The Carlisle independent., 1907-04-18
/ Legislative N k Proceedings /
THE SENATE.

1 which they were handled would indicate | that the end of 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 | 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 | Of the State so as to allow all or the | counties to regulate these matters by cleo tion. At the petition of fifteen property | holders a township may hold a stock law election and by petition of fifty the county can follow the same procedure. Among the bills passed at this session
 were
 By Senator Wingo. requiring foreign cor porations to file deeds of incorporation and to fix standard of fees required for en-
 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
 to see that the law is obeyed. By Senator Cloud. prohibiting all games
 of chance and fixing the penalties on of ficers who do not take cegnizance of gam
 bling within their Jurisdiction. By Senator Martin. providing for the disposition of the pententiary prisoners after the expiration of the Dickinson ana Reeves contracts.
 By Senator Cloud. providing for the as-
 sessment of corporations in the county
 In which their property is situated By Senator Harrison. refunding to the citizens of the state half of the value of
 the cattle slaughtered by the state cattle inspectors
 By Senator Mckenzie for the protection
 of the minority stockholders of a corpora tion
 The Senate Tuesday morning passed the MooreH Heartsll bucket shop bill by unanimous vote. thereby showing the dis approval of the Upper House for the tac- ties that had been resorted to to render tha pt
 A bill was introduced b. Senator Amis asking the State te appropriate S3o000
 for the erection of levee at the state
 convict farm in Lincoln county. The work is to be done by the Auburn and Lin
 wood levee districts operating in conjunc- tion with the Penitentiary Board. The Senate adjourned at noon in honor of the visit of William Jennings Bryan. The Senate Wednesday passed bill rais- | ing the salaries of all the circuit judges annum. The salaries of the supreme and chancery judges have already been in- | creased.
 bill introduced by the acting governor | earlier in the session. giving the county | judges power to remove children between the ages of and 14 from homes where the environment is bad, was called up and | passed
 The special committee appointed to draw up state banking law. reported bill that l Is drawn to cover the entire situation: i The bill provides for the appointment of
 a commissioner of banks at sarary of s2- | 250 year. He has plenary powers in the regulation of the banking institutions of | the sIate. Fees are to be paid into his
 office according to the invested capital in | the institution. Restrictions are placed | on the loaning and investing powers of | banks The bill is in many details similar | to the Ohio law.
 The Committee on Penitentiary intro duced bill in the Senate appropriating se00oO for the completion of the state pententiary 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 convicts. The men
 cannot be worked more than reasonable length of time. better quarters must be
 provided. no negro guards are to be em, ployed and the superintendent is authorized
 to employ one hundred guards who are not convicts
 A bill by Senators Patterson and Bush
 was introduced prohibiting monopolies in
 the distribution of news in the state. A bill regulating the practice of mas
 sage and osteopathy in the State istro- duced by Senator Milan. was passed. The Martin uniform text book bill was advanced
 to a third reading. but no vote was taken the matter going over as unfinished busi- ness.
 The Senate Thursday morning passed the Martin state uniform text bill by a
 vote of 20 ro s. The measure provides for the establishment of a State Text Book Commission. to be appointed by the super fntendent Ot DuDDc lnStrucIlOn. 1neiHDeE 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 state series of text books and any county examiner. tolerating the use of any other than the state series in the common | a misdemeanor. A standard price is fixed 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 thOuS90d dollars is aDDrO- priated to carry the act Into effect. A bill by Senator Patterson, proyidins state guard who served during the yellow l fever scare of 1905. was considered in Committee of the Whole. The bill carries
 an appropriation Of S3'9oo, and & each i,, sol ca | ceive S1 50 a day besides the 43 cents that
 has already been paid by the government.
 Upon an attempt to place the bili on irs third reading there was hitch. It appears | that 25.O00 was appropriated two years ago to pay certain persons connected with | the quarantine work. and II was cialmea l by some of the senators that the disposi- l ton of the money was not on record ana l no one seemed to know much about it. on
 the motion of Senator Oldham a committee l composed of Senators Cloud. Martin and l Browning was appointed to look into the | matter and in the meantime the Patter-
 son bill was postponed until next Wednes-
 The appropriation bill for the agricul- l turaI experiment station carrying S63.2o | as drawn up by the late Senator Inomp. l son. was considered in the Committee of | the Whole with disastrous results. When
 the bill got back to the Senate proper | S32 TOO had been taken from it-more | than half of the entire appropriation. | Senator Mckenzie introduced bill. ap' | nrnpriating s1 600 for the use of the Arkan. sas Historical Commission. in order that l they might continue their work and orlng l 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 De l suspended and introduced Senate Bill NO | 401 Capitol Committee), for the purpose
 of appropriating s2.5O0 for the purpose | of having the expenses of the joint Capitol