Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-14

House bill No. i2S to require collectors and assessors to indicate the race of persons liable to taxation, passed-ayes 2S, noes 2.
 Adjourned until Tuesday morning.
 ROUSE
 After the closing scenes of Saturday. the opening of the house yesterday morning was exceptionally quiet, although there was an air of suppressed excitement and expectancy per vading the law-making atmosphere, which, however for lack of something to live upon soon died away and the house gradually settled down to business as quietly as if noth- ing had ever occurred to disturb it's equiIib rium to the great disappointment of an over crowded lobby.
 The first business after the reading of the journal was the granting to the bribery inves- tigating committee power to send for persons and papers and to employ an expert stenog- rapher. The committee then went into secret session
 Senate bill No. PIT, to regulate the appoint ment of beneficiary students to the A l. U.. passed
 House bill No. 33 providing for the punish ment of persons buying bottled goods, agree ing to return the bottles and not doing so, failed to pass ayes s3 noes 36.
 Houss bill No. 1i7, to legalize primary cleo tiens came next, and after quite discussion, passed-aYes 44 noes 33
 Senate bill No 2s6, relating to beneficiary fraternal orders and the service Of summons thereon, passed
 Senate biu No 173. to extend for eighteen months the privilege of non. forfeiture of char ter to those proposed railroads which have failed to build five miles of road since Jan. l, 1894 was passed without opposition.
 Senate bill No 271. a fivsmile law for Green Forest Carroll county, passed-ayes 45, noes II.
 House bill No. g. the mechanics lien bill was read as amended by the senate, and passed ayes IS, noes 16.
 Senate bill No. 1s6, fixing the officers and employees of the assembly and their salaries, was next taken up, amended in various partic- ulars and made special order Tuesday morning House bfl No. 164 to provide for the expul- sion of passengers on trains who fail or refuse to pay their fare came next and provoked con by very decided yote-ayes 5, noes 54.
 Recess until 2 D. m
 After recess house bill No 1s. to bar claims against counties, passed-ayes 49, noes 5
 Senate bill No. 174 act to submit to the people the question of calling constitutional convention, passed-ayes B, noes B.
 Senate bill No. 2s7, to give the circuit court of Pulaski county the supreme court reports passed-ayes 50, noes 1.
 Senate bill No. 215, as to the fixing of section corners, defeatet-ayes F, noes 49
 Senate concurrent resolution No. 3. to give cities and towns the right to issue bonds, etc, defeated-ayeS B. noes 49.
 House bill No 372, to authorize the purchase of Q convict farm, was returned without the governors approval, The question as to pass lng the bill over the governors veto was put and the bill failed to pass ayes 19, noes 66 The general appropriation bill came next and was passed as reported by the conference eomaittee-ayes 6f. noes b. Senate bill No. 282 for the relief of Alenzo Damont Of Izard county passe1-ayes 60, noes '.
 Senate bill No. 2s0 for the relief of 1evee district No. 2 of Jefferson county, passed ayes 90. noes 21.
 Adjourned until Tuesday morning.
 SENATE.
 LITTLE ROCK, April 10.-The senate met on time yesterday morning. and after the reports i of several committees were disposed of house bill No. TOT, to pay Thomas M. Duncan for ser vices in overdue tax suits was called up and the senate receded from it's amendment to in clude the claim of J. H. Basham for similar l services.
 Special order house bill No. 4s3, appropri ations for the repair of the lunatic asylum, etc., passed-ayes 24.
 Senate bill No. 2s6, to provide for the sup port and maintenance of Pine Bluff normal. l passed-ayes 24
 The senate went into executive session, con l firmed all of Gov. G1arKe's appointments, and | passed d resolution authorizing the senate off cers and enrolling committee to remain oyer after adjournment for the purpose of complet ing the c erical work of that body
 House bill No 302, to allow sheriffs S1 pei day for services performed under the election law passed-ayes 29.
 House bill No. TIT, to provide for double decked cars for shipping hogs, sheep, etc. | paSsed-ayeS Is, noes II.
 vote of thanks was rendered the children Of the deaf mute institute for basket Of flow CTS and good wishes presented by them to the senate
 Recess until D. m.
 Al the afternoon session the senate voted tC | reconsider the vote by which house bill No 359, to prevent railroads from over-charging | for hauling cotton seed meats, was defeated Homo No auth I 14 hn no, to compromise claims of attorneys and agents against the state. nassed-ayes 29 noes c. House bill No. S6i, to include Argenta in the Little Rock school dis rct after discussion, was defeated-ayes F, noes IL
 House bill No 349. to allow school commits ! sioners 10 invest school funds, passed-ayes %. noes f
 House bill No. 331, to validate contracts with foreign corporations in certain cases, passed. House bill No. 345 to appoint state reve nue agent defeated-16 to 10.
 House biI No 327, to exempt keepers of grisi mills for toll from service oD the Jury and mil itary duty, passed-ayeS 20 noes 6.
 House bill No. r, respecting garaishments, and permitting such to be made when suit is brought passed-ayes 19 noss '.
 House biil No 106 giving the county judge authority t9 declare person pauper in vaca- tion, passed without opposition.
 Adjourned until Wednesday morning
 HOUSE.
 The announcement that the special inyesti- gation committee would make it's report served to fill the galleries and lobby with spectators long before the opening of the house yesterday morning and they waited patiently far into the morning session.
 The confederate pension bill was first taken up and passed-ayes IS, noes 1.
 Then came special order house bill No. 232, to pay in state lands the claim of J. H. Ba- sham, of Benton county, for fees as attorney in back tax cases, passed-ayes 59, noes 20.
 Senate bill No 196 to allow certain counties to refund their bonded debts, passed-ayes 47, noes 36.
 Senate bill No. 1s6, fixing the employees of the assembly and their salaries, was passed as amended by the house-ayes 70 noes 5.
 Senate bill No EOS requiring improvement district officers to report to the city clerks, was passed without debate.
 Senate bill No 251, for the protection Of heirs and administrators from I. aldulent grantors, passed
 At this point Mir. Robinson arose and asked to be allowed to present the report of the special investigation committee, and in an in- stant the house was as quiet as graveyard
 The report read by the clerk. The re- port of the majority states that the committee has thoroughly investigated the matter of the charge of bribery, that they have probed every