The Brinkley argus., 1907-04-19
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THE SENATE.

The Senate Wednesday passed bill rals- ing the salaries of all the circuit lulses in the state from S2.0e0 to S3,oo0 per annum. The salaries of the supreme anu chancery judges have already been ih- creased
 A bill introduced by the acting governor earlier in the session. giving the county judges power to remove children between the ages of and IA from homes Wners the environment is bad, was called up anu passed
 The special committee appointed to draw up state banking law reported Dlll @ tnn, Is drawn to cover the entire situatioi. The bill provides for the appointment or commissioner of banks a sarary or %z, 250 year He has powers III 'ns regulation of the bai...i-s institutions ol tbe state Fees are to b. paid into his office according to the invested capltal m the institution Restrictions are piaces on the loaning and investing powers or banks. The bill is in many details similar to the Ohio law.
 The Committee on Pepitentiary intro duced a bill in the Senate appropriatmg OOOO for the completion of the state penitentiary. Under the bill the convicts are to assist in the erection oi 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 reasonapie length of time. better quarters must pe provided no negro guards are to De em, ployed and the superintendent Is anthofized 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 mas sage and osteopathy in the state inIro- duced by Senator Milan. was passed. The Martin uniform text book bill was advanced to third reading but no vote was taken. the matter going over as unfinished onsi- ness.
 The Senate Thursday morning passed the Martin state uniform text, blil by vote of 20 to G. The measure provides zfor the establishment of State Text Book Commission. to be appointed by the super intendent of public instruction, a member 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 a state series of text books ana any other than the state series ia the common schools of his county Is made guilty oi a misdcmeanor. standard price IS ixed 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 mission Three thousand dollars IS appro- | priated to carry the act Into effect. bill by Senator Patterson providing | for the payment of the members of the | state guard who served during the yellow | fever scare of 1905. was considered Tn l Committee of the Whole. The bill carries an appropriation of s3,30O and each sol | dier who served during that time will re- Sl.,bI has already been paid by the government. 1 Tpon an attempt to place the bill on its 1 third reading there was a hitch. It appears 1 that S25 1000 was appropriated two years l ago 10 pay certain persons connected with | the quarantine work. and 1T was claimed | bv some of the senators that the dsposi. l tion of the money was not on record@and no one seemed to know much about it. on the motion of Senator Oldham committee composed of Senator's Cloud Martin and Browning was appointed to look into the and in n son bill was postponed until next Nednes- day afternoon.
 The appropriation hfll for the agricul- tural experiment station carrying S63.20D Ia drawn I'D, by the late Senator Thomp. 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 appropratian: Senator Mckenzie introduced q bill. aD- propriatine S1 600 for the use of the Arkan- sas Historical Commission, in order that they might continue their work and brlnS out a 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 be suspended and introduced senate I'iH No. | 4Olstcapitol Comnlitteel, for the purpose of approprating s25oo for the purpose of paving the expenses of the joint Capitol committee Senate went into Committee of the Whole and considered the bill. The committee recommended the passage of the bill
 The rules were also suspended in order to consider the bill Of Senator Mctall which calls for creating drainage board, and taxation of land for drainage purposes. Bill was read the third time and passed by vote of 2J to l.
 The Senate was not in session during the afternoon.
 The Senate held the first Saturday meet ing of the session this week. and some i'm portant legislation was enacted.
 The measure of Senator Mcknight, pro hbiting negroes from waiting oD white persons f-eeftfiff rdfrdcftirs, tirbsd on motion of Senator Oldham. bill by Senator Pindall. raising the salary ol the commissioner of mines. manufactures and agriculture 10 S2.500 per annum was passed The Harrison bill. raising the pay of the circuit judges to S3.UoO year, which was passed and reconsidcred this week was amended as to read S2,ooo. The amendment was adopted.
 The bill by Senator Oldham, appropriat- ing S2. 800 to pay the expenses of experts and witnesses utilized by the Joint Com mttee on State Capitol passed by unani- nous vote. A bill was a.so introduced by Senator Harrison authorizing the attorney general to bring suit in the federal court against the state of Tennessee to determine the ownership of Flower Island in the Mis- sisslppi near Osceola. Both states have claimed the island for long time, and tne purpose bi tHe 5Dlit ls tp SSttiS tie matter finally.
 After one of the hardest fights of the present session. the Senate Monday passed the Holland insurance bill. which prohibits 1 life insurance companies doing busisess tn the state from discriminating between their poicyholders and making Ii unlsw- ful to issue the so-ealled board contracts.
 The bill by Senators Ningo and Good win prohibiting railroats from working employees more than 16 hours at stretch, was passed with only one dissenting vote.
 The bill by Senator Bush appropriatiny &50.O00 for the establishment of an agfi. cultural school in the state. tabled after the Committee of the Whole had killed the first section.
 Senator Goodwin introduced bill in the Senate Tuesday giving the school commis- sioners power to invest the school frndS of the state for the purpose of increasing the income of this portion of the state government.
 Other bills introduced were:
 By Senator Yopp, regulating the sale oi commercial fertilizers in the state
 By Senator Hamiter. making it a mis- dcmeanor to use any name Tor any puf- pose except the name given at birth.
 By Senator Martin, raising the salary of the commissioner of state lands 10 S2,
 I;y Senator Cloud. amending section 4S6 of the digest relating to definite jail sentences.
 The Committee OH Agriculture recon mepded thet the measure by Senator Toney providing heavy penalties Tor inc tneit of dogs be reported unfavorably. The com mittee agreed that the sentiment in the bill was good. but the penalty in the measure ,f kC-tf ian t. p sri