Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-03-07
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THE SENATE.

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THE SENATE.
After heated and somewhat sensational
debate tae Senate Monday by one major
ity, passed the Greenhaw pure food bill,
food law enacted by Congress several
months ago Senator Patterson, who intro
duced the antipatent medicine bill early in
the session. took the floor in opposition TO
the Greenhaw measure and intimated that
outside influence had been brought to bear
to defeat his measure.
The motto of the state, "Regnant Pop
ul, which is erroneous. is sought to be
corrected in bill introduced by Senator
ulus," meaning The people rule. Reg
nant Populi" means the peoples chat is,
the tribes or nations) rulS' His object
is to have the change inscribed on the new
capitol dome
Another bill passed at this session was
one repeating all laws antagonistic to Greek
letter fraternities at the University of Ar
kansas and authorizing the faculty to CON
troll the matter in the future.
hi me senate t also th passed the pa6ters9n
on public roads. Each county is permitted
to work the convicts sent up from that
| particular county.
Senator Oldham introduced a bill to re.
| peal section 1856 of kirby's Digest, and
! giving the Supreme Court reporter the
| right to accept law cases whenever they
| are rendered
One of the most important bills intro,
| duced in the Senate Tuesday was by Sen
| ator Legate, which makes it unlawful to
| permit any cotton buyer cotton shipper, or
| cotton factor, to own or operate or become
| an officers or director in any company or
corporation owning or operating any cot
| ton compress plant in this state. and re-
! quires persons companies, or corporations
| owning or operating cotton compress plants
! to furnish the names of the owners or
| operators, or their officers and directors,
to the attorney general of the state when
| the latter demands 1t.
| Senator Patterson introduced bill rails
| ing the salary of the governor of the state
| to $4,000 after the expiration of the pres
ent term OF office.
1t being House day in the Senate, TWEEN
ty-nine House bills We're given two readings iI
New bills introduced were:
By Senator Arnold-Requiring the pres
ident or secretary OF every 6 ieorporatl19}n
statement of the cash capital. cash value
of real estate and personal estate, and in
| debtedness.
BY Senator Carlock-An act giving the
people the right to vote as to whether ma
tive wines shall be sold in one-hfth gallon
| quantities. the same as when voting Tor
| license or against license.
The Senate Wednesday, passed the de-
| ficiency bill for the University of Arkansas
| 1t developed that a bill would be intro
! duced prohibiting the state department
In the future from. assuming, any obiga.
During the morning Senator simms
called up the bill which appropriates SID
| 900 for the jamestown exposition h1t
| it failed of passage, not receiving the
necessary two-thirds vote. a-.-
Lambert, requiring railroads to drain their
road-beds within 200 yards of station
and providing for agricultural and dem
| onstration farms in each county.
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| Senator De Rositt, providing for the work
| ing of convicts on the public roads by
Improvement districts to make an oath
| Ihen placing assessments on valuation.
The vote by which the appropriation Of
$4,000 was killed the day ~ before before: was was
after the bill had received 20 votes for
and 9 against was declared passed. A
question remains as to whether the bin
requires two-thirds of all members elected
or two-thirds of those present and voting
before it can be legay passed eSo,oo ., +,e
people of the Ninth senatorial district, in
was oficially received in rhe Senate at
this session. Acting Governor John Ike
Moore administered the oath OF Office
Senate Bill No. 1866, by Senator Pat
terson, was taken up for the purpose OF
This. is the patent, medicine bin which
requires the formula to be printed in
plain type as large as brewer size on
every proprietary medicine sold in the
state The Senate Committee on Public
Health had amended the bill so as to
require physicians also to write their pre-
Scriptions in plain English, and the drug
gist preparing the medicine to copy the
prescription on the label whenever request
ed to do so by the. purchaser. After
lengthy debate in which a number of msm
bers took part, the committee amendment
was stricken from the bill, and the whole
subject made special order for next
hDfc
Other bills passed at this session were
BY Senators Amis and Goodwin. requlr-
ing railroad companies to hle annually
statement and schedule of all real and
personal property in the state.
BY Senator Mckenzie, prohibiting the
sale or giving away of cigarettes in the
BY Senator Arnold. making the Doyle
measurement of logs the recognized legal
measurement in this state.
BY Senator Holland, providing for an
asylum for the insane in Sebastian cOun-
ty. and authorizing that county to appro-
PIRATE money for the establishment of
same
~ Senator Mccall. providing that the
county seat of no county shall be changed
until after those petitioning its change
shall have deposited the sum of $4,000 in
cash to be donated toward the building of
the new county court house in the new
seat of government
BY Senator Goodwin. authorizing the
State Board of Education to invest the
special school districts.
New bills Introduced in the Senate were
BY Senator Milan-An act to shorten
the time for closing up administrations
from three years, as now prescribed to
IS months.
BY Senator Mcknight Requiring notes
and bonds to be listed for taxation. and
prescribing how they shall be stamped
to show that they have been so listed
By Senator Goodwin.-An act to permit
shippers to execute bond and receive freight
in advance of bills of ladng after having
made surety.
BY Senator Rowland.-To protect ship
pers from delay in the shipment of cattle
or live stock and requiring stock trains
To make at least Is miles an hour in
transit
The Committee on State Capitol of the
Senate and House which are making in
quiry In the building of Arkansas new
state house, were endorsed as to the meth
DDS they are employing in making the in