Newport weekly independent., 1903-03-06

Senate joint resolution No. 6 was in- troduced hv Senator Gotham. proposing an amcnn-, to the constitution to create a board of pardons. composed of the governor, secretary of state and auditor
 MT Norfeets bill permitting gradu- ates of the law department of the state university to practice in the supreme court without examination, was taken up and passed.
 II. E. 370, providing for the cree ton of waterworks and electric light plant at Augusta, was read third time and passed.
 A motion to reconsider the vote by which the Adams amendment to the Merriman fellow servant bill was adop- ted. was called up. The Adams sec tion applied to all corporations while the original bill applies to only rail roads.
 Senator Gray made an able argument in favor of striking out the Adams amendment
 Senators Wilson and Witt spoke in opposition to the bill in any form.
 The motion to reconsider failed and the bill as amended failed to pass by the following vote:
 Ayes-Adams, Caldwell, Gray, King, Simpson, Smith Vaughter-7.
 Noes--Brown, Collins. Gotham, Cot 
 kle, lobe, Kilgore Mardis. McFerrin. Mears, Norwood, Price, Wilson, Witt, WOod--1S.
 H. B. 39. requiring passenger trains to stop at all county seat towns. failed to pass.
 The House.
 Immediately after roll call Judge EeiSO arose and withdrew charges al legged through resolution against Chan ,,,1lo I Nf h trict.
 II. B. 393, to regulate the sale of fertilizers. was introduced by MT Ma theny. The bill makes the director of the experiment station at the state university official state chemist to make analyses on commercial fertilizers.
 MT. Atkins withdrew H. B. 2SS re- pealing act of 1901 permitting public execution of persons convicted of crm- inal assault He introduced II. B. 394 to the same effect.
 MT. Hollands bill, providing for the election of superintendent of peniten- tiary by the people, was read third time and passed.
 s. B. 173 (Matlocl). amending the act creating the Auburn and Linwood levee district so to authorize the levying of a levee tax not to exceed one per centum of the assessed valua- tiOn of property, was taken up and passed.
 On motion of MT. Cate. the house went into committee of the whole to consider the Price worlds fair appro- pri2tion bill.
 Several amendments to reduce the appropriation were voted down.
 The committee reported that the bill pass and it was made special order for Tuesday morning.
 Senator Wilson's bill amending sec tion 1S49 of the digest so as to au- thorize tax collectors and city and coun- ty treasurers to deposit public funds in incorporated banks for safe keep ing. was taken up and passed.
 MT. Chaplne offered house concur rent resolution No. 33. providing that the session be extended to May ?. The resolution was defeated.
 The King antitrust bill was read first time.
 On motion of MT Crutcher the bill was postponed for two weeks
 5. B. S5 (Gray). to authorize wives and husbands to testify against each other in criminal cases in which in jury has been done to the person or property of either, was taken up and passed.
 After a lengthy discussion the bill detachlng Greenwood township from Lonoke county and attaching it to Pu- laski was made special order for We'd nesday morning.