The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-03
/ Legislative N k \Proceedings /
THE SENATE.

resolution.
 The reform school appropriation meas ure, carrying S32,S00. was called up for final passage by Senator Rector The bill had previously been considered in Com mended with an amendment by Senator Rowland. giving the penitentiary. physi- elan $50 month to attend the inmates of the reform school The bill passed with only one dissenting vote.
 The Patterson bill asking for S35.oO0 for the payment of the state guard. which was defeated and recSnsdered last week was passed with only seven dissenting votes
 The Cloud measure repeating the Lee was passed Under the measure the sheriff or collector cannot take out bun- de of the receipts, but must have an or der for every receipt that is issued. The idea of the bill is to prevent certain coun= ty officials from using the poll tax receipts for the purpose of carrying elections. The appropriati ton bill as passed by the Senate. carries nearly half a million dol lars divided among the, following depart S192,10O; executive, $44.0OO; mainten- ance and repair of state house. and state departments. s133 3.36o; governors office, $s.o0o; office of secretary of state. sS,- ditor's office. S14.207 treasurer's office. $11,974; land commissioners office, SIP tions office. $6.1T2; office of commis- sioners of mines, manufacturers and agrl- culture $3;ooo; clerk of Supreme Courts 1S7; janitors wages. S3,720. The Rowell bill prohibiting any railroad In the state from working it's telegraph operators for more than eight hours in a shift was passed by unanimous vote in the Senate Tuesday. Several hundred teleglams from different parts of the state were received in favor of the bill. The Cravens measure, making il a mis- l demeanor for an individual or public body to spend more money than was appropriat- ed by law for the purpose was read d senting votes The bili is aimed at the university trustees. and others who have been presenting deficiency bills at every session of the legislature. Senator Goodwin introduced bill allow ing the school commissioners to increase the school funds of the state for the pur- pose of securing additional funds for the erection of school houses.
 Hospital for Nervous Diseases, carrying more than $4O0,000, was considered in Committee of the Whole and passed by the Senate without change in exactly est action that has ever been taken on an appropriation bill of this magnitude in the present session.
 The Rowland resolution which authorizes the attorney general to bring suit against the railroads in the state to recover $500. 900 in taxes that have been due since i. The Senate killed the Goodwin bill which has for it's object the investment of the school funds of the state by the State | Board of School Commissioners At pres ent all of the school funds of the state are | invested in Arkansas bonds that are draw | ing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, and the Goodwin measure is to provide for the | investment of the funds in the various | school districts of the state at the rate l Of , per cent. the money to be used for building purposes. The bill was passed in of The bill by Senator Patterson. allowing the shooting of ducks and snipe at ali times in the year was passed by vote of Is to [. New bills introduced By Senator Honey, requiring water com panies to comply with the provisions of caused by the violation of the same. By Senator Cloud, giving to traction en- zines the same rights on the roads of the state that automobiles have. providing that broken
 By Senator Bush. giving to the railroad commission power to fix rates on interur- ban trains.
 The Senate consumed nearly all of Thurs day in the consideration and disposal of local bills. It refused to recede from it's amendment to the Reform School bill re quiring the penitentiary physician to serve as physician at the Re | form School. and amended the bill pro
 
 Court reports by authorizing the board to receive bids from publishers outside the state and to award the contract to the lowest bidder irrespective of locality. The only bill of general character intro huced in the Senate was presented by Sen ator DeRositt, providing for the building of a macadamized road from Fort smith through the counties of Sebastian. Craw- ford. Franklin. Johnson, Pope, Conway, Faulkner. Pulaski. Lonoke, Prairie, Mon roe. St. Francis and Crittenden counties to tI,a icci iSSin 1.iy Q Memphis. The bill approprates S2o,OO00 for the survey and location of the road and provides for the creation of board of commissioners to look after it's eonStrIc- ton.
 Senator Mcknight presided over the de- Alterations of the Senate Friday.
 ing Ths b s or the noM the House bill by Mr. Leigh regulating the employment of child labor h and House judges and clerks of elections from $l
 House bill by Mir. Barker. regulating magnetic healing, also encountered Sena- tor Wingo's opposition He spoke against the measure. attempted to have it tabled and later moved to indefinitely postpone Its further consideration. but failed in both instances The bill was accorded a first reading but motion to suspend the
 
 lost A number of House local bills were passed and others advanced in the stage of Legislation.
 New bill in Senate: By Senator Gross, ty request. for the relief of w. II. Maxey of Crawford county, providing for an ap- propriation of $50 to reimburse him for the purchase of a tract of land belonging to the United States but which was sold to him by the state Read twice and re- ferred to the Judiciary Committed.
 For the second time during the session the Senate convened Saturday morning at $ 80 The reading of the journal was dispensed with and Senator Nance was called to the chair.
 In accordance with the request of the Arkansas State Association of Bankers, Senator Goodwin introduced bll to SC cure the negotiable paper law. in this law law The N' biiI iii introduced by the senator from Bradley is copy of the New York law.
 The appropriation bill for the Deaf Mute Institution. and house cuts bringing down the amount by about S10,Q00 were not con cured in.
 The university deficnency bill, amended so as to be noneffective until November 1. 1907, was passed in the Senate Satur- day morning as amended n the House.
 The Yopp commercial fertilizer bill was passed bill was introduced by Senator lee prohibiting the importation of cotton seed that has been exposed to the boil weevil.
 Two measures by Senator Ningo were passed The first one fixes the passenger fare on mixed trains over b miles at cents. The other bill by the Senator from Seyier amends the foreign corporations act and fixes the penalties so that they cannot be misunderstood
 The first night session of the year was held "Wednesday, after. a resolution had been passed, introduced by Mir McCol- lum which prohibited other local meas ures from being taken up at these ex- tended sessions.