The Monticellonian., 1905-03-30
Bills Passed in the House.

proposing an amendment to the con stitution making poll tax receipt a necessary qualification to voting was adopted.
 Providing that in suits brought by employees against employers in cases of accident caused by machinery being not properly guarded, the fact that such employe entered the employ of the defendant with knowledge of the circumstances shall not be set up as defense.
 To require cireuses and shows to exhibit all shown by their advertising, under penalty of a fine of SlO
 To require the Iron Mountain Rail- road to build a depot at Blackwell. Conway county
 To prevent the sale or giving away of intoxicants within three miles of the high school at Salem, Fulton county.
 To require the Frisco Railroad to erect a depot at Foreman at least three times as large as the present build ing.
 To authorize the special school dis trict of Malvern to borrow money.
 To authorize clerks of probate courts to loan money belonging to minors on uneneumbered real estate to the extent of half it's value.
 To authorize the teaching of eie. mentary agriculture in the public schools of the state The bill makes it optional with the directors of the school districts as to whether the sub jcet shall be taught
 To require non-residents, swapping horses or peddling stoves, pianos, chairs. etc. to take out license.
 To prevent persons, other than em. ployes and passengers from boarding trains
 Requiring corporations issueing mer- chandise coupon books to employees to redeem in cash unused coupons.
 To limit the number of witnesses in felony cases to ten and misdemeanor cases 10 five
 To prevent fraudulent practices by nurserymen.
 To authorize the railroad commis- sion 10 regulate telegraph. telephone and sleeping ear rates.
 To authorize county judges to lease wild sixteenth section school lands for the purpose of putting same in eulti- vation.
 To prohibit the running of pool and billiard rooms in other than incorpor- ated toWa5 and cities Violation of the provisions of the bill is made a misdemeanor. punishable by a fine Of not less than Sf0 nor more than $25 for each offense
 To regulate the Mississippi River. Hamburg and Western Railroad. and build q depot and keep an agent at Mist Ashley county.
 Amending the law relating to i'm proYement districts.
 Authorizing the school district of England 10 borrow money.
 Creating the Arkansas History Com mission
 Allowing notaries public to take acknowledgments of deeds outside of their own counties.
 To force railway construction com panies to furnish employees protection from the weather.
 To exempt Lincoln county from the act Of the last legislature giving s200 of the $500 county liquor license to the school fund.
 To cure a defect in the act of 1903 limiting continuous working of rail road trainmen and operators to six teen hours.
 To make railroad companies liable for loss of or injury to livestock.
 Bills Introduced in the House.
 To prevent the spread of contagious diseases in common schools and give school boards power to enforce regula. tions requiring vaccination.
 To classify and define vagrancy
 To regulate water, gas and electric companies in cities of the first and sec. ond class. It requires them to fur. nish meters free of charge and to fur nish annually a printed statement of rates
 Joint resolution No. 15, proposing
 
 viding that all district. township, coun- ty and state officers. except those whose terms are prescribed by law for a longer period. be elected for terms of four years. II also give the govern or power 10 fill vacancies and pro vides that after the adoption of the amendment a general election shall be held the first Monday in September 1908. | also proposes that the legis lature shall meet quadrennially to transact general legislation, and bi- ennially for the purpose of making appropriation. An amendment was of. fered providing that no officers be eli gible to succeed themselves, which with the bill was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments.
 Providing that in municipal corpo. rations new wards may be formed out of parts of old wards without affecting the composition of the aldermanic body
 For the better protection of farmers in the matter of contracts with labor. CTS.
 To amend section 1908 of Kirby's Digest so as to make it felony to cut a wire fence
 Notes.
 petition was received by the legis- lature asking for the passage of bills against bookmaking and giving county judges authority to revoke liquor li- censes and protesting against bill allowing Sunday baseball
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