The Huttig news., 1907-05-11
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In the general appropriation Dill TOT tue support of this department. The subject will be renewed when the bill is again tax en up in the House and an effort made to restore the appropriation, but it is freely the action of the House in committee is most likely to be duplicated by the House in regular session.
 The entire day was devoted to this meas ure. Item by item it was passed upon, with few being approved in the original form in which the bill had come to the House from the Senate.
 Speaker Hamiter reversed former rul- ing Monday to the effect that every ap- propriation item in every bill must be passed on in Committee of the Whole, before be- .ug brought up in the House, and under ta.s reversed ruling there may be more progress made in the future in disposing of these bills.
 For the frs. time during the session the House was called to order at 80 in the morning, and there was no quorum. Af- ter about fifteen minutes of waiting the sdgeant-atarms had organized delinquents sufficient to begin the proceedings.
 half million dollar issue of bonds was authorized by the Legislature Tuesday when after one of the hardest floor fights of the session the House passed the Harrison bill, authorizing the St. Francis Levee Board to of the levee work in the St. Francis levee basin and to take up bonds that are now due.
 Single handed Mir. Killough of Cross
 
 not objecting over seriously to the issuance of the bonds as provided for under the bill, but attempting to delay it until other llegis- quire that no member be allowed to serve or the board having in hand this bond is sue who had not for period of 90 days previous to his appointment been land owner in the basin affected
 Messrs. Lasley, Moore of St. Francis and Hazel spoke for the Harrison bill. They de clared that the people of the St. Francis loNyoo ictr iaf Sal rrtt ,o hoo ord at present, and that there was no reason for change except to satisfy a political grievance.
 During the afternoon session the House finished the university appropriation bill, acting. in Committee of the Whole. The Branch Normal appropriation bill was ad- vanced by receiving two readings
 Following the passage of the bill Tues day which authorized the St. Francis Le- zee Board 6oa to to issue bonds in the sum of session took place Wednesday morning over the Bishop bill.
 The House took time before noon ad- journment to listen to the report of the committee on the Moore Heartsill bill. Un- der the report no blame was fixed for the ''doctoring' of the bill, but Chief Clerk Ed in handling the bill, and for having it en- rolled by the expressing clerk when the enrolling clerk was the proper one to have done it.
 The greater part of the afternoon ses- sicE Of Wednesday was devoted to con tinuance of the discussion of the Bishop bill. which had been taken up in the fore noon.
 The House adjourned in an uproar of excitement over the third reading of bill for working convicts on the roads.
 The appropriation for the preparatory department in the University of Arkansas, which has been the subject of attack in past Legislatures, is to be abolished under xubi iah hn if the bill becomes a law. The bill was introduced by Mir. Black of Sebastian, and was the subject of q three-hour discussion, much of which had been covered formerly when the appropriation bill was being nassed pas, nnop .z.sa-aszzs.s
 The sum of $5O.000 is appropriated for the establishment and maintenance of a h that ana passed fbe Honae without any discussion, and with but ons dissenting vote. The bill is endorsed by the agricultural organizations of the state.
 A night session was agreed on, at which time only local bills should be consider ed
 The report of the Joint Committee on State Capitol oE which the members of the committee have been working since the be- ginning of the session, was read in the up- per House Friday morning, but no action will be taken until next week, when the members of the Senate will have had chance to study the testimony that was presented to the committee and consider their recommendations.
 The Nc EenZie an;i-ciga"ette bill occu- pied the attention of the House through out the greater part of Friday morning and after prolonged discussion was passed. .Y , Committee on the State Capitol investi- gation occupied more than an hour and half of the Friday afternoon sessloh +;[, Al which was read twice, and wnich pfoh;oIs the present architect and contractors from beng interested in any manner ln future appropriations. Inc fesolulioh ie as io' lows: , f p sentatives of the General Assembly or AT. kansas, the Senate concurring therein, mat inc Board of Commissioners of the new state capitol building are hereby directed to require the architect and contractors to complete their contracts on sala oui,dtns titnt and that said contractors and the architect be then discharged and not permitted ao make bids on the additional work pro- yided for by this Legislature
 The second attempt made within the week to secure the appointment o1 com mittee from the Legislature to visit Gov' ernor John S. Little at Corpus Cnflstl' Tex, frustrated saturday Tn i.amnsd me n0use by Mr. White of Logan county: vas indei' ,!, niteiy postponed by vote or 39 10 -o' The resolution asked only for the appoiht. ment or a cOmIullttc ol tt'' House. the Senate being excluded since II had expressed Its distaste for the pro posed investigation the day before by vote of 2S to ?. Under the White measure; tn committee was to proceed to Texas ano investigate the mental and physical con, dition of Governor Little and report the results to the Legislature.
 The appropriation bill for the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, which ear, ries slightly over $400,000, passed the House 15 minutes after it had been placed In Committee of the Whole.
 A bill by Mr. Scrimshire of Dallas coun- .y making it felony to sell liquor Tn 40 to 35.
 The Walker bill and the measure by Mir. Hamilton of Polk, both designed to enforce attendance in the public schools of the state by all children between the