Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
MONDAY, APRIL 27.

The deficiency appropriation bill re- ceived a majority in the house. and the speaker reserved his decision as to whether a two-thirds majority was re- quired.
 The house passed the bill requiring railroads to remove all entertainments between the St. Francis levee and the Mississippi.
 Repeated efforts to take up the anti trust bills and the anti-fraternitW bill were defeated in the senate.
 The governor announced the appoint ment of chancellOrS for the new chan cery districts.
 The Senate.
 Senator Norwood for the judiciary committee reported H. B. 279 (Funk) providing for reprinting Arkansas su- preme court reports. An amendment was adopted reducing the cost for proof reading from $100 to $25 per volume.
 s. B. .2s6 (WitD, prohibiting the operation of bedrooms. was taken up. Senator Norwood moved to reconsider the vote by which an amendment in- cluding all forms of gambling was adopted. The motion was lost The amendment including betting at race tracks in the provisions of the bill was reconsidered and defeated.
 s. B. 245 Gogan), regulating bonded warehouses and store houses. passed.
 The vote by which the house de- feated the bill appropriatng $1 1000 for the care of Confederate graves at Camp Nelson in Lonoke county, was reconsid- cred and the bill being placed on third reading, was passed.
 Motion to suspend the rules and take up the Keel and King antitrust bills and the Keith arti-fraternity bill was lost.
 A message was received from the governor stating that he had signed S.. B. 28. dividing the state into chancery districts. He announced the follow ing appointments for chancellor: For the Eighth district. Judge Geo. Hum- phries; Ninth district. Judge J. G. Wal lace; Tenth district. Judge J. " Bour- land; Eleventh district Judge F. Had don Humphries.
 Senator Witt called up a bill consti- tuting the board of directors of schools in cities of the first class a board of directors to be presided over by the su perintendent of schools. Passed.
 bill requiring that credit be given a purchaser for amount paid on prop erty on which a lien is retained was passed.
 The senate receded from the amend ments to the appropriation bill for the University of Arkansas and the bill passed as amended by the house.
 The House.
 H. B. 54 (Stockard). increasing the Confederate pension tax to one mill passed.
 H. B. 45O (Chestnut), compelling wholesale dealers to pay an additional tax of $250 per year for the sale of alcohol and whisky passed.
 The house accepted the senate amend ment to the blind school appropria- ton bill adding s10OO for insurance. The bill as amended passed without op- position.
 H. B. 79 (BelD. requiring railroad companies to furnish cars to shippers under penalty of fine of $1 per day when cars are not furnished, was read third time and passed.
 MT. DeRossit called up his bill re- duiring the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. Kansas City & Memphis, St. Louis x San Francisco and Choc- Jaw railroads to remove all levee dis tricts in the St. Francis levee district A motion to refer to the railroad com mlttee was lost. Messrs. Cate and Crutcher opposed the measure Messrs. Eldridge. Futrell and Slaughter spoke in favor of it. The bill passed.
 H. B. 564 appointing w. F. Kirby dlgester of the statutes, was passed
 The deficiency and deaf-mute ap- propriation bills were considered in com mittee of the whole. SYM