Woodruff County news., 1903-02-05

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 The Senate.
 A resolution authorizing the Judiciary committee to employ clerk at $4 per day was adopted after considerable dis cussion, Messrs. Butt and lobe speak ing in oppositior.
 MT Cotton filed petitions from citi- zens of Crawford county demonstrating against the passage of the antitrust bill.
 MT. Covington introduced s. B. 115, authorizing judges of circuit courts to parole criminals under 21 years of age, convicted of any crime except rape, rob bery or arson, persons paroled to give bond for conducting himself in law abiding manner Upon conviction that the paroled party has completely reform ed, an absolute discharge may be grant ed Referred to judiciary committee.
 The following bills were also read and referred:
 s. B. IF (Killough)-To authoriz; the board of directors of the St. Francis levee district to issue bonds for the pur- pose of building, rebuilding, repairing, raising and maintaining -evees on the right bank of the Mississippi river.
 s. B. 118 (Killough(, to amend act of March 6, 1899, donating state lands to the St. Francis levee district, such lands to be exempt from taxatirn for a pe- riod of ten years S. B. f19 (Killough), a measure. revis- ing the whole St. Francis levee district law.
 S. B. 12O (Jobe), providing that lessees. of state convicts pay the state not less than s1 per day in cases where convicts are sublet
 S. B. 121 (Huddleston) providing for the publication in newspapers of names of all persons delinquent for personal taxes.
 ID 1oo (D;ooN -xi.;,. o;4;oe. ae +L, first and second class. the use of all | road tax collected within their corporate limits on their own streets except one fifth.
 S. B. 124 (Simpson), to prevent dis crimination in the price of coal oil and beef.
 Senator Butts bill (1O5) requiring cor porations to file their articles of in corporation showing capital stock, etc, with the clerk of the county in which their headquarters are located before a certificate can be obtained from the secretary of state, was taken up and passed.
 A bill by MT Rison. changing the time for holding court in Perry coun- I ty to the first Mondays in February and August was read third time and passed. The Rouse. 1 Some complaint having been made
 
 scented a resolution empowering the l speaker to dismiss them and appoint new ones.
 On motion the resolution was placed on the calendar, subject to call if the boys do not improve. The speaker announced that the au- ditor had refused to honor warrants from the clerk for newspapers and stamps.
 A number of committees reported on | measures heretofore submitted. A memorial to the state delegation | in congress, asking them to support the omnibus bill granting statehood to New Mexico and the other territories, was adopted. H. B. IT, to increase the power of pension examiners, was defeated. Dr. Myers introduced H. B. 204. au- thorizing the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house to purchase thirty newspapers daily printing the proceed ings, and 25 cents worth of stamps for each member. was read twice and made special order for Friday morning. The title and object of other bills in- troduced were as follows: H. B. 205 (Scrimshire), to compel railroad companies to pay employees on day of discharge.
 H. B. 206 (Dixon), relating to the dis position of school taxes in the cases of children transferred from one district to another.
 H. B. POS (Norfieet), to change boun- dary line between Logan and Scott counties, so as to add to- the former a small section of the latter
 H. B. POS Natimer), regarding the filing of claims and rights. Of action in cases of the destruction of animals.
 II. B. 210 (Ferguson), changing the county line between Lonoke and Pu- laski counties so as to add Greenwood tfxx 1,jv fa ef
 H. B. s11 (Allen), compelling direc- tors of school districts to give at least fifteen days notice before all meetings, and regulating the selection of sites for schoolhouses. ,.
 The above bills were all read twice and referred to the proper committed.
 messenger from the governor an- nounced that he had signed the follow ing concurrent resolutions: No. l, pro- viding for state capitol building com mtttee; No. B, for a committee to visit the state university; No. g, memorabilia ing congress to secure transportation for making the St. Francis river navi- gable; No. 10, for a committee to visit the Pine Bluff normal, MT. Jacobs bill (94), to repeal an act of 1901 for the protection of landlords in cities. towns and villages was taken up. The act of 1901 provides that any person who shall rent any dwelling
 
 fail or refuse to pay the rent therefor, when due according to contract, shall at once forfeit all right to longer oc- cupy said dwelling house or other building, under penalty of a fine.
 Messrs. Jacobs. Merriman, Toney. Chestnut, Burk and Campbell of Pulas- Xxi, spoke in favor of repeating the act, and Messrs. Holland. Parks. Fuller, At kins, Keel. Pindall and Rodman spoke in opposition. ,...
 MT. Jacobs bill to repeal the act fail ed to passages 40. noes 53.
 MT. Stevens introduced house bill 216, giving courts of record discretion to costs against the prosecuting witnesses in misdemeanor cases prose cuted in such courts of record when the prosecuting witness was not summoned | before the grand jury.
 The remainder of the day was spent | in discussing H. B. 125, making. 1t un- l lawful for the proprietor Of any drug | store or pharmacy to allow any person | other than registered pharmacist to | compound or dispense prescriptions. No | final action was taken on the bill