Woodruff County news., 1903-03-19

House concurrent resolution No. 6, providing for a committee to investi- gate and report at the next session of the general assembly on the Torrens system of registering land, was called up and adopted.
 The Senate.
 The first question to bob up was the unsettled one of extending the session.
 After considerable discussion April 30 was agreed as the date of adjourn ment.
 H. B. 3O3. compelling property own CTS in cities of the first and second class to put down sidewalks, passed unanimously.
 bill providing for the appointment of commission to locate the exact position of the Arkansas troops in the Vicksburg campaign failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority.
 H. B. 196, which prohibits the em- ployment of child labor in factories, was taken up and passed. The passage of the bill was preceded by a long de- bate. Senator Caldwell spoke in favor of the bill, urging that children should be given chance to secure an educa- tion Senator Huddleston also spoke in favor of the bill. Senators Gotham and Wood opposed the bill, taking the ground that it would
 
 | The bill passed by a vote of 20 to 12, the vote being as follows: | Ayes-Adams, Butt, Caldwell, Cotton, | Covington. Fletcher Gray, Hardy, Hin kle, Huddleston, Killough, Matlock, Me Perrin. Norwood, Price. Sengel, Simp- son. Vaughter. Witt. MT. President. l Noes-Collins, Gotham, lobe, Kilgore, King, Mardis. Mears. Pinnix, Rison, Smith, Wilson. Wood. Senator Prices bill appropriating | $77.123.19 additional for the Arkansas exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex- position at St. Louis was defeated in the house. MT. Parks gave notice of | a motion to reconsider. The senate passed the bill prohibit | ing the employment of child labor in | factories.
 Both branches of the general assem- | bly, adopted a concurrent resolution ex- tending the session 49 days, to April 80. The house passed the bill provid- ing for the redigesting and printing of | the statutes of Arkansas. The House. | MT. Campbells bill providing for the appointment of a digester for the pur- | pose of preparing a state digest and | appropriating $20,00O for the purpose of publishing 5000 copies was consid- cred in committee of the whole, and on being referred back to the house was passed by vote of 63 to '. Senate concurrent resolution extend | ing the session to April 30 was taken up and passed.
 After a lengthy debate the house re- | fused to reconsider the vote by which Senator Norwood's bill, allowing cities and towns to have saloons when their counties voted for prohibition, failed to pass.
 MT. Cate was in favor of having the bill amended so that it would apply | to those who wanted it. MT. Fuller spoke in favor of reconsideration and MT. Slaughter opposed any further ac- | ton.
 The Worlds Fair appropriation bill | was taken up.
 MT. Garrett favored the bill, argu- hing that a poor exhibit would be of | less benefit than none at ali.
 Mesrs. Fuller and Moore of Phillips strongly endorsed the appropriation of | $10O.000.
 Messrs Atkins and Chambers op- posed a large appropriation
 Messrs. Arnold. Kelso, Thompson McGuigan, Kerwin and Keel made ap- peals for the bill as it passed the senate
 The roll was called and the bill failed to pass-ayes AS, noes s4; necessary to carry 55. The vote follows:
 Ayes-Apple, Arnold, Bell, Bevin Brooks. Burk Campbell of Pulaski l Cate. Chapline, Chestnut Clement Crutcher, Du Laney. Eldredge, Fraser Funk, Fuller, Gannaway, Can't, Hall Hale, Harris, Hogan, Holland, Jacobs Keel, Kelso. Kerwin Martineau. Ma theny, Matmiller, McGuigan. Myers Moore of Newton. Norf1eet, Parks, Per ry Pindall. Poole, Stafford, Stockard | Thompson, Toney. Weaver, Whitthorne | Winn and MT. Speaker. Noes-Baskin, Bird, Bradley, Briant Butler, Campbell of Randolph. Cham bers. Chrisp, Dixon, Ellis, Ferguson | Flanagin, Fletcher Futrell. Garrett, Gibson, Green of Benton, Griffin, Hill. Holman, Holmes, Keith, Knox, Lati- mer, Newberry, Rodman, Rountree. Rowland. Slaughter, Stover, Tarver, | White, Whitley and Witt Paired-Atkins no and Cook of Phil lips aye; Merriman aye and Green of Ouachita no; Stevens no and Daniel aye. MT. Parks gave notice of a motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill failed to pass.
 s. B. 1S1 (Norwood), authorizing special school districts to borrow funds and mortgage property of districts to build and make improvements, was read third time and passed. WEDNESDAY MARCH II