The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE.
 The House spent a quiet day Monday. much of the time being devoted 10 the roll call for the introduction and advancement of bills.
 tax levy for Confederate pensions from l miil to 12- mills was passed with only one
 Other biils passed by the House were To make fOur-wire fence a lawful fence Tn Crawford county; to provide for the elec- tlon of road overseers In Boone county to require the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain tracks and wards in Pine Bluf to compel the Rock Island to stop trains at Bellville to pay the judge oi Washington county a salary of s1.2j0 per annum.
 Among the new bills in the House were;
 By Mr Walker to require that In cOun- ties having two county seats county clerks shall keep at each seat in addition 10 the re- cords already kept. records of marks and brands. incorporation. estrays, adYertlse- ments for sale of delinquent lands and re- cords of lands sold the state and indi yiduals that the county collector shall keep one set of tax books at each seat; that the books at each seat until April 10, of each year for the payment of taxes and that the treasurer shall keep at each seat the funds of each of the school districts ID the respective judicial districts Read first
 By Mr Leigh. to enable persons having claims against insurance COmDduleS IudL may fail or go into the hands of receivers, to consolidate such claims and sue jointly. Read first time.
 By Nfr. McColum, to prohibit the plead Ing of the statute of limitation against the right of a town or city to open streets and alleys. Read first time.
 At 4 10 the House adjourned until Tues day morning.
 The bill by Representative Meade, to9 make the salaries of the chancellors of which withstood an attack Monday in the House, was up. again Tuesday and came out unscathed from another assault made upon 1t in the shape of an amendment. This particular amendment was by Repre- sentative Thomas, and was to the erect that instead of the salaries being fixed at S2.500 per annum the amount should be 15 cents per annum. The author Of the amendment said 1t was not offered for the purpose of fixing conpensations: and that its real object was to abolish the several chancery districts in the state Upon a viva voce vote motion to reject the amend ment prevailed
 the afternoon session in discussion of Senate concurrent resolution memorializ- 9g congress to pdss Fo1d o f aEe aTaab the waters of White river, in Missouri and in Arkansas, above Cotter for 9l electrical 1I,ad resolution was not adopted.
 Measures passed upon were as follows
 By MT. Anderson. to make valid copies or certain TecOTOS or GdTlduu equity udhl- aged in the fire at Hot Springs in February; 1905, was a special order and was read the third time Ii1t and passed ,uouoa, nro viding for one stenographer for the, chief justice of the Supreme Court and two stenographers for the associate justicesj: an amendment to authorize the justices to employ one stenographer at a salary of s1,206 per annum, which was adopted.
 bill was introduced at this session by Mir Black of Sebastian for the protection of natural gas and mineral oils in Arkansas.
 The Barker and Coleman demurrage bills were special orders in the House Wednes- up in discussions The principal speaker was MT. Coleman. who spoke for two hours his bill for that offered by Mir. Barker.
 At the morning session drastic amend ments to the bill by Mr. Moore of Inde- were adopted One in particular, by Mir Coleman, prohibits the soliciting or receiv, ing of orders for futures to be executed in this state or, elsewhere, and makes 1t unlawful to send an order by mail. tele- phone or telegraph for futures to be exc cuted in this, state or elsewhere. and for any telegraph company to deliver any message concerning the purchase or sale the purchase or sale of futures
 To House Bill No. so (Simpson), to provide room in the new state capitol as headouarters for the Arkansas division of the United Daughters of the Confeder- that when provision is made for the finish ing of the capitol an appropriation may be made for the purchase of cases for the preservation of Confederate battle flags and other historical articles, and that in stead of the room being set aside for the federacy 1t shall be for the filing of his torical documents and archives.
 New bills introduced at this session were
 By Mir. Partain, to amend section 514O of Kirby's Digest relating to the clandes- tine sale of intoxicating liquors, by pro vidng that when a house has been leased for lawful purposes and is used as blind tiger it shall be the duty of the owner to cause the tenant to vacate the house. and If he refuses the owner shall take steps to procure possession. It also makes the running of blind tiger" sufficient cause for the cancellation of a lease
 By Mir Quinn, for the protection of pas sengers on trains and to prohibit drumming or soliciting for hotels, bath houses, eat ing houses or doctors on trains or plat forms and at depots
 The House Thursday refused to adopt the motion by Representative Coleman to make his demurrage bill substitute for a measure on the same subject by Repre- debate the greater part of the day before and at all of today's session after the
 The principal objection to the Coleman bill was that it did not prescribe a penalty against the railroads.
 The Barker bill was championed by Rep resentative Hartsell Ross, Foster, and by its author.
 Tn commemoration of the 175th anniver- sary of the birthday of George Washing ton. the House adjourned Friday shortly before noon. until Saturday morning. Al though 1t was Senate day only one bill emanating from the upper body was con sidered. Suspension of the rules for the consideration of House bills was the order, and 1t was after II o'clock before the House took up Senate business The one Senate bill considered was the formation of drainage district in Phillips county, and half an hour was consumed in Its reading.
 The House. which was the only body of the General Assembly in session Saturday, transacted more business than on any day since the converting of the session.
 Three especially important bills were passed during the morning session. The