The Brinkley argus., 1907-03-08

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 and papers previous to the adoption or the
 Senator winso introduced a blll at this
 session authorizing Rease sep""s o Without war 1 rants where information has been !erDahy | given of alleged violations of the law.
 THE HOUSE.
 l The measure by Representative Meade ! making the salaries of all chancelIors oi ] inc state uniform at $2.1OO per annum
 nsa nssday narte" The vote vas A ayes to 8 noes
 The demurrage bill by Mir Barker. oyer
 which there has been so much discussion
 In I,ts the onlx House; see Tns sssepans anss' vote
 confiscatIon and destruction of pistols found on persons convscss" nsscsS oi ""'a"''''' 1, New bills introduced at this session
 y Mir. stevens, to provids, that i, evsss sns state which shal buy. for the purpose of
 selling intoxicating. spirituous: malt or
 fermented liquors or blended spnri1,s h,, ; q, an n
 dition to the taxes already provided, pay as n license tax two per centum on the
 total amount of purchases made. whicn
 shall go to the general revenue fund or m | the state It requires that record sna.i | be kept of the number of gallons blended
 bought for sale. and ordered for another.
 
 same. It is a substitute for House Bill No. 59, somewhat similar measure.
 By Committee on Militia. to promote the the. CT, rc and to prescribe rules and regulations Tor
 By Messrs. IIamiter and Jackson. to | create the office of county superintendent | in each county.
 In the House Thursday afternoon the l entire session was devoted to discus | <,f ho mon hv Renrpgpnfatlvp | Killough to the bill by Representative l Hazel of Poinsett county to Increase the | tax levy In the St. Francis levee district
 from C cents to 10 cents an acre but after
 spending two hours and half on the sub | jcct adjournment was taken without n
 decision being. reached.
 | Bills passed during the morning hour
 By Messrs. Kizzia and Jackson. to make
 drunkenness nt public gatherings. such as | Sunday school and church services. literary
 societies, or on trains. misdemennor, pun.
 ishable hy a fine of not less than <1o
 My Mfr. I.asley. amending the drainage
 laws by authorizing the re-assessment of
 property for widening. or deepening drain | manner in which taxes are to be collected | to create sinking fund. and fixing q
 penalty for obstructing drainage ditchcs, Afr. Mccracken introduced bill at thi l session to provide for the separation of | whites and negroes In public examinations | for teachers license.
 other bills introduced were of purely n
 At I 80 o'clock the House adjourned until Friday morning
 For the first time during the session of | the present House. the journal of the pre- l vious days proceedings was not rend Thursday. Representative Barker. who al ways insists upon the reading. was not
 in his seat during the early part of the l mornings session. which accounts, probab | ly, for It's not being read
 The House spent much of the day Fri- | day in considering the roads bill by Sen ator Arnold and amendments to exempt | several counties from Its provisions were only local matters were considered during l the balance of the session. and at m carly | hour the House adjourned until Monday | morning.
 By bare majority of one vote. the | House Monday passed resolution by Rep rescntatiye Jackson providing for the ex | tension of the session of the General As | semby sixty days, or up to and includ
 ing May h. It required e votes. or two
 thirds of al the members elected. to pass | the resolution. But one amendment was | offered to the resolution-that by Mir. Eos | ter providing for m extension of thirty days and It was rejected by vote of | 70 ayes to 16 noes.
 | The House passed a resolution extend | ing thanks to James IT, Berry. whose term as I,slted States senator expired Monday | | and nation duIng inc twenty-two years h, | pent In the upper body of the national | Congress.
 Much of the time of the House was de 1 voted to the bill to Increase the tax levy | In the st. Francis ieyee district from si1
 cents 10 ten cents an acre. An agreement | was reached among the members from ih. | counties in the district under which h WAS
 decided to accept Mir. KIliouHh's amend | mcnt to make the tax eight cents an acre | and this amendment was adopted. l New bills introduced were:
 By Committee on Ways and Means -mak | ing appropriation for the expenses of the ! Legislative exccgtivc and judicial depart ments of the state government | By Mir MetrRcken.~-To prevent the | abandonment of wives and children by hus | bands and fathers. II makes wiifuiI aban l donment or failure to provide, mlsde
 meanor punishable by fine of from $25 to | $500 and imprisonment In county tail | of from 3u days to six months.
 l Mir. Hunt introduced House Joint Reeolu- | ton No. 1. proposing an amendment 10 the | constitution to allow cities and incorpo-
 rated towns to Issue bonds for. public I'm l provements and 10 allow counties to issue
 bonds for road purposes
 The House spent n great deal of time | Tuesday, SNnsldering tho bill by Senator simms ig enforce compliance with contracts
 In certain instances. The blif K intended | who contract to labor and secure provisions | and money in advance and then fall to | fihii the contract The bill narrowly es- ] capped indefinite post ponement. as In mo | ton to that effect the vote was 3i ayes l to :.5 noes. IL was made special order l for Tuesday morning
 | The only new bill introduced at ths ses- | sion was one by Mr. 1owcll giving improve meut districts the right to assess railroad | tracks. rIghf-Of-way and sidctracks the
 same as other property in the district. | The Senate Committee on Education held l . meeting Monday afternoon and took up 1 the Mcknight bill. which seeks to leave the matter of apportio ioning fhe school taxes | with a school supervisor, making II ps,ssl- l ble for . segregation of the taxes as Ie- tween the races In the distribution for educational purposes The committee re port will be that the Jill do not pass,
 Ex-Senafor Euit. now convict at Nat ural Steps convict camp. has offered . sug- e~stion f0 the I'enitentiary Commit tee that may culmInatc in one material change Stna- l tor Rrowning reported Monday nlght that he had a long conversn tien with the convict ex ex-senator and that Eutt stated thst the
 food was plentiful. but not always well cooked The committee reported sugxes-
 ton that free labor be employed to do tho
 cooking for the eonyiets at the ramps. be lievipg that more attention would be given 1 The ureppra ration of food In that event. A coincidence never tstfore known In Ar kansas Legislature annnls occurred Tuesday