Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
MO-. 20.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The DIll introduced in the senate inuIS- day by Senator Rector, chairman of the Senate Committee Public Charities, for the committee, for the support and main tcnanCc of the State Hospital for Nervous $l9,U00 over those of two years ago. He former appropriation is round mum bers amounted to $33l, GOO. The appro- pratious Tor the coming two years in the pending bill are $350UUO. The principal salary of the superintendent, slight increase in the salaries of the attendaI- $, and appropriations for certain imp a ments. The salary of the superlnre.-- .ir is increased from 5000 year 10 S2,- 250 the average salary of the Al male attendants is fixed at S23 so 1-3. and the average salary of the g female attend ants at $22 per month, The salaries ot the two assistant physicians, $ 800 and
 The biH also provides for the erection of two wards for females at cost Of $25,OOO for the two, and all annex to the
 nhrmary to cost $13,oOO.
 Cotton men over the State are much interested Ill the outcome of the Moore lIeartslll Anti-Futures hIil, recently pass cd by the Legislature, and frequent re quests are made to know when rhe Gov ernOr will sign the bul that IL may become a law Acting Governor Moore stated Friday that the blli has not as yet been presented to him. { ntil the Dil is engrossed and properly recorded in the House from whence iC emanated, the bill will not be presented 10 me Cover nor for his signature and will not become law. There seem to be no doubt that the Governor will approve the bill for he announced to the senate on taking hls seal as acting Governor of the state that he. would. unleSS some good and sufficient cause arose why he should not, sign every blll passed by the Legislature.
 The bill prohibits deaiIng in futures and has already announced that it will close It's business and perhaps move to another state when the htl becomes law.
 
 amending the Plum bayou leyee district act by adding territory n Lonoke county
 10 tAe dlstnet and authorizing bond issue of SlOO OO0 was reported favorabiy To the Senate Thursday by the CommiL' tee on Levees, with two anFndlncntS meetings at Pine Blan, to hear complaints against assessments The second amend meut provides that the board shall cor rect manifest errors in assessment. The
 dered to engrossment and made specia! order for Wednesday morning.
 ,,,. ~onr , sn9commit5ees are ma, making 1:
 are carrying on the work of investiga-
 tion in manner satisfactory, to the
 members of the committee who really Chairman Kie oldham Wednesday night regarding the progress of the joint com dttionS. The committee is divided into three parts, one to investigate the build.
 ing one To inyesniSate the & contn@ct hnaG and ana
 the third to investigate the books and accounts of the commission.
 The Hous, Committoe on Claims gave 1 hearing Thursday night to officials from
 Chcot concerning the claim for an ap- propriation for about $1.ooU to cover ex-
 penditures made by the county two epidemic. The whole of the situation
 had been threshed ont to q satisfactory conclusion before the Senate committee
 while the bill for the appropriation was in that department, and the report of that committee was unanimous fot the passage of the bill.
 At the morning session Tuesday Mir Foster introduced a resolution in the House to the effect that owing 10 the congested condition of the calendar, that body would
 meet each morning at o'clock and each afternoon at 80 o'clock The resolution
 was adopted with the provision that the
 morning hour should be 90.
 Resolutions thanking t3e Legislative Assembly for the enactment of the Barker bill restricting the sale of intoxicants in
 tins state, were unanimously adopted at Monticello by the eMthodist Baptist. Pres
 terian churches. The resolutions pledge the support of the churches in enforcing the law
 An effort IS being made to draft bill that will relieve condition as to protection from fire through insurance. The Balch bill, which in effect exempted the fire com panies from the provisions of the anti trust law was so signally defeated that any measure which repeals any part of that
 act will be practically impossible.
 Dr. Wyclffe Rose of Nashville addressed the Joint Committee on Education of the | House and Senate Tuesday and spoke at i length i;i favor of the Normal school
 measures introduced
 Senator Amis has left his seat in the Senate for ten days and has gone to Mex ico on a business trip.