The Brinkley argus., 1907-03-01
/ Legislative ; Proceedings
THE SENATE.

Tho Senate Wednesday considered the question of working conyicts on the. rcan7 of the state under county supervision m one of the longest discussions of the pres. ent session. It resulted In the kiiilng D, the bill by Senator Montgomery which ,, naa been endorsed by the Good Roads Conven. ton The defeat of this measure Is not regarded as indicating finally that ihc upper legislative body Is % opposed to o,,srs .ns bearing upon the same subject. dinerIns only in technical points, and one of these find more tS favot on h, mo,aUn %ay .lss % be reccasidered and taken up later>in me session
 action on the Simms bill, providing for an exhibit at the Jamestown Tercentenniai Exposition. Amendments are to be proposea which will decrease r the appropriation @ asked
 The only new bill introduced at thls ses7 sion was one by Senator De Rossitt, amend n,i ing the act of iao2 in regard to the tsot S!i every member of the board must be an owner of improved land in the district.
 The Arnold bill on the subject of good roads. which gives the counties the. right to work roads by contract and which pro vides that these roads shall be worked under the direction of road commissoner who shall receive salary of $IoO per an- mum. passed the Senate Thursday after a lengthy discussion
 The House BiI! by a NIT nsIa Mcdaniel raising raising fund from i mll to 1 1-2 mills passed the Senate without dissenting vote. New bills introduced in the Senate were By Senator Amis--An act to encourage immigration by enlarging the powers or fhc commissioner of mines. manufacturers and agriculture and giving him power to appoint agents and direct the work of im- migration.
 hy Senator McCall-An act to regulate the removal of county seats. and provid- Ing that county seat shall be removed from any section where as much as S2.oOV Is represented In court or court house ana jail buildings, nor shall any election for ruch removal be held until the petitioners for such eleoticn shall have first deposited tho sum of 5000 In currency to go to- ward improvements in case the majority
 By Senator Lee-An act conferrng on cities of the first class the right to regu- lsie buildings by ordinance, to condemn unsafe structures and regulate new build ings through the Issuance of building per mils., md to make ordinances regulating the building. within It's corporate limits. In honor of the anniversary of George Washingtons birthday. the Senate ad- jorucd Friday lo minutes after It had tended t0. except the usual morning roll call and the reading of the journal. A motion to adjourn until Monday morning prevailed by an overwhelming vote. After n heated and somewhat sensational debate the Senate Monday by one major fly. passed the Greenhaw pure food bili. which Is almost an exact copy of the pure food law enacted by Congress sevfrat months ago Senator Patterson, who intro dnced the nntipatent medicine bill early la the session, took the floor in opposition to the Greenhaw measure. and inttmated that outside influence had been brought to bear to defeat his measure
 The motto Of the state. "HeRnant TOD uli." which Is erroneous Is sought to be corrected in bill introduced by senator Lee making the mott motto read "Regnat Reg r"p. ,,ep nant popuiH means .'the peoples tthat Is. the tribes natonst rule -iiis obJect Is to have the change Inscribed on the new
 Another bill passed at this session was one repeating all laws antagonistic to GreeK kansas and authorizing the faculty to con trol the matter in the future,
 The Senate also passed the Patterson bill providing for the working Of eonylets U; to work the conyicts sent up from that particular county.
 Senator oldham introduced bill to re, peal section 12J6 of Kirbys Digest, and giving the Supreme Court reporter the light to accept law cases whenever they are rendered
 One of the most important bills intro- duced in the Senate Tuesday was by, Sen 3tor I.egate. which makes 1t unlawful to permit any cotton buyer. cotton shipper, or
 
 an officers or director in any company or corporation owning or operating any cot ton compress plant in this state and re uuires persons. companies or corporationS owning or operating cotton compress plants to furnish the names of the owners or operators. or their officers and directors, to the attorney general of the state, wheT the latter demands It.
 senator Patterson introduced q bill rais ing the salary of the governor of the state to $1 GOO after the expiration of the pres Suf term of office.
 IL being Boi,se. day in the Senate. twen- ty-ninc House bills were given two readings ia the regular grind. and five were passed These were all local measures.
 New bills introduced were sy Senator Arneld--Rea,Ir!ng the pres ident or secretary of every corporation doug business in this state to' file annually a statement of the cash capital. cash value os rral estate and personal estate and In
 By scnatoS caripck- An act giving the people the right ta vote 3s to whether Da- tive wines s6an be .oid>in one-hfth galion ,an Quautifies the same as whru yVtlD. TOT license or against license.
 A bill by Representative Thompson of Independence county to redistrict ,ne '. .iiicj, sryerai of inc present thanccry Courts wouln have been abolIshed lived but few nloments. fi nr9Sided for only five. chan eery district. to be foiaposea Of lhhe ftoliow'
 First District -Lonokc. fuiaskl, Nbite.
 Second District-Garland. liot Spring and saline.
 Ihira i,.striet--Arkansas, Jefferson, Lee and Phillips.
 Fourth tstifct--Lafayettc. Little River. 1f,tt.Y and S.yier.
 fifth District Crawford Franklin. Mad lson. sebasiisa, Washington and Benton
 X number of county ofSic.rs ~ Clicot county appeared before the renais Tom. mittee oi, Claims Monday in behalf Df ,the Simms bll which provides for an appropriation of SI,1oo to reimburse chicot county for money spent In protecting inc .Iats from yellow fever two years ago. IfsmiIfn accounts are submitted and the eommitfse syser9yes the claim. There Will probnbly ba iittie opposition to the passage of the npprepriati9h bIl| ,n inc Senate.
 Senator Patterson in q vigorous nght on tho ,atcnt medicine bill introduced by Senator -t;reenhaw. intimated that outside pa tent medicine eoncerns had spent much ,,,opry in Little Rock in the defeat of hts bill on the same subject. The charges have not been prcagnized officially ns yet. but 1t Is stated thai m investigation will follow fin which the manner Of conducting fle lobby for the passage of the Green hnw bill as against the Patterson bill will hc taken un.
 lloa. Prank Witt is writing book on inc -gnse llpcstion." He. Il was who inisndmccd i'm ihe fasr Geueral Assembly the bill known as inc kaciai lisilirbance Eiil ,,rohf.fflnV Witftc ppaIDie from attending