Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-02-21
THE HOUSE..

The House of Representatives was the
| only body OF the General Assembly in ses-
sion Saturday and it adjourned at noon
until Monday The most important bust
ness was the making of the Cartwright
Webb contested election case a special order
for Thursday morning. When the contest
was called up, Mr.. Hunt, who wrote the
majority report, was absent and
| in Difference to him the matter was
not taken up.
Representative Hoyle's bill to make pub
| lie ginners public weighers Of cotton was
amended so as to apply only to Bradley
Ashley Drew, Calhoun, Nevada and Wood
| ruff counties.
The House. in Committee of the Whole
considered the bill by Mr.. ROby to REIN
burse Ashley county and the town of Ham
burg for money expended in enforcing the
yellow fever quarantine in 1905, and by a
| bill with the recommendation that 1t pass
Only on bill was passed, that of Mr..
Foster requiring the Cotton Belt to estab-
fish a depot at Kedron. and to stop one
passenger train daily each way at Draughan.
both. stations in Cleveland county
Four bills were introduced at this SEES
sion. They were
BY NJ. White changing boundary of
fencing district No. in Logan county by
Mr.. Bullion establishing the Tupelo drain
age district in Faulkner county; By Mr.
Black repeating an act Of 1903 relating
county; by Mr.. Abercrombie. for altering.
opening and vacating of streets In In
corporated towns
Several resolutions were introduced in
the House Monday morning. One by Mr..
killough to investigate the condition of
the states finances was adopted In order
that the Speaker could appoint the pro
vided COMMITTEES on finance In this work
Another resolution was Was. that introduced
investigation of the conditions prevailing
at the convict camps and the state farm.
This resolution was adopted without q
: N
ate Immediately, when it was passed In
less than "a an hour making the record for
The resolution follows:
Whereas, 1t has been reported and the
opinion is prevalent over the state that the
convictS are inhumanely treated at the con-
yict camps and farm and
Whereas. 1t is doubtful whether the Joint
committee on penltentiary has authority
properly investigate these charges; there
fore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representa-
tives the Senate concurring therein That
the joint committee of the penitentiary
be and is hereby authorized to visit and
thoroughly investigate the past and exist
and the farm, and be empowered to sum
mon witnesses, administer oaths, send for
persons and papers and take dispositions
charges as may be brought against the
management of said convict camps and
farm; provided, such a thorough investl
penitentiary committee.
message from the governor announced
that he had approved the following House
bills:
House Bill No. l (Ross), fixing the rate
for passenger fare on railroads more than
So miles In length at cents per mile
House Bill No. 55 (Shannon), making
valid the official acts of the Board of Di-
reetors Of the Sloan Springs school dis
House Bill No. II (white), to require
the Rock Island to stop two passenger
trains daily each way at Magazine, Logan
House Bill No. 50 (Barker), for the re
lief of DR.. S. c. Robinson and others for
services during q smallpox epidemic in
House pm Ne; az % lBlaek Of Marion1,
expenses of the state penItentiary from
September /, 1906, to April 1, 1907.
House Bill No. 81 Moore OF Independ
ence). to require the Iron Mountain to
erect a depot at ParoQuet, Independence
county
House Bill No. II IVAN Hook, to repeal
an act of 1905 establishing two separate
judicial districts in Union county.
New Bills introduced in the House were
BY Mr.. Ruff, to remove the headquarters
Of the state prison officials to the state
convict farm in Lincoln county; by Mr..
Jackson. to abolish all Greek letter frater-
mites at the state university; by Mr.. Poy-
nor, designating the Arkansas Normal Col |
lege at Eureka Springs as the official nor |
NAL school of the state.
spect to the memory Of Senator Robb.