The Forrest City times., 1903-01-23
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 .a the dags Ur1ees5lzzz both b. tEe members and t5e DaoIse as II wz- tne date set fer voting fs. EE4te1 States Ssast9r.
 Both branches adopted resolutions ii favor of sendlrg committee t9 F4@x tae Cummings convict farm
 Senator Wilson presented resolatl9l No {. calling upon the governor - and in tbs resIgnatlons of Hons. J P. Eagle ard fi J. Cra1np as capitol com ln.sslgEeFs. Senator Wilson. 5n support ot the resolution. said it lad been r4- ported 70 such resI Ignat4oLz had been ,eadsrcd.
 Senators sengeI and Fletcher favo-el the resolution. while Senator Hardy op- Dased such action On rive vgce vote t4s Essgz8tzoR was adopted
 resolution by Mr. Butt inviting al tne members ef the Fz@ust@utlsfy Lizard t4 meet the general assembly in 3o3It session and explain fhe matter of gaEe bas5ng q state convict farm passed. ttse vote being as follows
 Ayes-Butt. Cotton. CUxIngton. Flen- nlken. Hudaleston. KI4gore. klllouzh. K4ng. Marais Matlock. Mears. Price seageA N4agater. Wilson, Witt. Wood IT.
 Noes-Adaras. Brown. Caldwell. Goth am. Fletcher. Hardy. Hink.e. Logan. AcFerr1n Fiuu5x, Rlson. Simpson. s1E&+4ts-- -t4A- if-NlaAr Tt
 THe resolution was ordered enroIle1 House business va. then taken up and he resolution providing for 4 joint committee 10 visit the state uni yeTsIty was adopted; also the resoIu- ton providing for committee to look into eXpend4tures of worlds far appro- prlatlon-
 Several house measures were read and referred.
 In executive session. the senate con Armed the nomination Of Hon Jesse z. Hart. as chancellor to succeed Hon. T. E. Martin.
 Senate bills were then introduced as follows,
 No. . CcalawelD Giving county clerks, authority to make deeds f0. lands sold for taxes
 Nc. 5. tA Ferrin1-To repeal act 1l5 If the acts Of 1899.
 So. 5 U.ogan1-To abolish the ofiee of road commissioner as provided In aet zaH of acts of 1899
 No 54 tMardis I-Making the crime of ouse-breaking burglary.
 No. 5e tSmlth3-Authorlzing bring Ing of suit to settle boundary line be- tween Arkansas and Mississippi in vi- Clnlty Of Crittsnden county.
 No. 53 simpSon)-Gyiug wheel wrights and blacksmiths d lien on pro dGctsons of their labor and upon any article repaired by them.
 No 5s Pinnixt-To hereafter refund 40 per cent of purchase money paid for lands erroueousIy forfeited t0 the state
 The hour for baIlotiug for United States senator was announced
 Senator Wood presented the name ot Hon. James r Clark, seconded by lion. James <. Gray.
 Senator Mears presented the name of Hon. James K. Jones.
 The ballot resulted:
 For dams TprHu-~ Tgs+fV.eg ton. Fienniken. Fletcher. Gray. Hardy. Huddleston- lobe kllough MatIock. Price. Rison, Simpson Smith Waugh ter. Wilson. wit. Wood-Ia
 For Jones Butt, Caldwell Gotham Gotten, Hinkle, Kilgore. King Logan. Mardis McFerrin Aeavs Psnnix. Sen gel Mr sideut-I4
 Senator Hardy's resolution providing for q joint committee to visit and r.. port on tie Cummings convict farm wss adopted-aycs r. noes l. Introduction of bills was resumed
 No. co Mears)-Resulating charges for IasSs nger traffic.
 No. e1 tMardis Kevokiug liquor IT, eeHse of those who violate section lsst-
 The Roage
 The first business Of Inc day was concurrent resoiution No II. relatins. to the invitation 10 the people of the Ghoctaw and Cherokee nations to be come part If Arkansas and asking th.. assistance Of the state delegation js congress to this end. which was adopted
 House concurrent resolution. provid ing that s committee composed of the following. visit and report on the pur- chase of the Cummings convict farm WAS adopted by standing vot-. Sey- sn farmers. three doctors. one real estate man and one lawyer from the. house, and three farmers. two doctors one real estate man and one lawyer from thc senate
 4 large number of bills were taken up read second time and placed on th calendar.
 Bills were introduced az follows
 No. ss 1PerryJ J--.4mending collateral inheritance art-
 NJ. 1i iI@atimerl For state lnspec- tor Of ccal oil
 No. .5 tGarrettl- l-calling a state con sutut ional convention to meet October 5, 1908 for the purpose of framing new state constitution. No. iG Campbell Of Pulaskl3-granf