The Forrest City times., 1897-02-26

Senate btll No, lS5 tWitU, to authorize con- stables and marShaiS to serve notice to take dispositions as by the sherin. Read third time and passed ayes, 2s noes l.
 The House.
 Mir. Baldridge offered a resolution urging the house to hold night sessions in order to finish the business within 60 days. The resolution was lost.
 Bg request Of Mir Williams, the name of Mir. Ferguson was added to she ways and means committee.
 Mir, Lucas gave notice that he would on to- morrow morning. move to reconsider the vote by which house bill No. % tShaw), to ex- tend the time for paying taxes was lost.
 House bill No. isi G.ake) to change the county line between Howard and Sevier eoun- ties, was read the third time The bill passed ayes, 64: noes 8.
 House bill No. 200 (Aforris). to fix the fees and salaries Of the county officers of Lawrence county was taken up and read the third uEas. The roll call show6d-ayes, 6s noes :.
 House bill No. 2l6 (Cotton) to provide for the sale of the sixteenth section, township g in the Ozark district. was read the third time and passed-ayes 65; noes. |.
 When the house reconvened in the afternoon house bill No le0 (Harper). regulating the pur- chase of school supplies. was read third time and passed-ayes, 45; noes, g.. It had been previously amended so as not to apply to spec ial school districts. The bill provides that here
  special school districts, shall purchase or cause to be purchased any school apparatus sup plies without having first submitted an item ized statement to the regular annual school meeting; which statement shall contain list of school furniture, apparatuses or supplies to be purchased, with the probable cost of same, and the same shall have been agreed to by a majority of the electors present; provided, that the said statement may be modified by ad- d Ing to or taken from, any such articles of fur niture, apparatuses or supplies. as a majority of the electors present may agree by ballot; provided, also that if in the judgment and dis cretion of any such board of directors there exists need for any such school supplies hereinbefore enumerated, one call meeting in any one year. of the electors of any such dis trict, may be had to agree to and authorize or disagree to the purchase of such apparatuses, furniture or supplies, by at least ten days mo- tice of the time, place and object of such meet ing first given, and such meeting shall conform in proceedings to other school meetings herein provided; provided further that sum of chase such apparatuses or supplies. shall be appropriated. and that no amount in excess of that voted shall be used or expended in the purchase of any furniture, apparatuses or SUD- plies.
 MT. Shorts bill No l39 was placed on it's third reading It provides that the execution l from Judgmen rendered by justice of thepeaee may be stayed by some responsible person en- tering into an obligation to the adverse party 1 in sum sufficient to secure the payment of | the judgment condition to be void on payment in full of such judgment at the ex- piration of the stay; provided the stay on all sums under said jurisdiction shall be six months from the rendition of the judgment. i The bill passed-ayes, 7T: noes, 6.