The Monticellonian., 1899-04-07
Senate Proceedings.

Little Rock, March 2s-The rules were sus- pended and number Of bills introduced.
 House business was taken up and a number Of bills read first and second times,
 The senate agreed to house amendment to s. B. 26, relating to change of venue in civil cases by aIote Sf 1s to2
 SsDtion'73s of the digest is amended by the bill as follows:
 Upon presenting the petition, which may be resisted, and notice to such judge, he may make an order for the change Of the venue in such action if in his judgment it be necessary to fair and impartial trial, to Q county to which there Is no valid objection which he con- cludes is most convenient to the parties and their witnesses.
 The house amendment provides that in case where the plaintiff shall have instituted suit in county other than that Of his residence or of the county where the occurrence Of which he complains took place. unless compelled to do so in order to get service on the defendant, the defendant shall have the right to change Of venue upon presentation of bis petition duly verified.
 House amendment to Senator Kirby's fellow servant bill. making the law apply to com panles carrying passengers and freight for hire, was read twice and placed on the calen- dar with the bill.
 H. B. 290 Light). to repeal portion Of the act of March s 1887. and Of the act of March g. ls93, creating leyee district in portions of Craighead Greene and Clay counties, was passed under a suspension of the rules.
 H B. TOT Civilians Of PulaskD, to make cer- tain woven wire fences lawful passed and transmitted to the house
 H B. i50 tJobe1, to protect wild Chinese pheasants or any wild English pheasauts in the state Of Arkansas for five years, passed. H. B. $50 tBtalock1. to make lawful four barbed wire fence in overflow districts in St. Francis county. read third time and passed
 R .Ti m fn mi ilr,a. panies to fence their tracks in this state was fdnehnately postponed
 H B. 357 (Barrow) to authorize the mayor and city council of Little Rock to grant right Of way over certain streets Of said city to the United States government. passed.
 H. B. @ (Weldonl. to authorize sherifs to administer oaths to marshals at elections failed to pass
 H B. 23l (Wofrord) to rmend section 376i of the digest to make lawful post and rail fence secured with wire, passed.
 The House.
 The first business considered was MT. Scar boroughs bill to require railroads to establish telegraph ofiees at all stations where there is not less than 50 inhabitants. The bill failed to pass.
 H. B. 30I the general appropriation bill. for the support Of the state government for the ensuing two years, was taken up and passed. The bill carries an appropria ation Of s3sl 900,
 
 pose two years ago.
 $. B. 2l6 (McMullin) granting 1 900 acres per mile of forfeited lands in Yell county to aid in the construction of the Dardanelle & Ola rail- road. distance Of l5 miles, was read third time.
 Messrs. Norton, Stanfeld, YRdon, Head and and Trice spoke against the bill opposing land grants to corporations
 Messrs Floyd, Toney, West and Short spoke In favor of the measure, which passed-yeas 45 noes 35
 s, B. l6 (Hardy), giving mortgagors right of redemption for year when real estate is sold under decree of chaneery court, by paying in- terest at the rate borne by the decree of iudg- ment. was read third time and passed
 The act does not apply to any contracts, mortgages or deeds Of trust now In existence or to any suits pending. $ E. POO (Dowdyl to prohibit county eonvicts from running at large, passed.
 The insane asylum bill was taken up and sen ate amendment reducing the appropriation for additional buildings from s5i, 800 to s24,5oS was concurred in, the chairman of the committee on state charitable institutions stating that in his opinion an infirmary was the only additional building needed at present
 S. B. 62 (Ktng), authorizing county judges to purchase and supply to the sheriff two blood hounds, for use in tracking criminals was read third time.
 Mir. Butt thought there were more humane ways of capturing criminals than by the use of bloodhounds.
 NIT. Humphreys thought the passage of the bill would bring shame to the state.
 Messrs. Stanheld and Casey urged the pass age of the bill. which failed to pass-yeas 25 noes 46