The Forrest City times., 1907-05-10

THE HOUSE.

Following the passage of the bill Tues. day which authorized the St Francis Le. yee Board to issue bonds in the sum of $JoO,oOo. the second leyee light of the session took place Wednesday morning over the Bishop bill
 The House took time before noon ad tournment to listen to the report of the committee the Moore Heartsll bill In der the report no blame was fixed for the 'doctortng' of the bill, but Chief Clerk Ed Lucas criticised for his earelessness in handling the bill. and for having 1t eu- rolled by the expressing clerk when the enrolling clerk was the proper one to have done l..
 The greater part of the afternoon ses. sion of Wednesday was devoted 10 q con tinuance of the discussion of the Bishop bill. which had been taken up in the fore. nson.
 The House adjourned in an uproar of excitement over the third reading of bill for working e~nvicts on the roads.
 The appropriation for the preparatory department in the University of Arkansas. which has been the subject Of attack in q bill which passed the House Thursday. If the bill becomes law. The bill was introduced by MT Black of Sebastian. and was the subject of a three hour discussion when the appropriation bill was being passed upon.
 The sum of s5o,0o0 Is appropriated for the establishment and maintenance of State Agricultural and Horticultural School. under Il bill that passed the House without any discussion. and with but one dissenting vote. The bill is endorsed by the agricultural organizations of the state
 X night session was agreed on. at whie. time only local bills should be consider ed.
 The report of the Joint Committee on State Capitol. on which the members of the committee have been working since the be ginning of the session, was read in the up nor HpuSp Friday mnfUiuv but action will be taken until next week, when the members of the Senate will have had a chance 10 study the testimony that was presented tu the committee and consider their recommendations.
 The Mckense anti cigarette bill oceu pied the attention of the House through and after prolonged discussion was passed
 Committee on the State Capitol investi gation occupied more than an hour and a half of the Friday afternoon session. At it's close Mir Hunt submitted resolution which was read twice and which prohibits the present architect and contractors from beng interested In any manner In future appropriations. The resolution is as fol- lows
 sentatives of the General Assembly Of Ar kansas the Senate concurring therein, That the Board of Commissioners Of the n-" state capitol building are hereby directed require The hEtDtttfi dui abnA 10 complete their contracts on ssid building and that said contractors and the architect be then discharged and not permitted to make bids the additional "ofk pro vided for by this Legislature.
 The second attempt made within the week to secure the appointment or com mittee from the Legislature to Vlslt boY ernor John x Little at Corpus christi. Tex, was frustrated Saturday In the lionse. when a resolution to this effect, introduced by Mir White of Logan county, WAS inden nltely postponed by vote ot 59 To - The resolution asked only for the appoint ment of a committee of three from the House the Senate being excluded. since It had expressed it's diataste for the pro posed investigation the day before ny q Tofa of 2S to , Under the White me9sure. tn ecommittee was tu proceed 10 Texas ana investigate the mental and physical con diton of Governor Little and report the results to the Legislature.
 The appropriation bill for the State HoSpitaI for Nervous Diseases, which ear ries slightly over $ioo.o0o. passed the ,Iouse h minutes after it had been placed in Committee of the Whole.
 bin by Mr. Sermshire of Dallas ceun- ty making il felony to sell liquor In temperance territory, passed by Vote oi
 The walker bill and the sleasure by Nf Hamilton of Polk. both designed to enforce attendance in the public schools of the state by all children between the Of ti and |. were bNtn fDuSiAFtF'i Aoz gether and the House decided to give It's support to the measure by Nr. Hamilton of Polk. Nearly 40 counties were eNenPted from the provisions of the bill, mostly by thc black belt representatives. who were op- posed to forcing edueation on the negroes.
 Appropriation bills were given ths right of way in the House Monday. The DHi by Senator Rowland appropria .n{ -, ,,'," "'e for the contingent expenses of the Legs, lature was Eassed as was also the illi for the support uf the Confederate Home
 A stone dome for the new state eaptt9. building. as substitute for the copper dome that had been anticipated in former plans. was approved in the House when acting on the committee blll Tor the cont Dletian of the building the lower legislative body decided 10 grant every item just as the Investigating Committed had reques,ed.
 laentary agriculture in the public schools was also passed,
 One new bill was presented in the House and read twice The bill approprjates he sum of S5.oOO for the use of thp at torney general in securing counsel tn help prosecute thc many eases under the hin- antitrust law
 After debating the matter for f7ur hours the House Tuesday defeated ny seven votes the amendment te the capitol appropfa ton bill introduced by Mir. Mct olinm of Hampstead county. proFiding Tor me immediate discharge of Caldwell x Drake. the contractors of the nsty state capitol and George Mann. the architect and the employing of new meH 10 complete the work on the state house. together with the publishing of bids for the remainder of the labor and the material involved
 The Senate Bill by Judge Mcdaniel pro yidAg for the organization of mutual live stock insurance companies in the state. was passed in the House yesterday mo n Ing An attempt te call ID the bill by senator Ningo modifying the Ross ct fer the dpmesticaiinn of foreign corpo:'- ators. for second reading. failed by large vote. measure approprlafiug $iJ.0Oo for the establishment If q state read twice and referred to the Committee on Education
 other bills passed were
 By Senator Legate. appropriatlng Sl SOD for a geological survey of the state drpos it's of the state
 By pcnitentiary Gommittee appropriAt Ing SGhd0O for the completion of new pen itentlary.
 The death knel of the cigarette home made and tailor made was sounded Sal urday morning when the House passed tho antl-eigarette bin introduced in the Sen ate during the third week of the session by Senator Mckenzie of Nevada county. Ear ly next week the measure will he approved by. the governor. and on January l, 9oS tho sale or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette paper in the state of Arkansas win be misdemeanor. punishable by a fine of from Sl0 to s5o The bill was not made effective Immediately to allow the cig F.asH NaH faa n If