The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-21
/ Legislative '
 Proceedings
THE SENATE.

The Senate Monday passed bill which furnishing material can file liens on i'm proved property from the 90 days now provided for by law to one year. The bill was opposed by Senators Oldham ana Amis on the ground that titles to i'm proved real estate would not be cleared untll This time had elapsed, and that the enactment of such law would put a damper on real estate investments. The bill passed by vote of IT to D
 Many new bills were introduced ana ana several were passed The he copnfmatio2 pnard nf Trustees for the Confederate Home. which were submitted last week by Acting Gov ernor Moore, was among the days pro ceedlnss.
 No action was taken on the situation at Hot Springs. although it had been reported that resolution would be lntroduee9 authorizing the acting governor to send the militia to Hot Springs If he thought 1t necessary to enforce the provisions Of the Amis antipool selling law,
 The blanket prohibition bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Carlock, by re quest which would abolish all saloons Tn the state if the majority in the sttaewas against license. failed to pass by a vote
 Acting Governor Moore through mes sage to the Senate. announced his approval of Senate Bill No. S4. by Senator Toney, changing the time of the state election from the first Monday to the second Mon day in September and Senate Bill No.
 
 the fellow servant bill.
 Bills passed by the Senate were:
 By Senator Arnold. legalizing the sum moning of jurors and witnesses over the telephone
 By Senator Nance. providing penalties of from S10 to $50 for offering or giving money or other thing of value to any rail- road employe for setting out freight cars to the advantage of any shipper as against another.
 number of trustees of the University of Arkansas by the appointment of one from each congressional district. and adding the superintendent of public instruction to the
 By Senator Rowland making railroads or other common carriers jointly liable for injury or damage to freight or express.
 By Senator Goodwin, requiring three brakemen to be employed on every freight train of twenty cars or more run in thls state.
 By Senator Mcknight. requiring rail road companies to repair crossings within twenty days after notice instead of after sixty days as now provided.
 The Senate Tuesday by a vote of 19 to 8 passed the Patterson bill raising the salary of the governor of the state from
 The Senate passed House bill by Mir. Black of Sebastian county, increasing the powers of the Railroad commission, giving it authority to act upon petitions for the construction of sidings and depots and the improvement of railroad service: by MT. Kizzia. prohibiting drunkenness in public gatherings or on trains and making the minimum fine S10 for each ofense, and one by Senator Hush. making the sums in which capital stock in corporations shall be divided 8 instead of $25.
 The Oldham annexation bill was revived in the Senate Wednesday by a vote of 15 to II, the vote by which the measure had been defeated was reconsidered, and the bill is now on the calendar in the same shape for final action as other bills which have not passed to a final action.
 At the afternoon session the Bush Dill, redistricting the common school districts of the state to conform to the political townships was killed, the vote being 19 to '
 Bills passed by the Senate were:
 By Senator Rowland. requiring correct weights to be stamped on the outside of all packages containing a produce or com modities to be sold by weights.
 By Senator Browning, changing the gen eral drainage laws of the state by requiring notice of additions or any legal notices to be published in the county papers where the land owners are affected.
 By Senator Legate, authorizing and giv- ing the husband of a permanently insane wife the right to transfer property flghts without her signature.
 By Senator Milan. giving courts the right to order estates closed at discretion without waiting the fuh three years as now pre- vail
 By Senator Patterson, giving county and township officers the right to order all sa-  or riot in any community.
 By Senator Goodwin, giving the railroad commission power to, make rates and charges uniform on all connecting roads if the majority of the stock of the roads is owned or controlled, directly or indi- rectly, by the same stock or bond holders
 By Senator Mcknight. removing alge- bra as g qualification for irst-grade teachers license and adding land survey ing in it's stead
 The Oldham annexation bill was passed in the Senate Thursday by a vote of 16 to IA during one of the most exciting days of the present session.
 The Patterson patent medicine bill was killed at the afternoon session. the vote being 21 to 6. Senator Patterson made a vigorous fight for the passage of this bill. but the fact that the Greenhaw bill. a copy of the national pure food law had previously been passed in the Senate mili- tated against second act.
 New bills introduced at this session were
 By Senator Goodwin, providing for the establishment of normal school for teachers to be conducted under a board of six trustees appointed by the governor, with the superintendent of public instruc- tion as an additional member.
 By Senator Montgomery, authorizing the attorney general ts prosecute pools and combinations in restraint of trade.
 Nothing of importance was transacted In the Senate Friday, the time being spent nostly in considering local House bills.
 Senator Wingo introduced a resolution ffty-sixth birthday which occurred today, and the resolution was unanimously adopt ed.
 message from the Governor announced the approval of the following Senate bills :: Senate Bill No. 206 (Rector) authorizing the Cotter School District In Izard Coun- ty to borrow money: Senate Bill No. POT (Arnold), prohibiting the traffic of liquor within six miles of the white school house in Baxter, Drew County; Senate Bill No. 1855 (Moore), establishing the Beaver Bay ou Drainage District in Phillips county.
 Among the bills passed in the Senate were
 By Committee on Railroads. fixing the liability of carriers for damage to freight. electric transmission companies the right of eminent domain.
 Senator Rowland introduced bill provid- Ing for the free distribution of the State