The Monticellonian., 1899-03-24
Senate Proceedings.

| offered bill to regulate telephone rates. The bill fixes charges for business houses at 8 per month, and in residents at g. per month The Eimbell new state house bill was taken up and after the adoption Of several amend- ments, made special order for March goth. The Hall land grant blll was read third time l and pasSed-ayes r, noes 9. 1 Following bills were introduced and read | first time:
 s. D. 257. (Wilson Of Clark. to grant forfeited l tax lands in Clark county to aid in the con- struction Of a court house in Clark county.
 $. B. 258 (Haynie) to authorize the North | western Arkansas Railway Company to amend l it's articles Of incorporation. $. B 259 (Lawrence), to make cheeks Of evi 1 denee Of indebtedness issued by employers to 1 employees in payment of wages, redeemable in money and to prevent coercion and blacklist l ing by employers or compel employees to trade at certain store l s. B 260 (Collins). providing for the trans 1 portation of released convicts to their homes
 s. B. 26l ekimbelD, prescribing penalties for l keeping and running pool rooms and policy shops
 1 s. E. 262 fWilson of Washington, to author | ize county courts to purchase bridges. s. B 263 Hardy. to create liens for persons furnishing logs, timbers and provisions to saw mills and stave factories. 1 s. E. 225, fixing penalty for the practice Of 1 medicine without license at not less than S25 nor more than sl00. passed-yeas l5 nays 10. s. l51 (Quarles), to make four-wfre fence lawful fence in certain territory in Lee and 1 Phillips counties, passed. :. E. IFS Clark, to amend section 3J05 Of the 1 digest was passed.
 $. E. l42 (WitD to direct the auditor Of state to call i'll auditors certificates of indebted ness for services rendered in overdue tax suits, and for registration of the same, was placed on l final reading and passed Senator Ferguson introduced <. E. 264 to l lay of and establish that part of the St. Fran cis basih lying within the state of Arkansas into leyee district, and for maintaining the
 The remainder of the session was consumed l in consideration Of the state university appro- l priation bill
 The House.
 A resolution by Mir Blalock providing for session at 7.30 p. n. was adopted.
 Clerk Simms read letter from Hon. w. J. Bryan fixing March 27th the day for the lat ter's visit to Little Rock in response to the l legislatures invitation,
 II. B 3o6 tCotton), to provide for leyying road tax. postponed until March 23d.
 II. B l0l Civilians Of PulaskB was taken up as q special order It makes lawful woven wire fences Of II parellel hard steel wires fas- tened together by upright slaves
 MT Williams said the woven wire fence could be built for $40 a mile cheaper than barbed wire fences on account of the high prices maintained by the barbed wire trust The bill l passed-63 to Is.
 H. k 931 tWoTord), providing that all fields and grounds kept for enclosures shall be closed with fence sufficiently close composed of sufficient posts and rails, posts, rails and wire. posts and pailings, palisades. or rails alone, laid up in the manner commonly called worm fence. to be tive feet high. and the posts to be deeply and firmly set in the earth, read third time and passed, The proceedings were interrupted by the an nouncement that Senator Landlords illness 1 had been pronounced by DTS. Jennings and Park to be red pest. Half an hour was con 1 Sumed in discussing the matter.
 The state uniformity text book bill came up and MT Herrn called up his motion to recon sider the vote by which the substitute bill of 1 Mr Colquitt. providing for county uniformity at the option Of counties, failed to De adopted.
 Mir Chew took the floor and spoke against the substitute. He argted that county uni formity would not reduce the price of school | books
 MT Craig opposed the substitute and hoped the time would come when the people would rise and crush the book trust out of existence.
 Mir. Hathcock spoke in favor Of county uni iormity He was in favor Of the people ruling, and the substitute bill left 1t to the people to say whether they wanted county uniformity.
 Mir. West said he had opposed state uniform | ity in the Craighead county campaign and he was here to represent those who sent him | here
 The motion to reconsider the vote by which | the substitute bill was defeated, prevailed ayes 50 noes g.
 Mir. Brooks moved to table the bill The mo- ton was lost.
 Mir. Stanfeld was against both state and l county uniformity. He did not want to depart | from the present system, which has proven | satisfactory
 MT. Humphreys would vote for the substi- tute bill He believed 1t was somewhat im- perfect. but he would have to vote for it.
 MT. Gill would vote for the bill even in its | imperfect state with the hope that 1t may be perfected hereafter.
 MT. lobe opposed all kinds Of uniformity.
 The vote on the passage Of the substitute | bill stood Ayes 5S. noes 70. So the bill | passed.
 Senate ProceediDgs.
 Little Rock March 1.-The senate was not | long in settling down to business
 Il. B. 2l3 (Yadon), allowing property owners to petition either for the prohibiting of run ming at large of either small or all stock, was | passed-2i to :.
 II. E. i76 for the payment of certain asses sor's fees in Independence county, was defeated | after a lengthy discussion.
 H. E. 2l7 fColquitt), amending an act creat- l ing the office of tax collector for Columbia county read third time and failed to pass
 II. E. 206 tJobe), to provide for the collection Of fire insurance policies upon personal prop erty. pasSed-26 to 9.
 II. B. 1S2 tNfcCauley). relating to liability of railroad and express companies for damages | to baggage. passed-ayes 20, noes :. II. B. 12S tSullivan), for the protection of se- cret fraternlties in Arkansas making il a mis- l demeanor to wear badges of secret societies | unless member, failed to pass. | II. B. 2l7 (Mears) to empower the secretary of state to sell certain volumes Of the supreme court reports, was passed-ayes 24 noes 2.
 H. E. 72 (Head), to require engineers to keep | a constant lookout for persons and property on the track. the railroad to prove contributory negligence, failed to pass.
 H. E. BIO (Huehes), to prohibit the sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors within five | mi nf l. mar passed.
 Jones, of Miller county, S2i erroneously paid noes l2
 IL B. l92 (Cotton) to amend sections 625l, 6252 and 6253 of the digest the mechanics lien law, was passed-2l to g.
 H. E. 16t tGilD, to require all persons or cor porations to give to the road oyerseer the names Of all employees subject to road duty, failed to pass. Senator McMullin moved to re- consider the vote by which the bill failed to pass. Carried, aud the bill placed on the cal l endar.
 II. B. 163 (Aleyl, to entitle husband to a cause of action for the wrongful killing of Q wife by any person, company or corporation, passed-ayes 26, noes 2.
 H. B. l15 (Casey) to regulate the letting out | of paupers in certain counties, was passed ayes 23 noes 3.
 H. E 307 tNcholsl, to organize certain terri | tory in Sevier and Little River counties into a special school district, was passed
 II. E. 37 (tloyd), to amehd section of the laborers' lien law of 1895, failed to pass
 H. B. 97 tWalker). to amend the special fish l law of Miller county, passed-22 to 3