The Forrest City times., 1905-03-24
Bills Introduced in the House.

Making the boarding of trains by other than employees misecmeanoT.
 A resolution providing for the ap- pointment of a special committee of three to draft bill for relief in the way of insurance for Hot Springs fire sufferers.
 Authorizing the Malvern special school district to borrow money.
 To require railroads in the state twenty-five miles or more in length to run one train daily each way.
 To require owners of additions to cities to file plats of same with circuit clerks, who in turn shall file the plats with the county clerk.
 To allow non-residents to fish with hook and line in Spring river.
 To authorize the county court of Benton to order special elections on the question of stock law.
 Establishing the office of collector of Madison county.
 For the better protection of live stock in transit by requiring that It be properly watered.
 Authorizing the county judge of Columbia county to purchase two bloodhounds.
 To provide that there shall be no ap- peal where judgment by default was taken in a case in justice court.
 Creating the office of court stenog- rapher of the Tenth judicial district.
 To give county boards of health au- thority to establish quarantines and to close schools during epidemics,
 Bills Passed in the House.
 To require stamping of weights on packages and barrels of grain, bran, flour, etc.
 Making the salary of the secretary of the state board of charities $500 per annum.
 Regulating the granting of municipal franchises.
 To authorize the councils of cities of the first and second class and incor- porated towns to license stationary engineers.
 To require railroads to keep night telegraph operators at county seats.
 To appropriate $1,0723S to pay the states proportion of assessors fees for the year 1904, to which senate amendment had been concurred in. Authorizing the board of directors of Linwood and Auburn leyee district to isue bonds to the amount of $100,- 900.
 ,, To fix the salary of the county judge of Lonoke county at S1,000 per annum.
 Providing for the taxing of fran. chises.
 To constitute the territory in the town of Mena special road district. To require common carriers to trace freight.
 tablish offices in the central portion of cities of the first class. To establish 10 per cent grades at | crossing of county roads with rail road tracks.
 To require all trains to stop before crossing drawbridges.
 To provide for the sale of certain lots in Eureka Springs. Gov. Davis recently vetoed similar bill. but the author stated that in this bill the ob. Jectionable features had been elimin. ated
 For better regulation of the trans portation of freight Railroads must furnish cars within four days and must move freight at least fifty miles a day.
 To increase the powers of cities of the second class, to authorize them to prohibit the erection of stables and outhouses on the street or on lots in the residence districts.
 Requiring the Pine Bluff and West ern Railroad to permanently operate the line by running at least one train daily, each way
 All appointments of new peniten. tiary officials were confirmed.
 Representative Pindall called UT the bill to annex nine sections of land Tn Drew county to Desha county, and made the assertion that if it was point ed out to him that there was a white man In the section affected who was not in favor of the change he would withdraw the bill. MT. Barker. read a letter from two residents of Win. chester to the effect that they had signed petition for the passage of the bill under misapprehension, and ask ed to have their names withdrawn When MT. Pindall found the names on the petition he made motion that the bill be indefinitely postponed. whict was adopted.