Woodruff County news., 1903-02-05

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 WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 2a.
 The senate dispensed considerable business, passing eleven measures.
 resolution by Mr. Wood directing the secretary. of the senate and clerk of the house to supply members with papers and stamps was vot' down. y
 In the house a number of local meas ures were disposed of. The Senate.
 HtB. 29 (PindalD, prohibiting the hawking of beef in Desha county with out first making affidavit that the per son selling the same came into lawful possession of it. was passed.
 H. B. 8S (Green of Benton), fixing salary of county judge of Benton coun- ty at $1,00O. was passed; also s. B. 99 (Butt), fixing fees for recording deeds in Carroll county.
 ]. A bill by MT. Gotham, fixing the sal ary of the county judge of Drew coun- ty at $500, was read third time and passed.
 MT. Hardy introduced S. B. 1O3, to prescribe rules and regulations where by surety and guaranty companies may become sureties upon the bonds of mu- nicipal, county and state officers.
 H. B. 100 (Rison), to allow consta- bles the same compensation for sum- moning witnesses as sheriffs, was head third time and failed to passages 10, noes 14.
 S. B. S5 (Gray). was read third time and passed. It provides that wife and husband may testify against each other in cases of injuries. done by one against the person or property of the other.
 MT. Logan called up s. s. GA, to pro h ii IrJ1 iyacr tror English and Chinese pheasants for term of years to January 1, 1913. The bill passed-25 to 1.
 MT. Caldwell introduced S. B. 104, with reference to killing of deer.
 s. B. No. 7S (King), providing for refunding the money advanced to the drouth sufferers of north Arkansas, was considered in committee of the whole. reported back favorably and passed unanimously.
 Senator Rison introduced S. B. No. 107, authorizing stenographers to ad minister oaths and take dispositions.
 S. B. 10S was introduced by, Mir Smith. It provides for consolidating certain districts of chancery courts in Craighead, Woodruff and Mississippi counties, repeating the Chickasawba dis trict and transferring those cases to Osceola, repeating the southern district of Woodruff chancery court, all in the llH CHdnceTy uiStTlCC
 The House.
 The speaker announced the appoint ment of Messrs. .DeRossitt, Cate. Slaughter Cook of Chicot, Pindall Pat terson and Hale, on the part of the house, members of the joint levee com mittee.
 H. B. 173, authorizing the governor to employ counsel and bring suits against certain railroads for back taxes. was taken up.
 An amendment was offered. authoriz- ing the attorney general to conduct the suits.
 Consideration of the amendment and bill was postponed.
 H. B. 174. providing for the election of members of boards of improvement districts in Carroll county, was taken up and passed.
 H. B. 13 (Gibson), authorizing the special school district of Atkins, in Pope county, to borrow money, was read the third time and passed.
 MT. Eldridge called up H. B. 130. es-- tablishing chancery court Tn the south ton Plant. The bill passed
 1T. B. 3S relating to the tax to be levied by county courts for roads and bridges. and imposing a penalty on rail roads for allowing freight trains to stands across roads for any. length of llIne, was QeIea teQ-3Z to 54.
 H. B. 1S7, changing the time of shold- ing circuit court in Yell county, was read the third time and passed. 5 H. B. 63, providing for licensing of teachers, was read the third time and passed .
 The penitentiary convict farm mat ter was again brought up, on motion to reconsider senate concurrent resolution No. CHardy)t providing for a commit tee of five representatives and three sen- ators to visit the Cummings place Tho motion prevailed, and after considerable speech making the resolution was adopted. H. B. 2S (Patterson), exempting Cross and Lawrence counties from the provis-, ions of the law requiring petitioners 1 Tor removal of county seat to depos- l it $5.000, was read third time and pass | ed. Mir. Kelso introduced H. B. 200. re- | quiEing railroads to furnish suitable l service on branch lines. railroad com | mission to have power to enforce tho l provisions of this bill and to regulate | freight rates on such branch lines Mir. Apple introduced H. B. POI, to | repeal sections 1 and 3 of an act of | 1889 to protect the county school fund. MT. Poole introduced IT. B. 202, to f amend sections SPAS and 6249 of. the iigest defining whos are fellow-ser wants. MT Chestnut introduced H. B. 2os. to amend section 6426 of the digest. | SO as to provide for assessment of Ire to list same shall be bar to their  Adjourned till Thursday
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