Newport weekly independent., 1903-02-06

| considered fn committee Of the whole, l reported back favorably and passed unanimously.
 Senator Rison introduced S. B. No. | lO7. authorizing stenographers to ad- minister oaths and take depositions S. B. 10S was introduced by Mir Smith. It provides for consolidating certain districts of chancery courts in | Craighead, Woodruff and Mississippi counties, repeating the Chickasawba dis trict and transferring those cases to | Osceola, repeating the southern district of Woodruff chancery court, all in the Fifth chancery district. Other bills were introduced IS fol- | lows:
 S. B. 1o9 Cwood), repeating act inn posing collateral inheritance tax $. B. 110 I1inkle), to compel specific. performance on contracts relating to real estate.
 s. B. Ill (CaldwelD, donating 1O0.- 900 acres of land for the purpose of establishing a textile school as a branch to the state university. $. B. 113 (Gray), amends section 1858 to read that all persons taking out liauor license must pay the specific sum of $200 to the school fund. The House. The speaker announced the appoint ment of Messrs. DeRossitt, Cate. Slaughter, Cook of Chicot, Pindall, Pat terson and Hale, on the part of the house, members of the joint levee com mittee
 H. B. 173, authorizing the governor to employ counsel and bring suits against certain railroads for back taxes, was taken up.
 An amendment was offered. authoriz- ing the attorney general tc conduct the suits
 Cons Sidera tiCn of tho onep1poopt ,pd bill was postponed.
 II. B. 174. providing for the election of members of boards of improvement districts in Carroll county, was taken up and passed.
 H. B. 13 (Gibson), authorizing the special school district of Atkins, in Pope county. to borrow money, was read the third time and passed.
 Mir. EldridGe called up II. B. 130 es- tabfishing chancery court Tn the south ern district of Woodruff county at Cot ton Plant. The bill passed.
 H. B. 33, relating to the tax to be levied by county courts for roads and bridges. and imposing penalty on rail- roads for allowing freight trains to stand across roads for any length of time. was defeated-32 to 54
 H. B. 1S7, changing the time of hold ing circuit court in Yell county, was read the third time and passed
 H. B. 63. providing for licensing of teachers, was read the third time and passed
 The penitentiary convict farm mat ter was again brought up on motion to reconsider senate concurrent resolution Mo- OHardy), providing for commit tee of five representatives and three sen- ators to visit the Cummings place. The motion prevailed, and after considerable speech making the resolution was adopted
 H. B. 2S (Patterson), exempting Cross and Lawrence counties from the provis- ions of the law requiring petitioners for removal of county seat to depos- it 5000, was read third time and pass ed.
 Mir. Kelso introduced H. B. POO. re- quiring railroads to furnish suitable service on branch lines, railroad com mission to have power to enforce tho provisions of this bill and to regulate freight rates on such branch lines.
 MT. Apple introduced H. B. POI. to repeal sections 1 and of an act of 1889 to protect the county school fund
 MT. Poole introduced IT, B. 2O2 to amend sections 624S and 6249 of the digest defining who are fellow-ser vants
 MT. Chestnut introduced H. B. 203, to amend section 6426 of the digest. so as to provide for assessment of notes and due bills for taxation; fail ure to list same shall be a bar to their collection.
 Adjourned till Thursday