Woodruff County news., 1903-03-12

time of death of the deceased, except ing funeral expenses, was defeated.
 H. B. S2, increasing the powers of the state railroad commission passed by a unanimous vote.
 MT. Martineau's bill allowing cities of the first class to compel owners of prop erty to build and maintain sidewalks was passed by vote of 67 to 12. Dr. Green spoke in opposition to the bill. Mr Garrett's bill, calling state con stitutienal convention and appropEiating | $75,000 for the necessary expenses, was discussed, but no action was taken Gumwood township from Lonoke coun- | ty and attaching it to Pulaski, was | taken up.
 MT. McGuigan spoke in favor of the l bill
 MT. Apple, one of Lonoke's represen- | tatives, spoke against the bill. He argued that the matter was made an issue in the last campaign, and the citizens of Lonoke had registered their | voice against the bill The bill was defeated-28 to 49 | On motion of MT. Gannaway, H. B. | 12S (Dixon), which passed the house, | was reconsidered and placed back on second reading for amendment. As passed the bill does away with the sep arate extension by the county clerks | CI lIlS ulIleIeIt luHuS Ol tie Sldl6 county taxes on the tax books. THURSDAY, MARCH 5. | The appointment of Judge E. O. Ma | honey, of Union county to be -chancel- l Tor of the new seventh district was | unanimously confirmed by the senate. | The house refused to accept the senate amendment to the, resolution extending the session of the general assembly,, mak- l ing the date April II instead of May II, as in the original resolution. The sen ate refused to recede from the amend ment and conference committees were l appointed.
 | The Senate
 Senator Norwood called up s. B. 3, | to non-concur in house amendment to l increase the sum from $140,000 to $780, l 900 to build the asylum annex. Sen ators Killough, Wilson, Covington. l Hinkle, lobe and Brown were opposed 1 to appropriating more than $14U,00 l and the senate adopted motion not i to concur in the amendment of the house.
 S. B. 155 (Pinnix), providing in the case of Confederate soldiers or sailors | that where warrants are issued before | the pensioner dies it shall be paid to | the legal representative of the deceased soldier or sailor, was passed by unan- l imous vote
 The senate went into executive ses- sion to consider the appointment of | Judge E. O. Mahoney as chancellor of l the new seventh district. Some of the | senators urged a poStponement of the matter until citizens of the new district | should make known their wishes on the | question of abolishing the district The | majority favored immediate action, and the appointment was unanimously con- | firmed.
 The senate refused to recede from its amendment to the bill extending the session, making the date April II in stead of May II. Senators Wilson | Norwood and lobe were appointed a committee to confer. with committed from the house.
 Senator Wilson's bill allowing aIco-
 hol to be sold in prohibition territory under certain contingencies failed to pass.
 Senator Cotton introduced a bill mak.
 ing incurable insanity for five years | grounds for divorce in certain instances
 Senator Matlock introduced a bill re- quiring all kinds of insurance companies
 doing business in the state, fraternal
 orders excepted, to give a bond fol
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 The House.
 The house refused to accept the sen
 ate amendment to the concurrent res
 olution extending the session of the leg | islature to May H. The amendment
 placed the date at April H.. A conference committee, consisting o1
 Messrs. Fuller, Crutcher and Marti
 neau, was appointed to meet a senate | committee.
 H. B. 394, providing that all legal executions shall be private, to be wit | messed by not more than twenty-five | persons, was passed.
 Mir Rountree introduced bill making it unlawful for railroads to charge pas sengers more than cents per mile or any road longer than twenty miles
 The bill providing for one series of school books in the state was the sub | ject of a long discussion. MessrS, Tar yer, York; Witt and Whitthorne spoke in favor of the bill and Messrs. Toney and Hooker opposed it. The bill was ] passed.
 H. B. 197, requiring every non-resi- | dent wishing to hunt in the state to | secure a license, which is good for seven days annually, and costs $500, was passed after a long discussion. | Judge Moore presented petition from | the Arkansas Negro Farmers Associa- tion asking for an appropriation of $10,- 900 to cover the expenses of a negro ex- l hibit at the St. Louis worlds fair. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the house passed the bill sepa- | rating school taxes paid by whites and | negroes, was lost by vote of 43 to Al. | The house passed the Hale drainage Dill. which enables owners of swamp | land to drain the same when 1t cannot be done without affecting the lands of | others.
 1 H. B. 57 (Parks), providing for the 1 taxation of the franchises of certain | corporations and for the better enforce | ment of the state revenue laws, was | passed
 | MT. Chesnutt introduced a bill increas- | ing the wholesale dealers liquor license | to double the present amount FRIDAY, MARCH 6. | The bill providing for separate street cars for whites and blacks passed the