The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

AYES.
 Andrews Barnett Biggs Briant Bowers BrattOn Brown Bullock Burrow Bush Butler Butt Comstock Cotton Ellis Ferguson Floyd Ford Fuller Futrell Grifhn Hamm Head Hicks Holt Hooper Hudson Jefrers Johnson M dsonKeel Keesee King Kirby Lake Lee Lucas Medaris Naylor Parker Patton RiSon Rogers Scott Rowe Sallee See Shackleford Short Smith Cross Street stroud Tatum Touhey Vandeventer Van Hoose Wadsworth Welch Wood Yadon Tappan-59
 NOES
 Baldridge Connaily Chrisp Driver Eagle Gannaway Goodwin Hartsell Herrn Jackson Johnson, Clev'd Keith Matthews Morris Moss Prince Shaw smith. Critt'd'n Warren WeSt-20
 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. Amacker Buckley Coffnan Curl DeRoSsett Dickinson Ellison Fortune Harper Hollifield Hughes Jones Let1er Pennington Potts Rogers, Benton Vineyard Williams Willis Witherington Wonord-2s The first business of the afternoon session was senate bill No. 2 (Cazort) the bill prohib-
 
 day or succeeding night of primary elections or conventions. The penalty is inc not to ex- ceed sl0O. The bill passed-ayes, 66: noes. 7. Senate bill No. 2S (HalD. it is to amend and supplement an act to legalize primary elee- tions. It was defeated-ayes. 2i; noes, 47
 MT Herrn gave notice that on Saturday he would move to reconsider the vote by which the bill failed to pass.
 Senate bill No, l07 (Halley). to punish spotters against railroad conductors who make false reports by fine not to exceed Sl00 Passed ayes. 63 noes. 2l.
 Senate bin No. i2o (King) it permits suit to be brought against life and accident insurance companies in the counties where insured par ties reside. The bill passed-ayes, 77; noes O. Senate bill No 142 (WltD was placed on third reading. The bill provides for the pay ment of s75 per annum to each blind or in- digent ex-Confederate soldier without family and who is not an inmate of the soldiers home The bill passed-ayes 76: noes, 1.
 The Senate Proceedings.
 LITTLE ROCK Feb 18.-In the senate yes terday Senator Kimbell introduced senate bill No l79. pertaining to liens against railroads. It provides that every mechanic. builder arti- san, workman. laborer or other person, who shall do or perform any work or labor upon or furnish any materials. machinery. fixtures or other thing towards the survey. location construction equipment. or to facilitate the operation of any railroad. shall have lien therefor upon the railroad. buildings, equip ments, incomes, franchises and all other ap- purtenances of said railroad, superior and par amount. whether prior in time or not. to that of all persons interested in said railroad as managers. lesees mortgagees, trustees receiv- CTS and benefciaries under trust. or owners. Senator Williams introduced senate bill No TT. It provides for the removal of the peni- tentiary to some point south Of the city. and the buildinp a state hOusp on that Ur0uud Senate bill No. s2 (Douglass), to repeal sec tions Of the digest requiring road oyerseers to make annual reports at an extra exIens of about s75 per annum to the county, was read third time It failed to passages. 10; noes. IT. Senate bill No fl (kimbelD. relating to changes of venue in civil cases was read third time. The bill did not passages 9; noes IS At the afternoon session senate bill No. n (Wilson) the bill repeals a section of the di- gest that provides no oonyeyance mortgage or