The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-07
TEE HOUSE.

to attend a banquet on March '. After rather spirited debate the resolution was and Mir. McGollum of Hope voting in the
 House bills passed at this session were:
 By (Commttee on Education). to make mills instead of ? mills, and to provide that the district tax shall not be greater assessed value of the taxable property of the district, instead of one-half Of l per cent.
 and transmitting electricity. ,,
 There were twelve new bills introduced character. Among them were:
 By Mr. Thomas to provide that here after all citizens of Arkansas shall have the same right to hunt and fish in any county in the state as citizens or that county.
 By Mir Walker. to amend section 7267 of kirby'S Digest relating to labor on high ways, by providing that any person subject to work on roads and highways may pay I5 cents per day for each day he is sub. to the credit of the road district in the county treasury.
 By Mir. Whaley. to compel all officers names of all persons arrested. and to make 1t unlawful for persons arrested to give fictitious names.
 servant bill by Senator kie Oldham. apply ing to employees of railroads and coal mines About an hour and half was spent ID discussing the measure. and on the roll call there was only one vote against it's passage Objections were urged that tn bill was deficient in phraseolOgy and it was construed by some members as apply ing to the employees of all corporations ana in addition it was stated that the punctua- who suggested the defects in the bill said they did so only in order that a perfect measure might be passed. but that if 1t was insisted that the Oldham oili snSnih Sian
 The afternoon session was devoted to the reading of snae t b sacond apd tmss
 The only Senate bill passed at the after noon session was one by senator Slmms prohibiting the issuance of saloon licenses outside the corporate limits or nunlcIpaF ities.
 The measure by Representative Meade: making the salaries of all chancellors Of the state uniform at s2.500 per annum had a narrow margin in the House wed nesday The vote was A ayes to 39 noes.
 The demurrage bill by Mir. Barker, over which there has been so much discussion in the House was passed without debate, with only one dissenting vote.
 A bill by Mir. Roby to provide Tor the confiscation and destruction of pistols found on persons convicted of unlawfully carrying them. was passed.
 New bills introduced at this session
 By MT. Stevens. to provide that every person. company or corporation In the stats which shal buy. for the purpose t oI fermented liquors or blended spirits or Tn toxicating liquor of any kind, shall. in ad- dtion to the taxes already provided. pay pay as a license tax two per centum on the total amount of purchases made. which shall go to the general revenue fund ot the state It requires that a record shall ha tyar@ f ha har of oal bought for sale and ordered for another, and the price paid or the cost of the same. It Is substitute for House Bill No. 59 somewhat similar measure.
 By Committee on Militia. to promote the ef- ficiency of the Arkansas Narional Guard and to prescribe rules and regulations for
 By Messrs. Hamiter and Jackson. to create the office of county superintendent In each coAnty.
 In the House Thursday afternoon the entire session was devoted to a discus sion of the amendment by Representative killoqgh to the bill ty Representattse naaan rye tax levy In the St Francis levee district from cents to 10 cents an acre. but after spending two hours and half on the sub ject, adjournment was taken witbcut decision being reached.
 Bills passed during the morning hour were:
 By Messrs Kizzia and JacR>on to make drunkenness at public gatherings. such as picnics. barbecues children's day exercises Sunday school and church services, literary societies or on trains. misdemeanor, pun ishable by fine or not less than Slo nor more than $25.
 My Mr Lasley. amending the drainage laws by authorizing the re-assessment of property for widening or deepening drain age ditches canals, to prescribe the manner in which taxes are to be collected to create a sinking fund. and fixing penalty for obstructing drainage ditches.
 MT. McCracken introduced a bill at tni session to provide for the separation of whites and negroes in public examinations for teachers license.
 Other bills introduced were of purely local character.
 At 80 o'clock the House adjourned until Friday morning.
 For the first time during the session of the present House, the journal of the pre- xious days proceedings was not read ways insists upon the reading. not in his seat during the early part of the mornings session. which accounts, probab- ly. for its not being read
 The House spent much of the day Fri day in considering the roads bill by Sen ator Arnold, and amendments to exempt several counties from its provisions were
 Only local matters were considered during the balance of the session, and at an early hour the House adjourned until Monday morning.
 The fellow servant bill by Senator Kie Oldham of Pulaski county. which has pass ed both the Senate and House, and will in a few days go to the governor for his approval is as follows:
 "A Bill for an Act to Be Entitled An Act
 to Give Right of Action Against an Em-
 ployer for Injuries or Death Resulting
 to His Agents, Employees or Servants,
 Either from the Employers Negligence
 or from the Negligence of Some of His
 Other Employees, Servants or Agents, and
 to Repeal Ali Acts and Parts of Acts in
 Conflict Herewith.
 Be It Enacted by the General Assembly
 of the State of Arkansas
 Section l. That hereafter all railroad companies operating within this state whether incorporated or not, and all cor porations of every kind and character, and every company whether incorporated or not, engaged In the mining of coal. who iLr- ,tc nrAlo