The Forrest City times., 1895-02-08

the days session. | Pending final action the house adjourned m
 Ill Saturday morning. | SENATE | LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 4.-President Witt called
 the senate to order at 9:30 Saturday morning
 After the reading of the journal Senator
 Sloan, from the committee on elections re-
 ported the contest case of Donnell vs ConnelL The report was lengthy one. going into the details Of the case and deciding in favor of Connell, the democratic contested The report
 or the committee was adopted A number of committee reports were pre-
 sented.
 Senate bill No. cs, allowing winemakers to
 than one quart. was read the third time dis. cussed at some length and upon the call of the roll defeated by a vote of ayes to f9 noes.
 St nate bill No. 49, to amend the digest SO as
 To prohibit county courts from granting a li-
 cense to sell liqucr when a majority of the voters in each county had voted against license etc, was taken up and discussed at length On
 call of the roll the bill failed to passages, 10; nays. l6.
 message from tre house announced the | concurrence of that body in the senate amend.
 ments 10 house concurrent reso ution No. 5 providing Tor committee of five to visit the
 Arkansas Industrial University at Fayette i vile Also the adoption by that body of sen
 ate concurrent o,, resolution No providing for board with an amendment increasing the num-
 be- of the committee to five.
 President Witt appointed Senators Smith
 and Pettigrew on the committee to visit the
 univers ty.
 The senate concurred Tn the house amend ment to the senate resolution for a committee oi i've to inspect and investigate tue St Fran. cis levee board.
 At l2:O5 the senate adjourned until Monday morning
 After the report of committees house bill No the cigarette bill. beng special order. was postponed until nex. Thursday.
 House bi No. sl. giving laborers lien the products of their labor and providing for | 70 p in cfz and passed by unanimous vote
 Concurrent resolution No. providing for an invest gation Of the St. Francis leyee board. was taken up and amended so as to make the number Of the committe five, and adopted.
 By resolution Dr. Amiaker was invited to ad dress the house at D. Pending final action on house bill No. g. re- quiring boats and railroads to keep a record of the brands of al! stock carried out of county by them, the house adjourned until Monday. SENATE. LITTLE ROCK. February 5.-The senate was called to order at 9:30 yesterday morning twenty six senators answering to their names
 Alt r the reading of the journal and report of c -mmittees, Senator Gray introduced senate joint resolution No. :, providir an amendment 10 the constitution of the state substituting for the existing exempt laws specific exemp- tons. Referred to the committee on constitu tonal amendments.
 Senator Smith moved to reconsider the vote by which the senate adopted senate concur rent resolution No. g. 10 raise a committee to investigate the St. Francis leyee district Car ried
 Senator Smith stated that there were ether districts in the state and he wanted this com mittee to investigate all of them.
 Senator West introdsced a resolution to the effect that an expert accountant and compe tent engineer be appointed to examine all ar. counts of the evee district board and report the same
 This resolution stirred up quite discussion at the close of which it was s5nt to the lud ci ary committee.
 Senate bi No. B. providing for the better enforceme of ordinances of cities and towns, being special order, was taken up and dis cussed at length. Pending final action the senate took a re- cess until 2:20 D. m
 Immediately after recess the senate resumed consideration senate bill No 35 and upon call Of the roll tha bill passed-ayes 15, nays 13 Ire order being the introduction O. b Ills a numb ber were p:esente1. making the total to date IA.
 Senator Sloan called up senate bill No. 43 to allow warehouse men and commission mer- chants to sell stored -o1s after sixty days The committee amendment extending the time from co to lS0 days, was adopted and the bill ordered to its third reating. | Senator Smiths bill, senate bill No. A to establish the office of county superintendent and abolish that ot county examiner, was called up and referred to the committee On education.
 Senate bill No sl. providing that the chan celior of the (new) third chaaoery district composed of the counties of Garland. Saline Hot Springs and Montgomery. shall recieve S2.5 70 year that the office shall be appointive
 and for term of eigbt years was taken up and l discussed. Upon cal of the roll the bill passed | ayes 70, nays &
 i Adjourned until Tuesday morning. | HOUSE l Alter the morning hour Senator Worthen's | bill. providing for additional judge in the
 Sixth iudicia, district. was reported favorab y | from the committee on judiciary The com
 mltte, amended the bill fixing the salary at | 5000 per year haf to be paid by the state and | half by Pulaski county | NJ. Crosby sent up house concurrent reso-
 lution No. requesting our congressman to op- ! pose all bills for the issue of bonds and to l favor all bills for the free coinage Of silver | Refer ed 70 the committee e on memorials The balance Of the forenoon spent with | committee reports and the introduction of new | bills.
 ! Just hefore adjournment the speaker an- nouncec the appointment of two special joint
 committees in accordance wi h resolut ons l hereto ore adopted. State A l. U. visitors, | Messrs. Armstrong, Lake and Roberts; Nor
 ma school visitors Messrs. Witt Nance and l Wagner.
 | Rec, ss until D m. Al the opening of the afternoon session the | introduction O. bills was continued. The total i presented 10 date 3ls. E The remainder Of the days session was con I sumed by lhe reading and consigning of bills 1 to the various committees. l Just hefore adjournment MT. Mathes moved 1 to reconsider house bill No. A., aDolishing dep l uty prosecuting attorneys.
 House adjourned until Tuesday morning
 SENATE l LITTLE ROCK. February 6-The senate met yesterday morning pursuant 10 adjournment. After the reading of the journal number of