The Green Forest tribune., 1907-03-01
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.


 bill, which follows debars any but daily papers from competition as provided in section D. because of lack of space.
 Section l. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate to purchase and furnish each member of that body daily, for this session, forty daily papers of any paper publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature, or in lieu thereof two hundred and eighty weel1lies of the Legislature, the choice of such pa pers. whether weekles dailies to be left to the member, and any papers published ing eligible to this selection. provided such publication shall comply with the terms of this Act otherwise by publishing full and complete proceedings of the Legisla- ture. Provided such daily papers or week lies shall not cost over, two cents per copy and the publisher shall be required to pay all postage on list furnished him by mem
 Section ?. It shall be the duty of the Sec retary of Senate to purchase and furnish each member, with ? cents worth of post age stamps daily for this session.
 Section 3. That it shal be the duty Of furnish each member of that body daily for this session, forty daily papers of any paper publishing fun reports of the pro ceedin@s of the Legislature or ill lieu thereof. two hundred and eighty weeSies. publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature the choice of such paper whether weeklies or dailies to be left to the members and any paper published In the State of Arkansas, whether weekly or daily
 
 such daily papers or Weeklies shall not cost over two cents per copy and the pub fisher shall be required to pay all postage on lists furnished him by members.
 Section A. IL shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House to purchase and fur njsh each member with. 20 cents worth of postage stamps daily for this session.
 Section ,. The papers purchased under the provisions of the foregoing sections, full and complete proceedings of both houses. the full text Of all laws passed containing. seven sections or less. and plain intelligent synopsis of all laws passed containing more than seven sections and that when mention is made of pending bills in said papers the name of the author and the title of said bill shall be given.
 A law so drastic that it is expected to break up mobs after they have been formed and are actually engaged in the work Of taking prisoner rom the custody Of sheriff or other official was endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, and if enacted into law will establish a pre- cedent in the Southern states.
 Under its provisions extreme penalties are placed on any officer surrenderin@ prl soner to q mob, but it goes further and gives that officer the right to summon any citizen Of the state. even if that citizen is then a participant of the mob to his assistance and. should the citizen refuse q fine of Sl,- 0G0 is provided for together with six months Imprisonment in the county jail.
 The Joint Peniteutiary Committee has returned from personal inspection of the state Idrm al tulnmlnS. WhlcA nad been begun Friday morning. The committee re ports everything in splendid shape at the farm, the cOnvicts orderly and well cared Tor, the buildings clean and The food sufh- cent. The entire farm was gone oyer. and il was found that much Improvement has been made The manner in which affairs many members of the committee. who state that the improvements made are far in excess of what had been expected.
 The bill of Representative Moore Of Pulaski county, to require the Iron Noun tain to build depot al Sweet Home, which was passed by the House yesterday, will if it becomes law, mean q great con venience to the old soldiers at the Confed crate Iiome. The bill requires also that all passenger trains shall be stopped at Sweet Home. and this will be a great accommoda= tion to the veterans in making trips to Little Rock. Representative Moore was backed up by Representative Barker when the bill came up for final passage The bill Was passed without dissenting vote
 Senator McKnights bill exempting every person over the age of 70 years from pay ing q poll tax in this state was offered in good faith but when il was found It's way into the Senate Judiciary Committee it ran amuck of the constitution. When the bill was up for discussion. some member that every male citizen over the age of 2l years shall pay poll tax, and there the chances of the bill began 10 fade. Il ton that 1t do not pass.
 At q meeting of the Senate Committee on Railroads held Tuesday afternoon. two important bills were recommended for pas sage One is Senate Bill No. lS2, by Sen ator Amis. which requires every railroad operating in the state 10 file annually with the Auditor of State list of the assets and liabli. 5, of the road and the other sSenate bill No. 1886, by Senator Me, keep up the crossings at all ponts where highways intersect the railroad lines.
 Chairman Kic Oldham of the joint com mttee appointed by the legislature to in vestigate the affairs of the new state capi- before d subcommittee Thursday afternoon in response to a summons that had been ssusd Wednssdday in tba asGoTd with former meeting the evidence will be taken behind closed doors and nothing is given out pending the hearings except. such as might be authorized by the chairman of the committee.
 A resolution will probably be introduced in the General Assembly sometime this week looking to an extension of the pres ent session forty or sixty days. Such ex- tension seems necessary ar the present stage as under the constitution it will con tinue but a couple of weeks longer unless it is extended by resolution adopted by both Senate and House. and there is much legislation yet to be done.
 Representative | Frank Carlton of New ton county was the only member of the House voting against the bill increasing the tax levy for Confederate pensions. In that he had promised his constituents that he would oppose any measure that tended to increase taxation and for that reason he felt in duty bound to vote against the bill.
 In accordance with @ concurrent resolu- ton by Representative Black of Sebas tian county. Speaker Hamiter yesterday appointed Representative Hartsill RuiT Rowell. Hancock and Morrow as members from the House on joint committee to investigate the conduct of the Confederate Home at Sweet Home.
 Hon Frank Witt is writing a book on the Race Question" He it was who introduced in the last General Assembly the bill known as the Racial Disturbance Bill, prohibiting white people from attending negro social gatherings. He is also author of the separate prison law in this state.
 J. R. Fulks of ozark has announced as candidate for senator from the Twen- ty-ifth district Crawford and Franklin counties in the next Democratic primary The district is at present represented by A, T. Gross of Crawford.
 The House Committee on Labor voted unanimously in favor of the fellow. servant measure for the protection of railway em- ployes and mine workers by Senator old ham.
 Representatives J. II. Mccollum of Hemp. stead, and Horace F. Ruh of Randolph have refused to accept the 25 cents worth of stamps as provided in the stamp bill, stitutional and have instructed the cleark not to furnish them said stamps or any DOT tion thereof.
 Representative w. A. Rogers of White county is the third member of the House to decline the p cents worth of stamps daily that is provided for in House Bill No. Sd, which was signed by the acting governor Monday. and sent a communication to the speaker to that effect.