The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-22
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES. bill that was presented in the House l Monday and read the hrst ana seeou s | times and which provides for the redeem Ing of the Governor Jones notes Will caust those who are not familiar win 'ne pnss the | history of the state to ask, nat arc '"e | Governor Jones notesF A.. | In 1897 tbe state made arrangements 10 pay s1G0 GOO to the general governmen, in IL. | 2 compromise settl lement consunl may liateo ,hs | that year To make up this amount, tne | Legislature. passed an act pTo'autns from | the borrowing of part Of thls sum lro.a ,Ina | the Internal Improvement funo aho h ,,ow' l Swamp Land fund and authorized the sos | ernor to execute his note for the amounts l borrowed The governor at that time was Dan W. Jones and he dfew orsT two horpow m | ed from the swamp land fund ana me other for $59 3391O for the sum dra~h drh from the internal improvements; fnnd Eatn ta | of these notes bore interest at the rate | If 2 per cent per annum from the date ol
 The sinking fund from which it is pur- | posed by the House bill to draw lhe | amount for the rcdeeming of these notes was created for the purpose ol paSlhE 'hr debts of the state It m ma1~aineu and the act F | of the Legislature. Ou January l. or thlS year. there was in the sinking fund slo,.. | 2a5.02 an amount sufficient to redeem the
 
 | interest accruing Oh the bonds that the | 'tate owes
 The entire amount of the two notes with the interent thereon amounts to aooN' | tl24 .699.14
 l Auditor F. Moore suggested the pay ment of these notes in his report ot l9o0 0k
 | Abe Dredel left the Senate Thursday afternoon after adjournment, bringing to close his career as a law maker. He | was appointed one month ago 10 represent | the Seventeenth senatorial district, com | posed of Drew and Desha counties, ming the vacancy caused by the death of How | ard Robb Senator Dreidel was never an aspirant for political honors and was sur tie conveyed the news of his appointment | 10 him When the special election was or dcred Senator preidel refused to allow his name to be submitted to the people. saying he did not want the office The special election was held Saturday. a successor was elected. and if is more than probable that Senator Rreidel will not again an. swer the roll call as representative of the people of Desha and Drew.
 | In the bill for the support of the Ar kansas Deaf Mute Institute the approprta l tion asked for is in the aggregate. the same as the bill passed at the last session. | Under the bill introduced Thursday. the | salary of the superintendent of the tnSti | tute is increased from Sl.2OO per annum 10 $l6oo per annum. It also provides for the employment of 22 literary teachers instead of 20. and the appropriation there fore is increased from S2i .35o to S25,00o
 The appropriation to pay the current ex | penses of the institute is increased from s55,oo0 to S66,ooO. There Is also an ap- propration of Si2.OOO to pay for the build ing, constructing. furnishing. heating. light | ing and connecting with the water system a building 10 be used as general store | room gymnasium and additional class and bed fooms.
 Senator Montgomery introduced a bill Tn the Senate Wednesday fixing the maximum rates that any person may be charged with | in the state for sleeping ear aceom0dations
 The main provisions are one half a cent mile shall be charged when pas senger is not occupying a berth, and no l sleeping car later than o'clock at night | without purchasing berth. The rate and charge for occupying lower berth | from o'clock night until o'clock the | next morning shall be S2oo, and for upper berths Fl. The bill also provides that no mileage shall be collected from passengers | riding in q sleeping car after such paSsen ger has been furnished with a berth
 Realizing that il Is getting behind in the passage of numerous local measures, l the House has adopted tactics that will soon result In evening matters between the business of the two bodies. Monday l will he devoted 10 local measures, Tuesday | will be devoted as usual to the considera- | ton of Senate business, and Wednesday again hh Mil be sNen , to local measurfs from | Legislation in this manner will keep down floor conflicts and the House will soon have the calendar cleared for the more import | ant measures.
 The following. counties, were exempted RGa9s Eom the PFo'995 Of [ne Arnold Go9d Carroll, Ashley. pesha Boone. Drew. Col. umbia White, Cleveland, Union. Chicot, | Stone sharp. St Francis. Ouachita John son Van Buren. Cleburne Randolph. Jack son. Montgomery, lzard Little River. Grant, Hot spring. Bradley, Arkansas. Lawrence, | Perry. Lee. Dallas, Conway, Marion, Pope, Baxter and Clay.
 The Confederate veteran camp of Little l Rock al recent meeting passed resolu- tions thanking Senators Legate and Car lock for the support they gave the measure | increasing the tax levy for Confederate pensions to such an extent that each pen | sioner would receive the full amount allow ed by the Pension Board. Senator Legate | is Republican and Senator Carlock is q Confederate veteran.
 One of the most important measures to | be presented before this legislative session l Is resolution by Mir. Wells which seeks 10 submit to the voters a proposed amend | ment to the constitution providing that | Representatives and Senator's shall be elect. ed for four years, and that in the future, the legislative sessions shall be quadrennal | instead of biennial. except on the call of the governor.
 The Senate Railroad Committee Thursday afternoon recommended for passage the | joint bill by Senators Goodwin and Wingo | which prohibits railroad companies from allowing their employees to work for R longer period than l6 hours without an intermisslon of eight hours in which to rest and recuperate. In emergencies the operation of the law would be suspended.
 Hon. X, O. rindall of Arkansas City has been elected 10 the Senate from the | Seventeenth district composed of Desha and brew counties. The election was to choose q successor to the late Howard Il. ff.,I ,ta. I. z the Legislature. As the term is hold over one Mr Pindal will also be . member of the Senate in 1906.
 Walter Parsons, assistant chief clerk In the House, received n message Saturday announcing that his mother was very low | and not expected to live through the night. Mir Parsons left for his home in Jonesboro 1 on the night train, accompanied by Secre- tary George rrevathan of the Senate.
 The Rector anti-futurcs and anti-buck- ! ct shop bill. one of the most drastic that has been presented in the present Leglsla- ture was acted on fayorably in the Senate
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