Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-30
Tine Senate.

Tine Senate.
 LITTLE ROCK, May 27.-The senate was called to order at the usual time, and touching prayer offered by the chaplain.
 Senator Haley called up senate bill No Fl for protection of leyees in Desha county. Read third time and passed unanimously.
 Senator Witt slled up senate bill No. 29 relative te changing road across the land of an owner, and, on motion, the house amendments were concurred in.
 The railroads committee returned the Haley and Williams bills, recommending their pas sage as amended. One is the Sunnyside and Western railroad bill. and the other gives GOO acres per mile to any road that first builds Placed on the calendar.
 Senate bill No G. to credit the school fund account with normal appropriations made at the regular session and two years ago, aggre- gating S40,000, was taken up.
 Some time was consumed in discussion after which Senator Quarles moved to reconsider tine vote placing the bill on it's final passage so that some amendments could be offered Lost-ayes 9, noes 10
 The bill then passed-ayes 1e, noes 9.
 Senator Kimbell called up his bill for the re- lief Of Sheriff Tackett, of Montgomery county, who recently lost s1 ,sOO by fire. Passed-ayes 2S, noes In the negative. Senators Cazort, Hatheock and McMullin.
 After recess Senators Pinnix and Collins were granted indefinite leave of absence.
 The state lunatic asylum appropriation bill was taken up, and Senator Douglass moved the senate do not concur in the house amendment reducing the amount from S160 eco to S120, ,000 or S100 for each inmate.
 Senator Wilson said there had been an error in the estimated numer of inmates under the imbecile act, that only GOO could be admitted.
 Senator Lambert moved to concur in the house amendment. Carried-ayes 12. noes 10
 The deaf-mute appropriation was then taken up, and house amendment to strike out $500 for tower was concurred in.
 The amendment changing the amount for boilers from S1 s00 to B, 900 created some oppo- Sition, but 1t was adopted by d vote of I5 to 5
 The amendment reducing salaries of teach CTS from S10000 to S9000 developed vigorous opposition from several senators, President Moose also taking the floor in opposition. and the senate refused to concur by vote 12 to 10. By vote of 13 to 10 the vote concurring in the reduction from S1 800 to q 900 for boilers was reeonsidered, and the amendment non concurred in.
 Senator Grace moved conference on the deaf-mute appropriation bill Carried.
 Conference committee on the general appro- priation bill reported a compromise. An item appropriating S1 400 for paving the street in front of the state house was inserted. Placed on calendar.
 Senate bill No TO- to appropriate S40,00O for working capital for the penitentiary board, was taken up, placed back on second reading, and after some discussion, ordered engrossed for third reading
 Senate bill to amend sections 674s, 6771 and Sandels and Hills digest consolidating road districts tapping over in two counties, was dered engrossed for third reading.
 The St. Francis levee bill was taken up, pend- ing discussion of which the senate adjourned.
 The House.
 When the house convened. Mir. Brown moved that all petitions favorng the Smith bill be re- ferred without reading. Carried
 motion for final adjournment June was lost by vote of 4 to 4.
 MT. Keels concurrent resolution providing for joint committee to prepare a railroad commission bill was taken up and, after lengthy discussion, 1t was adopted-ayes 53, noes 32
 Speaker Tappan Johnson, of Madison, in the chain took the floor in opposition to MT. Hernns bill to consolidate elections.
 MT. Hernn said the argument made by some that the bill would interfere with the farmers in some parts of the state was all bosh; that if other states could hold satisfactory elections under consolidation, Arkansas could do the same
 The bill was lost bv the following yote