The Monticellonian., 1903-02-26

dispenssry bill. only eight votes being recorded in its favor
 1ne house refused. by a vote of 40 to 4s. to reconsider the vote appro- priating s1S0.000 for an annex to the insane asylum.
 Ths Senate
 Senator Norwood introduced senate joint resolution No. B. amending the constitution so as to permit women to serve as school directors.
 MT Norwood also introduced s. R. fA1, to authorize school directors to mortgage property and borrow money for building purposes.
 Senator HudaIeston introduced s. B. 1S2, granting chancery courts concur rent Jurisdiction with circuit courts in the removal of disabilities of minors
 Senator Gray introduced a bill (Is3), to increase salaries of supreme court judges to $4.000 per ahnum and judges of circuit courts and chancellors to s3,000 per annum.
 Senator Matlocks bill (No. 173). to amend the law regulating the Lynwood ana Auburn levee dis,s4ct 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. was read third time and passed.
 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 follows:
 Ayes-Adams. Caldwell. Collins. Cot ham. Fletcher. Gray Killough. Mardis. Price. Rison. Sengel, Simpson and Witt Total, b
 Noes-Brown. Butt, Cotton. Coving- ton. Flenniken, Hardy, Huddleston. lobe, Kilgore, King, Logan. Matlock. Meier rim, Norwood, Naughter. 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, Elem niten. Fletcher. Hardy Hinkle. Huddle- ston. lobe, Kilgore. Killough. King, Lo- gan. Mardis, Matlock. McFerrin, Mears. Norwood, Price, -.npson. Vaughter. Wilson-27.
 Noes-Gray, Rison. sengel. Witt and Wood-5.
 Absent and not voting-Pinnix. Smith and Short.
 The House..
 But little business was transacted in the house, large part of the day being consumed in discussing a motion to re- consider the insane asylum annex ap- propriation gal.
 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.
 MT Perry moved to reconsider the vote by which the insane asylum bill passed.
 The motion was discussed at length and finally defeated.
 II. B. 3O7. allowing ,.-e town of Au- gusta, in N oodruff county, to borrow uoney to build a waterworks plant, was read third time and passed.
 A bill by N1r. Whitthorne to protect fish in the Saline river and tributary waters was reaG third time and passed.
 H. B. 126 CIIilD, 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
 IT. B. 311 (Scrimshire), making it un- lawful to catch or kill wild turkes by means of batting. blinds. pens traps or deadfalls, was taken up and passed.
 MT Futrall introduced H. B. 375. au- thorizng the county judge of each county to appoint board of health.
 A bill was passed granting to the city of Little Rock a strip of land extending along the Arkansas river.
 A number of bills were read second time and several measures of purely a local character were passed.