Woodruff County news., 1903-04-23
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE
House Passes Bill Providing for New State Capitol Over
 Governors Veto.
MONDAY. APRIL 1s.

The senate was informed that Gov. Davis had signed the Price World s Fair bill. The senate considered the blind school and insane asylum appro- priation bills.
 The house made a further reduction in the appropriation for the Univer- sity of Arkansas of $26,436, making q total reduction of $13s.S7s from the original appropriation of s257.6S6.76.
 The Senate.
 Senator Matlock introduced a resolu- ton to discharge clerks of the com mittees on public charities, books of state land commissioner committee on penitentiary and superintendent of pub lie instruction.
 substitute discharging the secre- tary of the committee on public chari- ties only. was adopted.
 A resolution was adopted providing that appropriation bills shall have the right of way over all other bills, and that the senators each call up bill upon the roll call.
 H. B. 396, appropriating $66,7O0 for the maintenance of the blind school was considered in committee of the whole. Senator Hardy offered an amendment reducing the item of $3,000 for pipe organ and two pianos to $2.000 The amendment was defeated. An amend ment was adopted prohibiting members of the board of trustees from employing relatives in the institution.
 A messenger from the governor an- nounced that he had signed S. B. 42. the Worlds Fair appropriation bill and s. B. 101, providing for public libraries.
 The lunatic asylum appropriation bill was taken up. An amendment was adopted changing the name of the in- stitution from the Arkansas lunatic A~ klN4 A,,Ir1 l, i&o1 for the insane. An amendment was adopted making an appropriation for fire insurance.
 A resolution from the pententiary board, asking the general assembly to appropriate for the use of the peniten- tiary all money paid into the state treasury by the financial agent of the penitentiary was read and referred to penitentiary committee.
 A resolution inviting W. R. Hearst Of New York to address the general assembly was adopted.
 The House.
 MT. Wofford introduced a bill provid- ing for beer inspector, and for the in spection of beer and malt liquors manu- factured in this state.
 MT. Jacobs introduced a bill provid- ing for state normal summer school
 The house went into committee of the whole to consider H. B. 493, the state university appropriation bill. Amend nlents were adopted reducing the item for the department of philosophy and pedagogy from $1.250 to $500; the item for the department of history to $500 military department from $500 to $500 the library department to $1,000; the heating of boys dormitory and other buildings from $9,S76.65 to $6,000. The item of $4,500 for an exhibit at the St Louis fair was stricken out.
 Amendments to reduce the appro- priations for fuel and for student labor were lost. The item of $1,50O for i'm provement of the campus was reduced to $4O0, and the item of $1,500 for the department of physical culture and elo cution was reduced to $1.000. The ap propriation of $55,000 for salaries fol two years was reduced to s40,000, anC matron's salary was reduced to $75( for two years.
 message from the governor an. nounced that he had signed II. B. 136 prohibiting the employment of chile labor in factories, and H. B. SIT. mak ing an appropriation for the state mili tia.