Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-17
MONDAY, APRIL l3.

The senate was informed that GON. 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 a total reduction of $13S,S7S from the original appropriation of $257, ,63G.76.
 The Senate.
 Senator Matlock introduced a resolu- tion to discharge clerks of the com mittees on public charities, books o1 state land commissioner, committee on penitentiary and superintendent of pub lie instruction.
 A substitute discharging the secre- tary of the committee on public chari- ties only, was adopted
 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 s66,7 for the maintenance of the blind school was considered in committee of the whole. Senator Hardy offered an amendment reducing the item of $3,0OO for a pipe organ and two pianos to $2O00. in. 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. Az the Worlds Fair appropriation bill, and $. 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 asylum to the Arkansas hospital for the insane. An amendment was adopted making an appropriation for fire insurance.
 A resolution from the penitentiary 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 pententiary, 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.
 Mir. Jacobs introduced a bill provid- ing for a state normal summer school
 The house went into committee of the whole to consider H. B. 493, the state university appropriation bill. Amend ments 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 $1,00O; the heating of boys dorntory and other buildings from s9,S76.65 to $6,0OO 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 $1,500 for inn provement of the campus was reduced to $400 and the item of $1,50O for the department of physical culture and elo- cutlon was reduced to $1,000. The ap- propriation of $55,00O for salaries for two years was reduced to $4O,0OO, and matron's salary was reduced to S75O for two years.
 A message from the governor an nounced that he had signed H. B. 13G. prohibiting the employment of child labor in factories, and H. B. BIT. mak- ing an appropriation for the state mili- tia.