The Forrest City times., 1907-03-08
THE HOUSE.


 THE HOUSE.
 The measure by Representative Meade. the state uniform at S2.5oo per annum had a narrow margin in the House Wed | nesday. The vote was A ayes to go noes The demurrage bill by Mir Barker, over which there has been so much discussion | in the House. was passed without debate. with only one dissenting vote. bill by Mir Roby to provide for the confiscatlon and destruction of pistols found on persons convicted of unlawfully carrying them, was passed
 New bills introduced nt this session l were:
 By MT, Stevens, to provide that every state which sha buy, for the purpose of | selling intoxicating spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or blended spirits or in l ditton to the taxes already provided, pay AS license tax two per centum on the total amount of purchases made. which shall go to the general revenue fund of l the state. It requires that a record shall be kept of the number of gallons blended. bought for sale and ordered for another. same It is a substitute for House Bill No. 59; somewhat similar measure. By Committee on Militia, to promote the ef- | icieney of the Arkansas National Guard and to prescribe rules and regulations for it's government.
 By Messrs. Hamiter and Jackson to create the office of county superintendent In each county.
 entire session was devoted to discus sion of the amendment by Representative Kkillopsh, to o.,. the bill by Representatiye tax levy in the St. Francis Ievee district from cents to 10 cents an acre, but after spending two hours and a half on the sub | tect, adjournment was taken without a 1 decision being reached
 Bills passed during the morning hour
 By Messrs Kizzia and Jackson to make
 drunkenness at public gatherings, such as l plcnlcs, barbecues chldrens day exercises,
 Sunday school and church services. literary societies or on trains. misdemeanor pun | ishable by fine of not less than $1O
 nor more than x25.
 l laws by authorizing the assessment of property for widening or deepening drain
 age ditches or canals. to prescribe the manner in which taxes are to be collected
 10 create sinking fund. and fixing a ] penalty for obstructing drainage ditches. 1 Mir McCracken introduced a bill at this session to provide for the separation of whites and negroes in public examinations l for teachers license
 Other bills introduced were of purely a
 At 4 go o'clock the House adjourned l until Friday morning.
 1 For the first time during the session of 1 the present House, the journal of the pre- yious days proceedings was not read l Thursday Representative Barker, who all x, l in his seat during the early part of the mornings session. which accounts probab- | ly, for its not being read
 The House spent much of the day Fri day in considering the roads bill by Sen ator Arnold, and amendments to exempt l several counties from It's provisions were 1 adopted.
 only local matters were considered during 1 the balance of the session. and at early l hour the House adjourned until Monday morning
 By bare majority of one vote the 1 House Monday passed resolution by Rep l resentative Jackson providing for the ex- l tension Of the session of the General As l Ing May IA II required CT votes. or two l thirds of all the members elected. to pass l the resolution. But one amendment was 1 offered to the resolution@that by Mir Eos | ter providing for an extension of thirty 1 days, and It was rejected by a vote of l 70 ayes to 16 nOes.
 l The House passed a resolution extend- 1 ing thanks 10 James II Berry, whose term l as nited States senator expired Monday, 1 for the service he has rendered the state and nation duing the twenty-two years he 1 spent In the upper body of the national | Congress-
 Much of the time of the House was de i voted 10 the bill to increase the tax levy 1 in the St. Francis ieyee district from six 1 cents to ten cents an acre. An agreement was reached among the members from the l counties in the district under which It was
 
 ment to make the tax eight cents an acre, l and this amendment was adopted | New bills introduced were: | By Committee on Ways and Means-mak- | Ing appropriation for the expenses of the legislative, executive and judicial depart.
 ments of the state government. By Mir. McCracken.-To prevent the l abandonment of wives and children by hus
 bands and fathers It makes wilfull aban- donment or failure to provide, misde- 1 meanor, punishable by fine of from S25 to l $500 and imprisonment In county jail l of from 30 days to six months Mir. Hunt introduced House Joint Resoiu- l tion No. I. proposing amendment to the 1 constitution to allow cities and incorpo- l rated towns 10 issue bonds for public i'm l provements and to allow counties to issue bonds for road purposes.
 The House spent great deal of time Tuesday considering the bill by Senator | Simms to enforce compliance with contracts l In certain instances The bill is intended to apply especially to negro farm hands who contract to labor and secure provisions fulhl the contract The bill narrowly es- capped indefinite postponement, as in mo tion to that effect the vote was B ayes 10 35 noes. IL was made a special order for Tuesday morning.
 The only new bill introduced at this ses- sion was one by Mir. Powell giving improve ment districts the right to assess railroad tracks. right t-of-way and sidetracks the same as other property in the district
 The Senate Committee on Education held a meeting Monday afternoon and took up matter of apportiOning the school taxes with school supervisor making IL possi- ble for a segregation of the taxes as be- tween the races In the distribution for