The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

Coleman demurrage bills Amendments to both bills were adopted, and a eonsidera- his measure substitute for the Barker bill deferred by consent, until Wed nesday of next week
 A concurrent resolution providing for the, appointment of joint committee to make an investigation into the conduct of the Confederate Home was adopted.
 MT. Killough introduced a bill to auth orlze the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House to furnish each member or both bodies with 40 copies of daily newspapers OF. 2s0 copies of weekly news papers publishing complete reports of legls- stamps day 4he TaH bi provides m fd' that % mem bers shall be furnished with any paper in the state they designate. and requires that all papers furnished shall publish the full text of all laws passed that are less. than seven sections, and synopsis of all acts Of more a3 than seven sections, and that copies or the papers shall not cost more than cents copy.
 The House spent the day considering the newspaper and stamp bill. and the Webb Cartwright contest case from Stone coun- ty. The former bill. lnstructing the clerk of the House and secretary. of the Senate to furnish each member with forty daily papers and 25 cents in stamps, passed after lively debate, by vote of A. to 41.
 The contest case ended in favor of Cart wright. the democratic contestant. The reported in favor of Webb, the sitting re. publican member. but the House adopted the minority report, by vote of 46 to 34. seating Cartwright.
 At j o'clock the House adjourned.
 The House Friday passed the bill by Senator Toney providing for the chang ing, of the day for holding the state gen, eral elections from the first Monday in September to the second Monday i'll that month
 Mir Roby presented petition from druggists and physicians of Ashley coun- protesting Senate Bill No 66 or House Bill No. III, both of which seek to regulate the sale and manufacture of patent or proprietary
 The Arnold bill requiring railroad com panies, to settle within thirty days for was passed by the House. also Senator Rowland's bill to increase the pension of widows and mothers of Confederate veter-
 New Bills in the House were:
 By AIr Saunders, to amend Section s356 of Kirbys Digest, relating to fer, town may own shore and the public con venience may demand it shall have au- thority to ask an order by the County Court for the establishment of a ferry in addition to others already established, and the ferry licenses shall have the right to land passengers and freight upon the opposite shore. notwithstanding that he may own land on either shore.
 By Mir. Pinney, to give the council or any city of the first class the power to require any fallfoa0 company operating it's tracks through the city to construct and maintain viaducts, as may be deemed by the council necessary for the protec- tion of the public
 By AIr Rowell, to relieve the owners of all property of whatever description de stroyed by fire in the conflagration at Pine Bluff on February 13. from the pay ment of taxes for 1906
 The House adjourned at :55 until Mon day morning.
 The feature of the concluding fight on i the Amis bill in the House Tuesday was the speech of an hour and half dura- made in a General Assembly in Arkansas in many years.
 Senator Greenhaw who has been in at tendance at the bedside of his father since the opening day of the session answered to roll call Monday, his father having died q few days ago.