The Monticellonian., 1903-02-05
FRIDAY. JANUARY 30.

ne senate adjourned at noon to Mon- day.
 Senator Norwood's bill appropriating sf40, 900 or an annex to the insane asy lum was reported faverably.
 Among the important bills introduced was one in the senate by MT McFerrin and one in the house by MT. Futrall. creating a board of seven members to control and manage state charitable in- stitutions. together with the peniten- tary. The members of the board are to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the general assembly in joint session. The bill proposes to abol ish the office of financial agent of the penitentiary and to empower the board to employ secretary at a salary of $50 per month.
 number of bills of local eharac. ter were introduced
 The Senate.
 President Short. being called to his home, appointed Senator Wilson to pre- side during his absence.
 Senator King moved that his antitrust bill be withdrawn from committee. as they had had it for ten days. The mo- tion was lost. Introduction of bills being in order. the following of a general character were presented:
 s. B. l25 (Matloek9. authorizing the attorney general to employ counsel to assist him in prosecuting suits for back taxes
 S. B. 12s (F1enniken), providing that statues of Albert Pike and A H. Gar land be placed in the national hall of fame at Washington. and naming d com mission to carry out the work.
 S. B. 127 (McFerrin), creating a peni- tentiary board, to be appointed by the governor, to be confirmed by the gen eral assembly.
 S. B. 12s (Vaughter). for uniform text books.
 Senate resolution No. 12 tsengel1. call ing on the governor to furnish the sen ate with a list of pardons granted dur ing his tenure of office. The resolution was adopted.
 H. B. 204 (Meyers). the newspaper and stamp bill, was read twice and made special order for Monday morn ing.
 H. B. 72 donating certain swamp and overflowed lands in the district to Ran dolph, Jackson and Lawrence counties, was read third time and passed.
 The House.
 The special order, II B. 204 (Meyers), the newspaper and stamp bill. was talk en up and passed by vote of 62 ayes to 29 noes.
 S. B. s9 (King). for making an appro- priation to refund money advanced for drouth sufferers was reported favor ably
 H. B. 11S, establishing two judicial districts in Monroe county, was taken up and passed
 General bills were introduced as fol- lows:
 No. 2lS (Brooks), amending mechan- ies' lien law. to better protect laborers, contractors and those furnishing either labor or materials for improvements ap- purtenant and contiguous to any prop erty and for the benefit of which said improvement Is made. II. B. 229 DuLaney). making it the duty of school board secretaries on first days of January, April. July and 0cto- Der to make an itemized statement of all warrants issued during preceding three months and forward same to the county treasurer. H. B. 221 (Burk). authorizing rail roads and mining corporations to own and operate connecting lines of railway. and granting them the right of emi- nent domain. No. 222 (Futrall), to provide board of commissioners. the board to have and exercise all the power now conferred by law upon the penitentiary board and the board of trustees of the charitable institutions. managing and controlling all these institutions. H. B. 223 (Horton), to prevent the husband from disposing of the personal property or the Wllct or Ills own peTp- erty in which she may be entitled to ali mony.
 H. B. 224 (Cate), making it unlaw- full for common carriers to accept for shipment out of the state any fish, ex- cept buffalo and catfish. H. B. 13s tStover). to make the Ar kansas river lawul fence in Conway. Pope and Yell counties, was read the third time and passed. MT. Whitley introduced H. E. 22s. regulating the granting of franchises by municipal corporations. It provides that thirty days notice shall be given before the passage of any ordinance granting franchise. and voters to be given an opportunity to pass upon fran ehises.
 The vote by which H. B. r (Holman) was defeated was reconsidered. It is a bill enlarging the Jurisdiction of coun- ty pension boards. The measure was placed back on it's second reading for future amendment a -