The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

l for the segregation of the taxes for edu-
 cational purposes as between the s,,r1 races ifes l wi}h passage in either body until when | Thursday the House responded to sa elo | qnent plea from Mr. Owens of Miller coun- l ty and by a small majority endorsed his 1 bill on this subject.
 The owens bill provides that the school l funds obtained by taxation of pegsnGal | property and real estate, and all other rev | ennes of whatever source paid into the | county and state treasury by the white l race, shall be disbursed and paid to the sup | port and maintenance of the white schools | only. and the amount of funds paid Into l the county and state treasury by taxation l If personal property and real estate and all
 other revenues paid by the colored race | shall be dsbursed and paid to the sup l port of tbe colored schools.
 The Committee on State Lands favor | ably recommended the bill by Senator Me | Knight prohibiting foreigners from own 1 ing land in the state. The intent of the | citizen of the United States and does
 not live in this country to buy up land in
 for a rise in value. He declared that
 many square miles of land were held in Ar. | kansas in this manner and the progress of entire communities was retarded by the | refusal of these persons to improve the land | pr 10 sell 1t to those who would at req
 sonable price.
 The general banking law bill. drawn up hy a special committee and introduced
 in the Senate by Senator Mckenzie. will
 bc the source of some discussion this week.
 Senator Lee Is unaiteraby opposed to the 1 bill He declares that the measure. if
 enacted into law, will place the state | Lanks on plane with the national in
 stitutlons with the result that the latter l will grow prosperous and the forEer will
 suffer. The senator from Nevada insists
 that the bill was drawn up by the Arkansas | State Bankers Association and they ought
 to know what Is good for them.
 |
 he State are not yet certain of the S3.0oo
 year voted 10 them by the Senate on Wednesday was evidenced by the notice
 given, by Senator Amis Thursday that he he
 which the Harrison bill passed on the | ground that he and Senator Montgomery | had voted on the measure in the belef
 that the salaries were to be only $2 5Qe l per annum. As the bill passed by only | q few votes in the first place, it is obvi- | ouS that the motion to reconsider will pre-
 vail.
 Legal opinions were presented before the | House Committee on Insurance Wednesdaa,y, 1 night aS 10 whether the Browning Lee bill 1 would interfere with the provisions of the | ktng anti trust law. Judge Hemingway
 staied as his positive, opinion that the | Browning lee bin would not render inoper- l stiye Inc anti trust law. This opinion was 1 pG-s5 E, Judge IIarrod. who expressed il 1 as h4 9f.uinn that if the Browning l.ee | hiI WH= ssvd lt would not annul the anti | 'ru-s au but in eXempting the insurance
 ,amf4l4,s t would render It imperative.
 Tho Moore fieartsin bill. which prohibits l speculation in futures. and had been passed 1 hy both legislative bodies several weeks
 ago. was signed hy Acting Governor Moore | Thursday. The bill which had been doc l tored after its previous passage through 1 the legislature, was carefully gone over 1 hy Mr simpson of the House Enrolling | Committee, and was in It's correct form
 when il was signed There Is no chance
 If error in this ease. as all due pr"eauttiq}inl ion | has been taken in the progress of the bill 1 through both legislative branches.
 Senator oldham las introduced a bin l that Is sUfhcent evidence that the Joint 1 Capitol Commission k going tn the bot i tom of everything that has transpired in l connection Wlth the state capitol building
 since 1905 The measure provides for
 au appropriation to cover the expense Of i experts and witnesses and for the printing
 os the report of the committee. The bill l ,ras favcrahly considered in the Commit i t#r of the Whole and laid over until next
 week.
 Senator Menaniel of Fayc'tsyilie the successor of The lute senator Thompson. l was sworn into office Monday, and he i'm mrd.afrly got to work He introduced d l bill an hour lntcr and made a speech on guotter measure. The resolutions regard | ing the death of senator Thompson was 1 presented Tuesday morning and judgo l McDaH!e made q few remarks on the life
 and work of his predecessor
 The Hrowning-Lec bill has created so much interest throughout the state that 1 the House Saturday decided by a unan- 1 imoUS vote tp get il out of the way. This i bill permits of the return 10 the state 1 ot the old line insurance companies which l are hot members of any combine to con. l trol prices for Arkansas, and has been one 1 If the most prominent issues before this | legislative session.
 The Moore-Heartsin bill Investigating | committee was denied a sum in excess Of | S3 per day for a stcuographer saturday to l take evidence, and the chairman of the l committee stated to the House that the 1 work might be dropped. but friends Of 1 thp investigation will ask second time l for thlS small appropriation. that The h. l YcStigation may continue uninterrupted
 After the roll call Wednesday morning | Acting Governor Moore announced the &D- | puiulmcut of "o following committee io l at with a similar committee from the l House to iuyestigatc the aHrSed tamperinS l that was done with the Moore Heartsili
 ant futures bill: senators Am.s. Arnold. 1 Holland aud Cagioek.
 The special election called by Acting Gov
 ornor Aipeac to select q successor to Rep.
 rc.euta,tye Nichols from Phillips county i who resigned. was held saturday, Honor able II. k. Sterling, who Was appointed l by the governor pending the election WAS
 re elected and will remain In the House.
 The Moore Heartsln investigation Of 1 the "doctored" anti brokerage bill will be 1 terminated during the coming week, The | investigation is being conducted in eXeeu | tive session and nothing will be known
 as to the progress made until the report | Is submitted.
 The State Capitol Investigating Com
 mittee keeps up its regular session, and Is amassing quantity of testimony which will be submitted to the Legislature when
 the final report is made. This investga
 ton is also held behind closed doors A resolution by Senator Rowland auth orf2lng the secretary of the Senate to pay
 all the expenses incurred in the last i'll
 ness and funeral of the late Senator Thomp-
 son, was passed in the Senate Saturday
 Representative Hughett Coleman of Ar
 kansas county has been quite indispOsed for
 the past week and has gone to his home
 in Dewitt where he will remain several
 days to reCuperate.
 Louis and the Rest of Us.
 Louis XIV had an idea that the world would come to an end when he