Newport weekly independent., 1903-02-27
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

The morning session of the senate ness.
 In the lower branch the bill appro- priating $1S0.00O for the erection of an annex to the insane asylum at Lit tie Rock was passed. An amendment was adopted increasing the amount from $l40,000 to $1S00O0 The house also passed the anti-cigarette bill.
 Tie Senate.
 Tn the absence of President Short MT. Fletcher presided.
 MT. Whitthorne's bill authorizing tho special school district of Benton to bor- row money was passed.
 H. B. 166, the Bonneville special school district bill, was passed over the governors veto.
 $. B. 111, to increase salary of mine inspector to $2,000 and allowing him to use free transportation, was intro duced.
 H. B. 271, to fix time of holding cir cult court in the Third district, passed Senator Gotham introduced senate con- current resolution No. Ii, concerning the distribution of the Peabody fund MT. Gotham explained that it had been stated that it was the purpose of the board to close their trust and place the entire fund in one large teachers
 
 Tenn. He desired that Arkansas should continue to receive her pro rata of the fund. The resolution was adopted
 H. B. TIT, to amend the four wire fence law of Lee county. passed.
 r. B. 63. relating to the examination of teachers, was read third time and passed.
 The bill providing for court sten- ographer for the Sixth judicial district was read third time and passed
 The senate adjourned till Monday.
 The House.
 Several petitions favoring the worlds S fair appropriation were read.
 MT. Weaver's bill fixing salaries of officers of Sebastian county, passed.
 MT. Poole called up H. B. 45, regu- lating the examination of applicants for pensions, the hearing of evidence, etc, by the county pension board. It was read third time and passed
 pr. Buffers bill (No. 14S), to pro hibit the manufacture and sale of cigar cites in this state, was taken up and passed.
 S. B. No. g. for the building of an annex to the insane asylum was taken up, and after the adoption of an amend ment increasing the appropriation from $140,000 to $1S0,000, the bill passed.
 The committee on agriculture re ported a substitute for the DeRossit game bill. It makes it unlawful to trap, net shoot or kill by any method whatsoever any quail or partridge from February 15 to November 1; deer or fawn from February 1 to September 1 !; wild turkey from May 1 to September = It makes it unlawful for non-resdents to shoot. hunt, fish or trap at any sea son of the year in this state, and con- stitutes the sheriff of each county or any constable game warden and their deputies game wardens. The bill makes it unlawful to shoot after sunset or before sunrise upon any of the waters of the state, nor shall any person shoot any wild duck before sunrise or after sunset It is made unlawful for any common carrier to ship out of the state any deer turkey, wild fowl, game fish or game of any description, the fine for viola tion to be not less than S100 nor more than $500.
 s. B. S4, providing for a court sten- ographer' for the First judicial circuit was taken up and passed.
 s. B. 52, repeating act of 1899, pro- viding for the registration of school warrants, was read third time and passed.
 MT. Butts bill to protect fish in the counties of Madison, Carroll Benton and Washington was passed.
 MT. Covingtons bill providing for court stenographer for the Fifth judi cial district was passed
 Senate concurrent resolution No IL requesting trustees of the Peabody fund to set aside Arkansas pro rata to be devoted to educational purposes, was adopted.
 s. B. 43, authorizing officers of spe- cial and common school districts to insure the school buildings of their re- spective districts was read third time and passed.
 The bill creating the Seventh chan cery district, to be composed of the counties of Union, Ouachita, Calhoun,