The Forrest City times., 1895-04-26
To require boards of improvement to settle

their accounts with councils of cities and towns by which they are appointed Provides that such boards shall settle their accounts ann ally and upon failure or refusal to set tie shall be guilty of a misdeme amor, and upon conviction shall be flned in any sum not ex- ceeding $500 and Tn addition thereto may be Imprisoned for any period not exceeding sixty days
 An act for the relief Of Levee district No 2 ln Jenerson county, and to legaliZe and make valid its acts Allows new articles of organi- zatlon to be filed
 TO regulate charges of excess baggage on all railroads in the state over five miles in length. Railroads not allowed to harge more than i2n per cent of the cost Of first class fare per hundred pounds for excess baggage over lsO pounds
 To fir the fees and salaries of the oficers of Madison county. Act takes erect after Octo- Der 30, 1s96
 To fix the salary of the clerk of the supreme court. Fixes the salary at e 500 per annum, allows him two deputies at a salary oi sl, 300 and s1,c0O respectively
 To legalize primary elections. Act shall not apply or be in force unless the county central committee of such party holding elections shall twenty days before such primary cleo tion, flo in the offlce of the county clerk certificate stating that said election will be held under the provisions of this act. General election laws to apply as to qua iHoa- tions etc., of election officers and voters
 To extend the charter of railway companies. Railway companies which have forfeited their corporate rights by reason of failure to build i've miles of railroad since January l. 1894 shall have eighteen months from date of ap. proval of this act in which to build said five miles of road
 To change the boundary line between Clay and Greene counties.
 To encourage and foster stock raising and to prevent larceny of stock. All transportation companies are required to keep register of stock at the point of shipment, with the num- Der. marks, brands. general description of such animals, the names of the shippers the date of shipment and the county from which they were driven such register to be open to all parties free of charge. Monthly reports to be filed with the county clerk
 To regulate assignments for the benefit of creditors. Assignee shall take possession of property immediately after assignment and mako inventary and description which he, ten days after taking charge of property, shall file with the clerk of the court, together with his bond in double the amount of the supposed value of the property. The assignee shall be the property, included in the assignment for any loss that may occur after he assumes charge
 An act securing liens to mech anics, laborers and others. Provides that every mechanic or other person who shall perform work on of fur nish material for any building or improvement of any kind under contracts shall have lien upon such building or improvement Said lien to have priority over any and all other CT cum orances, mortgages, etc. except such liens as are created for the purrcse O. raising funds to make such erection or Improvements All Hens to be on an equal footing regardless of date, and proceeds of sale to be equitably pro rated
 To regulate proceedings for the condo ation of right of way in Desha ievee district
 To provide for the registration of brands trade marks, etc, of boxes bottles and all other receptacles of oarbonated goods. Pro vfdes that dealers in or manufacturers of car. bonated gools. mineral waters etc, desirous of securing to themselves certain brands marks or other design ations may file with the county clerk fac simlle CT description of such marks brands or devices, and cause the same to be published in public ne wspaper for three successive weeks; such act to secure to the party full protection for such trade mark etc. and make it un awful for any other person or persons to use the same.
 TO provide for a contingent fund for the use of the state board of health and to re cal sec ton 525 of the digest Appropriates q, 600 as a contingent fund to be used in the event of the prevalence of an epidemic or contagious dis ease within the state.
 The bill to call in the states utstanding in debtedness by oversight failed to receive the signature of President Witt of the senate He has been notified and the bill sent to him It will become law when his signature Is at tached.
 APPROPRIATIONS
 To appropriate e1O0 900 to pay the mileage per diem and contingent expenses of the gen. eral assembly Became law by limitation
 For suppiying of members of the general as- sembly with newspapers and stamps Became law by limitation
 To provide for the payment of the salaries of nY paln of f he Became law by limitation.
 To provide for the relief of ain soldiers Of the late war between the states There shall be paid to every totally blind indgent ex-confe 1erate soldier or sailor, who is now and has been for twelve months a cititen of Arkansas, and who has a family and is not an inmate of the confederate home the sum of SIS annually
 To fix the pay of the sergeant at arms of the senate st 6 per day.
 To provide for constructing a sewer from the Arkansas state lunatic asylum and from the deaf mute institute to connect with the sewer for the Arkansas penitentiary, and % appro- priate SIP 300 for that purpose.
 To appropriate sS39 70 to pay for material and supplies furnished to the state mil itia dur ing rbe railroad strike of 1894
 To appropriate e60o for repairing and fitting up the office of state treasurer.
 Making appropriations for the expenses of the legislative, executive and judicial depart ments of the state government: Legis ative department, s2 GOO; judicial department sss- 800; executive department s243 395, Total t378 695.
 To provide for the support and maintenance of the Arkansas school for the blind Appro- priates 1850 for two years beginning April l, 1895. and ending March 3l. 1897.
 To provide for the support and m maintenance of the Arkansas industrial university: Appro- priates SIS $50 for two years, beginning April 1, 1895 and ending March 3l, 1897. Abolishes the denarfment of nharmacv