The Forrest City times., 1897-02-26
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 The Senate Proceedings.
 LITTLE RoCE Feb S2 Tho drouth suecrerS' bill No t29 was taken up. Senator Witt of- fered the following amendment. That it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint within 10 day after the passage of this act three bona tde male citizens Of each county who shall be men of sound judgment and i known integrity who will be constituted a re- lief commission" The amendment was adopted.
 Senator Worthen offered the following amendment: Provided that no money shall | be paid to any applicant for relief from this fund except such amount as will be required to pay freight and other expenses. but that supplies of food alone shall be given" The amendment was unanimously adopted. He also offered the following amendment which was unanimously adopted: Amend section 70 by striking out April 1, IsT,' and insert June |, 1897 and strike out May 1897 and | insert July l, 1897. He also offered the fol- ! lowing amendment to section r. which was unanimously adopted Strike out the follow | ing words: And provided further that no per- i son receiving pension from the United States | or the state of Arkansas shall be entitled to 1 any donation out of said appropriation of s25,- | GOO"
 | Senator South offered an amendment to the amendment to strike out federal pensioners | Lost.
 | Senator Worthen offered an amendment to l section 10. as FOLLOWS: strike out the words | in no case shall more than 10 per cent of this appropriation be distributed to any one coun- 1 ty. Adopted
 l Senator Manning offered to amend as follows: | By striking out S25 GOO and inserting in lieu 1 thereof s65, GOO: S25. 900 of which to come from the direct tax fund and s40, 900 from the general fund tax" Adopted.
 | At the afternoon session Senator Kimbell 1 offered resolution that the secretary of the l United States be urged to interest himself in | behalf of MT. Scoyel and to secure for him a | speedy and impartial trial Senator Wilson l moved to lay the resolution on the table. Car l ried Mir. Scovel is the war correspondent of | the New York World imprisoned in Ha- | vana, Cuba.
 House bill No 199 Johnson, of Madison | county) providing for holding county court | in Madison county second Mondays in Janu- | ary, July and October and fourth Monday in March. Read third time and passed-ayes, 24 noes, O
 Senate bill No. l55 (Douglass), to authorize | secretary of state to distribute the geological reports of Arkansas to members of the general | assembly, colleges of the state, and in other | states. Passed-ayes, 13: noes 10 House bill No. 156 (Naylor). to authorize | United States foreign consuls to take ac- | Acknowledgements of deeds and mortgages was | read third time and passed-ayes 9; noes. O.
 Senate bill No. B HalD. to provide for the payment of interest due the common school | the assessment of general tax of one-quarter of a mill for 10 years to pay this interest Was | read third time and passed-ayes 24; noes O | Senate bill No. 1l6 (Wilson). to allow the l conveyance of real estate by husbands of in- 1 sane wives. The bill passed-ayes q; noes 2 Senator King introduced the following sen- ate concurrent resolution No. 10 Resolved 1 by the senate. the house concurring therein That this general assembly adjourn sine die 1 March H. ls97 and thus save the state the sum | of Si0CO0, necessary to extend the session 20 days The resolution was adopted by a vote of l3 tor.
 The House.
 ! Mr. Rogers. of Benton county. chairman of the special committee appointed to look to settlement between the state of Arkansas and
 thc United States returned house concurrent { resolution No l2 Wij h the statemen. chat they had sought fer additional information but ] failed 10 obtHig any information 10 change the opinion of the majority on the subject. there
 fore they adhered to the former resolution.
 Mir. Curl, Of the same committee. presented a
 minority report dissenting from tine majority 1 signed by Messrs. Curl and Brown. l Considerable discussion followed the reports. l and Mir. Naylor asked that further action on
 these reports be postponed until next Wednes- | day morning It was so ordered.
 MT. Wadsworth presented petition from a l number of citizens, asking an amendment to
 the laws regulating the granting of license to 1 persons running ferries
 | Mir. Naylor offered a resolution requesting the
 secretary of state at Washington to intercede 1 in behalf of the New York World correspond | ent imprisoned at Havana, Cuba. Adopted l MT. Smith, of Cross county, moved that the
 rules be suspended and house bill No 2l4. a | substitute for the railroad commission bill by l the committee, be taken up. Carried.
 The clerk proceeded to read the b,H the title
 of which is an act to establish a railroad om- | mission for the state of Arkansas whereby dis | criminations and extortions in railroad and | express charges may be prevented and reason
 able freight and passenger tariffs may be es-
 tablished, to prescribe and authorize tine mak-
 ing of rules and regulations to govern the com
 mission. and the railroads and express com
 panes and other parties adequate remedies to
 prescribe penalties for the violation of this act
 and to provide means and rules for it's enforce
 ment. Without taking any further action on
 the bill the house adjourned.
 | The Senate Proceedings.
 LITTLE ROCK. Feb 23 23-Yesterday house l bill No. 50 Smith. of Crittenden). for a depot
 at the Arkansas end of the Memphis bridge,
 was taken up for final passage. Senator Will
 liams withdrew his amendment that the depot
 be within POO yards of Bridge Junction and
 substituted one that said depot be located
 245 yards north of Bridge Junction. The
 amendment caused much discussion and when