The Brinkley argus., 1907-04-26
THE HOUSE.


 The uousc devoted tho morning session Wednesday to the lntrodugtion and passage If local bills and the afternoon session to fork in Committed of me Nhoie on aPp'o' triation measures.
 Chairman Black of sebastian oi tue 1o.n n ittee on the Penitentiary Appropriatiomns on had the House go into ni Upnm,'sss aftsr 9 fcw smv minor items had been passed on the ,, onc which. carries an appropriation or sl-'Vuo for the payment of ten waruens was Ie- duced to S7 200 and but six wardens were allowed. .,o ,ao,
 An item approprlatng S60.000 for 100 guards was taken up and the committee of tbc Whole reduced the item to S5e'oo'
 ;. biIi passed by Mir. Andrews which re quircs all corporations to pay their em- plores at intervals Of not more than TWO we,ks was passed in the House.
 1he Bolton bill requiring railroads to employ only such tranmen as have had two years experience also passed. These wer the only measures of general interest taken up
 New bills introduced were: By Mr. McCollum of the Roads and High ways Committee. requiring corporations and companies to furnish read overseers with lists ofs persons in their employ who are subject to road service.
 By. Mr. Quinn prohibiting any person from removing any dead body or effects thereabouts when there is probability Of doubt as to the cause of death until the coroner shall have ordered such removal ' Under a bill which passed inc House Thursday. telegrahcrs employed in the work of directing movements of trains can not be employed for more than eight hours in any one day The bill was introduced by iHr. Rowell of Jefferson county. who ad- vocated Aie passage of his measure in the interest of safety in passenger travel. Mir. Hunt of Jefferson succeeded in hay ing the House pass favorable on his pro a mi m to- -th p net itIttiou lution which will give municipalities and counties the right to issue bonds for high way Improvement. This is the first pro posed Amendment that has fonnd favor. except the one which presents for the sec ond time the question of the poll tax quail fcation.
 In the afternoon the deaf mute appro- priation bill was completed and sent to the Isngrcssing Committee. The speaker ordered the doors of the House locked in fhe late bours of the session. refusing to reeogiiize motion to adjourn until 50 o'clock
 The bill of Mr. Haley compelling officers making arrests to place on the docket the coirect names of the persons arrested. and n liking penalties for persons refusing to gi1e their correct names when arrested, also by Mr. KiZzia, raising the salaries of clerks and judges of election from S1 to S1. 50 per dny.
 New bills introduced were:
 By MT. Thompson, amending the bribery Inv and prohibiting any officer from at IPmDIIAE to 1n1iue0fG IPglSlaI1On III any hammer whatsoever
 By Mir shannon regulating the abstract business by requiring that any person mak- ing an abstract shall be responsible for error in such abstract and shall make a good bond to cover such liability.
 By Mr. Anderson giving [. cities of the first class the right to regulate the anction business and to regulate auctioneers by pro. viding whether auctions shall be held nt night OF not.
 By MT Bullion requiring all persons who are engaged in the business of watch repair Ing to first obtain license after standing an examination before board of three ex- aminers who shall he appointed by the gov ernor. and who shall have at least ten years active experience in watch repairing in this state before receiving such appointment.
 By Mr. Partain. regulating the right of way of telephone company lines by giving them exclusive right of 50 feet on either side of their wires against competing com panies.
 Only 2 few matters were considered In the House Friday. Most of the time was taken up with local bills. after which Sen ate business was, taken np. several special orders were disposed of, and the Tniver- sity Deficiency Bill taken Hp. This bill was passed through the Committee of the Whole and is now going before the House The item to appropriate S26.300 to pay back salaries to teachers was adopted and several other Items were considered. The IIamiter-Jacsson bill, which in creases the power of county school super intendents and gives them the author ity formerly wasted in county examiners, passed the yliouse Saturday morning by liberal majority nder the provisions of the bill no county need adopt the new method unless a maiofity of the electors of the county shall so choose at the next general election Ky agreement, the greater part of the day was devoted to the pas , cage or advancement of local measures. these .bavip2sfxen delayed duringsthe week for general appropriation bills.
 New bills introdueed fia the Ho9se were
 By Alr. Skaggs, abolishing the grand jury system throughout the whole of the state.
 By Mir. Davis of Clark prohibiting city ordinances from becoming effective sooner than thirty days after passage. and then only after having been submitted to the people for aiproval.
 Ky Mir. Newton. increasing the per diem of jurors in attendance on circuit courts to $500 per day.
 By Mir Carlton. requiring assessors to make separate lists of the schedules of property and persons assessed and sub nit 1t to the auditor.
 The House Monday trimmed the penl- tentiary appropriation bil about Siho,ooo and disposed of another of these very inn itc