The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
\ k Proceedings
THE SENATE.

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 penssd with Monday morning and Senator
 Rowland was called to the chair
 Under the head of special orders the
 900 as amended by the House, was taken l up. The amendment merely provides that | the measure shall not go into effect until 1 prevent a deficiency in the treasury at | the present time The bill as amended | was passed with only few dissenting | votes.
 At this juncture ex-Senator James Der | " entered the Senate chamber. All of
 the members applauded the distinguished statesman. and on motion of Senator Sims l granted the privileges of the floor by | unanimous vote. Senator Berry thanked l the members of the Upper House for the
 privilege th3t h2d been accorded him and ! Congratulated the members of the Logisla- l ture on having passed through the session | without the least suspicion of corruption l or crime directed toward them. He declared | that the Thirty-sixth General Assembly
 was credit to the state, and he was l proud of the labors that the members had | performed in behalf Of the people of the 1 state.
 | On motion of Senator Iamiter recess | of ten minutes was taken in order to give l the members of the Senate an opportunity 1 to meet ex-Senator Berry.
 | The reading of the journal was dispensed with Tuesday morning and Senator Simms | was called to the chair
 1 The Senate Tuesday afternoon killed the l Abercrombie bill providing for the work Ing of conyiets on the public roads of the l state and with the death of this measure l legislation e.n this subject at the present l session of the Legislature is practically at
 an end. Tour bills along the same line have 1 been killed in the past four months. There | is still one more pending, the DeRossitt- | Montgomery bill. that was combination or | all convict road bills that had died. This
 measure is in the I1oase and as 1t has never been read there is but little probabil- 1 ity that it will ever get as far as roll l call. The Abercrombie bill was killed by l vote of 15 eto 12.
 1 The Barker bill providing for the reg ulation of magnetic healing in the state, narrowly escaped being tabled. An amend ment to the measure making 1t apply to | Drew county exclusively was referred with l the measure to the Committee on Public | Health.
 The Kilough bill, providing that the GO acres surrounding the new state house
 shall never be sold. was passed Tuesday l afternoon with six d,isenting votes The supporters of the bill were for the most part | in favor of selling the land in few years
 when the values increased and as to the | features of the bill that provides that the
 land shall never be sold it was generally conceded that the Legislature had no au- l thorlty to make such a provision. l Senator Pindall presided over the de- 1 Alterations of the Senate Wednesday morn l ing. Tine reading of the journal was dis pensed with and the work began at once on 1 the special ord1rs.
 1 the Cloud-Goodwln anti-gamblng bill by one
 vote. The measure is a copy of the ia
 nous Wilson anti-gambling bill that was l doctorcd and rendered invalid six years ago l after it had passed both Houses. The bill l considered Wednesday provides heavy pen l alties in cases where officers of the law fail 1 to prosecute gamblers In cases where the
 to their notice. The general opinion of the | Senate was that the penalties in the bill
 were too drastic and that there were enough | anti i-gambling bills on the statute books | al officers | enforce them.
 The Rhoton bribery law was in the Sen | ate for several hours Wednesday. Under
 this measure which was prepared by Prose l cutting Attorney Ehoton of Pulaski county | at the request of the committee appointed | to cooperate with him earlier in the ses- sion. the receiver Of bribe is made as l liable as the giver. and soliciting and re-
 ceivng are placed on the. same footing
 The maximum penalty is also raised from
 two years in the penitentiary to five years | Senator, Holland was of the opinion that
 under the bill man could be convicted l of bribery on the unsupported word Of an | on ita '""ord reading for the purpose o- | amer
 Senator Yopp presided the delib erations of the Upper House Thursday | morning The reading of the journal was | dispensed with and the special orders were | taken in hand.
 Senator Rowland introduced bill Thurs
 day morning appropriat:ng @25.00O to pay
 the mileage and per diem of the members
 of the egsatnrs G ntn the original rg mat appfopra l The Wingo bill providing Tor the estab | lishment of a state normal school. passed | the Senate Thursday afternoon with only
 five dissenting votes. The measure ear | ries an appropriation of S15.00O. a reduc- | ton of $2o,o00 in the amount carried in
 the original measure: Under the terms | s3.. coo for q building will secure the | school.
 The reading of the journal was dis | pensed with Friday morning. and Senator l Wingo was called to the chair. With only ope dissenting vote, that of
 Senator Legate; the upper ,Iseo House Friday | the House by Judge Martin of Crittepden,
 repeating the bill of civil rights other | wise known as chapter 1o of the statutes | memory of the present generation that an | Arkansas Legislature has repealed a whole | chapter of the statutes at one time; | The Rowland bill, appropriating S2o.0OO for the per diem and mileage of the mem | bers of the Legislature, passed the Senate l without any trouble. | Joint Capitol Commission. the results of | the labors of that body since the second l week of the session in Investigating, the
 state house, The minority report of Sena, | tor Otis Wipgo of Sevier was read at the conclusion of the regular report.
 The death knel of the cigarette-.hope- | made and tailor -made-was sounded Sat l urday morning when the House passed the | anti-cigarette bill introduced in the Sen
 ate during the third week of the session Dy | Senator Mckenzie of Nevada county. Ear | ly next week the measure will be approved | by the governor. and on January 1, 1908. l the sale or giving away of cigarettes or | cigarette paper in the state of Arkansas
 will be misdemeanor punishable rna h,l by nof | made effective immediately to allow the cig- | arctic dealers until the beginning of the
 new year to dispose of their stocks.
 The bill by Senator Lee appropriating | sGOOOO for the completion of the new l penitentlary and making. certain other pro, l visions for the care and the pro:ction of | conyicts was read twice in the House 1 Saturday afternoon. One of the provisions l of the bill provides that no convict guards | shall be used at any time. Mir. Black of l Marion sent up an amendment to the eff l feet that the convict guards shall be used | in cases of necessity. The amendment was
 adopted This provision was in the bill as | originally drawn but was cut out ln the 1 Senate through the efforts of Senator Pat | terson.
 l The House opened night session without | quorum Tuesday. and again the services l of the sergeant were called for. l After a brief delay a sufficient number to | transact business were registered and sev- l eIal local bills were taken up and passed. | Senate bills of local character were also
 advanced to second reading. After an hour | the quorum had diminished again, and the | House adjourned with but 43 members l present.
 l Members of the House who have been l gaining recognition through megaphone l voices and logged determination are to be | overlooked in the future, according to a l statement from Speaker Hamiter Thursday | night Twice during the evening session l thp Sneaker WaS scored for overlooking cer.