The Brinkley argus., 1907-05-10
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 Proceedings
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 Senator Pindall presided over the e Alterations of the Senate Wednesday mora ing The reading of the journal was ois- | penscd with and the work began at once on | the special ordlrs - .,u.a the Cloud Goodwin anti-gambiing blll by one vote The measure Is copy or tne Ie nous Wilson antigambling bill that vas vas doctored and rendered inv1ild SIX yemss sSE sss,, | considered Wednesday provides heavy pen, sities in cases where officers cf the law lsil | to prosecute gamblers in cases where tne | infractions of the law have been DrouGht | to their notice The general opinion or the | Esnate was that the penalties In the Dl,i | were too drastic and that there were enougn anti gambling bills on the Ma,n.e o,,,s ooUis | already If the omcers or 'he IN" ""~ | enforce them.
 [ The Rhoton bribery law was Tn the pen. ate for several hours Wednesday: under | this measure, which wns prepared Dy frose-
 cutting Attorney Rhoton of Pulaski county
 st the request of the committee appointed | to cooperate with him earlier In the ses-
 sion. the receiver of orlpe Ie,.n, ,v "s" .nS re- | ceiying are placed on the same footlng | The maximum penalty Is also raised rom | two years in the penitentlary to hye years | Senator Holland was of the opinion tna, under the bill man could be convicteo
 of bribery on the unsupported wordsoi an 1 aecomplice. and the bill was placed Dacs '
 on It's second reading for the purpose o' amendment.
 Senator yopp presided over the .,,osdn de,iD,
 erstions of the readpe uGpsr of the Journal was dispensed with and the special orders were | taken in hand. ~u, ,rs
 Senator Rowland introduced bill Thurs. l day morning appropriating <25.OOO to pay l the mileage and per diem of the members of the Legislature. the original appropria- | ton of S1OO.0O0 having run out.
 The Wingo bill. providing Tor the estab, 1 l,shment of n state normal school; passed the Senate Thursday afternoon with only | Ave dissenting votes. The measure car ton of s26.o6O in the amount carried h inc original measure. Under the terms of the bill the town giving the ground and Sa5. 5.OOO for a building will secure the school.
 The reading of the journal was dis penscd with Friday morning and senator
 nSG was on, called nee tH se vote that Senator Legate. the upper House Friday morning passed the bill introduced into the House by Judge Martin ot s nr,t'ennsr, athsr, wise known as chapter 10 of the statutes of Arkansas. This Is the first time In the memory of the present generation thsL sn h Arkansas Legislature has repealed wnoae chapter of the statutes at one time
 The Rowland bill, appropriating $2o,OOo for the per diem and mileage Of the mem bers of the Legislature, passed the Sensss
 Senator Oldham sent up the report of the Jojnt Capitol Commission, the results of the iabors of that body since the secche z week of the session in Investigating the state house. The minority report or Sena- tor Otis Wingo of Sevier was read at tne conclusion of the regular report.
 The surprise of the session was sprung in the Senate Monday afternoon when the upper house passed a bill introduced py Senator Milan exempting Garland county from the provisions of the Amls bill pro hibiting ali kinds of betting in connection with horse-racing Under the provisions of the measure no racing n% season cam cnnntiss ties holding agricultural fairs are entltieo to the same privileges as Garland under the bill. The presidents announcement le,r prise, as no one had expected such . F suit. The vote on the bill was IT to 14. The penitentIary approPrlatiS"n ",,o o,li' a, car the University Agricultural Experiment Station. carrying $30.O0O. =. bill for the domestication of foreign cor porations. was passed Under the provis- Ions of the measure, which to- large extent Is q re-enactment of the old statute a corporation before being allowed to do business in the state must file with the secretary of state articles of incorpora- d name of the person residing in the state upon whom service may be had. Every court In the state shall have Jurisdiction over the corpora tions that do business h the district dominated by said court.
 The Senate Tuesday in Committee of the Whole adopted that section " 9d 'ne ne store the muster rolls of tine Arkansas troops in the Confederate service, ana passed the Abercrombie bil which pro Wf fnr ba of public roads, all counties except 32 being exempted from the provisions of the act.
 The bill by Mir. oldham providing for the punishment of any person who sends warning to another for the purpose or intimidation was passed In the Senate
 Several important House bills were con sidered and advanced to a stage where. when taken up again. they may be finally disposed of
 The second section of the Ross bill. the one which has proven objectionable to the foreign corporations. which It demands shall become domestic. was prepared before the Senate Committee on Corporations sIderatIon. Mir. Ross wrote the section and it was later adopted
 The reason the section was added. said Mir. Ross. was that 1t was believed the bill would be incomplete without 1t. un- der the section the foreign companies are to be under the same control and sub)ec' 10 the same rules as local corporations
 
 subjected to all the same conditions To have left this section out would have left a discrimination which might have invaii- dated the bill. l would oppose the repeal of the second section of the bill. That Kind of measure would practically repeal the purpose of the whole affair. and l will op- | pose It. and end~avor to have the law | stand as the Senate and House have ap- | proved It."
 Mir Ross does not like the suggestion | that his measure passed under false colors. 1 The Mcdaniel bill. which modifies many | of the features of the Ross net, affecting 1 foreign corporations doing business in Ar l kansas Is made special order In the 1 Senate for Monday, and promises to be l one of the most important matters to be
 considered by the Legislature In the week. 1 The bill has been read twice in the Sen l ate It Is expected that 1t will be given .
 third reading Monday and will reach the 1 House Tuesday. Friends Of the measure
 are hopeful of It's final enactment. since | a great majority of those affected by IL. who | ton to IT, II k reported that many state | officials who have examined the Mcdaniel 1 bill carefully are convinced that 1t Is a 1 fair measure and Will not oppose It's pas | sage Unless opposition not now expected 1 springs from some unexpected source, 1t
 is thought that the bill will be given first
 and second reading In the House Tuesday | and will come up Tor hnal passage before | the week Is oyer.
 | lt Is very probable that the Iron Noun l tain Railroad will contest the action of the l Legislature on the bill recently passed which | compels that road to operate all of It's pas
 senger trains on the Fort smith branch | through Coal IIill. small station located l an the nid Iron Mnttntntu rotitc to Eort