The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Senate Proceediugs.

Little Rock. Feb 2.-President Manning an- nounced at the opening that only a majority vote was necessary instead of a two-thirds vote, as ruled yesterday for the passage c. Senator McNemer's bill to appropriate s5. 900 for the immediate expenses Of the state board of health, and that therefore the bill had passed. It now goes to the house
 Bills were introduced as follows: No lce, tButlerI. reducing the penalty for failure to pay taxes from 25 to 10 per cent. and giving the collector his fee for collecting delinquent taxes without selling the property ls0 R. J. Wilson,, 10 limit punishment of minors convicted of felony to one year, except in cases of homicide and criminal assault; i3l lSmithl, to repeal the act of 1889, which established the bureau of mines, manufactures and agriculture; l32 tHammockl. to prevent frauds in elections aud to ascertain the constitutional majority of qualified voters In any city, town, county or political subdivision thereof.
 After recess the McNemer reform school bill was taken up. Senators Lambert. Kirby and Kimbell spoke against the bill Senator Me- Nemer. in one of the most eloquent speeches of the session. closed in support of the bill. Dur ing his remarks he was frequently applauded The bill was defeated, failing to receive the re- quired two-thirds majority necessary to carry an appropriation The vote was as follows:
 Yeas -Buckner, Butler. Clark Dowdy Hall, Hardy, Haynie Hillhouse, King, McGehee McMullin. McNemer, Quarles Raines, Smith, Shackleford Witt. Mir. Presdent-is Nays-Carlock, Collins, Douglass, Ferguson, Hammock kimbell, Kirby. Lambert Lank- ford. R. J. Wilson. T. N. Wison-1l.
 s. B No. l24 tManniDgl to empower the town ef Clarendon to collect municipal tax, was passed
 The House.
 Mir Williams. of Pulaski called up his bill. No III, repeating section 21s5 of Sandels & Hills Digest. The bill passed. The section repealed requires the written consent of two- thirds of the property owners before any rail- road can run over any street in city.
 New bills introduced were, No. 2lI fPattonl, fixing salaries of officers of Benton county; PIP Henderson,, to provide school directors with county maps; 213 [Yadonl, authorizing she establishing of fencing districts by order of county courts on petitions from two-thirds of land owners affected; 2l4 [Floydl, to amend paragraph 4 sections 557S and 579s of the di- gest 50 as to set apart every one-half of one mill for pensions to Confederate soldiers,
 H. H. No. 74 Holt of Howardl an act to cure defective acknowledgements, was read third time and passed.
 H. E. No. 43 lBrooksl. to amend section ,045 of the digest permitting directors of other than special school districts to spend annually so5 for maps and charts. providing that such ex- yenditure is authorized by majority of the electors at the annual school election was read third time and passed.
 At the afternoon session H. E. No Hath cockl for consolidation of state and national elections was taken up. Mir Head offered an amendment, striking out the enacting clause. favor of the bill. and Messrs. Caldwell Wood Patton. Tappan. Scarborough. Greer, Butt, Chew and Ponder in opposition
 MT. Heads amendment carried by vote of 50 to .B. which kills the bill, and puts the house m record as opposed to consolidation.