The Monticellonian., 1903-04-16
MONDAY, APRIL I3.

The senate was informed that Gov. Davis had signed the Price World s Fair bill. The senate considered the blind school and insane asylum appro- priation bills.
 The house made further reduction in the appropriation for the Univer- sity of Arkansas of $26.436. making a total reduction of $13S,S7S from the original appropriation of s25I I636.I6.
 The Senate.
 Senator Matlock introduced a resolu- ton to discharge clerks of the com mittees on public charities, books oi state land commissioner committee on penitentiary and superintendent of pub lie instruction.
 A substitute discharging the secre- tary of the committee on public chari- ties only. was adopted.
 X resolution was adopted providing that appropriation bills shall have the right of way over all other bills, and that the senators each call up a bill upon the roll call
 H. B. 396. appropriating S66.700 for the maintenance of the blind school was considered in committee of the whole. Senator Hardy offered an amendment reducing the item of B 900 for a pipe organ and two pianos to $2.0U0. Tn amendment was defeated. An amend ment was adopted prohibiting members of the board of trustees from employing relatives in the institution.
 A messenger from the governor an nounced that he had signed s. B. AZ. the Worlds Fair appropriation bill, and s. B. 10i, providing for public libraries.
 The lunatic asylum appropriation bill was taken up. An amendment was adopted changing the name of the in- stitution from the Arkansas lunatic asylum to the Arkansas hospital Hn iFa-a An, dt,1ar a= adopted making an appropriation for fire insurance.
 resolution from the peniten tiary board. asking the general assembly to appropriate for the use of the peniten- tiary all money paid into the state treasury by the financial agent of the penitentiary. was read and referred to penitentiary committee.
 A resolution inviting W. R. Hearst of New York to address the general assembly was adopted.
 The House.
 MT. Wofford introduced a bill provid- ing for beer inspector. and for the in speetion of beer and malt liquors manu- factured in this state
 MT. Jacobs introduced a bill provid- ing for state normal summer school.
 The house went into committee of the whole to consider H. B. 495 the state university appropriation bill. Amend iutHlS were dupDltu TtuutlnS the Item for the department of philosophy and pedagogy from s1.25O to $500; the item for the department of history to $500; military department from $500 to $500, the library department to 1000; the heating of boys dormitory and other buildings from s9,S76.65 to $6,000. The item of s4,500 for an exhibit at the St Louis fair was stricken out.
 Amendments to reduce the appro- priations for fuel and for student labor were lost. The item of sl,500 for inn provement of the campus was reduced to s400, and the item of sl,50O for the department of physical culture and elo- cution was reduced to s1,000. The ap- propriation of 5000 for salaries for two years was reduced to S40.000. and matron's salary was reduced to S75O for two years.
 message from the governor an nounced that he had signed H. B. 136. prohibiting the employment of child labor in factories. and H. B. 377. mak- ing an appropriation f6r the state miIi- tia.