The Green Forest tribune., 1907-03-15
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

1 LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Explaining the purposes and intent of | his bull prohibiting non-residents from pur- | chasing. owning acquiring property iD | this state, Senator Mcknight admitted that | his bill originally drawn was too dras- | tic. and that it would require some amend | nentS before it would meet the con | tingencies aimed at II merely wanted to | propose a law that would keep the corpo- | ration land gEabbers from coming into the | state and capturing all our lands said | | Senator Mcknight Tn my county the sit | ua:ion is an extreme one, and if legisla 1 l tion bad been enacted many years ago on | this line. modest country homes would | | now be constructed hundreds of acres | of valuable land that are owned by for | eign capitalists for no purpose. The lands
 We're originally, purchased for the timber When the timber is removed there is no | disposition of the land The foreign cor
 poration holds it for high prices, and the | farme" cannot come in and buy a home |
 rather latc now to eratt law to keep l thr land d-grabbing t"ruorations out. but | | It mHT save the situation in other counties l
 The blll should he amended so as not to | work any hardship on any person desir- |
 ing to make q home here. and then passed 1 Mr McCnlum made a strong speech in | the House Friday in opposition to the Mont |
 gonery bill providing for Jury trials and | for q change of venue in cities of second | | class and towns He declared that is is in | no wise antagnostic 10 the people of the l | country. IaNOffng the IOWnS, put tnaC the |
 proposition to grant a change of venue is | one which will work much harm to all
 concerned. He pointed to the fact that | il many instances young boys from the
 country are arrested in the towns for vioIat- | ing some law, and when tried before the
 mayor they are fined in keeping with the l 0tfense With the right of jury trial they
 should be sent to another section of the |
 country, and an aacqqttal might result. He 1 bought to pass this bill would result in prac-
 titaily abolishing mayors courts in this
 ,'tate.
 Senator John Holland of Sebastian coun- l ty, one of the most aggressive members l of the Upper Legislative bodT. introduced
 a bill in the Senate Monday which amends l proposed will prohibit any saloon proprie- | tor opegator or employe or any person
 directly interested in the sale of intoI- l cants from serving as judge or clerk in any l election held in the state wherein the ques 1 lion of license license is an issue in
 rhe election. It is stated that in several | of the counties of the state saloon men l have been named as clerks and judges. and i have been factor to be overcome by the
 people opposed to the sale of liquor.
 An important meeting of the Senate
 Committee on Railroads was held Friday
 afternoon. which resulted in reeom- l mendations on two measures and third will be held up pending further investi | gation The Goodwin bill. winch requires l freight engines to have headlights which l will throw a light so rods in advance was
 amended as to require headlights to be l placed on all engines of lighting strength l of at least 1.5o0 candlepower | bill requiring settlements for loss or 1 damage to express freight within three l days was so amended as to give ten days l for such settlement of claim. The joint committee on banking of the 1 General Assembly heard committee of the
 Arkansas Bankers Association Thursday l state banking law that has been drafted
 by committee of the association. The
 gT9hmmttee Thn of ,ob bankers , was composed 2 or
 1 Sparks of Fort Smith and C. T. Walker
 George W. Rogers and Sam ". Reyburn of l Little Rock 1t was stated by one of the
 bankers that they desire d law that would 1 prevent a man with 8 sign, safe and
 q set of books from opening up a bank
 ,o. The Senate Committee on Judiciary yes
 tor-Edmondson bill demanding the abroga- l tion or the Arkansas Brick and Manufactur> Ing Company contract, with the recom | mendatien that it do not pass. Six mem- 1 beiS of the committee were present when | the vote was taken and there was but one
 dissenting voice to the vote The bill de | handed that the convict contract be abro- | gated. and that the convicts be turned over
 to the state penitentiary warden. Acting Governor Moore sent a message 1 to the senate Thursday announcing the fol |
 lowing lowing appointments as members of the
 home; J. M. Keller of Hot Springs J. II. | l lenow. Dan W. Jones and Jonathan Kel-
 Of Pine Bluff. The announcement of the | | appointments was received with applause l Tn the Senate. | Failing in a motion for a suspension | of the rules for the purpose of calling up | a Dill Thursday. Representative shannon | Of Benton county said it was evident that | some other person could represent his coun- | y better than he and stated that he thought | he should resign. When asked later if he in- | l tended reSigQiQp he rpDlipd that hp nld | do so if the members would accept his | | resignation.
 The Senate Committee on Education held | l q meeting Monday afternoon and took up | l the Mcknight bill, which seeks to leave the | | matter of apportioning the school taxes | | with school supervisor, making it possi | | ble for a segregation of, the taxes be- | | tween the races in the distribution for | educational purposes. The committee re- | | port will be that the bill do not pass | On roll call on the passage of a bill | | during the morning session Tuesday in the l | time during the session that quorum had | | failed to be present. and it some time | l before quorum was secured: Many of the | members were in the Senate chamber at | | the time listening to the aguments on the | | sixty-day extension resolution. The announcement In the press that the | 1 Oldham bill would be special order for l | Wednesday was sufficient to attract a | | throng Before the Senate was called to | order at the morning session the galleries | were crowded. Chairs were brought into | | the chamber and every available Inch ot floor space was pressed into service by the | anxious attendants. The Senate Committee on Mines has de- l | cided to return the Lee bill to the Senate | without committee recommendation. This | | is the bill that repeals the present law in l regard to the screening of coal, and after l | hearing had been given both miners and | opera tors last week, the committee was un- | l decided to what to report in the prem l ises. resolution by Mfr. Killough urging the | attorney general, auditor and other of | hcers whose duty 1t Is to enforce the anti l and declaring it the sense of the House 1 that reinsurance is violation of the law and should not be permitted, was adopted in the House Thursday. The House Committee on Judiciary, after | considering Senate Bill No. SS (Harrison), l providing for an increase of the salaries l $4000 per annum, reported 1t with the l recommendation that It pass. All the mem- 1 beIs of the committee expressed themselves | as heartily In favor of the bill.
 Rev. W. T. Amis, Judge J. R. Wood, Col. William McGugan and others rep | resenting the Citizens Industrial Union
 | at Hot Springs, are in Little Rock for the | purpose of conferring with the State execu- | tive officers regarding the enforcement of
 the Amis anti-pool selling bill in Hot | Springs.
 1 In executive session Tuesday the Senate I aA3 o1A x,<Jb bx,