The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-15
THE HOUSE.

offered t0 the resolutiona7thbt by Mr Eos ter providing for an extpn sfsn of thirty days and it was rejected by vote of 70 ayes to 1e noes. E. 7 x
 The House passed resolution extend ing thanks to James H Berry. whose term as United States senator expired Monday for the service he has rendered the state and nation duing the twentytwo years he spent in the upper body of the national Congress.
 Much of the time of the House was de voted to the bill to increase the tax levy in the St Francis levee district from six cents to ten cents an acre. An agreement was reached among the members from the counties in the district under which It was decided to accept MT Killoughs. amend ment to make the tax eight cents sn acre. and this amendment was adopted.
 New bills introduced were
 By Committee on Ways and Means -mak- ing. appropriation for the expenses ot the legislative, executive and judicial depart ments of the state government.
 By. Mir. cCracken.-To prevent the abandonment of wives and children by hus- bands and fathers. It makes wilfull aban- meanor, punishable by fine of from S2o to $500 and imprisonment In county jail of from 90 days to six months.
 MT. Hunt introduced House Joint Resolu- tion No. 4. proposing an amendment 10 the constitution to allow cities and incorpo- rated towns to issue bonds for public im- provements and to allow counties to issue bonds for road purposes.
 The House spent a great deal of time Tuesday considering the bill by Senator SimmS to enforce compliance with contracts in certain instances. The bill Is intended to apply especially to negro farm hands who contract to labor and secure provisions and money In advance and then faiI to fulfill the contract. The bill narrowly es- capped indefinite postponement, as m d mo ton to that effect the vote was oo ayes to B noes. It was made special order for Tuesday morning
 af sion was one by Mir Roweli giving imp ove, ment districts the right to assess railroad tracks. right-of-way and sidetraeks the same as other property in the district,
 The bll by Representative Balch which seeks to change the insurance law so that any foreign or domestic corporation shaii be permitted to do business In Arkansas without fine or forfeiture, upon compliance with the insurance laws of the state, pro vlded 1t Is not member Of or party to or elsewhere to regulate premiums on prop erty in this state, was called up Wednes- day afternoon and placed on Its hnal pss, sage. Speeches in support of the bill were made by Messrs.. Balch and Beck, ana m opposition by Messrs. Ruf. Foster and Meade. While MT. Beck was talking he will be the first speaker when the debate on the bill is resumed Thursday.
 The House has finally framed an antt-fu. tures bill and lt will be known as the Moore tOf Independencel -lleartsil bill, ln- asmuch as 1t embodies the principal fea- lures of measures on the subject intro duced by those representatives.
 At the morning session the House passed the bill by Mfr. Rowell amending section 5s76 and 5G77 of kirby's Digest so as to give improvement districts the right to as sess railroad tracks and the right Of way the same as other property in the district.
 New bills introduced in the House were
 By Mir Andrews, to require railroad com, panies to establish a regular pay day, not later than the 10th of each month.
 House Joint Resolution No. ' by Mr. Carl Lee. proposing an amendment to the constitution whereby counties may issue bonds for road and bridge purposes. lt provides that the bonds shall at no time assessed value of the taxable property of the county, that the rate of interest shall not exceed five per centum per annum. and that the amount and specific object for which bridge and roads bonds may be is- sued and used in any one year shah be authorized and determined by majority the assessors book last filed, at a special election for that purpose. and at such times as may be determined and fixed by the coun- tvs quorum court
 House Rll No. E. by Representative Ralch, which was carried over from Wednesdays session. was taken up 9ess Sga Thursday and ,sr 2rnns deba@ SnRih MhSS took up the greater part of two days. and which was termed by Representative Jack. son as q rehearsal or campaign Spee'h'S, The vote on the measure was 33 ayes to 15 noes The finishing touch was put to the Dill under motion by MT. Finiey tn reconsider the vote by which the oill taiirn to pass and to lay that motion on the table. which was adopted by vote Of 0i ayes to 27 noes.
 During the morning session the following bills were read and passed:
 By Mir. Davis of Clark. to provide that the minimum number of men employed on freight trains shall be one engineer, one
 
 men The bill does not apply to roads less than fifty miles in length. where trains consist of less than p ears or during strikes of tralnmen on the lines affected.
 By Mir Skaggs, to require that all ship pers and buyers of stock shall keep reg ister of the brands of their stock and that stock shipped. amendments were adopted to include butchers. and to fix penalty for failure to keep the register and for making of false entries therein.
 Tho House passed comparatively un- important session Friday. Only few bills were discussed and acted upon, The hght of the day came over Senate Bill No. go. by Senator Montgomery, to provide Tor Jury trials and change of venue In cities or tho second class and In incorporated towns. and nj the hour of adjournment was still pend
 Mr. Smothers introduced the following resolution at the morning session
 Whereas. It Is apparent to all that the citizens of this State need better insurance and.
 Whereas The manhood of Arkansas re. fuses to bow the knees to the behest of the trusts and combines; therefore, be it
 Resolved by the House of Representa- tves, That the Speaker Is hereby empower. td to appoint a committee consisting ot five members of the House. whose duties shall be to prepare bill of insurance for the better protection of the people of this State" This resolution was adopted.
 The bill by Senator Mckenzie to rearrange the appointment of university trustees so ns to represent each of the seven congres. sional districts passed by vote of 75 ayes and noes.
 The House was the only branch of the General Assembly Tn sesson Saturday. the Senate having adjourned Friday at noon until Monday.
 By vote of 4s to os the bill by Rep. resentatlve Dulaney which authorizes and regulates the cancellation of liquor licenses, passed the House. The bill was fought on the floor of the House and was referred to as being much too drastic. The sec ton to which particular objection was made Is the one that provides that violation of certain sections of Kirby's Digest by either ty,n nf colo drop, hn~