The Monticellonian., 1907-03-07
THE HOUSE

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 Hg SIf Walker fo amend section 7267 of kirhF Fs Digest. relating to labor au high mays, 9t providing th4t any pefson sebieet . cents Der dag fee eaeh day he is sub iegt To work. which amount shai Dc placed to the credit of The road district in the
 By Mr Wfaioe fo compai an officers of the law ta enter on rerord the true
 
 t unlawful for persons arrested te give hetttlous names.
 The House Tuesday passed the falluV servant bill he senator kfc oldham. applf ing to employees of railroads and coal minfss About an hour and ha't was spent Ia discussing the measure and on the toii call there was only one vote against tt7 passage Objections Wrrr urged that tie bill was deficient in phrascology and IL was construed by some members as apply ing to the em.fluYes of all corporations ant in addition il was stated that the puuctHa tian of the bill was faulty. Hhe members Who suggested the defeets in the bill said they did sa anv in order that a perfect measure might he passed. but that If II was insisted that the Oldham hil should he passed they weutd Note for tt Whltu
 The afternoon session was devoted ta inc reading ef Senate BlIs and twenty four bills were read first and seeoud lines,
 The only Senate bin na.sed al inc after noon session Mas one by SeHatot Stmms prohibiting the issuance Of saloon Accuses outside the corporate limls If maaieipal= ities
 The measure hv Representative Meadr. making thr salaries of ail ehaueciors Of The state uniform at S23eo Der annam had marrow margin in the ileHse Ned HeSdav ihe vote wa= il aXes 10 g noes
 The demufraEe bill be Ar Barker over which there has been ~a much disrusSiou in the House. was passed Niln'ut dehal'' with only one dissenting vote.
 zo6Hzrafiaa and destf#ffi6b of pistols found an persons convicted of uhlaWiuliA carrying fhem was passed.
 New bills introduced al thls sczst9n were
 ey Nr sfcVcns 10 provide thai every urrSon company or corporation ln the state which sHal bHy. for tHe purpose of .aIliHs intoxicating, sHirituous malt or fermenfed iauor4 OF blended spirits ut in foNicating i9uer of any Kind. shgi in ad dtion t0 the taSes already provided pay as Il license tax tHo per ceutHM on the tntal amount Of purchases made. which shall 70 to the general revenue fund ei the state Ii requires that T record shall be kent of the number of gallons blended. bought for sale and ordered for annthet and The price bald er the cost of tho sane k k a substitute for House Bill No 59. somewhat similar measure.
 By Committee on Militia to promote the ef ieieney of the Arkansas National Gnafd md to prescribe rules and regulations for it's government
 By Messrs Hamiter and Jackson to create the office of county superintendent in each county.
 In the House Thursday afternoon the entire session WAS devoted fo q discus sion of the amendment by Representative killeugh to the bill by Representative Hazel of Poinsett county tn Increase lhf taN levy in the St Francis lexee diStrlet from 6 cents to 10 cents an acre. eut after spending two honfs and hall eH the suh feet. adjournment Was taken without decision being rea -hrd
 Bills passed during tae morning hour were:
 Isy Mcssrs. Ktzzia and Jackson. fo nakp drunkenness at public gatherings. such as penIcS- harbeeueS children day exercises. sunday school and church services. literary societies, OF on trains a misdemeaner. pm isbabe by fine of not les than SID nor more than S2a.
 My Mir Laslcv. amending the drainage laws by authorizing ihc re asSeSsment oI property for widening or deepening drain age ditches or canals to prescribe the manner ill which taxes. are te be collected penalty for obstructing drainage dtcheS
 Alr. McCracken introduced Il bill at thiz session 10 provide for the separation of whites and negroes in public examinations
 other bills introduced were Of purely local character.
 Al 1 go o'clock the House adjourned
 For the arst time during the session af the present House. the journal or the pre- vious days proceedings was not read ways insists upon the reading. was mol in his seat during the early part of the mornings session. which accounts. prubab ly, for its not being read
 The House spent much of the day Fri ator Arnold. and amendments to exempt several counties from its provisions were adopted
 the balance of the session. and nj an early hour the House adjourned until hon1aI morning.
 The fellow. servant bill by senator Kie oldham Of Pulaski county. which has pass ed both the Senate and House. and will in a few days go to the governor for his approval. is a follows
 "A Bill for an Act to Be Entitled An AcJ
 to Give Right of Action Against an I'm
 poyer for Injuries or Death Resulting
 to His Agents. Employees or Servants
 Either from the Employers Negligence
 or from the Negligence of Some of His
 other fmbloYcs. Servants or Agents, and
 to Repeal All Acts and Parts of Aess lh "Ee It Enacjed by the General Assembl'
 of the State of Arkansas
 "Section l. That hereafter all raitraad companies operating within lblS st9le. whether incorporated or nof, and all c1f poratons of every kind and character, and every company. whether Incorporated 7f not. engaged in the mining ut coal Mt' may employ agents servant at empleAes' such agents. servants or empioYeS bgil- in the exercise of due care. shHHi be l1dpit to respond in damages for iniHH7rS or death sustained by any such agent. emplaNe or servant resulting from the careless omls sion of duty or negligence ui any other agent. .ant or emploNe of the said eIn blower. in inc ssme manner and tu the same extent as if the carcessness omis sion Of dufy or negligence causing the in jury death was that of the employer.
 see. .. That all laws and parts of laws In conflict herewith are hereby re- Peiied. and That this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after it's passage
 Representatives l. W. Seay of Greene county and Representative Thompson oi independence county, have been granted indefinite ltaye ot absence on account ot illness.
 number If county officers of Ghicot county appeared before the senate Com mittce on Claims Monday in behalf of the Slmms bill which provides for all appropriation of S1,5oo to reimburse chicot count for money spent in pfoteefpg the state from yellow fever two years ago. Itemlzed accounts are submitted and the -afnnlLtiee HpnHnxes tLe -eIain IheEe l