The Monticellonian., 1895-03-29

Tho afternoon session was given entire to the consideration of this measure. and at :l5 the committee arose, reported progress and asked leave to sit az ain
 Adjourned GSsn Thursday.
 SENATE.
 LITTLE ROCK. March 22-The senate was called to order yesterday morning at the usual hour.
 The house amendment to senate bill No. s5, providing for the better enforcement Of ordt. nances of citles and towns, eonourred in. The amendment provides that the mayor or police judges may be removed by the circuit judge upon their indictment by the grand Jury
 Committee reports being in order, number were received and read.
 Special order senate bill No. 260, to reorgan- ize the board of penitentiary commissioners, was taken up and passed unanimously.
 Senate bill No. 205 to provide for the pay ment of legacies by wills which have not been applied for, pas ssed-ayes % noes 1.
 After the dis [ osition Of some miscellaneous business the senate went into committee Of the whole to consider the A. I. U. appropri atlon bill, Senator Sloan in the chair.
 At l2: :0o the committee arose, reported prog ress and the senate took a recess until p. m.
 At tbe opening of tae afternoon session the senate again went into committee of the whole to resume consideration Of senate bill No 2e4, the A l. U. appropriation bill, Senator Sloan in the chair.
 The remaining paragraphs of the bill were considered many of which were amended so as to reduce the total appropriation somewhat and at 80 the committee arose and reported action, and the senate adopted the various amendments. The bill was ordered to it's third reading
 The senate conting mt Of the conference com mittee on senate bill No 20 reported, and recommended that the house recede from the amendment and pass the bill as 1t came from the senate. Adopted.
 Senate bill No 124, the consolidated cleo. tions bill was next called up. The afternoon session was exhausted In the discussion of this measure, aud at late hour on motion the senate took a recess until 7:30 D. m.
 NIGHT SESSION. The senate reconvened at 7;30 for It's first night session. and the argument of senate bill No. i2+ was continued until a late hour. Several motions 10 adjourn and postpone were promptly defeated and at one time 1t appeared as though the senate had settled down to aa ajI-nsht session but those who favored ad- journment adopted tho only method left to them and quietly glided out Of the chamber one at a time
 It soon came to tho knowledge Of the presi- dent that the body was without a quorum and he at once declared tho senate adjourned.
 HoUsB.
 It was gratifying to all to see Speaker Col auitt again in the chair at the opening of the morning session yesterday. He has been pro vented by illness from occupying the chair dur ing almost the entire session. Business put in motion by the calling up Of the railroad commission bill. A motion to suspend the rules received tho necessary two thirds vote and the bill was read the second time. Several long amendments and still moro lengthy substitutes were offered and discussed HfT finally referred to tho judiciary committee. They will be expected to evolve a bill from this cong Generation Of personal ideas that will pass the house with rush-maybe
 Mr. Wadley, who has been tied up the small pox scare in Hot Springs for nearly three weeks, rel orted for duty by letter, stating that he would return to his post with the consent of the house.
 MT. Newton moved that his leave of absence be cheerfully extended, which was done amid great laughter.
 House bill No l58, to quiet the titles Of cer tain lands formerly in dispute between the Iron Mountain railway and the state, passed with only four negative votes. Hous, bill No. l2, to repeal the law reQuir ing petitioners for the removal Of county seats to deposit s5G0) as guarantee fund, was read the third time
 This bi provoked a warm and sharp debate l and On call of the roll failed to passages 15 noes e.
 Recess until p n.
 After recess the house again went into com mittee of the whole on the general appropria- | tic2 Siu,. Mir. Warrec % suo Una.l. The remainder of the days session was taken up in it's consideration. Amendments by the wholesale were offered, but fe Of them adopted, the total amount appropriated will however. be materially lowered. On motion the committee prose and reported to the house recommending that the bill do pass as amended. Carried
 At 5:l5 the house adjourned until Friday | morning.
 LITTLE ROCK. March 2s.-President Witt | called the senate to order yesterday morning at 80 sharp.
 Committee reports coming first in order a | number were received The vote by which senate bill No 2f3, a five | mile act for Dardanelle. was ordered to it's | third reading. was reconsidered, the bill | amended not to include Pope county in 1 it's provisions, and also reducing the minimum i fine from Se00 to s25. and then made speci al l order for Monday morning. | House bill No 2S6, to fix the timo for holding | court in the fifteenth district, passed-ayes 26 House bill No 69 to restra n the incautious use Of fire arms, def1ated-ayes 10, nays l6. House bill No. l26 to require sherins to set | tic monthly with the state and counties, de. | feated-ayes i4 noes Is.
 Senate bill No O. to amend the act estab- | fishing chancery court for Montgomery Sa | line, Hot Springs and Garland counties was | next taken up to consider house amendments. | The house had amended the bill by reducing | the salary of the chancellor to s2, 900 and his term to four years and provides that he shall 1 be elected instead of appointed.
 On motion the amendments were non con. 1 cured in.
 Recess until 9 D. m.
 At the opening of the afternoon session l house bill No 212 to provide for the payment by the state of costs in felony eases, was read l the third time, and after some little discussion l it was defeated-a ayes 12, nays F. House bill No 8, 10 encourage and foster stock raising and to prevent the larceny of stock passed-ayes ga nays 3. The bill ap- plies only to Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie and Crittenden counties.
 House bill No "A, to punish vagrancy read the third time ard passed-ayes 26 nays 1.
 House oill No. 75 requiring railway compan- l les or corporations to transport free of charge the shippers of live stock or poultry by the 1 car load passed-ayes 20 nays G. House bill No. l2p, to repeal the seventh sub l division of sect on 2505 of the digest, in rela- tion 10 marriage contracts where either party has become insane, passed-ayes Is, noes II. House bill No. 104, to give notice in special | school districts and to i'll vacancies on school boards passed-ayes 22 noes l. 1 Adjourned until Saturday morning | HOUSE.
 The first business before the house yester. day morning was the introduction of a bill by l the committee on charitable institutions. pro viding for the appointment by the governor of board of six trustees one from each congress sional district They to be paid S5 per day for actual time spent and appropriating s3 O00 for salaries and expenses. As an evidence that the man with bill" Is a conspicuous figure in the house this session, this bill was num-