Woodruff County news., 1903-04-30
Friday, April 27.

address the house.
 Friday, April 27.
 The bill placing the entire state in chancery districts and creating three new districts, passed the house by three votes.
 Senator Killough's bill, authorizing the St. Francis levee board to increase it's bond issue to $50O,000, passed the house.
 H. B. 564 (Mr. Cook of Chicot) pro- viding for the redigesting of the stat utes, was read third time and passed.
 S. B. PTS (Wit), the anti-poolroom bill, was taken up. Senator Smith of- fered an amendment fixing the license for running poolrooms at $3,000 and making it optional with the quorum | courts to allow bedrooms to run.
 H. B. 465 (Crutcher), preventing fish ing except with hook and line, passed l by unanimous vote.
 The house bill establishing mining districts and defining the rights of mining corporations, was passed H. B. 497 (Baskin). allowing jurors. except in justice courts, mileage, was read third time and passed
 MT. Keith's bill preventing the ob- struction of neighborhood roads, was passed
 H. B. AT (Moore of Phillips), malS- ing appropriation to secure roster of Confederate officers and soldiers from l Arkansas, passed.
 Senator Fletcher called up the bill. appropriating $1.000 to care for the graves of the Confederate dead at | Camp Nelson, near Lonoke. The meas ure was opposed by Senators Wilson. Hardy and Norwood. The bill failed | to pass, IS to Il. a two-thirds majority 1 being necessary.
 Senator Huddleston called up H. B. Al. providing for uniform primary in | the first senatorial district. Senator Norwood and Huddleston engaged in d heated discussion. in which Senator 1 Huddleston branded a statement of Senator Norwood as a falsehood. La ter both gentlemen apologi&ed to each other and to the house. The bill was | placed back on second reading. H. B. 516, requiring mutual fire in- surance companies to give a bond, and defining their rights, was passed. ] Conference committees were appoint ed on the state university and blind l school appropriation bills.
 The House. H. B. 493, the appropriation bill for the university of Arkansas. was taken | up for the purpose of considering the senate amendments. All the amend l ments proposed by the senate making an increase in the appropriation were rejected by the house. | The house refused to concur In the senate amendments to the blind school l appropriation bill and conference l committee was appointed. l MT. Campbell of Randolph introduc- | ed a bill to protect the mussel and l pearl fishing industry to have the same l effect the one vetoed by the gov | ernor.
 S. B. PIT (Killough), authorizing the St. Francis levee board to issue bonds to the amount of s500,000, was taken | up and passed.
 S. B. PSI, redistricting the chancery districts to include the entire state and increasing the number of districts rom seven to ten. was taken up. It was explained that the bill was a sub stitute for the Simpson chancery bill. Messrs. Moore of Newton and Camp bell of Randolph opposed the measure | on the ground that it would add an expense of sS.000 per annum to the state unnecessarily. Messrs. Pindall and Poole spoke in favor of the bill, | showing the benefits from separate chancery courts. The bill passed, 46 | to 43.
 MT. Chestnut called up motion to reconsider the vote by which H. B. 203, requiring notes and due bills to be listed for taxation, was tabled The motion received majority of the votes, but the point was raised that two-thirds majority was necessary. The speaker took the matter under ad- visement.
 The bill providing for the redigest- ing of the statutes and amended so as to name w. F. Kirby as digester was passed by the senate.
 SATURDAY, APRIL 25.
 Judge Keith's bill. abolishing frater- mites in the University of Arkansas. was passed by the house. only one more than a quorum being present when the bill was voted upon
 The house concurred in the senate amendment to the redigesting bill. sub stituting the name of w. F. Kirby of Texarkana for that of T. D. Crawford as digester.
 The bill passed during the present session for the protection of mussels was repealed by the house.
 The senate was not in session.
 The House.
 A resolution providing that all house committee clerks be discharged was adopted.
 H. B. 57s Campbell of Randolph. repeating the act previously passed for the protection of mussels was taken up. Dr. Meyers declared that the veto of the supplementary bill by the gov- ernor deprived 10000 people of a liv- ing The bill passed. 72 to 5.
 S. B. 2S5, regulating the sale of com mercial fertilizers, was passed.
 
 ing of the statutes, was taken up. The senate amendment substituting the name of w. F. Kirby as digester for that of T. D. Crawford. was concurred in. 59 to 32.
 The deficiency appropriation bill was considered by the house in committee of the whole. Amendments to strike out the items of $378 for carpets and furniture for the governors office and $51.30 TOT the publication of the uni- versity magazine and annual. were re- jected. The bill was adopted and re- ported favorably.
 Judge Keith called up his bill, abol- ishing fraternities in the University of Arkansas. The rules were suspended and the bill placed on final passage. MT. Rodman introduced an amendment to change the title of the bill to read An act to disrupt the University of Arkansas" The amendment was re- jected An amendment to strike out the enacting clause was rejected. MT. Martineau raised the point of no quo-