The Monticellonian., 1907-03-14
THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE.
 Ky a bare majority of one vote tho House Monday passed q resolution by Rep. resentative Jackson providing for the px. tension nf the session Of the General As semby sixty days. or up to and inelud- ing May H. It required c votes. or two thirds of ali the members elected, 10 pass the resolution. But one amendment was offered tp the resolution that by Mr. Eos fer providing for an extension of thirty days. and ii was rejected by vote ef
 The House passed resolution extend ing thanks te James If. Berry, whose teI m as nited States senator expired Monday, for fhe service hr has rendered the stntr and nation duing the twenty-five years he spent in the upper body of the national
 Much of inc time of the House was de. voted To the bill b increase thu tax levy iH the St Francis levee district from six cents tO len cents an acre An agreement WIS reached among the members from the | eded tp accept Mr. kI1eugh'S amend meni io make the tax eight cents an acre. and this amendment was adopted
 New bills introduced were
 By Committee on Ways and Means mak= ing appropriation for the expenses ni the legislative. executive and iadielal d9nart= msntS of the stale government
 By NJ Met sacken. To prevent the abandonment af wives and children by hus5 bands and fathers. + makes wlfull abau denment or failn.r to prayde= misde# meanoH. punishable hy fine df from S23 i2 Sae0 and Imprisonment in Cuunty iall or from 3o days tu six months
 Mr. Hunt tHtroaHced i1uss i9int Rcsp'1t ton No. l, propasing an amendment te ies constitution To allow eIie~ and inrafno# rated towns h issue bands for public i'm ptnyements and ta allow counties te issue bonds for road pnlHaSes.
 The House spent great deal of time Tuesday considering the bill by SeratH SImmS to enforce compliance with contracts in certain instances The bill ts intended td apply especially to negro farm hands wHa contract to labor and secure pfoyiSranS and money in advaace and then taa To fulhll the contract. Ths bill narrowly es capped indefinite postpanement as in mo tiun 10 that effect the vote was 31 a5"s t0 3I noes. II was made q speclal eId'f fer Tuesday morning
 .rhe oniV now bill introduced at thts 7ss= san was one by MT RoWei giving mpr9y".. meui districts the right ID assess r4fn2d tracks. riEbt=ef way and sideiiaekS IAe sa!ae as ether property in the district
 The bill by Representative Ralch which scelts to change the insurance law so that any foreign or domestic corporation shait be permitted to do business ia Atkausis without fine or forfeiture. upon compliance with the insurance laws or the Slate. Pfp- Vided fl k not member of aF Eafl& iA any n0ol, trust. etc, made in this Staie or elsewhere fo regulate premiums Oh prnp=
 
 day afternoon and placed m its huai pa- sage Speeches in support of the b1ti were made ny Messrs.. raleh and Heek, aud t4 opposition by MesSrs. Run. Foster and Meade While Mr. Beck was talking he yielded t9 a motion 10 adjourn. and ne on the bill Is resumed Thursday
 The House has finally framed an anti#fu- lures bill. and Ii will he known as lhe Moore tof independence 1leartsill bill. in asmnch as it embodes the principal lea lures of measures on the subject intfns dueed hy those representatives.
 At the morning session the House razse.' the bill by Mr Powell amending seefian 567G and 56II of kirhy's Digest so as ta give improvement districts the right to a> seSs railroad tracks and the right af way the same is other praperty in the district.
 New bills introduced in the House were
 By Mr. Andrews to reqHire railroad com nanieS to establish regnlar raX day. mt later than the 10th of each month.
 House Joint Resolution Ne. i1. hY NJ Carl Lee proposing an amendment to thc bends for road and bridge DurpoSeS. it provides that the bonds shall al no tsnee eXeeed the amount of ten her eeat of tao assessed value of the taxable property of the county that the rate of interest shl not exceed five per centum per annum. aad that the amount and Speciiie ebieei fer which bridge and roads bonds may h" r. sued and used in any one year shall b" authorized and determined by a majority of the electors of the county as shown bL the assessors hook last filed. at speeial election for that purpose. and at such times as may be determined and fixed by the com tvs quorum court
 House Rll Ne. l. by Representative Raleh which was carried over from Wednesdays session. was taken m sssn Thsday morning dsb,t s snafS M5 took up the greater part of two days. and which was termed by Representative Jack son as q rehearsal of campaign speeehes. The vote on the measure WAS :a ayes t1 l5 noes The finishing touch was put to the bill under motion by Mr, Finley to reconsider the. vote nv which the bill failed to pass and to lay that motion on the tahle, which was adopted by vote of Il ayes to 37 noes.
 During the morning session the folown, bills were read and passed:
 By MT Davis of Clark to provide that the minimum number of men employed on freight trains shall be one engineer, ono conductor one fireman and three b"ak"- men. The bill does not apply to roads less than fifty miles in length. where trains consist of less than 2J ears or du"tnI strikes of trainmen on the lines affected.
 By Mr, Skaggs. 10 require that all ship ners and buyers nf stock shall keep T reg ister of the brands of their stock and that station agents shali keep a record of live stock shipped. amendments were adonted to include butchers and to fix penalty for -Sailure to keep the register and for making of false entries therein
 IT, House passed comparatively m important session Friday Only a few bills were discussed and acted upon. The fight of the day came over Senate Bill No B. by Senator Montgomery. to provide for jury trials and change of venue in cities of the second class and in incorporated towns, and al the hour of adjournment was still pend ing so.,. ,4..,,noa, ..o ,.,,o,a. resolution at the morning session
 Whereas. It is apparent to all that the citizens of this State need better insurance and.
 Whereas The manhood of Arkansas re fuses to bow the knees to the behest of the trusts G>id combines; therefore. be 1t
 Resolved by the House of Representa- tives That the Speaker Is hereby empower ed to appoint committee consisting of five members of the House. whose duties shall he to prepare a bill of insurance for the better protection of the people of this state" This resolution was adopted.
 The bill by Senator Mckenzie to req arrange the appointment of university trustees SD as to represent each of the seven congress sional districts passed by a vote of T5 ayes and noes
 The House was the only branch of thr General Assembly in sesson Saturday. the Senate haging adjourned Friday at noon until Monday.
 By n vote of 43 to 2s the bill by Rep resentatlve Dulanev which authorizes and regulates the cancellation of liquor licenses passed the House. The bill was fought on the -ioor of the House and was referred to as being much too drastic. The sec. ton to which particular objection was made is the one that provides that violation of certain sections of kirby's Digest by either the keeper Of 2 saloon or dramshop or his employees shall be ground fof fhe revocation of the license. and il was also coutended that the section providing that after re. vocation of license no part of the tax paid shall be refunded. was unjust An attempt made to place the bill back on its see nnd reading for the purpose of amendment but a motion to that effect was lost on a tie vote
 In accordance with resolution adopted Friday. the Speaker announced the ap-