Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-24
WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS.

A message was received from the governor in the house vetoing the Mer- riman bill providing for the comple- ton or the state capitol building On motion of the author of the bill it was passed over the veto.
 The general appropriation bill for maintenance of the state government was introduced by Chairman Merriman of the ways and means committee.
 The house passed a bill abolishing chancery courts.
 Senator Simpsons bill providing for redigesting of the statutes and au thor1Zing the governor to appoint a di- gester was defeated in the senate.
 The Senate.
 H. B. 366, roviding that all fast trains shall stop at stations nearest the state boundary lines, was the first measure passed.
 Senator Simpson introduced a bill ap- propriating s7,500 for the relief of suf- ferers from the recent tornado in Van Buren. Cleburne and White counties
 Senator Matlocks bill, requiring sick, accident and health benefit insurance companies to file bond of $2O,OOO, was defeated.
 Senator Norwood called up s. B. IT (Simpson), providing for the redigest- ing of the statutes, the digester to be appointed by the governor subject to the approval of the supreme court.
 Senator Norwood spoke in favor of the measure.
 Senator Wilson opposed the measure which failed to pass.
 II. B. 371 (Chestnut, providing for a state board of examiners for osteo- pathic physicians passed.
 s. B. 164, providing for the confirma- tion of tax titles. was taken up and passed
 A motion by Senator Short to sus- pend the rules and take up the Keel antitrust bill was lost.
 Senators Huddleston, Smith and Butt were appointed committee to act with the house committee in inviting w. R. Hearst to address the general assem- bly,.
 The House.
 Judge Merriman, chairman of the ways and means committee, introduced H. B. 552, the annual appropriation bill for the maintenance of the state gov ernment The total amount appro- priated is S41S,S47, an increase of $26,- 900 over that of two years ago. The house, sitting as a committee of the whole, adopted the bill without amend mentS and recommended that it pass
 H. B. 523 (Horton), granting to rail- roads right of way over state lands, was read third time and passed. Il. B. 3Jo tSCrlmSn1fe), to compel ra1l- roads to settle for damages to merchan- disc within reasonable time, passed
 The house concurred in the senate amendments and passed H. B. 467, regu- lating the manner in which cities of the second class may become cities of the first class.
 H. B. 4O4 (Rountree), fixing passen- ger rates on railroads over twenty miles in length at cents per mile, was called m and paSSeG
 MT. Scrimshires bill requiring own CTS of sawmlls and factories to pay wages of discharged employees on the day of discharge was read third time and passed.
 H. B. 26 (Moore of Newton), abolish ing separate chancery judges, was taken up. Mir. Moore urged that the circuit judges could do the work now performed by the chancellors. The bill passed-40 to 36.
 A message was received from the Governor, vetoing H. B. 400 (Merri- man), which provides for the compile tion of the state capitol building.
 MT Merriman moved that the bill be reconsidered and that it be passed over the veto. MT. Whitley spoke in opposition to the bill. The motion to pass the bill over the veto was carried. n to 10.