The Monticellonian., 1905-02-02
IH|RIy-F|FTH SESSION
 OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SEGREGATION BILL INDEFINITE
 " POSTPONED.
NEW INSANE ASYLUM NAME
Senate Passed Bill to Provide Maimed Ex-Confederates With Artificial Limbs at the Expense of the State News and Notes.

News and Notes.
 The Burgess segregation bill was indefinitely postponed by the house Saturday after having been under dls- cussion for three days. The vote was 54 to 26. This is not taken as a de cisive voice that the proposed segre- gation of taxes for whites and blacks is dead, but that many members favor the method of allowing the people to vote on a proposed amendment to the | constitution. This motion to indeti- nitely postpone the segregation bill was made by MT. EldriGgc and brought forth the first general debate on the session The vote on indefinite post ponement was as follows:
 Anderson of Benton, Anderson of Garland, Arnold, Avery, Baskin, Beck, Black of Marion. Black of Sebastian, Bolton. Bowen, Brooks, Burk, Cham bers. Clement. Clerget Coleman, Cook, Dudley. DuLaney, Duncan, Eldridge, Fletcher. Fuller. Glover, Hooker. Hor- ton. Hough, Hunt, Isbell, Jackson of Howard, Jackson of Phillips, Jarrafd. Keel. Keith, Martineau Mason, Miller, NOWIlH, IeTIy. I lHudll, IeohCS' iNNA4 hardt. RoWen, Ruff, Seay, Simpson of Washington. Springer, Swepston. Thompson. Ward, White, Wilson, Vim and Yancey-ayes, 54
 Those voting nay were: Messrs. Abercrombie. Andrews of Nevada, Andrews of Sharp. Barker. Burgess. Burns, Craven, Farrar, Fields, Greene, Hamiter, Hazel. Holmes. Jones, Las ley McCollum, Magale, McDaniel, Moore. Peterson. Ross, Rowland. Simpson of Hampstead. Smith, Tarver, Wasson,-26.
 MT. Finley vas paired with Mr. Payne and Mc Hurst with MT. Ed monson.
 Saturday the house passed the Bar ker house bill to compel the Iron Mountain to maintain a depot at Bax- ter county and the Eldridge house bill to change the time of holding court in the third district so as to al low an extra week for Woodruff eoun- ty.
 The Arnold house bill, relative to the gathering of cotton statistes by county assessoris. was sent to the com mittee on agriculture.
 
 The governor vetoed MT. Gates bili. to change the corporate limits of Jonesboro. at his request, as it had been found to contain errors.
 
 The senate Friday passed the fol lowing senate bills: To provide de positary for Carroll county funds; to provide maimed ex-Confederates with artificial limbs at expense of state; for assistant journal clerk for senate and clerk for senate judiciary com mittee House bills passed were: To increase salary of Montgomery county judge. for special election in Nevada county to levy road tax; to make hVe wire fence legal in portions of Wood ruff county
 The house Friday passed the follow ing house bills. To amend the Ash down local option law; to authorize sale of sixteenth section lands in Flu reka Springs; to provide that legal eX- cautions shall take place in county Tn which crime was committed; to fix sal ary of road supervisor in Jackson county. Senate bills passed were: To increase salary of chancellor Of Fourth district $500 per annum; to create special Corning school district and authorize it to borrow money, to reg uiate railroad crossings in lncorpo- rated towns and cities (nouce of re- consideration given by MT. McCol- lum); to create the Plum Bayou levee district in Pulaski Jefferson and Lo- noke counties; to change name of in. sane asylum to Hospital for Nervous Diseases"
 The house refused to reconsider the vote by which the bill authorizing to change their names failed to pass.
 Messrs. Pindal and Hamiter were added to the house levee committee.
 Speaker Cate was absent Saturday and Monday and designated Mir FL dridge to preside Saturday and Mir. Pindall Monday.
 The house judiciary committee re- turned an adverse report on the Burns bill to repeal the chancery district act of the last session.
 MT. Smiths bill to establish the boundary line between Arkansas and Mississippi at Buck Island in Critten- den county, passed the senate.
 The Hardy squirrel bill, prohibiting the killing of that animal now applies to Ouachita county only. It has passed both bodies, but the senate re- fused to concur in the house amend ment adding Drew county.
 
 The house devoted Wednesday af- ternoon and all of Thursday to a dis cussion of a motion by Mir Eldridgs to indefinitely postpone Mir Burgess bill for the segregation of the school taxes.
 The house returned an unfavorable report on the Simpson bill to extend taxes for persons holding cotton.
 
 The senate passed the Rison bill, requiring two copies of each com plaint to be filed in suits.
 
 The Harrison bill. appropriating $500 to pay express on Kirby's digest to county officers, passed the sena te.
 Mir Whitley's anti-lobbying bill pro, vides that it shall be a misdemeanpr, punishable by fine of not less than s100 nor more than $500, half the fine