The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-28
THE HOUSE..

The Dill Dy MT. McDanlel to increase the tax levy for Confederate pensions from mill to 12- mills was passed. with only one dissenting vote
 Other bills passed by the House were To make four-wire fence lawful fence In Crawford county to provide for the cleo tion of road overseers in Boone county to require the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain to erect and maintain viaduct over the tracks and yards in Pine Bluff; to compel the Rock Island to stop trains at Bellville; to pay the judge of Washington county salary of $1,250 per annum.
 Among the new bills in the House were
 By Mir. Walker, to require that in coun- ties having two county seats, county clerks shall keep at each seat in addition to the re- cords already kept. records of marks ana brands, incorporation, estrays, advertise cords of lands sold the state and indi viduals that the county collector shall keep one set of tax books at each seat that the sheriff and collector shall keep the tax books at each seat until April 10. of each year for the payment of taxes: and that funds of each of the school districts in the, respective judicial districts Read first and second times
 claims against insurance companies that may fail or go into the hands of receivers to consolidate such claims and sue jointly. By MT. McCollum;. to prohibit the plead ing of the statute of limitation against the right of a town or city to open streets and alleys. Read first time
 At 4 10 the House adjourned until Tues day morning
 The bill by Representative Meade, to make the salaries of the chancellors of the state uniform at $2.5O0 per annum, which withstood an attack Monday in the House, was up again Tuesday and came out unscathed from another assault made upon it in the shape of an amendment This particular amendment was by Repre- sentative Thomas and was to the effect that instead of the salaries being fixed at s2.500 per annum the amount should be 15 cents per annum. The author of the amendment said it was not offered for the purpose of fixing conpensations. and that it's real object. was to abolish the several chancery districts ill the state Upon viva voce vote motion to reject the amend ment prevailed.
 The House spent an hour and a half of the afternoon session in a discussion or Senate concurrent resolution memorabilia ing Congress to pass bill introduced by the waters of White river, in Missouri and in Arkansas above Cotter for electrical purposes, without impeding navigation. The resolution not adopted
 Measures passed upon were as follows
 By Mir. Anderson, to make valid copies of certain records of Garland county dam aged in the fire at Hot Springs in February 1905, a special order and was read the thit time and passed.
 To Senate Bill No. 76 (Holland). pro. viding for one stenographer for the. chief justice of the Supreme Court and two stenographers for the associate justicesj. the House Committee on Judiciary offered
 
 employ one stenographer at a salary of s1,200 per annum, which was adopted
 bill was introduced at this session by Mir. Black of Sebastian for the protection of natural gas and mineral oils in Arkansas.
 The Barker and Coleman demurrage bills were special orders in the House Wednes day and all of the afternoon session and part of the morning session was taken up in discussions. The principal speaker was Mir. Coleman. who spoke for two hours q n his bill for that offered by MT. Barker.
 At the mo morning 1jn} session drastic amend pendence, to prohibit dealings in futures were adopted One in particular, by Mir. Coleman. prohibits the soliciting or receiv ing of orders for futures to be executed in this state or. elsewhere and makes ii unlawful to send order by mail. tele phone or telegraph for futures to be. exc message concerning the purchase or sale of futures or which contains a report of
 To House Bill No. so (Simpson), to provide room in the new state capitol as of the tinted paughters of the Confeder acy, amendments were adopted providing that when provision is made for. the finish ing of the capitol an appropriation may be made for the purchase of cases for the preservation of Confederate battle flags and other historical articles and that in stead of the room being set aside for the headquaIters of the Daughters of the Con federacy it shall be for the filing of his torical documents and archives. .
 New bills introduced at this session were
 sBy MT. Partain, to amend section 514o of Kirby's Digest, relating to the clandes- tine sale of Intoxicating lIquors by pro for lawful purposes and is used as blind tiger" it shall be the duty of the owner to cause the tenant to vacate the house and if he refuses the owner shall take steps to procure possession It also makes the running of blind tiger" sufficient cause for the cancellation of a lease.
 By Mr. Quinn, for the protection of pas sengers on trains and to prohibit drumming or soliciting for hotels, bath houses, eat forms and at depots.
 The House Thursday refused to adopt the motion by Representative Coleman to make his demurrage bill substitute for a measure the same subject by Repre- sentative Barker The motion was under debate the greater part of the day before morning hour.
 The principal objection to the Coleman bill was that it did not prescribe penalty against the railroads.
 The Barker bill was championed by Rep resentative Hartsell, Ross, Foster and by its author.
 In commemoration of the 175th anniver sary of the birthday of George Washing ton. the House adjourned Friday. shortly before noon. until Saturday morning. Al though it was Senate day only one bill emanating from the upper body was con sidered. Suspension of the rules for the consideration of House bills was the order and it after II o'clock before the House took up Senate business. The one Senate bill considered was the formation of drainage district in Phillips county and half an hour was consumed in its reading
 The House, which was the only body of the General Assembly in session Saturday. transacted more business than on any day since the converting of the session.
 Three especially important bills were passed during the morning. session. The first to receive consideration was the bill by representative Black of Sebastian to increase the powers of the Railroad Com