Woodruff County news., 1903-02-26
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

The morning session of the senate was devoted exclusively to house busi- ness.
 In the lower branch the bill appro- priating $1S0,O00 for the erection of an annex to the insane asylum at Lit tie Rock was passed. An amendment was adopted increasing the amount from $140,0Oo to s1SO, 900. The house also passed the anti-cigarette bill.
 The Senate.
 In the absence of President Short MT. Fletcher presided.
 MT. Whitthorne's bill authorizing the special school district of Benton to bor row money was passed.
 II. B. 166, the Bonneville special school district bill, was passed over the governors veto.
 S. B. IT, to increase salary of mine inspector to $2,000 and allowing him to use free transportation, was intro duced.
 H. B. 271, to fix time of holding cir cult court in the Third district, passed.
 Senator Gotham introduced senate con current resolution No. II, concerning the distribution of the Peabody fund. MT. Gotham explained that it had been stated that it was the purpose of the board to close their trust and place the entire fund in one large teachers college, to be located at Nashville, Tenn. He desired that Arkansas should continue to receive her pro rata of the fund The resolution was adopted H. B. IT, to amend the fourwire fence law of Lee county, passed. Fl. B. 63. relating to the examination of teachers, was read third time and passed.
 The bill providing for a court stem ographer for the Sixth judicial district was read third time and passed The senate 1diOnrna6 till Mnn61V
 The House.
 Several petitions favoring the worlds 1 fair appropriation were read. | Mr Viewers bill fixing salaries of officers of Sebastian county passed,
 MT Poole called up H. B. 45. regu- l lating the examination of applicants for pensions, the hearing of evidence, etc, by the county pension board It was read third time and passed. l pr. Buffers bill CNo. 14S), to pro- 1 hibit the manufacture and sale of cigar cites in this state, was taken up and l passed.
 | S. B. No 3. for the building of an annex to the insane asylum, was taken up, and after the adoption of an amend ment increasing the appropriation from | $140,000 to S1S0,000 the bill passed.
 The committee on agriculture re- | ported a substitute for the DeRossit game bill It makes it unlawful to l trap, net shoot or kill by any method | whatsoever any quail or partridge from l February 15 to November l; deer or l fawn from February to September ] ; | wild turkey from May to September 1. It makes it unlawful for non-residents 1 to shoot. hunt, fish or trap at any sea | son of the year in this state, and con | Stitutes the sheriff of each county or any constable game warden and their l deputies game wardenS. The bill makes | m wifi Il fn Gh 1 at 1 before sunrise upon any of the waters of the state. nor shall any person shoot any wild duck before sunrise or after sunset It is made unlawful for any common carrier to ship out of the state any deer. turkey wild fowl. game fish or game of any description, the fine for viola tion to be not less than S100 nor more than $500.
 S. B. S4 providing for court stem ographer for the First judicial circuit. was taken up and passed.
 S. E. 52. repeating act of 1899, pro- viding for the registration of school warrants, was read third time and | passed
 Mr. Butts bill to protect fish in the counties of Madison, Carroll, Benton | and Washington was passed. | MT Covington's bill providing for a court stenographer for the Fifth judi cial district was passed.
 Senate concurrent resolution No. IL, requesting trustees of the Peabody fund to set aside Arkansas pro rata to be devoted to educational purposes, was adopted
 S. B. 43. authorizing officers of spe- cial and common school districts to | insure the school buildings of their re- spective districts, was read third time and passed.
 The bill creating the Seventh chan cery district, to be composed of the counties of Union, Ouachita, Calhoun Columbia. Lafayette and Dallas, was taken up and passed.