Woodruff County news., 1907-04-18
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THE SENATE.

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 THE SENATE.
 The number Of bills introduced in the Senate Monday and the expedition with which they were handled would indicate that the end oi the session is drawing near, and the rush for recognition is now on Now that the railroad measures have been disposed of the legislature is get ting after the other corporations At least six bills directed against corporate inter ests were before the Senate during the course of the day.
 Senator Bush introduced a bill supple
 menting the general stock and fencing law | or the State So as to allow all Of the l counties to regulate these matters by elac Ion. At rhe petition of fifteen property | rsHlaers a township may hold a stock law eee.ion, and by petition of fifty the county 1 can follow the same procedure. Among the bills passed at this session | were
 By Senator Wingo. requiring foreign cor | pora tionS 10 1le deeds of incorporation and | to fix standard of fees required for trance into the State
 By Senator Hamiter. requiring all com | presses in the State to attend to all cot
 ton given to them without discrimination | and empowering the railroad commission l to see that the law is obeyed. By Senator Cloud, prohibiting all games 1 of chance and liking the penalties on of 1 fcers who do not take cognzance of gam | bling within their jurisdiction. | ,. By Senator Martin, providing for the
 disposition of the penitentiary prisoners | after the expiration of the Dickinson and | Reeves contracts
 By senator Cloud providing for the as | sessment of corporations in the county
 In which their property is situated. | By Senator Harrison. refundlng to the l citizens of the state half of the value of l the cattle slaughtered by the state cattle l inspectors
 Iy senator Mckenzie. for the protection 1 of the minority stockholders of corpora l ti0n
 | The Senate Tuesday morning passed tbe | Moore HeartSiii bucket shop bill by a | unanimous vote, thereby showing the dis | approval of rhe Upper House for the tac- | tics tha: had been resorted to to render | the act invalid
 A bill was introduced by Senator Amis l asking he State to appropriate S35O0O l for the erection of a levee at the state l convict farm in Lincoln county The work
 is to be done by the Auburn and Lin wood levee districts operating in coniunc- | tion with the Penitentiary Board. | The SenaJe adjourned at noon in honor
 of the visit of William Jennings Bryan l The Senate Wednesday passed bill rais- l ing the salaries of all the circuit judges | in the state from S2.OU0 to S3.000 per
 annum. The salaries of the supreme and
 ehancery judges have already been in | efenS%S.
 A Dill introduced by the acting governor | earlier in the session, giving the county l luuSeS power 10 remove children between | the ages of ] and If from homes where
 the environment is bad, was called up and | passed
 The special committee appointed to draw | I'D state banking law reported d bill tha [ | Is drawn to cover the entire situation | The bill provides for the appointment of
 commissioner of banks at a sarary of S2- | 250 year He has plenary powers in the | regulation Of the banking institutions of 1 the state, Fees are to be paid into Lis | office according to the invested capital in l nh | on the leaning and investing powers of | banks. The bill is in many details similar | to the Ohio law.
 The Committee on Psnitentiary intro. | duced Il bill in the Senate aupropriatng | S60.000 for the completion of the state
 penitentiary. Under the bill the convicts | are to assist in the erection of the em- | bankment. Besides the appropriation the
 bill contains several provisions for the bet
 ter protection of the convl"ts. The .nen | cannot be worked more than q reasonable l length of time. better quarters must be l provided. no negro guards are to be em- l ployed and the superintendent is authorized | 10 employ one hundred guards who are not | convicts.
 A bill by Senators Patterson and Bush | was introduced prohibiting monoDolies in | the distribution of news in the state. 1 bin regulating the practice of mas sage and osteopathv in the State intro | duced by Senator Milan. was passed. The to third reading but no vote was taken. l the matter going over as unfinished busi- l ness.
 The Senate Thursday morning passed | the Martin state uniform text bill by a | vote of 20 to 6. The measure provides
 for the estahlishment of State Text Book | Commission. to be appointed by the super | iutendent of public instruction, a member | from each of the congressional districts
 in the state and one from the state at | large. who shall be secretary of the board | The board shall have the power to formul | ate a state series of text books, and any county examiner. tolerating the use of any l other than the state series in the common l schools of his county Is made guilty ot
 misdemeanor. A standard price is tyed
 on all state books and it. is a violation | of the law to sell the books above or be
 low the standard price fixed by the com
 mission. Three thousand dollars is appro- | priated to carry the act into effect. l X bill by Senator Patterson. providing | for the payment of the members of the
 state guard who served during the yellow | fever scare of 1905. was considered in an approximation of S3.J00. and each sol
 dier who served during that time will re | ceve Sl 50 day besides the 43 cents that l has already been paid by the government. | Upon an attempt to place the bill on its | third reading there was 6 hitch. It appears | that $23.o00 was appropriated two years | ago to pay certain persons connected with the quarantine work. and 1t was claimed l hv some of the senators that the disposi- | ton of the money was not on record and l no one seemed to know much about 1t. On | the motion Of Senator Oldham q committee composed of Senators Cloud, Martin and | Browning was appointed to look into the | matter. and in the meantime the Patter- | son bill was postponed until next Wednes I day afternoon
 The appropriation bill for the agreu- tural experiment station carrying S63 200 ss drawn up bv the late Senator Thomp. | son, was considered in the Committee of | the Whole with disastrous results When | the bll got back to the Senate proper | $32, 700 had been taken from it-more l than half of the entire appropriation. Senator Mckenzie introduced bill. an l r"or~'ot'nc Sf 600 for the use of the Arkan- | gas Historical Commission, in order that l they might continue their work and bring | out second volume of the report recently issued by the body.
 Friday was House day in the senate and number of bills were considered. all of a local nature.
 Senator Oldham asked that the rules be suspended. and introduced Senate Bill No. 401 Capitol Committed, for the purpose of appropriatng S2.500 for the purpose .~f of