Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
THE HOUSE.

| body at both morning and afternoon ses- | sions but the House refused to set aside l it's roll call for the advancement and in- troduction of local measures to take them l up.
 Among the new bills introduced in the
 By Mir DuLaney. authorizing the teach | ing of elementary agriculture in the public | schools of the state through the addition | of at least one book on the subject, l By Mir. Stevens, to prevent commercial | discrimination in prices of commodities, and placing penalties for variance in ! charge of such commodities in any cities l of the state except 4s may be accounted ] for through freight rate differences.
 By MT. Welch, requiring peddlers in peddler's license before being permitted to make sales.
 On Tuesday the House made more pro- gross in the disposition of business than | on any Senate day during the sesslon. An l effort was made to get the oldham annexa. l tion bill before the House in advance of some other bills which were under the same order, but the chair held that twothlrds vote was necessary to advance | the bill, which precipitated some discus 1 sion. A while later and after the motion had been lost the bill came up under reg ular procedure and was given its first reading when a motion to adjourn pre- vailed.
 The greater part of the session Wednes- 1 day was devoted to the general appropria- tion bill for the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government the | bHdy acting in a committee of the whole. After lengthy discussion the House refusal to curtal the efectiveness of the Railroad Commission by uniting the l duties of its secretary and rate clerk. An amendment by Mir. DuLaney was adopted i which leaves the salaries of the commis- sionerS they were before. but provides that the clerical help of the office shall l consist of a secretary at S3,O0O, a Steno- | grapher at S1 600 and an expert rate clerk l at S2.SO0 for the two years.
 While debating the appropriations for the 1 commissioner of mines, manufactures ana l agriculture. several amendments were offered in an attempt to promote the work of | the State Iiorticultural Society through appropriations for this organization but to be paid out by the commissioner of mines. manufactures, and agriculture. ment was submitted for an appropriation CT &5.oQo for this office. also to be used ! in furthering immigration, but that re- ceived a minority report.
 The House was again devoted to the | appropriation bills Thursday, and very lit tie other business was considered. Over the report of the Ways and Means Com mittee the salary of the private secretary to the governor was left it had been for years past. the committee having re ported for reduction.
 The reform school appropriation passed the House Committee with but altera tion. that of cutting of S4,0OO for resi- der"e for the superintendent of the insti- tuition.
 The Van Hook farmers institutes bill was considered. The section apnropriating SO 00n adopted, but the bill was re- ferred back to the committee for amend ment.
 A bill for. a survey of the St, Francis basin noo was introdgced The o bill carries ia t6s reclaiming of thousands of acres of swamp lands
 read a second time in the House and the penitentiary bill once. Among the items in the latter bill is S5O0O0 to pay on the state convict farm in Lincoln county.
 Mir Hoyle introduced a bill requiring cities of the second class to set apart two-tfths of the improvement tax for road improvement, and cities of the third class to set apart three-fffths of the same tax for the same purpose.
 .t Among a number of committee rerorts in the House Friday was one from the Com mittee on Temperance on Senate Bill No. 1O5 the anti-cigarette bill. with the recon mendation that il do pass. as amended.
 Probably for the first time in the his tory of the Arkansas Legislature the House failed to return bill to the Senate upon not refuse to return the bil. but nerely failed to comply with the request of the Senate, upon the point of order that the upper house had failed to specify for what purpose it desired the return of the Bill No. s, known as the "Shot, firing bill" which passed the Senate, and had been transmitted to the House. and been read three times and sent to the committee on
 The hardest fight, however, came up over the acEE3ey Rgp,ository Bill While Which, iq 1nie bi county from the provisions of the bill, but in the Senate 1t was replaced. me fight came on the motion to concur concur sd m bate was indulged in before the matter went 10 a vote The result of the roll call was decisive victory for MT Wilson, while Il voted against 1t.
 re..o 4Lo ro,i+oo+;orv Cop,p,i++oa in +ba House Tuesday Superintendent Pitcock and Architect Frank Gibb appeared and went over details regarding the compie- tion of the new penitentary. The compile tion of the building will cost q sum ap- proximated at S150.000. which sum will be reduced about 2T per cent if convicts are used for a part of the mechanical work. Under this estimate the cell house will cost about S105, 5,000 and the hospl- tai anl office buildings the remainder, The superintendent went over the numerous pration bill for the coming two years. and explained their necessity to the com mittee: bill covering these appropria- tions is being drafted
 There is an element of doubt as to whether the Oldham annexation bill will be reached the House calendar this week, but if it is called there will be lively contest before it is disposed of, The bill passed the Senate by a small majority, through the House with but little opposl- tion but statements to the effect that a motion will be made to table it when first it comes up indicate that there is more oppostion than had been anticipated. The Pulaski delegation. undivided in its support of the measure, feels confident that it's pas sage will not he denied by their fellow members of the House.
 With but seven weeks yet of the ex- tended session before it. members of the Appropriations Committee are anxious to get their bills before the House. Much time is consumed in this class of lesis- lation through the fact that each item is taken up separately In Committee of the Whole and has to he passed upon separate Iy To not give these bills almost imme- diate attention, according to members of the committee. will mean that the last month of the session will of necessity have to be devoted almost exclusively to them.
 After calling the session to order Mon day Sneaker IIamiter referred to a paper being distributed the desks of the mep- bers containing faring Headlines of allega- tions to the effect that an attempt was to be made to corrupt the Legislature by the free distribution of poodle. The Speaker requested that the House pay no attention to the article as he did not be l t,oI +loA c,,ol,