The Brinkley argus., 1907-05-03
THE ffpuse.

rho Ii,mse spcnt the greater part or ,ne day Wednc sday in Consnhttec or ,ne no hind passing on the various items ,,,,' oa saIary of school appropriation bll The saiars .b', thc superjntendent was reduced iron, ron @ ny committee recommendation or So,-VSp IPPth Pth annum to S2.s00. Other items passtu "Sn tbn hnt sIiebt changes. and as Whole ,ne Xiii was reduced but slightly from tne Recommendations made by the Joint cfari- ties Committee. .,. s.ssiop
 Among the bills passed at this sess,on ,os ono bv Mir Carl Lee, making It uAlaW fnI to hermit the running at large or slock and oiyipr persons taking up such stoch so cents for having taken IL up ana lo cents per day for feeding snme ,,,n rsct,ee of ncddJinq and requiring that peddiers III inc counties shall have county hcehse'
 The House Thursday passed the piil .hid% ssess to preserve the sixty acres of land surrounding the new state capi.oI
 A hill recognizing and regulating sus eestive therapeutics as nealins snssion nneuion passed the House at the morning ., sessioti;; t,; t-.der inc provisions of the bill "apsent treatment can be given only by those Who have eraduated in it's schools.
 trhe salary of the superintendent or the p,;nd I"stifute. which had been reduced to S1 500 in House Committee or the " hoie Wednesday, was Thursday restored 10 ss uu0 which is the sum paid the super intendent of the Deaf Mute Institute
 o1ber hills pa sscd al this session were !:
 Dv Mir Anderson. regulating the auction h,sincss and hours in which auctions shal' be held ,or of addi +;ans to cities to file their plats with the cn,,ntv clerk before disposlng Of lots..
 Ev Mir Stevens of the Ways and Means Committee) amending the inheritance ,aS law and raising the tax on large es'a'eS
 nrotest from the Arkansas Fedora tjon of Woman's Clubs, in session at TOT rest City against the pr1p9.isessu and asl ing inc Legislature to pass. law thar VIII nrotect fhe building to future posteriiy' was read Friday morning ..
 More than x100,000 was stri,ken rom tbe state university appropriation bill FIT day by the House in Committee or the Whole before that body had passed on q dozen items. The indications point to eontnusd clipping redueed ci rsf pf onethird from tie form in which 1t had passed the sen
 Tbe university deficiency bill was de c,.rad nassed at the Friday morning ses- sinn although it had not received the sup. nort of tw0-thirds of the membership or ibe body. Speaker Hamiter ruled that majority could pass the bill. this rullng was challenged by Mr. Killough, who served notice that he would later ask for a deil- nite ruling on the question:
 The Blind Institute bill has been about completed in the House and Will go to inc Senate within very short time for
 hII was introduced by Mir. Killongh u,bicb rcneoIs that part of the 1903 sta tutes authorizing the capitol commiss to dispcse of the property of the old state Mpitoi.
 The oldham anti-lynching bill met de feat in inc House saturday aIler SC s',. were attack made upon it's provisions py Messrs. Kllough and McCoilum, who cLaroed that it was revolutionary and would place the sheriff of any county m an attitude of dictating TO the Juulciais, .,,a y, v prisoner against whom the community was aroused and who feared that snGn prisoner would suffer from lynch law could order the Circuit Court Ill sessioh ,i9 i9r nni mediate train of the case. The bill was was tsalled m by MT. Powell, who stated that it was 4 solution of the lynch problem that had been presented by Father Lucey or believed it would serve to reduce mob vio, ience in inc South NIr. Rowel made strong plea that Arkansas give the law test. ,r 1i,,lev which prohibits smoking of cigarette. pipe or cigar in any hotel rotunda. rallfoad train or depot street car or pubic piace of any character where women are geher ally assembled with men. Hall rooms anu cafes are among the places where smok inr is 10 be absolutely tabooed.
 \ bill introduced by Mr. Qninn, wnlch songht to shorten the hours III the schooi room of the Fltles oi the hiat ni'' '' ,s class to maximum of five hours per day was taken up and oyefWhelminSly taa aeient that if discrimnated between the city schools and the rural schools, and he Ia vorcd leaving thS hours of school instfnc ton in the hand; of the directors or the
 Tpder the head of petitions and me, morials sIe Combs sent up petition rom many 4eitizena, asking for the enaci "aha aia of a ,aJ1sure that would authorize the cou,,tv luaae so provide a place in the court houses for an office for the county sur yeyors.