The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
AhAAAoAS LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Firs. Ses-
 sion of the General Assembly.
The Senate Proceedings.

LITTLE ROCK. Jan. se-After converting yesterday morning the senate received n Ines- sage rom ,he house announcing the passage of house bl4ls Nos. and 5i and house concurrent resolution No. DickinsonJ, asking congress Co continue It's liberal appropriation for the completion of our magnificent leYee system and for toe improvement of waterways
 Senator South rendered his resignation as Chairman of the joint committee on auditors and treasurer's books. stating that having held the position for six years. and devoting nearly all his time 10 1t. he desired to be relieved and let new man be appointed. Senator Hayes moved that Senator South be requested to withdraw his motion. Carried Senator South refused to withdraw his resignation. After e lengthy discussion. during which the remark, became clearly directed at one of the young lady clerks Senator Gray moved that the resignation be accepted. At the request Sena- tor Hiilhouse Senator South withdrew his resignation. to await development.
 The committee on temperance returned sen ate bllI No. 50 tMoose), repeating the Morrill, to-. prohibitory liquor law recommending tha, it do not pass
 Senate joint resolution No f by Senator Witt, proposing an amendment to the consti- tuition providing for the levying of a tax for road improvement The resolution passed ayes 22 noes l.
 Six new bill were introduced One was to allow the superintendent of public instruction more clerks and imposing more duties on the office and mother was to reimburse J. F. Trumpier in tbe sum Of sl 538 for property seized during the Brooks-Baxter war.
 Senator Williamson called up senate bill No. S3 providing for an insolvent act Re ported fay0faby by the committee Read third time and placed on it's final passage After a lengthy discussion, participated in by Senators Williamson, Lambert, Grace Black burn Hayes and Quarles. the roll was called
 
 The senate reconvened in the afternoon with Senator South in the chair.
 President Moose called up senate bill No 3s, to repeal the Morrilton ten-mile liquor law President Moose led the fight in favor of repeal and Senator Grace of Jefferson led the oppo- sition, though other members took part in the contest When the vote was taken the bill passed-ayes, IS: noes, l2. The vote was as follows
 Ayes Blackburn, Gray, Hall Haley. Hin- house, Kimbell, Manning, McMullin, Quarles, Rains, smith, South. Wilson. Witt, Worthen, Mir. Presidential
 Noes -Connell, Douglass, Grace Hathcock, Hayes lzard. Lambert Morton, McGehee, Pinnix Williams. Williamson-12
 The House.
 The time of the house yesterday morning was devoted to miscellaneous business.
 Mir. Harper offered a petition in support of the bill providing that taxes collected from white ana colored people be so designated that they shall be used as collected.
 Mir. Amacker offered memorial from the good roads convention. recommending legisla- tion for the improvement of the public high ways
 Mir. Bush submitted petition from residents of Pike county, protesting against the bill in- troduced by Senator Pinnix to regulate county seat elections. Mir Brown said inasmuch as the petition cast reflection upon Senator Pin nix, he moved to reject it, and the motion car ried
 MT. Dickinson offered concurrent resolu- tion asking for an appropriation to continue the levee work on the Mississippi river, and it was adopted.
 The amendment to house bill No. I0l (Dri- ver), to prevent the destruction of game in cer- tain months of the year was called up, and read for information. Two amendments were offered and adopted. and a number of counties were exempted from the provisions of the bill. after which the bill and amendment went to the table
 At the afternoon session of the house MT. Burrow. Of Franklin, sprang sensation by in- troducine resolutions cOndemnatory of the railway brotherhood speakers, some of whom were alleged to have cast reflections upon the state in their speeches at the union meeting the day previous. After much discussion, the resolutions were withdrawn.
 The new measures offered were seven In number