Woodruff County news., 1903-02-12

all money collected from the lease of school lands.
 S. B. 1ls (Kllough) amending an act approved March 6, S99. to donate state lands in the St. Francis levee dis trict was taken up. The lands are to be exempt from state and county taxes for ten years. if not sold sooner. Read third time and passed.
 Senator IIuddleston offered an amend ment to the Daniels medical bill. eX- cmpting midwives from it's provisions. Adopted.
 The bill was then passed by a vote of 26 to s.
 A minority report on the antitrust bill, recommending that it pass with the insurance clause, submitted, signed by four members of the judi ciary committee. Messrs. Cotton Nor wood. Covington and Hardy. The mi nority report cited a plank in the last state democratic platform demanding the passage of a bill similar to the one under consideration.
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 Several petitions from local constit- uents relating to local measures were read
 Speaker Moore announced the follow ing committees on the part of the house to visit the convict farm. Messrs. Chesnutt, Parks, Cook of Chicot. Camp
 
 Mir Horton introduced house concur rent resolution No. 21, giving the com mttee on the new state capitol the right to thoroughly investigate the matter and to make report in twenty days on the possibility of completing the building at a cost of not less than S1, 000.O or to report how much it will cost to complete it.
 MT. Perry offered house concurrent resolution No. 22, requiring the presi- dent of the senate to appoint five hold over senators to investigate the Tor rens system of registering lands to re- port back at the next general assem- bly,.
 MT. Slaughter called up II. B. No. go, forbidding the issuance of liquor licenses outside of incorporated towns of less than 500 population. It was read the third time and passed.
 MT. Newberry introduced bill (No. 252) to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in this state.
 MT. Briant introduced a bill, taxing life insurance policies having a cash surrender value.
 MT. Eldridge introduced II. B. 254. to prohibit any administrator, eXecu- tor or probate judge from allowing any claim against the decedent which was not in existence at the time of his death.
 MT Crutcher introduced H. B. No. 256, to amend section 3431 of the di- gest. making it unlawful to catch or kill deer between February l and Aug ust l, wild turkey between May l and Setpember l, prairie chickens between February 1 and September 1 and quail between March l and December 1. MT Ellis introduced II. B. No. 257, for the protection of holders of life insurance policies; makes anti-suicide clauses in such policies void. unless it can be shown that the insured contem- plated suicide when the policy was issued
 MT Weaver introduced a bill to ena- ble married women to convey their homestead rights and dover interest in real estate.
 Mir Parks introduced II. E. No. 261. for the protection of fish; making it unlawful to take fish in any manner save with hook and line from Saline river and tributaries in counties of Sa- line, Grant, Dallas. Bradley, Cleveland, Drew and Ashley. II. B. No. II Greene of Benton). to regulate the buying. selling and tolling of wheat by weight instead of by meas ure. and making it unlawful for any miller, merchant or corporation to use what is commonly known as the brass tester; penalty for violation a fine of rot less than $25. was read the third time and passed.