The Forrest City times., 1907-05-17
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS Thirty-Sixth General Assembly in Ses- sion Four Months, and Much
 important Legislation
 Enacted.

Nine hundred and eighty bills were introduced in the legislature during the session just past. or these 302 have already become acts. There arc about i5 or 5o bills pending now awaiting the governors signature. This will bring the total of the acts up to about 310 Last year there were 400 new jaws placed on the statute books and from present ap- pearances the number this year will 5e less than in 1905.
 Most important Acts of 1907
 Act No. s (Ross), making a 2-cent rate the maximum railroad passenger fare for all railroads in the state over S5 miles in length.
 Act No. 192 tBarkerl the demur. rage bill.
 Act No. 254 (Moore. Heartsill1, pro- hibting the speculation in cotton fu- lures; making 1t misdemeanor to conduct d bucket shop.
 Act No 69 tOldham), the fellow servant bill
 Act No 154 Goldman Hamitcrl an ! Act No. 55 tAmisl. prohibiting bet. ting on horse races.
 Act No. 1S4 Uee- Browning) repeal. ing that section of the antitrust law 1 relating to insurance.
 Act No. l6D tLee), making the birth day of Robert E. Lee a legal holiday. Act No. 132 tBush), increasing the | a i'm ons.
 Act No. 327 (Moore), giving to the county judge the right to take child, ren from disreputable surroundings. Act No 13l (Harrison), raising the salaries of the supreme judges to s4.000
 Act No. 1s9 Geel, prohibiting li- quor advertisements in dry territory. and defining agent"
 Act No 2S2 tRowelD, limiting the .hours of daily service of train dis patchers to eight hours
 Act No. 60 (Simms). prohibiting the granting of saloon licenses except in incorporated towns and cities.
 Act No.-Geel, changing the mot to of the state from "Regnant Populi" ID "Regnat Populus"
 Act No (Wingo), for the repeal of the Ross act for the domestication of foreign corporations.
 Act No Uee). providing for the establishment of d State Pardoning Boasd
 Act No fGoodwin), extending the | powers of the Railroad Commission in the matter of fixing freight raess.
 The appropriation bills (Wingo). i. $15,o00 for the establishment of State Normal School in the State: (Browning), S50,000 for the printing of the Supreme Court reports; and the Mckenzie bill. appropriating funds for the completion of the work Of the History Commission
 important Bills Killed.
 By Senator Establishing the boundaries of school districts coin. eide with the township boundaries.
 By Mir. 0wens-To segregate the taxes of the black and white inhabi- tants.
 By Senator Amis-To require all foreign life insurance companies to invest 75 per cent of their surplus In this state.
 Senator Patterson-Regul the sale of patent medicines in the state. By Mr Baleh-To amend the insur- anee feature of fhe antitrust law.
 By Senator Harrison-Proyiding for the ron payment of legislators when absent
 By Senator Moore-To give the old state house to the Arkansas Histosi cal Commission.
 By MT. Black-To regulate the sale of patent medicines.
 By Senators Edmondson and Rector To abrogatc the Dickinson convict con-ract
 By Senator Carlock-To submit the question of license or no license to the people al the next state election.
 By Senator McKnIght-To prohibit negroes from serving white persons in certain capacities and to prohibit aliens from holding land in the state
 By Senator Goodwin-To allow the school commissioners 10 invest the public school funds
 Capitol appropriation bill.
 important Bills That Died
 Uniform textbook bill. introduced by Senator Martin of Pope county
 The Abercrombie bill. providing for the working of eonvicts on the pub lie roads.
 The Cloud bill, for the repeal of the Lee anti-jug law
 The Milan bill. for the exemption of Garland county from the provisions of the Amis anti-bettlng law
 The Harrison bill for the raising of salaries of the circuit judges.
 Senator Harrison delivered brief address in which he presented Sec retary Trevathan, Assistant Secretary Nelson. Journal Clerk Norfieet and As | cictaDt IOnrpaI CIarIy Mrc Rnc1oIfa