The Forrest City times., 1903-05-01
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE
Both Branches Pass Bill Naming
Hon. w. F. Kirby to Digest
Laws of the State.
THURSDAY, APRIL a..

The senate passed the house bill pro-
Gliding for the redigesting of the stat
ntes. amending it by inserting the name
~ w F. Kirby for that of 7. ID. Craw-
ford as digester.
The governor announced his veto Of
tho MYERS bill for the regulation of mus
sel and pearl fishing. A motion to pass
the bill over the veto was lost by three
The Whitthorne bill. repeating the
wilson anti-gambling law and re-en-
acting the old gambling laws was In
definitely postponed in the house
The Senate.
Senator Mears called up the house
resolution memorializng congress 10
4eclare the Mississippi river a boat
anal and drainage waterway The res
,I,tion was adopted without opposition.
The senate voted to recede from its
amendments to the appropriation bill
for the Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, the
house having refused TO accept the
amendments.
Senator Witt called up S. b. Els. pro.
hibiting the keeping of poolrooms for
betting on races. y motion to place
the bill back ON second reading for the
purpose OF reconsiderng the senate
amendments. was carried
The rules were suspended and H. B.
5s4, providing for the redigesting of
the statutes. was taken up. Senator
Norwood introduced an amendment
striking out the name of T. d. Craw-
ford as digester and inserting that of
w L. Kirby The amendment was
adopted. 10 to IL.
Motions to suspend the rules and call
up the King antitrust bill and the
Keel antitrust bill. were lost.
a bill providing for the inspection of
nursery stock before it is shipped. was
passed.
Senator Mardis called up bill which
trovides that county judges may lease
wild and uEcleared sixteenth section
school lands. for a term not to exceed
five years. The bill passed.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion and confirmed the nomination #
q. T. Breckenridge as a member of the
board of trustees of the University OF
Arkansas.
The Houss.
Chairman Norman of the ways and
means committee introduced H. b. $40.
the general deficiency bill. The house
went into committee OF the whole to
consider the bill. Mr. Toney offered an
amendment to strike out the item Of
1913 for carpets for the governors of
fee. The amendment was lost 81 to 3S
a motion to adopt the item for tele-
grams used in the governors Office was
lost. % to 30. An amendment striking
out the item for local telephone for
governors Office was defeated An
amendment to strike out item of 5000
for University of Arkansas magazine
and annual was adopted. The commit
tee rose. reported progress and asked
leave to sit again.
II. Il. So, relieving men over sixty
years of age from the fine for refusing
to serve as school directors. passed
II. b. Sos, changing the name of the
state lunatic asylum to the Arkansas
state Hospital for the Insane passed
by unanimous vote.
II. b. 562 bradley granting one
thousand acres of state land per mile to
aid in the construction of a railroad
from Russellville to Dover, failed to
pass.
ii. b. $40 CBurks) granting permits
sion to companies and individuals to
construct short lines of railway or
tramway and granting them right of
eminent domain. was passed.
H. b. $40, appropriating $4,000 for
an annex to the insane asylum was
adopted by the house as a committee of
the whole. with recommendation that it
pass.
II. b. sl5 Cwhitthorne). repeating
the Wilson anti-gambling act of 1901
ana re-enactlng the old gambling laws
was taken up. a motion to indefinitely
postpone the bill prevailed, SO to So
A message was received from the go =
efnor announcing that he had vetoed
H. IL. 429, DR.. Myers bill for the reg
uIation OF musscl and pearl fishing.
III Myers moved that the bill be re-
considered and passed over the veto
The motion was lost. As to 25; neces-
Sary to pass. 81 ayes
a committee was appointed to invite
James ID, Richardson. of Tennessee to
address the house.