The Monticellonian., 1905-01-19
BILLS INTRODUCED.
In the House.

sist him Read once.
 By Mr Fletcher tNo. 30-To make the salary of the county judge of Franklin county $500 per annum Read twice.
 By Mir Andrews of Sharp tNo. 3S) To provide for the punishment of a husband who abandons his wife and children, the latter under 12 years without good cause. at not more than one years Imprisonment and a fine of $100. Read once.
 By MT. Ross CNo. 39l-ReguIating ! legal hours of work in saw and plan ing mills so as to establish a legal days work ten hours. Read once.
 By Mr Jackson (No. 40)-Proyid- ing for the better regulation of dram shops and saloons. Whenever it ap- pears that they are being kept open on Sunday or run in such a way as to be public nuisance or harbor for in toxicated persons the owners must appear before the county judge and show cause why license should not be revoked. Read once. By Mr Burgess tNo. 419-To segre- gate the school taxes. Read once. By Mr Witt fNo. 421-Creating the Mount Holly school district in Faulk her county. Read once By MT. Chapline (No 43)-To make a four wire fence lawful in Mon roe county. Read twice. By MT. Dodge tNo. 44)-To regu- late changes of venue Read once.
 By MT Tarver (No. 45)-Defning yagrants as persons over IS years of age without home or visible means of support Read once.
 By Mr Hamiter (No 4G)-Appro- priating $4S for j. N B. Shuler, an eXConfederate. who failed to receive his pension. Read twice.
 By Mr Meade tNo 471-To amend the penitentiary law. providing for a board of commissioners as recom- mended in the governors message Read once.
 By MT. Greene fNo. 48)-To make salaries of circuit judges S2.5d0 per annum. Read once.
 By Mr Holmes (No. 491-For the regulation of insurance companies Differs from present law by requiring that 50 per cent of premium be set aside to pay losses. and that an in- demnity bond be furnished as a guar antee. II also provides for an exam nation of the affairs of each company by the state auditor every six months the company so examined Co pay all expenses of such examination. Read once.
 By MT. Holmes tNo. 501-To repeal a Miller county fence law Read twice
 By Mr. Beck fNo. 5D-To provide for safe crossings of railroads b. county reads Read once
 By MT Hooker fNo. 52)-To regu= late mutual insurance companies Bond of S20.060 must be filed Com many reserve 5o per cent of premiums Read once
 By MT. McCollum fNo. 531-To create ehaneery courts ia Garland Saline. Pulaski and Jefferson coun- ties, and abolishing them in all other counties. Read once.
 By MT. Chapline (No 54)-To com. pei express companies to maintain offices in the central portion of all cities of the first class and second class and making the express com a9"ies failure a misdemeanor. Read once.
 Dy Mir. Wilson of Perry (No 55)- Amending section 199 of Kirby's di- gest, relating to appeals Read once
 By Mir. Black of Sebastian (No. 56) To prevent railroad and express companies from collecting over charges. Read once.
 By Mir. Wilson of Bradley (No. 5O To provide for payment of cents per mile mileage to witnesses testify ing in same county in which they re side Pead once
 By Mr Bowen (No 5S)-Appropri- ating Sl50 to pay John Hallum for working in compiling Confederate ros- ter Read once
 By Mir Brooks (No. 59)-A fellow servants bill. Read once
 By MT. Simpson of Hampstead tNo 69)-For the relief of persons in the state who are holding cotton for bet ter prices, by providing that all cot ton held until June l, 1905 be exempt from the taxes that would accrue upon it. Read once
 By Mir. Jackson of Phillips (No. 6D-To make a fourwire fence law ful in Phillips county. Read once.
 By MT. Cook CNo. 62)-To amend an act passed in 1903 regulating the selling hawking or peddling of cat tie in Desha county by adding Chicot and Ashley counties to come under it's provisions. Read once.
 H. B. 1 (Anderson of Garland) mak- ing the salary of the county and pro bate judge of Garland county 5000 per annum, was passed by the house Saturday.
 A resolution by Mr Arnold that 200 copies of all bills be printed, was de feated in the house, 5S to 19.
 The senate passed the concurrent resolution by MT. MeFerrin regarding the annexation of the Choctaw and Cherokee nations of the Indian Ter ritory to Arkansas.
 s. B. 30 (McFerrin by request) pro vides for the incorporation of Arkan- sas chapter of the Order of Eastern Star
 H. B. 2S (Seay) is to have all legal executions take place in the county where the crime was committed.
 s. B. % CKilgore) seeks to prohibit the Instructions of railroad crossings more than ten minutes.
 S. B. F CRector), making appro- priations for the deaf-mute institute for the past two years. was passed by the senate and read twice in the house Friday. The house voted in commit tee of the whole to recommend the passage of the bill just as it came from the senate. Interest is allowed