The Monticellonian., 1905-02-02

l approval. inc Dill was passed ny Ine house several days before, but Presi- dent COvington of the senate was out of the city, and to prevent any question as to the legality of the signature of the senate's presiding ificer, it was held back until his return. He ar rived Monday afternoon and at once signed the bill The committee on l enrolled bills at once carried it to l the governor, who affixed his sigma ture
 The house Tuesday passed the fol 1 lowing senate bills: For an additional clerk for attorney general; to estab- l fish fencing district Nc. i in Inde= 1 pendence county; to prohibit killing of squirrels in Union, Ouachlta and Drew counties; to make salary of Lawrence county judge 1000; creating levee district No. 1 in Franklin county. House bills were passed as follows: To make it unlawful to kill Ipccoons and 'possums and to make a four-wire fence legal in Phillips county.
 Monday the senate passed bills as follows: To change name of lunatic asylum to State Hospital for Nervous Diseases; house bill for the relief of Mir Schuler, an ex-Confederate; to make it unlawful for road oyerseer to work for more than ten men at one time. except in emergencies; to pre- l vent obstruction of drains by felling l trees in them; house bill Ot make five wire fence lawful in Woodruff county i house bill for special road oyerseer i election in Nevada county. l
 Senator Amis handed in a report 1 for the committee on charitable fnsti- l tutfons on Senator Simpsons bill, making the governor and certain other state officers the governing toard of 1 the state charitable institutions. to- l gether with a petition from Governor Davis and all'the other state officials concerned, asking that Che bill be not 1 passed, as their duties, they declare, l are already so onerous that they do not think it would be justice 10 them 10 add more work te their espeetive offices.
 When the bloodhound bill was of fered in the house ty MT. Dudley, amendments were offered exemptinS l the following counties: Franklin, Stone, Independence, Hot Spring Van l l'hi tlAr liNNs NOl "eiN 4NNffNCht A'Ntih y 3 White. Montgomery. Fulton. Benton, Grant, Saline, Scott, Crawford. How ard, Miller. Sharp, Lonoke. Dallas. Logan, Nevada and Pike The bill and amendments were referred to the committee on county and probate courts.
 Senator MeFerrin's bill to empower county boards of health to place or ders issued by them in hands of sher- ifs or eonstables for service. passed the senate.
 A student of the Branch Normal school, for negroes, at Pine Bluff. pre- sented Speaker Cate with a gavel.
 C. F. Wiley was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate under the new act.
 House bill No. Al (Burgess), to sep arate the taxes paid by the whites and negroes, was discussed at length by the house Wednesday. The debate was on a motion by MT. Eldridge that it be indefinitely postponed.
 The deaf mute deficiency bill was signed Wednesday by the governor.
 
 The senate eoncurred in the house amendments to the deaf mute deficien- ey and newspaper and stamp bills 1 Therefore only teachers and those who leaned money will receive interest Members will receive thirty daily pa pers.
 Gov Davis sent to the senate Tues l 9ny ba n nf Eronlf ITa1l of Fayetteville and Dougal McMil1an of Philadelphia to he state university trustees, and J. C. Wallace of Russell vile to be chancellor of the Ninth district.
 The bill to repeal the act for the publication of delinquents on person al property was passed by the senate Wednesday. Ayes, 21; noes, 8.
 The minority report of the commit l lee on elections, which investigated tho contest instituted by R r. Ses- ions for the seat of !. M. Hongh, member of the house from Scott conn l ty was for unseating MT Hough and 5iyinS the seat to Mir. Sessions. The consideration by the house was post aoned one week, until January 30 !
 An unfavorable report was made to zho senate on the Gray bill to allow cities to change their names.
 NF. MeCal's bill to allow nonresi- dents to hunt in Lawrence county, l passed the senate
 The senate passed the house bill for special school district at Hount Olive, Faulkner county. The only bill considered by the house Thursday was MT Springers to create the special Salem school dis trict, which was passed.
 Mir Morrison's bill to raise the sal ary of the county judge of Perry coun- ty to $1000, passed the senate.
 The house bill for the incorpora- ton of the Order of the Eastern Star was passed by the senate.
 MT Butts bill to appropriate $5,00O for the use of the attorney general in employing assistant counsel in the prosecution of trusts, passed the sen- ate after a hard fight.
 
 MT. Glover introduced a concurrent resolution for a constitutional amend ment providing 2-mill general school tax and $1 per capita tax.
 A favorable report was returned by the committee on the Harrison sen.