The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
.Legislatiye \ Proceedings
THE SENATE.

| aion At the petition of fifteen property holders townshlp may hold A stock law election and by pctttton of iftY the county | can follow the same procedure. Among the bills passed at this session were
 Ky Senator wingo. requiring foreign cor. | porations 10 fife deeds of incorporation and | 10 fix q standard of fees required for en, trance into the State
 Ky Senator IIamlfer. requiring all com. | presses in the State to attend to all cot- | ton given to th"m without discrimination aud empowering the fnlroad commission To see that the law is obeyed By Senator Cloud. prohibiting all games | of chance and liking the penalties on os lcars who do not take cognizance of gam bling within their jurisdiction. By Senator Martin. providing for the | disposition of the penitentiary prisoners after he expiration of the Dickinson and Reeves contracts.
 By Senator Cloud, providing for he AS
 sessment of corporations in the county In which their property Is situated By Senator Harrison, refunding te thn citizens of the siate half of the value of
 the cattle slaughtered by the state eatHe | inspectors
 By senator Mckenzie for tha protection | of tsla, minority stockholders of corpora tion
 The Senate Tuesday morning pa ssed he
 Moor. Heartsll bneket shop bill ny | unanimous vote, thereby showing the dis.
 a.presal If the pper House for tho tac- ties hal had been resprted to to render | the Set invalid
 bill was introduced hy Senator Amis | asking the State tp appropriate s31.ood convi.t farm in Lincoln county The work Is td he done hy the Auhurn and Lin
 wood lever districts operating in coniunc. | tion with the I,cniteniary Board Tn. Senate adjonrned al noon in hnnnr
 Of thf visit of William Jennings Bryan. Tho Senate Wednesday nassed bill rais= | ing :he salaries of all the circuit indges | in the state from S9ou0 tn S3.on0 per ann III. The salaries of inc supreme and
 ehaneere judges have already been In. | crea srd
 blll introduced by tho acting governor earlier in the session. giving the county th" sges of , and l4 from homes where | the environment is bad, wa called up and passed
 Ttp special committee appointed to draw | ID state banking law reported q bill that Ia drawn to cover the entire situation | The bill provides far the appointment of | s eo}amlslsoaer of banks al a sararX of N. sSo year He has plenary powers in the | regulation of the banking institutions of the stste Fees are ta be paid into his otiico accordinG ta fhe invested capital in
 on he loanlng and investing powers of hanks The bill iS in many details similar 1ae GommIftee on Penitentiarg intro dneed a bill in the Senate appruprinting sG0 6oo for the completion of the state penitentiary nder the bill fhe eonYietS are To assist in The erection of Inc
 bankment Besides lhe appropriation the bill contains several provisions foe the bel fer perfection of the eRnvietS The men | cannot he worked mare than reasonable 'ea.fh of fime. bcffrs quarters must ha pro"ided- no negro guards are to be em nOyed and inc superintendent k autholi2ed L. employ one hundred guards Hho are not con Vit,iS
 \ bin bv Senators Patterson and Rnsh was introduced prohibiting monopoieS in the distribution of news in thc state. 4 bill regulating the practice of mas sage and oSteopathv in the State. intro- ducsd by senator Milan. was passed The Martin uniform text book bill was advanced
 tn a third reading but no votc was taken. the matter going over as unfinished hnsis
 ness.
 The Senate Thursday morning passed
 the Martin state uniform text bill by n
 for inc establishmcnt of a State Texf Book Commission. te be appointed by the super intendant of public instruction. q member
 in the state and one from the state at large. who shall be secretary of the board Tho board shall have the power to formul ate state series of text books. and any county examiner. toler.ting the nsc of any other than the state series in the common schools of his county fS made guilty Of A misdemeanor standard price k fraj | on all state books. and II Is a violatio9
 of the law Ia sell the hooka aheve or ba
 low the standard price fixed by the com mission Three thousand dollars is appro priaicd to carry the act Into effect. A bill by Senator Patterson. providing for the payment of the members of the
 state guard who served during the yellow fever scare of fAoi. vas considered m Committee of the Whole. The bill carries m appropriation of 5000. and each sol der who served during that time will rc- ..piy., < ,u day besides the i3 cents that has already been paid by the government. Upon an attempt to place the bill on its third reading there was q hitch. lt appears that S2I.oo0 was appropriated two years ago ta pay certain persons connected win the quarantine work. and II WAS claimed hy some of the senators thai the dt>paSI. ton of the money was not on record and ne one seemed 10 know mnrh ahnHt il. on ,hr motion of Senator oldham a committer composed nf Senators cloud Martin and Browning was apnOintcd io look into the matter and in the meantime the Pattcr-
 son bill was postponed until next Nednes day afternoon.
 rhe appropriation bf1 for tAe aerleal- tural experiment. station cafryinE S6i.2on e drawn m by the late Sapa4ar Thomp- son was considered il fte Commiitee of fhe Whole with disastrous ie>ults. When tbe bill got back to the senate proper
 S&2.700 had been taken from II mer< than half of the entire appropriation. senator neNenzfe ntrodu ed bill an | n~enristiuv St 6o0 for tho uSe of thc Arkan-
 sas Historical Commission in order thai they might continue thefr work and bring out Spcond volume of the fepofi recently issHed by Inc body.
 Friday was House day in tue Senate.
 
 all of a local nature
 Senator Oldham asked that the rlIlHs hH sn Spended. and introduced senate Biil No. 4ui tGapitol Gommitteel, for the purpose nf aupropriating S2,5Oo for the purpose of pa ving thr expenses of inc ioinl tapltol committee Senate went into Committee of The Whole and considered the bill Tn" c..mmitipe recommended the passage of the bill.
 Thr r,,ifS were also suspended in order to consider the bill of Senator Mccall which calls for creating drainage board,
 aud taxation of land for drainage purposes Riu was read the third time and passed
 bv vote of 25 to |
 The Senate was not in s.sslon during
 the afternoon.
 The Committee on Agriculture recom'
 mended that the measure by Senator Ioney
 providing heavy penalties for the theft
 of dogs be reported unfavorabiy. The com
 miffee agreed that the sentiment in the bill
 was good but the penalty In the measure
 was Ouf of proportion 70 the crime For
 the failure to advertise the finding of dog
 belonging 70 someone else a person was
 liable under the Honey bill to a term in
 the penitentiary The bill was introduced
 hv the senator from Jefferson at the request
 of fox hunters of the state who have been
 tornhI-d with inc theft of valuable dogs
 and the committee was of the opinion that
 the measure had been drawn up by some
 man who was in a passion al the tiAft
 oyer the loss of a valuable csnine.