The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19

tain articles In the state.
 By Senator Mcdaniel. providing for the establishment of mutual live stock h. surance companies in the state. THE HOUSE.
 bill by Mir. Thomas which prohibits 1 railroads operating In this State from issu ing passes, brought on a discussion of wide range at Mondays session. in which the editors of the State were severely arraigned. and charged directly with controlling sen tment favorable to the railroads in ex change for the transportation that was
 formerly issued by the roads. The bill
 was defeated the vote being 8 to g. notice for a reconsideration of the vote
 was given and there will be second at
 tempt to get the bill through the House, ma jorlty of the House has upheld the
 work of the Railload Commission, and over the recommendation of the Ways and Means Committee has decided not to curtail
 the work of this branch of the state gov | ernment by a reduction of the clerical force of the office. of all the detail appr0pria- tions asked for by the friends of the com
 mission there was but one denied this be ing the provision for janltor service for the office n total for the two years of Si92. Mir Hamilton of Polk introduced a bill making attendance at public schools com pulsory between the ages of and l4
 years for at least half the scholastic year.
 The university deficiency appropriation bill was up before the House Tuesday, but the noon recess came before final ac- tion was taken on the first item of the bill, and that body was not in session during | he afternoon, having adjourned in order to hear the address of W. l. Bryan. SeXz eral bills of local interest were considered. five of which were passed.
 In the House Wednesday a proposed amendment to the constitution met favor which reSnhmits to the people the question | of making poll tax qualification q neees= | sity in exercising the right of suffrage in l this state Of all the fifteen proposed | amendments this is the only one which has met favor.
 In the afternoon session the Martin bill. 1 which prohibits any person from attempt | ing to influence legislation until after hay
 ing filed brief. and then only before the l proper committees. was taken up This k
 q copy of the bill which Coy. Folk of 1 Missouri drew. and Is considered very l drastic. No action was taken on the b!ll.
 The House passed the Mcdaniel hllL
 carrying the appropriation of $3e9oo for
 the establishment and support and man
 tenanee of the reform school
 1 New bills introduced were:
 l By Mr Bishop amending the oil inspce ] tiou law sa that Il county judge may have l;v Mir Glover, requiring all corporations
 to file lists of their ho!dinss vim !t,, l assessor for assessment also show the amount of stock paid ln.
 The House Thursday passed the Owens l hy white persons shall be used in lLr 1 education of the white children and those l paid by the negro shall be used l2r the education of the negro
 The entire afternoon session wns d. l voted to work in Committee of the Whole
 on the items If the deaf mute appropra- 1 tion bill Chairman DuI.aney secured the 1 adoption of every item except that which raised the salary of the superintendent, | and this was left at the same figure that
 had been formerly paid that official New bills introduced were:
 | BY MT. Barker, prohibiting bfltln% on l elections and amending the present iaw [" i prohibit wagering on special or primary
 By Mr Saunders. making an appropria- l ton to pay for the quarantine which had
 two years ago been maintained in thleot Ey Mir. simpson of the Commjttce on l Temperance, making the state saloon Il gense $500 per annum.
 The House went into a Committee of the l Whole Friday to consider the University
 deaceney 9gpr0oPGriation d n, 5tor The ,.l,. AFs' l Was amended tb furnish only $20O1u,
 The bill by Senator Patterson to pro
 vide for a stcnographer for the aud t9f. s ] office was passed by vote 0f - tu 3. l Senate HI1 No. 139, by Senator Arnold 1 which prevents the catching of fish except l by hook and line passed the House hJ n large majority. The bill eTenpts tAiaoi l Woodruff and 0uae'dta.
 The House Saturday resolved itselt Into ! tg-utulttFt Hi the W hult anu IHAtA'AtlN l worked through the uneYeutful HnmS "t ] the appropriation hi.is submitted ry tAar ! man Dulauey of the Committee oa tha i ltieS. deyotiuG more time to the d!spa sltiun of this business than on any preYi ous day oI the session.
 The civil rights hill, enacted in ls7$
 was repealed in bill by MT. Martin of 1 Crittendcu county that passed the House The repealed bill Is the one in which the
 state law guarantees equal rights to every
 race in attendance at theatres, admission ! .,t |. 1f1 stuFl Ht4l | etc. Judge Martin, in making ms apptat | for the passage of the repeal bill. stated ! that the law was so drastic in it's terms | that he might be arralgned under Ii fol i even thus attacking 1t in asking its re 1 peal
 | commercial discrimination as between cities l and sections in the sale price of commodi 1 ties was passed, soon after which the
 House adjourned until Monday morning.
 A party of teachers and citizens from 1 Hot Springs came ID Little Rock the first ! of the week In the interest of the bll tha 1 has been introduced in the Legislature to
 shorten school hours in certain special 1 districts of the State. The introduction ] of the bill has caused a great deal oi l interest Many are opposed to it's passage,
 while others are strongly in favor of II. l X petition tavorng the bill was circulated ! In Hot Springs some time ago and received
 great many signatures.
 A ! Hawkins. secretary of the Good Roads As
 sociaton. Is drawing up a bill for introduc-
 tion in the Senate appropnating $2ooo.
 for survey of a proposed road between i Fort Smith and Memphis by way of Little Rock and Pine Bluff. The Idea Is to con. l struct highway across the entire state
 through the principal cities of Arkansas. l The road is to be of macadam and is to be a model one In all respects. At present all i that is desired is a preliminary survey of the route. after which means will be de | yised whereby funds for the construction 1 of the highway can be secured
 The Quinn bill. which makes the His | torical and Memorial Society of the state the custodian of the old state capitol build. ing after the offices have been removed to the new building passed on in the l House Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon and will be returned to the House with a report that it do pass. Members O. the society were present, was Mr Quins when the committee passed on the measure Judge Trieber was among those who fav ored the keeping of the old state capitol intact as a memorial and historical insti- tuition.