The Forrest City times., 1899-02-03
Senate ProceedinRa.


 Little Rock. Jan. 3t = President Manning was present. and called the senate to order.
 After routine business had been transacted the following new bills were presented and read first and second time:
 No. l09 Lawrence). to reduce the maximum legal rate of interest from 10 to 8 per cent: no Douglass by requesD to enforce article l6, section ,, of the state constitution regarding the assessing of church and school property. Assessors falling to make such assessments forfeit their office; Ill, (kirby). to give cities of the first and second class the right to license regulate tax or suppress junk-shops, second hand dealers. dealers in premium stamps. pool rooms and betting booths I12 (McNemer), to give the county probate court power to issue writs of attachments and execution to enforce judgments or orders in cases of minors orphans or persons of unsound mind or estates of de- ceased persons; 1l3 Uambert), to fix the time for beginning and holding the circuit courts in this state. changing 1t to the Tuesdays next after the Mondays now provided by law; IA (Hardy by request). to legalize the Arkansas State Poultry Association. and to encourage the raising of poultry. the association to have twelve vice presidents, from different counties, whose appointment shall be approved by the governor The bill appropriates the sum of e1 900 for the use of the association
 House business was taken up and number of bills read first and second times.
 H. E. No. g7 (Wallace), to repeal the act of 1897 for the protection of fish in the waters of Conway, Perry and Pope counties was read third time and passed.
 House bill to repeal the present prohibitory law in Independence county. was read third time and passed.
 lins), to make life insurance policies taxable on their cash surrender value. was read third time and passed-ayes 20, noes 8.
 s. E. No. 2s (Hardy). an act to give mort gagees right of redemption when real property is sold under foreclosure proceedings in chan cery court was passed-ayes IS. noes i2
 The remainder of the day was devoted to reading of bills
 The House.
 In the house. MT. Butts bill to appropriate 5000 for immediate use of state board of health with which to combat smallpox was discussed at length, and failed to pass, The following voted for the bill: Barrow, Butt. Clark, Driver, Gannaway Greer. Kesee, Lefier, Martin of Crittenden. Nell of Independence. Patton, Rector of Garland. Short Smith, Stan field, Tappan, Taylor. Toney. Weaver. Williams of Pulaski, Winfield. Wood, MT. Speaker.
 The committee appointed for the purpose submitted appropriate resolutions on the death of ex-Governor Garland.
 & B. No. F Haynie), making penalty for violating age-of-consent law Imprisonment for not less than one nor more than twenty-one years. was passed-75 to l2 The only change the act makes In the present law is to reduce the minimum punishment from five to one years Imprisonment
 s. E. No g (wilson). for the relief of bonds men of city marshals and collectors of inn provement districts. passed
 s. B. No. 43 Hammond). increasing salary of clerk in attorney generals ofhce from soo to sIO0. failed to pass as did also 8. B. No. 3i Hsynie), regulating impounding of stock.
 s. E. No 54 Head). changing time of holding court in the ninth judicial circuit, read third time and passed.