The Green Forest tribune., 1907-04-19

ment of licenses for the peddling of cer-
 tain articles in the state so, ! the establishment of mutual live stock in-
 surance companies in the state.
 THE HOUSE.
 bill by Mr Thomas which prohibits | railroads operating in this State from lssu- | ing passes, brought on q discussion of wide | range at Mondays session. in which the aditors of the State were severely arraigned, | and charged directly with controlling sen | timent favorable to the railroads in ex- | change for the transportation that was l formerly issued by the roads. The bill
 was defeated, the vote being B to 37. | notice for reconsideration of the vote ! was given and there will be second at | tempt to get the bill through the House. After a vigorous floor contention a | majority of the House has upheld the
 work of the Railroad Commission, and | over the recommendation of the Ways and | Means Committee has decided not to curtal | the work of this branch of the state gov ernment by reduction of the clerical force i of the office. Of all the detail appropria | tions asked for by the friends of the com | mission there was but one denied. this be
 ing the provision for jantor service for | the otiice total for the two years of S192. Mir. Hamilton of Polk introduced bill ! making attendance at public schools com pulsory between the ages of and II years for at least half the scholastic year. l | bill was up before the House Tuesday,
 but the noon recess came before final ac-
 ton vas taken on the first item of the bill, | and that body was not in session during | the afternoon, having adjourned in order
 to hear the address of w. l. Bryan Sev- | aral bills of local interest were considered, | five of which were passed.
 | In the House Wednesday a proposed | amendment to the constitution met favor
 which resubmits to the people the question l n m ia | sity In exercising the right of suffrage In
 this state. Of all the fifteen proposed
 amendments this is the only one which has | met favor.
 | In the afternoon session tho Martin bill. which prohibits any person from attempt l ing to infiuence Legislation until after hay | ing filed brief, and then only before th:
 proper committees, was taken up This ia
 a copy of the bill which Coy. Folk of Missouri drew. and Is considered very | drastic No action was taken on the bill | The House passed the Mcdaniel bill | carrying the appropriation Of S3O,0OO for
 the establishment and support and main | tenance of the reform school.
 New bills introduced were:
 l By Mir Bishop. amending inc oil inspee l ton. law So that county judge may have
 the right to remove an inspector for cause
 to file lists of their holdings with the ! assessor for assessment; also show thf l amount Of stock paid in.
 The House Thursday passed the Owens bill which provides that the taxes paid | by white persons shall be used In the | education of the white children and those | paid by the negro shall be used for the
 education of the negro.
 The entire afternoon session was de | voted to work in Committee ot tho Whole
 on the items of the deaf mute appropria l tion bill Chairman DuLaney secured the
 adoption of every item except that which
 and this was left at the same figure that | had been formerly paid that official. New bills introduced were:
 | By MT. Barker. prohibiting betting or l elections and amending the present law to | prohibit wagering on special or primary elections.
 By MT. Saunders. making an appropria,, l tion to pay for the quarantine which had l two years ago been maintained in Chicot count..
 By Mr Simpson of the Committee on Temperance, making the state saloon E' cense $500 per annum.
 The House went into Committee of thq l Whole Friday to consider the University | deficiency. appropriation bill. The first | item for S25. .O0O for teachers salaries was amended to furnish only S2o,0o0. The bill by Senator Patterson to pro, | vide for a stenographer for the auditor Senate Bill No. l39. by Senator Arnold
 which prevents the catching of fish. except by hook and line passed the House by a large majority. The bill exempts Chieot Woodruff and Ouachita.
 The House Saturday resolved itself into Committee of the Whole and patiently
 worked through tine uneventful items of
 the appropriation bills submitted by Chair
 man DuLaney of the Committee on Char ities. devoting more time to the dispo- sition of this business than on any previ-
 The civil rights bill. enacted in 1873
 was repealed in bill by Mir Martin of Crittenden county that passed the House. The repealed bill is the one in which the
 state law guarantees equal rights to every
 race in attendance at theatres admission to all semi i-pubfc places such as hotels. etc. Judge Martin. in making his appeal
 for the passage of the repeal bill, stated
 that the law was so drastic in its terms that Ee might be arraigned under It for even thus attacking 1t in asking its re The bill by Mr Stevens which prevents commercial discrimination 8S between cities and sections in the sale price of commodl- ties was passed, soon after which the House adjourned until Monday morGinS. rartv of teachers and citizens from Hot Springs came to Little Rock the first of the week in the interest of the bill that
 has been introduced in the Legislature to shorten school hours in certain special
 districts of the State. The introduction
 of the bill has caused a great deal of
 interest Many are opposed to it's passage.
 while others are strongly in favor of it.
 petition favoring the bill was circulated
 in Hot Springs some time ago and received a great many signatures
 At the request of Senator DeRossitt, T. S.
 Hawkins, secretary of the Good Roads As sociation, is drawing up bill for introduc-
 ton in the Senate appropriating S2J.0ou
 for a survey of proposed road between Fort Smith and Memphis by way of Little
 Rock and Pine Bluff. The idea is to con
 struct a highway across the entire state
 through the principal cities of Arkansas
 The road is to be of macadam and is to be a model one in all respects. At present all that is desired is a preliminary survey of
 the route, after which means will be de
 yised whereby funds for the construction
 of the highway can be secured
 The Quinn biil which makes the His
 torical and Memorial Society of the state
 the custodian of the old state capitol build
 ing after the offices have been removed
 to the new building. was passed on in the
 House Judiciary Committee Wednesday
 afternoon and will be returned to the House
 with a report that it do pass. Members of
 the society were present, as was Mr. Quins
 when the committee passed on the measure
 Judge Trieber was among those who fay.
 ored the keeping of the old state capitol
 intact as d memorial and historical nsti
 tuition.
 The regular flood of petitions asking
 the passage of the Browning Lee bif1, or
 some similar measure that provides re
 lief for the insurance condition was
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