The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-16
/ Legislative Proceedings
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 | The surprise of the session was sprung
 in the Senate Monday afternoon when the upper house passed a bill introduced by 1 Senator Milan exempting Garland county l from the provisions of the Amis bill pro with horse-racing. Under the provisions | of the measure no racing season can last | longer than 40 days and all counties ntits | to the same privileges Garland under | the bill. The presidents announcement
 that the bill had passed, was a great sur | suit: The vote on the bill was 15 to 14. The penitentiary appropriation bill. car
 rying quarter of million dollars, was passed, also the bill for the support of | Station, carrying S3O,00O.
 | The Mcdaniel bill repeating the Ross bill for the domeStication of foreign cor | porations, was passed. Under the provis- | ions Of the measure which to large
 extent is a re-enactment of the old statute. | business in the state must file with the | secretary of state articles of incorpora- | tion, and also a certificate containing the i name of the person residing in the state | upon whom service may be had. Every
 court in ih the state shall have Jurisdiction | in the district dominated by said court.
 The Senate Tuesday in Committee of | the Whole, adopted that section of the
 Robb bill appropriating s1O,000 to re | store the muster rolls of the Arkansas
 troops in the Confederate service. and 1 passed the Abercrombe bill. which pro
 vides for the working of convicts on the
 public roads. all counties except 32 being
 exempted from the provisions of the act. l The bill by MT Oldham providing for | the punishment of any person who sends
 warning to another for the purpose of
 intimidation, was passed in the Senate. 1 Several important House bills were con | sidered and advanced to stage where,
 when taken up again. they may be finally | disposed of
 The Senate Wednesday passed the House l bill by MT. Combs, which requires cor | porations to pay an annual franchise tax. l The bill retains many features of the old | law which was in force previous to the l passage of the Ross act, and also repeals | the objectionable section of that act re | lating to the demestication of foreign cor
 porations The greater portion of the
 bill consists in amendments which orio-
 tese m dhe ht b HT. M m m
 is necessary for the final passage of the act
 The Confederate, roster bill which re | ceived a vote of IS ayes to II noes. was | declared defeated the chair holding that l two-thrds majority was necessary in order l to pass the bill
 The Hamlter- Jackson bill creating the
 office of county superintendent in each l county was passed.
 1 An effort was made to kill the bill abol- | ishing the preparatory department of the | State University. but it failed and the
 measure was referred to the Committee on | Education.
 The Senate Thursday disposed of great
 deal of House business. including the
 adoption on of two concurrent , resolutions ms l resolution debarring the state canitol con | tractors and the architect, George k. Mann,
 from any future State work, the other pro, | testing against the removal of the United I States engineers office in Little Rock tc | Memphis
 l The bill providing for the maintenance
 of the Arkansas National Guard, carrying
 an appropriation of S23500 was passed
 also the bill for the maintenance and sup
 of the f 56e fha han
 about $1o.000 less than the appropriation 1 of two years ago.
 The proposed amendment to the MoDan- | iel bill calling for the election of a super | intendent of the reform school once every
 two years instead of annually. as the bill provides. brought out some debate in the | Senate Friday Senator Rector speaking in favor of it, and Senator Arnold opposing | it. When put to vote the amendment was | adopted
 l The Snate went into Committee
 of the Whole to consider the bill providing 1 for the establishing and maintenance or an | other State agricultural school The bill is | by Glover of the House. The bill was Stlll
 under consideration when recess was taken
 The Senate was in session a short tim 1 l was transacted.
 Senator McKnights bill prohibiting lum-
 Der plants and oil mills from compelling
 their employees to work more than te! hour | q day taken up. Senator Mchnlgh' | explained that the act did not require tna' 1 an enploye should not work more than teH
 hours if he desired to do so. After some | discussion the bill was finally passed by | vote of II to II
 Monday afternoon. for the first time
 probably in the history of the state,
 member of the House appeared on the
 floor of the Senate and spoke to the mem t
 spect to a certain bill. The hero of the l .psode was Judge Van Hook of Union
 county, and, what is more to the point, | he got what he wanted. Immediately
 after the noon recess the Senate was con
 sdering the Abercrombie bill. providing | for the working of convicts on the roads | of the state. Soon amendments were be. | ing sent up exempting counties and 32 ot
 them had been exempted when Judge Van
 Hook entered the chamber and asked Sen
 ator Martin to exempt tnion. The sen,
 ator from Pope stated that he believed
 that Senator Goodwin wanted Union ex,
 whether Senator Goodwin really wanted
 cle county exempted when the representa-
 middle of the floor and shouted: II don't care what Senator Goodwin wants :: l l want Union county out of the bill The l senate was convulsed with laughter. but l
 The House held an informal meeting a; | the close of the afternoon session WedneS- 1 day for the purpose of making arrange
 ments for the last day of the session, on | which it is customary to hold farewell eX- | ercises. Mir Killough made chair
 man. It was decided to make presents to
 the Speaker of the House and all the clerks
 and attaches Each member is being as | sesscd S1.50 to defray the cost of the | gifts. By unanimous vote Mir. DuLaneN
 was elected to deliver the farewell oraticn, l and Mir. Fletcher was chosen to make tSe l presentation speech in delivering the gtf | of the House to the Speaker. Both men | have served three consecutive terms in th' | lower branch of the assembly.
 The defeat of the capitol bill was due In
 great measure to the opposition of Mr. | McCollum of Hampstead county. who was
 second in the race for speaker this session. l Mir McCollum has been fighting the reten- | tion of Caldwell and Drake and George k. l Manp on the capitol building, and after his | Fg.p