Woodruff County news., 1903-02-26

MT. lobe desired to know how many committees it was proposed should vis> it the Cummings farm.
 Senator Short explained the purpose of the resolution, which was to give the committee clerk in order that it may make an intelligent report as to it's findings.
 MT. Mears offered an amendment to strike out the word visit wherever it occurred in the resolution. Senator King was in favor of the spe- cial committee making the trip. Senator Logan opposed MT. Mears' amendment.
 The only objection MT. Norwood had heard against this committee paying a visit of inspection to this farm was be- cause of the expense. The amendment would take away all the power the or iginal resolution intended to confer Senator Caldwell said the senate had just passed resolution authorizing the joint penitentiary committee to make the trip therefore he favored the pro- posed amendment.
 A substitute by MT. lobe striking out Special committed" and inserting the words regular committee" was ruled out of order
 Senator Collins did not believe the | special committee would interfere with the regular committees duties. senator f1arQy thought It economy to send the special committee to view the | plantation
 MT. Cotton, member of the special | committee, said the committee was un- | der the impression that it's powers are l limited and therefore was unwilling to make final report without seeing the | farm.
 The amendment to strike out the word visit" wherever it occurs in the l resolution was defeated | An amendment by Senator lobe that | the clerk for the committee be an ex- | pert stenographer was adopted. The | clerk is not to be employed longer than | twenty-five days.
 The question was then put upon the l adoption of the resolution as amended | and it passed.
 H. B. 96 (Myers), to protect the pearl | fisheries in this state during spawning l season, was read third time and passed
 H. B. increasing the salary of the county judge of Monroe county to l $1,300 was passed i H. B. 157, providing for special ses-
 sions of probate courts in this state
 was read third time and passed.
 MT. Chrisps house bill repeating the | local game laws of White county and
 certain townships in Jackson county
 was taken up and passed.
 Mir. Hale's bill to protect game in
 Mississippi county from pot hunters l passed.
 Several other unimportant local bills l from the house were passed.
 A motion by Senator King to suspend
 the rules and take up the Keel antitrust l bill was voted down.
 Adjourned till Wednesday morning.
 The House. l The first business taken up was H. B l 23S, fixing salaries of certain officers ot | Marion county. The bill passed. House concurrent resolution No % l instructing the penitentiary committed | to investigate the various charges made against the penitentiary manag cement | was introduced by MT. Norfeet. The l resolution was adopted MT. Whitthorne withdrew a bill offer. | ed by himself relating to municipal au | thority in regulating and punShing the
 offense of gaming and introduced ir
 lieu thereof H. B. 315. The bill pro hibits gaming of all kinds in the state
 and fixes punishment for violation ot | the act The measure also provides fOl
 the destruction of gaming devices.
 MT Bradley introduced H. B. 319
 creating the Eighth chancery dictrict | to be composed of the counties of Con 1 way. Pope and Johnson. MT Merriman introduced II. B. SIS
 to establish state normal school under
 the supervision of the state norma | board.
 Under the head of second reading o1 1 senate bills, a motion was made to in definitely postpone the PinniX county superintendent bill. The motion was de. | feated by vote of 55 to 27 and the bill was referred to the committee or education.
 | s. B. 153 Hinkle). fixing salaries o1
 officers of Independence county, was | taken up and passed.
 s. B. 100 (Rison), allowing consta
 bles the same fees for summoning wit l nesses as that allowed sheriffs. was l read third time and passed-76 to 12 s. B. 91. fixing the salary of the coun- l ty and probate judge of Clark county al | $1,000 per annum, was called up and | passed. Mir. Flanagin explained that | he voted against the bill because the
 matter had not been mentioned in the county campaign
 | The committee on cities and towns
 returned H. B.. 314. recommending that
 it pass. The bill provides for separate
 whites and blacks. | s. B. 11S (Killough). amending sec | tion of the act of 1899 donating cer- | tain swamp lands to the St, Francis | levee district. was read third time and
 passed. The bill extends the tax ex- | emption on these lands for a period of | ten years while they remain the prop | erty of the district. The house concurred in the senate | amendments to H. B. 23, authorizing l the special committee to visit the con-
 vict farm and employ clerk who shall
 be an expert stenographer
 S. B. 2S, to repeal an act modifying
 the fencing law applying to Drew coun-
 ty, was read third time and passed.
 Adjourned.
 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY la