Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-03-21
TIE ROUSE.

TIE ROUSE.
The House was the only branch Of the
\ General Assembly in SESSION Saturday, the
! Senate hnTing adjourned Friday at noon
until Monday.
| resentative Dulaney which authorizes and
regulates the cancellation of liquor licenses,
| passed the House. The bill fought
on the floor of the House and referred
to as being much tOO drastic. The sec
tion to which particular objection was made
is the one that provides that yiol ation of
certain sections of Kirby's Digest by either
the keeper of saloon or dramshop or MS
! employees shall be ground for the revocation
of the license, and it was also contended
that the section providing that after re
| vocation of license no part of the tax paid
| shall be refunded, was unjust. An attempt
was made to place the bill back on its sec
| oud reading for the purpose of amendment,
but motion to that effect was lost on
a tie vote
In accordance with resolution adopted
Friday. the Speaker announced the ap-
| Dulaney, Beck and Anderson as members
of a committee to draft an Insurance bill.
The entire afternoon was devoted to the
consideration of local bills, and number
of measures were passed, and several new
| local bills were offered.
At > o'clock the House Adjourned until
Monday morning.
The bill by Mr. Roby to enforce compli-
ance with contracts for labor under when
money and supplies are secured in ad-
vance, and providing a penalty Of m
prisonment for failure to comply with the
contract. was, taken up in the House Mon
day Amendments to exempt A. coun-
ties were adopted and further considera-
ton of the bill was deferred until Wed
nesday.
At the morning session a resolution
providing for night session was adopted,
but in the afternoon the vote by which the
resolution was adopted was reconsidered
and a motion to table the resolution pre-
House bills considered and amended
were
TO bill by Mr. Stevens. providing for
the payment of a tax on intoxicating II
mont was adopted to not make the pill
liable of construction to authorize the
selling or buying of intoxicants in districts
now prohibited or to repeal any existing
Mr.. Beck called IN House Bill No, 1433,
to make insanity cause for the grant,
by Mr.. Monroe was adopted. It provides
that if the defendant is an inmate OF the
Arkansas State Hospital for Nervous 3;,'o.ds
must file a certificate from the superin-
tendent of that institution showing thal
the defendant is incurably insane. which,
however shall not estop the chancellor
from having other proof in the case,
Mr.. Black of Marion called up House
of drugs and to regulate the manufacture
and sale of patent or proprietary medl-
cines, but at his suggestion furthe con con
sideration of the measure was deferred
until Thursday morning.
The House Tuesday indefinitely post
pOned the bill by Senator Simms providing
| imprisonment for laborers who secure
goods or money in advance for the per,
carry ont the contracts.
New bills in the House were
By Mr.. Ross, to require accident lnSnf
ance companies to file certain statements
| will Dty clerks provides that COM
panes issuing blanket policies inSuIlnS
the employees of corporations shall file
ations whose employees are insured and
copy of the form of the policy. ..---
BY Mr. scrimshire to punish Violations lt ms
by providing that persons violating them
shall be. guilty of felony. punlsLaDles
by bI IN the nd not less
than one year.
The House took up the bill by the Com
mittpe on Militia Wednesday. providing APP
preparations for he support of the Arkansas
State Guard. The item providing 500 per
month for the use of the adtutant general 5
departments was rejected. The second sec
tion, appropriating $4,000 for military
encampment. target practice, marches
etc. was adopted after a discussion. me me
two sections were the only ones considered
" The bill by Mr. LEIGH regulating the
employment of child labor was passed.
department of the University of Arkansas
an amendment was adopted to make me
bill become effective December 81, 1908.
The bill by Representative Moore of
Independence and Heartsill to prohibit
dealings in futures. was passed by the
House at the morning session Thursday
by a vote of IA to 4. Several members
who voted for the measure expressed their
belief that it would not accomplish the
purpose for which it was intended, and Mr..
| McColum stated that he thought the bl!l
a combination of the features of two bills
on the subject and Mr.. Moore OF lndepend-
ence. one of the authors, said he was Will
ing to confess that there were some sec
tions in the measure that he would rather
not have in it.
tempted to get his bill TO make the state
convict farm at Cummins the pententi.
airy of Arkansas; under consideration, but
| under motion by Mr.. White further con
sideration of the measure was postponed
until Anrll l.
The House passed the bilI by Mr.. Nc
| make railroads liable absolutely for loss or
damage to goods. wares or merchandise
while in transit. 1t provides that the con
agent at point of destination within ten
days after receipt OF goods that payment
suit. and if he gets Judgment he may
be entitled to damages in the amount of
| three times his claim.
Among the new bills. mostly local were
BY Joint Comttee on Charities. for the
support. maintenance and government OF
the Arkansas Deaf Mute Institute
BY Mr.. Combs. to render more effective
| the laws in relation to bastardy.
| The House Friday passed the bill by Mr..
| Hazel of Poinsett county. being the mea-
I sure for the maintenance of'the st. Francis
Levee District.
Another important bill passed was that
| by Senator Harrison. to increase the salary
| of the Supreme Court judges to 81, 900 per
| YEAR an Increase of $1,000 per year. This
| bill also met opposition in the House, %
members voting against the bill But Its
passage was chinched by the vote to recon
| slider the vote by which 1t passed and to
lay that motion on the table.
The passage of the Arnold Coed Roads
Bill in the House was another important
measure Mr.. Heartsill sent up. q written
protest against the passage of the bill.
and asked that it be made a part OF the
records. which was done.
The bill by Senator Bush to add jail |
sentence to the punishment for carrying |
concealed weapons, was also passed in
the House.
nurinp tho forenoon session of ba uouco |