The Monticellonian., 1905-03-09

sessed, shall. in case she shall die in- testate, pass and go to her husband for life and shall then descend to her next of kin. read the first and second times and referred to the Judiciary committee.
 A bill to require railroads to give notice to consignees within twelve hours after the arrival of con signments. read the first and second times and referred to the committee on railroads.
 Providing that corporations or individuals may erect water dams on nayigable streams in the state for the purpose of generating cleo tricity or running mining machinery. read the first and second times. and referred to the committee on in- ternal improvements.
 House joint resolution No. ' (GlOv- er), proposing an amendment to the constitution that for the support of the common schools there shall be levied a general tax, not to exceed two mills, a per capita tax of $l and au-
 
 tax not to exceed five mills. was read the second time and referred to the committee on constitutional amend. ments.
 Providing for the taxation of all life insurance policies as personal property, read once; to amend the sec, tions in regard to Confederate pen> sons. It increases the allowances and provides that neither the applicant nor his wife. shall be owners of prop erty to the value of over $500 instead of $400 as at present.
 Authorizing the teaching of clement ary agriculture in the common schools of the state.
 To make it unlawful to drive cattle from one county to another in the spring, simmer and fall for the pur- pose of grazing on the range lands. Representative Chambers in troducei a bill to annul the con tract between the state and the Arkansas Chair Co. for leasing of the state c9nyicts and a reso- lution was offered by Mir. Moore providing that in view Of the agita- 1 tf-n over reduced cotton acreage in tae South 10 cotton be raised by the e5nEicts on the state farm during the years 1895 and t906.
 General Assembly Notes.
 The house spent one entire after noon in parliamentary wrangle oy- CT the bill introduced by Representa-. tive Rowland of Boone county, to abol. ish Greek fratesaities in the univer- sity of Arkansas. The friends of the measure made a strong effort to have fl placed on its final passage, but on that motion they lacked one vote to secure the necessary two thirds.
 The house adjourned without taking any action as to the final disposition Of the bill. Every amendment to the biil was voted down
 The faculty and students of Maddox Seminary at Little Rock have been invited to visit the legislature
 The governor announced that he has approved house bill No. 2S (Seay). providing Chat legal executions shall take place in the county Tn which the crime is committed, and house bill Nc. III. fixing the salaries of county judges of several counties.
 A bill has passed the senate ap- propriating $35,o00 for the republica- ton of the forty-four volumes of the Supreme Court reports which are now out of print.
 The bill to license embalmers has been defeated.
 An invitation to visit Hot Springs was refused by the senate.
 Senator Adams license bill caused much discussion in the senate. The bill provides for an oppor- tunity to vote out liquor in the state as q whole. but failing in this. the present local option law is left practically as it stands now.
 The Bill changing the laws relating to the practice of medicine so that persons not holding license as phy- sicians. but curing by other means. may not be debarred from practicing was dpfA2tpd in tbp senate