The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-08
/ Legislative k Proceedings
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 The Senate reconvened Monday after rest of three days. The 2-cent rate l bill was called from the calendar by Sen ator Thompson and several minor amend ments approved by the committee were adopted AZ amendment providing that | the bill go into effect sixty days after passage, instead of at once. was proposed | by Senator Holland and adopted by vote | of F to IL. An effort to make the bill ] 3 special order for Tuesday failed by a similar vote. ~ ,,, amending the mechanics lien law as | to require material men to give property owners written notice of supplies fur nlshed.
 Senator Patterson introduced measure looking to the remuneration of Argenta | to Little. Rock. It was designated as | one-fourth of the citizens of Argenta vote | for annexation, the two cities will again be under one municipal government. | the Senate were:
 By Senator Rowland Senate Bill No. 91.-An act raising the pensions of wi ans from $50 to s1o0 per annun.
 By Senator Bush. Senate Bill No. 92.- | Amending Section 1912 of the digest, mak, l weapons $100 to $500 fine and thirty to ninety days F, jail. ,,r NJ
 93.SAn act for the protection of min | orty stockholders, giving them certain rights in enforcing dividends. ,,, By Senator Montgomery. Senate Blil | No. 94.-An act regulating life insurance policies in Arkansas any fraudulent state | ment in contract nulliiies, unless the owner gives notice of the false st; state e l ment to the company within sixty days aI- ] ter the time the policy Is in force .
 By Senator Goodwin. Senate Bill Nc; 9s.-An act to cid in the building of schools by authorizing the loan of mon l ey. from the permanent school fund to spe- cial school districts
 The Senate passed resolution inviting | during the present session also the pill prohibiting the dissertation of graves in
 national cemetery by shooting galleries | or other games on Memorial Day. | During the morning session of the Sen
 ate, message was received from Cover l nor Little requesting the Senate to return
 to the office of the chief executive the ap; | pointmerts' of trustees of the University oI | Arkansas which were submitted to that | body for confirmation by Governor Davis
 before he retired from office; The appoint
 ments were returned after having been in | the Senate ten days on account of the | illness of Governor Little.
 l Senate Bill No. Si tToney), which
 changes the, date of holding state cleo, a
 MSeoo{ vofe o{} si Il to seB'en0SF 2. was passsu s
 House Bill No. l, hy MT. Ross which | provides for cent passenger rate passed | after a lengthy argument.
 | The Senate then took up the election
 of United States Senator Senator Mi | Ian presented the name of Jefferson Da- | wis On roll call thirty Senators voted | for Governor Davis, Senator Legate, the | Republican member voted for NIT. Worth 1 ington and Senator Browning declined to | vote.
 The Senate passed the following local
 House Bill No. 40. which changes the
 time of holding court in the Fourteenth l judicial circuit.
 House Bill No. 4, requiring the Iron tot fn
 depot at Cum Springs in Clark county; ~
 House Bill No. ST, requiring the Iron
 Mountain road to. erect and maintain a
 House Bill No. 77, requiring the Rock
 Island road to stop trains at Magazine
 House Bill No. s2. which authorizes an | Drew county of a sum to reimburse pr. | Robertson for services during small | poX epidemic.
 The Senate held but one session Wednes, 1 day. Shortly after 1t convened Governor l Little returned the revised list Of Uni
 versty of Arkansas trustee apartments to
 take the place of those submitted r by ioS Coy
 erford to succeed ". II. Langford k; c. Herbert to succeed Henry Stroup and NJ: L..
 Davis to succeed Dougal McMillan; The
 latter appointment had been made by Gov | ernor Davis to fill an unexpired term
 through resignation and was allowed to
 stand by Governor Little. | Appointments of one member from each | of the congressional districts on the State | Roard of Charities was also announced in
 q message from the governor and and were as | follows W. o. Trout of the First district, | T. J. Williamson of the Second district, | w. C. Braly of the Third district, E. l..
 Mallock of the Fourth district. c. F. Cruce | of the Fifth district. D. S. McCray of the ! Sixth district and Joe l.. Davis or the Sev- | enth district.
 of Greek letter societies in the state uni | versity will take place again at this session | was established when Senator Bush intro
 duced a bill, which, through it's terms, de | mands q pledge of every student not to be | long to or affiliate with such societies. An | effort was made to kill the bill in its
 incipiency through motion to reject, The
 motion failed and the bill was read twice,
 taking its regular place on the calendar for
 a contest later in the session. ,
 The Senate passed the following bills | during the session of the day:
 Authorizing the town of oseeola to issue | S34.0o0 bonds to construct a waterworks | system providing stcnographers for the l judges of the supreme court: requiring the l Frisco system to improve it's train serv-
 ice between Bentonville and Rogers; mak7
 ing railroad companies liable for fires | caused by locomotives; repeating the act | of the last legislature creating the Eel | seminal district court in Union county.
 This hill passed the house last week. The
 original bill figured in the boodling inves- 1 tigation last year.
 l By the narrow margin of single vote
 bill passed the Senate which authorizes
 
 | ed full lists of all persons having court | fees due The bill provides fees for the | clerk for preparaing the lists and for the l county newspapers for printing them | Important measures introduced were: Ry Senator Mckenzie. Senate Bill No | 1O5-To prohibit the sale or manufacture l of cigarettes in this state
 By Senator Legste. Senate Bill No l 106-To authorize the governor to appoint
 a state geologist for survey of slate | lands of the state. | Ky Senator De Rositt Senate Bill No | I0S,- Making it unlawful to sell merchan | disc from cars on switches sdetracks By Senator Mcknight. Senate Bill No l 1O9-Requiring cotton weighers to mark | in distinct numbers the exact weight oi l each bale.
 At twelve o'clock the Senate re l paired to the House to meet in joint ses | sion and vote for Governor Davis for United | States Senator after which it adjourned | until Thursday morning.
 The first real parliamentary fight on tn, | floor of the Senate at this session of the l Legislature occurred Thursday by the di | latory tactics adopted by the opponents o
 the Amis bill which prohibits gambling or
 the results of races. The contest begur l shortly after roll call lasted until tn |