Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-28
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Thirty-First ses-
 sion of the General Assembly.
TLa senate Yrnrealllnra.


 fered the following amendment. That il shall be the duty of the governor to appoint within 10 day after Che passage Of this act three bona Hde male citizens Of each county, who shall be men Of sound Judgment and known integrity who will be constituted 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 ns will be required t pay freight and other expenses. but that supplies of food alone shall be given" The amendment unanimously adopted He also offered the following amendment which was unanimously adopted: Amend section 20 by striking out April l. 1897 and insert June 1. 1897 and strike out May | 1897, and insert July l. lSg7. a 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 any donation out of said appropriation Of Sg5. l 0gg"
 Senator South offered an amendment to the amendment to strike out federal pensioners. i Lost.
 Senator Worthen offered an amendment to | section ID as follows Strike out the words in no ease shall more than 10 per cent CT this l appropriation be distributed to any one coun- | ty. ' Adopted.
 Senator Manning offered to amend as follows: By striking out go 000 and inserting in lieu i thereof S65. 600; S25 09o of which to come from l the direct tax fund and S100O0 from tho general 1 fund tax. Adopted.
 At the afternoon session Senator Kimbeil offered q resolution that the secretary of the i United States be urged to interest himself in 1 behalf of MT SeoYel and to secure for him | speedy and impartial trial Senator Wilson moved to lay the resolution on the table. Car ried. MT Scovel Is the war correspondent of the New York World now imprisoned in Ha- Yana Cuba
 House biil No log Johnson, of Madison | eounty), 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,
 Senate bill No lb5 (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 l8: noes. 10.
 House btl No l56 GNayler1, to authorize United States foreign eonsuls to take ae- | Acknowledgements of deeds and mortgages, was read third time and passed ayes 22; noes, O
 Senate bill No. 55 (I1al), to provide for the payment of interest due the common school and sixteenth section funds It provides for the assessment of a general tax of one-quarter of mill for 10 years to pay this interest. Was read third time and passed-ayes 24; noes, O
 Senate bill No. tl6 (WtlSon1, to allow the | conveyance of real estate by husbands of in sane wives The bill passed ayes, 2l; noes 2
 Senator King introduced the following sell ate concurrent resolution No. 10 2Resolvedl bY the senate the house coneurring therein. That this general assembly adjourn sine die March | lsq1 and thus save the state the stun Of Slo000, necessary to extend the session 20 days The resolution was adopted by q
 The House
 Mir Rogers. of Benton county. chairman of the special committee appointed to look to d settlement between the state of Arkansas and | the United States, returned house concurrent resolution No. 12 with the statement that they had sought for additional information but failed to obtain any information to change the opinion of the majority on the subject. there fore they adhered to the former resolution.
 Mir Curl, of the same committed presented a minority report dissenting from the majority signed hy Messrs. Curl and Brown.
 Considerable discussion followed the reports, and Mir Naylor asked that further action on these reports be postponed until next WedneS- day morning IL was ordered.
 MT Wadsworth presented a petition from a number of citizens, asking an amendment to | the laws regulating the granting of license to persons running ferries.
 MT Naylor offered resolution requesting the secretary of state at Washington to intercede in behalf of the New York World correspond ent imprisoned at Havana, Cuba. Adopted
 MT. smith. of Cross county, moved that the rules be suspended and house bili No. 2l4, a substitute for the railroad commission bill by the committee be taken ap Carried
 The clerk proceeded to read the bill. the title of which k an act to establish railroad com mission for the state of Arkansas whereby dis criminations and eNtortious in railroad and express charges may be prevented and reason able freight and passenger tariffs may be es- tahlished, to prescribe and authorize the mak- ing Of rules and regulations to govern the com mission and the railroads and express com panies and other parties adequate remedies. to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act l and to provide means and rules for it's enforce ment. Without taking any further action on the hill the house adjourned,