The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
THE HOUSE.


 money and supplies are secured ln au vance. and providing penalty or .ic ID prisonment for failure to comply wltn tne | contract was taken up in the House Mon day. Amendments to exempt 47 coun ties were adopted and further consldera' ton of the bill was deferred until Ned | nesday.
 At the morning session a resolution providing for a night session was adopted' but in the afternoon the vote by wniG1 e,lrld Ind resolution was adopted was reconsldereu and a motion to table the resolution pre-
 House bills considered and amended
 To bill by Mir Stevens, providing for the payment of tax on intoxlcalIhg n quors purchased by dealers, an amend ,1I liable of construction to authorize the selling or buying of intoxcants in dlstrlcts now prohibited or to repeal any existing
 Mr Beck called up House. Bill No. 14$, to make insanity a cause Tor the srant ing of divorce decrees, and an amendmiednS IlidaS by Mr, Monroe was adopted: It provides t,s that if the defendant Is an inmate oI il lne Arkansas State Hospital for Nervous Diseases the plaintiff s seeking M slnnyiGs d,TTfGe tendent of that institution showing that the defendant is incurably insane, whiGGd whiGn. however shall not estop, the chancellor chan
 Mir Black of Marion called up House Bill No. III. to prevent the adulteratlon 11,n of drugs and to regulate the manutacuudFe % 1aod l cines, but at his suggestion further con, con ] sideraton of the measure was detefreu until Thursday morning.
 The House Tuesday indefinitely post poned the bill by Senator Simms provdorns pad,,re imprisonment for laborers Who .h seGu,e nar. l goods or money in advance Tor tne per l formance of contracts and then 1al to carry out the contracts.
 New bills in the House were ,uu,,r
 By MT. Ross, to require accident insur, snt r. ance companies to file certain statements with county clerks It provides that com, com panies issuing blanket policies sba1l nIurtH file with the county clerk list Of all cop9oi, ations whose employees are insured anu copy of the form of the policy. ,-,..,o,,
 By MT. scrimshre, to punish violations nttonS of the liquor laws in prohibited territoTS tI'arD by providing that persons violating them them shall be, guilty Of teiony,i +pntiaSu ptHi1ST"pf nf not more than three years and not less than one year.
 The House took up the bill by the Com mittee on Militia Wednesday,, provldlng ap proprations for the support of the Arkahsas a as State Guard. The item providing ordTs soo Pes month for the use of the adjutant generaIs 5 department, was rejected The seconqi sec, ry tion, approprlating $6,00O. for military military encampment target prassftce' stlcess,dn af'TTs, The two sections were the only ones considered at this session. ., ..o
 The bill by Mr Leigh lghor regu,sting was nggssed fit
  department mD nns O of the University of Arkansas an amendment was adopted to make one e
 The bill by Representative, Moore of Independhnce and Heartsiil toa to Prohl1,e h1 the dealings in futures, was passed Dy the House at the morning session Thursday by vote of "A to A. Several members who voted for the measure expressed thelp p belief that 1t would not accomplish the purpose for which it was intended, ana MT; McCollum stated that he thought the piil defective from start to finish. me Dlil IS on the subject and Mir. Moore of lndepend- ence. one of the authors, said he was Will ing to confess that there were some sec tions In the measure that ne would ralhel
 During the afternoon session MT, Ruff at tempted to get his bill to make the state ary of Arkansas under consideration, but under a motion by Ir White further con, sderation of the measure was postponed
 The House passed the bill by MT. Me Daniel to amend an act of 1903 so as to make railroads liable absolutely for loss or damage to goods, wares or merchandise while in transit It provides that the con signee must file his verified claim with the agent at point of destination within ten days after receipt of goods that payment shall be made within thirty days, or upon failure to do so the conscience may bring suit. and if he gets judgment he may s
  three times his claim.
 Among the new bills, mostly local. were
 By Joint Comittee on Charities, for the support maintenance and government or the Arkansas Deaf Mute Institute.
 By Mir Combs, to render more effective the laws in relation to bastardy.
 The House Friday passed the bill by MT. Hazel of Poinsett county, being the mea- sure for the maintenance of the St. Francis Levee District.
 Another important bill passed was that by Senator Harrison, to Increase the salary of the Supreme Court judges to S4,o0o per bill also met opposition in the House. P members voting against the Dill But us lay that motion on the table;
 The passage of the Arnold Good Roads Bill in the House was % anotirr important protest against the passage of the bill, and asked that it be made part of the records; which was done. ,ou sentence to the punishment for carrying concealed weapons, was also passed in
 During the forenoon session of the House today Private Secretary Paul Little ap peared and announced the approval of the Ha B mus So Os lbs by sv tSf r Hamilton Ouachita. to compel the Cotton Belt Rail road to erect, establish and maintain de
 House fiji No 194, by Mir whaey of Nevada County, for the relief of W. R. White.
 The House was the only legislative body in session Saturday and 1t devoted It's time to the disposition of local measures It was decided that the House keep steadily at the mass of accumulated local bills until they were disposed of. and to this end 1t has been agreed that Monday will be added to the regular days set aside for Senate business
 Recognizing the frequency of railroad wrecks in recent months Mir Rowell of Jefferson introduced and had read twice a bill prohibiting any railroad from al lowing employees who by either telephone or telegraph direct the movement of trains, to work more than eight hours In any twenty four. The bill was referred to the Railroad Comittee.
 Mir Van Hook introduced a bill at this session appropriating 5000 for the pur- pose of defraying the expenses incurred in holding farmers county institutes throughout the several counties of the state, to be distributed evenly among the counties holding such institutes, and to encourage the gatherings and discussions q farm SnbpPfS