill No. e9, l the St. Francis levee district bill. be read the third time and put upon its final passage.
 MT Gate " anted to offer an amendment but l the chair held that an offer to amend at this l time was out of order and long and animated l discussion followed
 : The roll was finally called on the motion to l put the bill on it's third reading-ayes A, noes
 A motion to reconsider this vote was imme- diately put and carried and the amendments read by the clerK.
 Mir Cate then began his argument in favor of the amendments, but was soon interrupted by motion to adjourn, to which he consented, with the understanding that he was to resume after recess.
 Before the motion was put MT. Manning l cFad n raaI ixyif cfa KJa made ringing speech in refutRtfon of certain charges of dishonesty uttered in the public prints against the honesty and integrity of the gentlemen who had opposed the railroad com mission bill. He closed by EIoving that it be l declared the sense of the house that any insin- uation, or charge that any member of this I house had voted for against any bill from any than pure and honest motives, be repudi- ated and denounced as false and untrue ia every respect"
 The motion was put and carried unanimously amid great enthusiasm.
 Recess until D. m.
 AL the opening of the afternoon session Mr Bradley was given the floor to Q question of privilege, and he immediately proceeded to wade into the Memphis Commercial Appeal | for the alleged gross reflections and scandal. ous charges made in that sheet against the members who had voted against the railroad commission bill. Mir. Bradley spoke at length and with feeling and was heartily congratu- lated by his colleagues
 MT. Gates then resumed the discussion of the amendments to the St Francis 1evee district 1 bill.
 After a long debate the five amendments were put separately and each In it's turn de- feated. The original bill was then placed upon l it's third reading and passed-ayes 65, noes +. Senate business being the order number of bills were read and referred without disturb l ing the equilibrium of the house until senate 1 bill No. 132 was reached. This Is known as the | "great catfish bill'' and 1t at once awakened 1 the drowsy members to action and the process 1 of exempting counties in addition to those left out by the senate went bravely on until there was little or no protection left for buffalo and catfish.
 Finally Mir. Foster moved to strike out the l enacting clause of the bill and pending action the house adjourned until Wednesday. i SENATE.
 LITTLE ROCK. March 7.-The senate met at | 9:30 a. ID. yesterday morning, President Witt 1 in the chair.
 After the receipt and disposition of number l of committee reports, Senator Mehaffy moved to suspend the rules and consider bills on third reading, commencing at 10:30 o'clock. Carried Several bills were ordered to their third reading after which house bill No. 347, local measure to regulate practice and pleadlngs in the circuit court of Jefferson county, was taken up and passed-ayes 29
 Special order, senate bill No. 24. with refer ence to the building or StatS foaui was taKen up.
 The ordering of the bill to it's third reading was reconsidered, and the bill placed on the l calendar for amendment.
 Senate bill No. 21i, to amend section 177S of the digest was read the third time and passed-ayes g, noes 5.
 Senate Dill No IA, to fix the value and order the sale of the west half of the northeast guar ter of section g, town Il south. range go west, passed-ayes %.
 Senate bill No. %, to construct sewerage for the charitable institutions and appropriating | Sl2, 800 therefor passed-ayes P, noes ?.
 Senate bill No. l73 to prohibit the sale of in' toxicating liquors within five miles of the Pres | byterian school in the town of Junction City, in Union county was next taken up and dis cussed at some length.
 Pending action the senate took recess until until D. m.
 | Upon the reconvening after dinner the sen ate resumed the consideration of bill No. 173, and after some further discussion the matter | was postponed for future action.
 Senate bill No. i78 for appropriations for county institutes, being special order, was taken up and warmly supported by it's friends and as strongly opposed by the other side. FTuon call of the roll the bill was defeated by 0