The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
THE HOUSE.

| sembly sixty days, or up to ana lhcluu- @ | ing May IA Ii required 67 votes, or two | thirds of ail the members elected, to pass the resolution. But one amenulneeinl ei L M@S 1 offered to the resoution-that Dy MI; ;,Int ter providing for an extension or tnilo | 70 ayes to Is noes. ,.,.. o~+ord.
 The House passed resolution extenu, tend, ing thanks to James H. Berry; wh0se GJ9aT a9a III as Tinted States senator expired Mohuay, for the service he has rendered tne sl",e be and nation duing the twentytwo years ne spent in the upper body of the natlohai
 Much of the time Of the House was de, de, voted to the bill to increase the tax lety in the St Francis levee district on,ent I.oln 91t cents to ten cents an acre An An Frern fhe was reached among the members rom @ Ine counties in the district under when It wa MaS decided to accept MT. Killough's amend amend ment to make the tax eight cents III aeie' and this amendment was adopteu.
 New bills introduced were r,o,,
 Bv Committee on Ways and Means-mak i ing appropriation for the expenses or the legislative, executive and at Judlteiai uepai'- ments of the state government uo
 Ry Mir McCracken.-To prevent the abandonment of wives and children 3y nus nus bands and fathers. It makes wlitull apdn- ildn donment or failure to provide, da nisue meanor. punishable by fine of from sZo t9 S300 and imprisonment In county Jall of from 30 days to six months. .,.,
 Mir Hunt introduced House Joint Resoiu- tion No. A. proposing an amendment to the constitution to allow cities ana incorpo- rated towns to issue bonds for public i'm provements and to allow counties to issue bonds for road purposes.
 The House spent great deal of time Tuesday considering the bill by senator Smms to enforce compliance with contracts in certain instances. The DIl IS ,,, nh'enud bnudl who contract to labor and secure provisions and money In advance and then fail to fulfill the contract. The bill narrowly es- ont tion to that effect the vote was 50 ayes to 35 noes It was made special order for Tuesday morning.
 The only new bill introduced at this ses- sion was one by MT. Rowell giving improve, ment districts the right to assess railroad tracks, right-ofwa and sidetracks the same as other property in the district.
 The bill by Representative Balch which iisa seeks to change the insurance law, so that any foreign or domestic. corporation shall without fine or forfeiture, upon compliance with the insurance laws of the state, pro vided 1t Is not a member of or party 10 or @ elsewhere to regulate premiums on prop erty In this state, was called up. Wednes- day afternoon and placed on Its final pas, sage Speeches in support of feek fae Dill anI n SPpSss''0Hw Meade whiie pg Mr. Beck was talking he
 yielded S %otOn to %Sen the add debats
 
 on the bill Is resumed Thursday.
 The House has finally framed an anti fu- tures bll and 1t will be RnoWn bdl dS tne ,ns asmuch as it embodies the principal tea- lures of measures on the subject intro- duced by those representatives. the bill by MT. Rowell, amending section 5676 and 5677 of Kirby's Digest so as to give improvement districts the right 10 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 MT. Andrews to require railroad com. later than the 10th of each month.
 House Joint Resolution No. 5, by MT. Carl Lee, proposing an amendment to the bonds for road and bridge purposes 1t provides that the bonds shall at no time exceed the amount of ten per cent or the the county that the rate of interest shall not exceed five per centum per annum. ana that the amount and specific object for which bridge and roads bonds may pc IS sued and used in any one year shall be authorized and determined by majority of the electors of the county. as shown by the assessors book last filed at special election for that purpose, and at such times as may be determined and fixed by the coun- tvs quorum court
 Balch' tiu'e which was carried over from Wednesdays session, was taken up again Thursday morning dabata @ en1Isheh MbeS which was termed by Representative Jack son as rehearsal of campaign speeches. v The vote on the measure was 3o ayes to 5 noes The finishing touch was put to the bill under motion by MT. Finley to reconsider the vote by which the bill failed to pass and to lay that motion on the table which was adopted by vote Of o1 ayes to
 During the morning session the following bills were read and passed:
 By MT Davis of Clark, to provide that the minimum number of men employed on freight trains shall be one. engineer, one conductor. one fireman and three brake less than fifty miles in length, where trains consist of less than 25 cars or during strikes of tranmen on the lines affected.
 By Mr. Skaggs, to require that all ship pers and buyers of stock shall keep a reg ister of the brands of their stock and that station agents shall keep a record of live 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.
 The House passed a comparatively un- important session Friday. Only few bills were discussed and acted upon. The hght of the day came over Senate Bill No. 3o, by Senator Montgomery, to provide for jury trials and change of venue In cities of the second class and in incorporated towns, and at the hour of adjournment was still pend 
 Mir. 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- tlves, That the Speaker Is hereby empower, ed to appoint a committee consisting of five members of the House, whose duties shall be to prepare a 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 as to represent each of the seven congress sional districts passed by vote of 75 ayes and noes.
 The House was the only branch of the General Assembly In sesson Saturday. the Senate having adjourned Friday at noon until Monday.
 By vote of 43 to 2s the bill by Rep resentative 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