The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-01
THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE.
 The House spent a quiet day Monday.
 much of the time being devoted to the roll
 call for the introduction and advancement 1 of bills
 | tax levy for Confederate pensions from l
 mill 10 12- mills was passed. with only one
 dissenting vote.
 | To make four-wire fence lawful fence In 1 Crawford county; tS provide for the cleo
 tion of road overseers In Boone county 10 l require the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain
 tracks and yards in Pine Bluff to compel
 q salary of S1 250 per apnum. Among the new bills in the House were 1 By Mir. Walker, to require that in coun- ! ties having two county seats, county clerks
 shall keep at each seat in addition to the re 1 cords already kept. records of marks and
 brands neoTpoTat"n estrays ros aaSed'se 9d Ts l cords of lands sold the state and indi-
 yiduals that the county collector shall keep | one set of tax books at each seat that the ] sheriff and collector shall keep the tax ! books at each seat until April 10, of each ! year for the payment of taxes and that i the treasurer shall keep at each seat the
 funds of each of the school districts In ! the respective judicial districts. Read first i and second times.
 1 By Mir Leigh, to enable persons having | claims against insurance companies that
 may fail or go into the hands of receivers, l 10 consolidate such claims and sue jointly. Read first time.
 By Mr McCollum to prohibit the plead ing of the statute of limitation against the
 right of a town or city to open streets and alleys Read first time.
 Al 10 the House adjourned until Tues
 day morning.
 The bill by Representative Meade, to
 make the salaries of the chaIsellors or
 the state uniform at s2,500 per annnm, which withstood an attack Monday in the House. WAS up again Tuesday and came out unscathed from another assault made
 upon | in the shape of an amendment.
 This particular amendment was by Repre- sentative Thomas, and was to the effect
 that instead of the salaries being fixed at $2iUO per annum the amount should be
 IT cents psr annum. The author of the
 amendment said it was not offered for the purpose of fixing conpensations, and that
 its real object to abolish the several chancery districts in the state | pon n
 viva yoce vote motion to reject the amend i meHt prevailed
 The House spent an hour and a half Of
 the afternoon session in discussion or a Senate concurrent resolution memorallA- ing Congress to pass a bill introduced by l Congressman J. c. Floyd to make available
 the waters of White river, in Missouri and in Arkansas above Cotter for electrical purposes, without impeding navigation. The resolution not adopted. Measures passed upon were as follows
 By Mir. Anderson. to make valid copies of certain records of Garland county dam aged in the fire at Hot Springs in February.
 1905. was d special order and was read
 'D To o''i> senate H. Biii So' 76 uollandp. pro
 viding for one stenographer for the, ehief justice of the Supreme Court and two stenographers for the associate justicesi. the House Committee on Judiciary offered i an amendment to authorize the justices 10
 employ one stenographer at salary of
 $1 200 per annum, which was adopted
 bill was introduced at this session by
 Nlr. Black of Sebastian for the protection
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 The Barker and Coleman demurrage bills
 were special orders in the House Wednes day and all of the afternoon session and
 part or the morning & session wa was S.a1 taH+n
 was Mir Coleman who spoke for two hours and half for his motion to substitute
 his bill for that offered by Mr. Barker.
 ments to the bill by Mir. Moore of Inde-
 pendence. to prohibit dealings in futures. were adopted. One in particular, hy MT. Coleman prohibits the soliciting or feeeiv ing of orders for futures to be executed
 in this state or elsewhere. and makes II unlawful 10 send order by mail. tele phone or telegraph for futures tO be exc cuted in this ststc or elsewhere and for
 any telegraph company to deliver any i of futures or which contains q report of i the. purchase or sale of futures.
 To House Bill No. S0 tSimpSonp. to l provide room in the new state capitol as l headquarters for the Arkansas division l of the United Daughters of the Confcder ! acy. amendments were adopted providing l that when provision is made for the finish i ing of the capitol an appropriation may l be made for the purchase of cases for the l preservation of Confederate battle flags
 and other historical articles. and that in ! stead of the room being set aside for he i headquarters of the Daughters of the Con l federaCv it shall be for the filing Of his | torlcal documents and archives. New bills introduced at this session were i Ky MT fartain, to amend section 1t+"
 .f Ia fyl,N s1.tf I.,. i tine sale of intoxicating liquors ty pro l yidinG that when house has been leased l for lawful purposes and k used a "haud l tiger II shall be the duty ot the owner | to cause the tenant to yarate the house. i and if he refuses the owner shat take 1 steps to procure possession T. also rlakoS the running Of a blind tiger Suni.irut cauSe for the cancellation of q lease. Ky Mr. QHnn, for the protection ef Ia i SengerS on trains and to prohibit driumn. ] or soliciting for hotels, bath houses. eat ] ing houses or doctors on trains or plat. l forms and at de9ots
 l The Iousc Thursday refused to adort | the motion by Representative Coleman to l make AlS demurrage bill a substitute for l measure on the same subject by Repre- 1 sentative Barker. The motion was under l debate the greater part of the day before i and at q'I "t todays session after the ] morning heHr.
 1 The principal objection to rbe Coleman 1 hill was that ii did not prescribe penalty 1 against the railroads.
 1 ihe HaFker elll was 'hamponed hv Rep resentatlNe llartsel, Ross Poster and br l itS author.
 ] In commemoratinn of the 175th annlvor. l Sary of the birthday of George Washing ton. the House adjourned Friday shortly 1 before noon. until Saturday morning Al | though il was Senate day only one hii3 1 emauot Ing from the upper body was con l sidor"d Suspension uf the rules for the ! consideration uf House bills was the order 1 and Y was after II o'clock before The ! senate hp 1 Senate hll considered was the formation ] ot n drainage district in Philips county 1 and half ah hour Was consumed in ls i reading
 The House which was the only body ot i th" General Assembly in session Saturday, 1 transacted more business than on any day since the couVeniug of the session ! Three especially important hIIS were passed during the morning session The ! first to receive consideration was the uin ] LA r.u-n.-.L.LLNn EL.-k .L SuL.--L--.