The Forrest City times., 1899-02-24
Senate Proceedings.


 Little Rock, Feb. 22-After the passage of Senator MeNemer's reform school bill by a vote Of IA to 9. the president announced that 1t required a two-thirds vote on account of cer- tam sections Of the bill, and 1t was reconsid- cred and placed back on second reading
 senator Lawrence called up s. B. 23 (Kirby). known as the fellow servants bill. The bill passed
 S R. 92 (Douglass), providing for the trans Ter or the sixteenth section fund was taken up and passed
 The following bills were introduced:
 No ls1 (Buckner), providing for settlement or certain indebtedness due from Desha to Chicot county; 19s (South). for relief of Simp- son, Estes < Co. and T. c. Fluty; I99 (Manningl requiring courts of this state to take notice of laws of other states without allegation of proof C. R. No Collins), proposing amend ment providing for an annual per capita tax of s2 on each male inhabitant between 2i and 60 and providing that the school tax shall not exceed annually mills upon the taxable prop- erty of the state POO (Dowdy), to facilitate the collection of penalties for misdemeanors: POI nambert), to change the line between certain school districts in Saline county; 2O2 (kimbelD providing Tor the erection of a new state house to cost not more than s1, 900 OoO; 2o3 CHardyl to regulate the practice of dentistry in this state: 204 (kfng), to subject mortgage property to ex- ecution; 2O5 (McMullin) to better protect the estates of widows and orphans; 206 (Martin). to amend sections i243 and 6576 of the digest: zuI tDauglass), to regulate the running at large and tmpounding of stock in cities of the first and second class in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty eighth senatorial district; No 2Uo CT. N. Wilson,. to require passenger trains to stop at all railroad functions; 209 tBuckner), to empower county judges to ex- tend the general election laws to the election.of school directors; 2l0 (Buckner). to incorporate the board of inspectors Of levees; 211 (Quarles). to amend section l467 Of the digest; PIP (Mc- Nemer) to make certain woven wire fences lawful 2l3 (Hardy), to amend sections s4eI 6599, and 6607 of the digest.
 E. (Quarles), to provide for the paving of Markham street in front of the capitol build- ing and carrying an appropriation of e 000 was passed.
 H. B. 2S6 (Butt). to amend the board,of health act recently passed by both branches of the legislature. was passed
 The House.
 The first business considered was H R. I2i (Clark), requiring separate examination by two physicians of persons to be admitted to the state insane asylum. The bill passed
 H E. 70 tFields), regulating hire of county convicts, failed to pass
 H. B. 210 (Wood), authorizing the board of of the St. Francis levee district to issue bonds for levee improvements was taken up.
 Discussion of this bill lasted all of the fore noon and part of the afternoon session
 MT. Wood, author of the bill, explained that the property owners affected had expressed themselves. and were almost unanimously in favor of the bond issue; that it was absolutely necessary. in order that levees partially built might be completed
 s The bill passed-ayes 46, noes 30
 H. R. 295. submitted as substitute to other railroad commission bills was read second tune, and made special order for February 18th