The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-03
THE HOUSE.

poftanf measures when II gave It's final approval to the bill for the support and maintenance of the Deaf Mute Institute The mea sure had been gone over several times in the House Committee of the Whole, and in the final action there was no discussion of the bill.
 A bill asking for an appropriation of Slo,OoQ for the support of the Eureka, from @ ' a final o sacrifee T by defmepring m @ action In Committee of the Whole the House recommended that it do not pass.
 New bills in the House were
 By MT. DuLaney of the House Com mittee on Charities the regular appropria- tion bill for the support and mainten- ance of the Confederate Home in the sum By Mir Stevens of the Ways and Means Committee, amending the inheritance tax law and providing that certain large es- tates shall not be divided until the tax is settled.
 The entire afternoon session i> the House Tuesday was devoted to the Amis which the life insurance companies doing business in the state were to have been required to invest 75 per cent of the re- serve held for policy holders in this state in investments within the state. The bill had passed the Senate and was up for a final test in the House. It failed to pass. the vote being 54 to B.
 The following bills were passed:
 By Mr. McCollum, chairman of the Roads and Highways Committee, an act requiring cOfpOfdllOnS ana persons to give the names of such persons in their en- ploy as are subject to road tax.
 By MT. Stirling. requiring the railroads to maintain track scales at every point in the state where more than 100 cars of freight are handled in any one year, and prove weights when demanded to do
 By Mir. oldham. prohibiting any persons from drawing pistol or weapon on an other or threatening or intimidating an other, making the penalty fine of from $500 to $1,000 and one year in the peni- tentiafy.
 The House spent the greater part of the day Wednesday in Committee of the Whole passing on the various items of the blind school appropriation bill. The salary of the superintendent was reduced from the committee recemmendation of S3.200 per anuum to S2 500 Other items passed with but slight changes. and as a whole the bill was reduced but slightly from the recommendations made by the Joint Char- ties Committee.
 Among the bills passed at this session was one by MT Carl Lee, making it unlaw- ful ts permit the running at large of stock and giving persons taking up such stock cents per day for feeding same. And one by MT .Welch, regulating the practice of peddling and requiring that peddlerS in the counties shall have county license.
 The House Thursday passed the bill which seeks to preserve the sixty acres of land surrounding the new state capitol
 A bill recognizing and regulating sug- passed the House at the morning session: Under the provisions of the bill absent treatment can be given only by those who have graduated in it's schools
 The salary of the superintendent of the Blind Institute. which had been reduced to $2.So0 in House Committee of the Whole Wednesday was Thursday restored to intendent of the Deaf Mute Institute.
 Other bills passed at this session were
 By MT. Anderson, regulating the auction business and hours in which auctions shall
 By Mr. Beck. requiring owners of addf- tions to cities to file their piats with the county clerk hef1re disposing of lots.
 By Mr. Stevens of the Ways and Means Committeel. amending the inheritance tax law and raising the tax on large estates.
 A protest from the Arkansas Fedora tion of Woman's Clubs, in session at For rest City. against the proposed demolition of the old state capitol building and ask ing the Legislature to pass law that will protect the building to future poSteriiy, was read Friday morning.
 More than Sfo0000 was stri, ken from the state university appropriation bin Fri day by the House in Committee of the Whole before that body had passed on a dozen items The indications point to a continued clipping of the items until the appropriation is reduced onc-third from the form in which it had passed the Sen ate.
 The university deficiency bill was de- clared passed at the Friday morning ses- sion, although it had not received the sup port of two-thirds of the membership of the body. Speaker IInmter ruled that a majority could pass the bill. this ruling was challenged by Mr. KiIlough who served notice that he would later ask for detl- nite ruling on the question.
 The Blind Institute bill has been about completed in the House and will go to the Senate within a very short time for consideration there.
 A bill was introduced by MT. kilough which repeals that part of the 1905 sta tutes authorizing the capitol commission to dispose of the property of the old state capitol
 The Oldham anti-lynching bill met de feat in the House Saturday after SC we're attack made upon its provisions by Messrs Killough and McColum, whc charged that it was revolutionary and would place the sheriff of any county iL an attitude of dictating to the Judiciary Under the bill any sheriff who held . prisoner against whom the community was aroused. and who feared that such prisoner would suffer from lynch law could order the Circuit Court in session for i'm mediate train of the ease. The bill was called up by Mfr. Rowell who stated that 1t was solution of the lynch problem that mad been presented by Father l.ucey of Pine Bluff. and that this distinguished man believed II WOulu serve lO ituutt ut'c Nic- lence in the South. Mir. Rowell made a strong plea that Arkansas give the Ia" test
 bill was introduced by Mir Finley, which prohibits smoking of cigarette, pipe or cigar in any hotel rotunda. railroad train or depot. street car or public place of any character where women are gener- ally assembled with men, Bal Nno rooms snaan ana ing is to be absolutely tabooed
 A bill introduced by Mir Quinn which sought to shorten the hours in the school room of the cities of the first and second class to a maximum of five hours per day. was taken up and overwhelmingly defeat cd MT Bishop opposed the blll. stating that it discrimnated between the city schools and the rural schools. and he fla vored leaving the hours of school instrnc- tion in the hands of the directors of the schools.
 morias Mir. Combs sent up petition from many citizens. asking for the enactment of measure that would authorize the county judge to provide place in the court houses for an office for the county sur veyors.
 The first rupture on the floor of the House during the present legislative ses sion took place Tuesday afternoon when Representative Foster of Cleveland sent two heavy glass receptacles flying across the hall at the head of Representative Quinn of Garland. The difficulty grew OuI or Il uiSCUSSlOii ul lnc <atuis iuSuFdntt bill which was defeated in the House, and the purpose of which was to require every life insurance company doing busi- ness in the state to permanently invest "a per cent of the reserve held for policy holders in this state the investments to be made within the borders of the state without direction as to in what manner.
 What is believed by Attorney General Kirby to be an error that would render it's provisions unconstitutional has been dis covered in bill that has passed both branches of the legislature and been signed. It extends the powers of the Railroad Commission of Arkansas to enable that body to order stations erected or trains to stop at certain points, and otherwise have supervision over matters which now cause flood of local bills at each session of the legislature.