Woodruff County news., 1903-05-07
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE
Thirty-Fourth General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die, Thurs
 day, April goth.

The Thirty-f fourth General Assembly
 adjourned sine die at noon Thursday,
 April 30, after being in session from
 January 12. A total of 322 bills were
 passed by the general assembly, while
 a number of measures of both general
 and local importance were left upon the
 calendar in both senate and house at
 the time of adjournment.
 The closing day of the session was
 devoted largely to the presentation of
 gifts to the officers of both branches
 and to several individual members and
 expressions of thanks to the presiding officers.
 members of the senate expressed to
 President Short their thanks for his fair and impartial rulings, his just dis tflbutlon of honorS in the appointment
 of committees, and the high sense of justice which had prompted him in pre-
 sldlng over the deliberations of the senate. He presented to President
 Short on behalf of the senate a silver
 water service. on which was inscribed
 the names of all the members of the senate.
 Secretary Hurley presented President
 Short with silk umbrella on behalf
 of the employees of the senate.
 Senator Short, in accepting these
 gifts. thanked the members for the courtesy shown him at the close and during the session, and complimented each employe of the senate upon his efficiency.
 Senator Price, on behalf of the mem
 pers, presented Chaplain Carson with gold-headed cane. Senator Butt pre- sented Senator Mardis with a gold headed cane as token of appreciation from the ladies of Newport for the stand taken by him against the bill re-
 pealing the local option law in New port. A similar present was rendered to Senator Caldwell by Senator Wood on pehalf of a number of the former S | friends.
 Senator Norwood, chairman of the | Judiciary committee, was presented with a diamond ring by the members of the committee, Senator Witt acting as spokesman A resolution was adopted | thanking Senator Wilson, one of the | two oldest members of the senate in
 point of service, for his help, advice and parliamentary counsel
 Senator o. N. Killough, the caucus
 nominee, was elected president pro tenn | of the senate, and the oath of office
 was administered to him by President | Short
 Speaker John I. Moore of the house | was presented with a silver punch
 bowl by MT. Eldridge on behalf of the | representatives in speech thanking the | speaker for the business and impartial | lty Of his rulings and paying a high | compliment to his honesty and conserv- | atfsm. A resolution of thanks to the l speaker was also adopted. MT. Can't was presented with a | gold-headed cane in appreciation of the | legislative excursion to Hot Springs Chief Clerk A. S. Hays was presented With gold watch, Assistant Clerk w
 F. Harrison with cane and Sergeant at-arms s. A. Bonds with a watch. A resolution was adopted thanking Representative Tillman B. Parks of La | fayette county for his distinguished services during the session. Final action was taken on a number Of bills at the closing session. The last appropriation bills were disposed of when the senate passed the general de ficiency and the deaf mute appropria- tion bills. MT Knox's bill compelling nonresident horse-traders to pay a | license fee in each county, was also passed by the senate
 Senator Matlock's bill authorizing
 the attorney general to compromise
 certain cases, for the purpose of plac-
 ing about 10000 acres of internal i'm provement lands upon the books of the state land commissioner, was passed by the house
 bill, of which Senator Logan was the author preventing the introduction into the state of any insect pests fun
 gold or other infectious diseases in-
 furious to fruit trees or nursery stock.
 was also passed just before adjourn
 ment.
 At 12 m. the house stood adjourned and ten minutes later President Short declared the senate adjourned sine die