Woodruff County news., 1903-03-05
ANTITRUST BILL PASSED
A Condensed Report of the Actual Business Transacted the
 Past Week.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2s.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23.
 This was the most memorable day of the present session. inasmuch as the fa- nous King antitrust bill was passed in the senate without amendment The contest over amendment to exempt fire insurance companies from the pro- visions of the measure has been waged relentlessly from the beginning of the session
 The senate put to sleep the Collins dispensary bill, only eight votes being recorded in it's favor.
 Inc house refused, by a vote of 40 to 48 to reconsider the vote appro- priating $1S0,000 for an annex to the insane asylum.
 The Senate.
 Senator Norwood introduced senate joint resolution No 5, amending the constitution so as, to permit women to serve as school directors.
 MT. Norwood also introduced s. B. 1s1, to authorize school directors to mortgage property anu borrow money for building purposes.
 Senator Huddiesuon introduced s. B. 1S2, granting chancery courts concur rent Jurisdiction with circuit courts in the removal of disabilities of minors. Senator Gray introduced bill 1S3), to increase salaries of supreme court judges to $4,O00 per annum and judges of circuit courts and chancellors to $3.000 per annum.
 Senator Matlock's bill (No. 173). to amend the law regulating the Lynwood and Auburn levee district was passed.
 Senator Wilson's bill permitting col lectors to deposit county funds in banks was taken up and passed.
 s. B. 46, to compel telegraph com panies to transmit messages promptly, ird iYpn md
 The King antitrust bill was then taken up.
 One of the strongest arguments made in favor of the committee amendment to strike out that part pertaining to fire insurance companies was made by Sen ator Gray of Pulaski
 The vote on the amendment was as folows
 Ayes.-Adams, Caldwell. Collins. Cot ham, Fletcher. Gray Killough, Mardis Price, Rison, Sengel, Simpson and Witt Total, 13.
 Noes-Brown, Butt, Cotton, Coving- ton, Flenniken, Hardy Huddleston. Jobe Kilgore, King, Logan, Matlock Meier rin Norwood, Vaughter, Wilson Total 16.
 Senator Hinkle announced that he was paired with Senator Pinnix who would vote no and he aye. Senator Mears was paired with Senator Smith the latter to vote aye and he no. Senator Wood announced a pair with MT. Short, who would vote no and he aye.
 After the defeat of the the amendment exempting insurance companies the bill as originally introduced passed by the following vote:
 Ayes-Adams, Brown, Butt. Caldwell, Collins. Gotham Cotton. Covington. Flen- niken, Fletcher Hardy, Hinkle. Huddle- ston, lobe, Kilgore. Killough, King. To-
  Norwood. Price, Simpson, Vaughter. Wilson-27.
 Noes-Gray, Rison. Sengel. Witt and Wood-v5.
 Absent and not voting-Pinnix, Smith and Short.
 The Hou=e.
 But little business was transacted in the house, large part of the day being consumed in discussing a motion to consider the insane asylum annex ap- propriation bill.
 The first measure taken up was a local bill, to prohibit the sale of liquor within five miles of Elm Springs school house in Washington county. The bill was passed.
 Mir Perry moved to reconsider the vote by which the insane asylum bill passed.
 The motion was discussed at length and finally defeated
 H. B. 307, allowing the town of Au- gusta, in Woodruff county. to borrow uoney to build a waterworks plant, was read third time and passed.
 A bill by MT Whitthorne to protect fish in the Saline river and tributary waters was reau third time and passed
 H. B. 126 (Hill). to authorize the re- funding by the state of money for sale of lands enormously forfeited for taxes was read third time and passed. The intention of the act is to protect inno- cent purchasers.
 H. B. 311 (Scrimshire). making it un- lawful to catch or kill wild turkies by means of batting. blinds, pens, traps or deadfalls, was taken up and passed.
 MT. Futrall introduced H. B. 375. au- thorizing the county judge of each county to appoint board of health.
 bill was passed granting to the city of Little Rock a strip of land extending along the Arkansas river.