The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22
VLegislative \ k Proceedings
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE. Both houses of the Legislature adjourned at noon Monday out of respect to the mem ory of Senator Howard Robb, and but lit tie business was tranacted during the morn ing session. protects the rights of employees of railroads and mining corporations as to suits for
 damages resulting from the carelessness or | negligence of the employees, was passed. House Concurrent Resolution No. $,
 which authorizes the Penitentiary Commit
 tee to make a thorough investigation of | the treatment of convicts on the state farm and in the convict camps, was taken | up and unanimously adopted.
 Senate Bill No. 15S. by Senator Hol- 1and which prohibits mine operators from tunneiing under regularly organized cem-
 Senate Bill No. s2. by Senator Amis, providing that writs of error and appeals shall stand for sixty in the Supreme
 Senate Bill No 12s by Senator McKen- zie. increasing the Board of Trustees of one representative on the board from each
 of the seven congressional districts.
 Senate Bill No. 156, by Senator Row | sician and his assistant contine their l services to the treatment of the state con- New bills in the Senate were: By Senator Thompson Senate Bill No. 159.IAn act. which. leaves the settlement
  | privileges to the Board of Trustees of the university.
 By Senator Patterson. Senate Bill No. | 160-An act fixing the standard of pay 1 that jailer shall receive for feeding prisoners to be D cents per day.
 By Senator Oldham Senate Bill No: | taxes of certain real estate and personal | property.
 An act making it unlawful for any per 1 son or persons to trap. net shoot or kill 1 by any method whatsoever, any quail or partridge from the. 1st day of February until the 1st day of December of each and | every year. to shoot kill or pursue by
 dogs any wild deer or fawn from the first | day of January until the 1st day of Sep | tember in each and every year. or to trap,
 net, shoot or. kill by any method whatso- | May until the list day of September in
 each and every year It Is provided that | nothing in the act will be construed to | affect any person or persons raising deer | for domestic purposes. - | Two messages from Gov Little were | read in the Senate Tuesday, asking l that organization to remember the pleGgeS
 made to the people in the last campaign
 realization, and the other the appointment | of Abe Dridell of Arkansas City to sue
 ceed Senator Robb.
 | The first message was as follows | Greenwood, February 11.-To the mem
 bers of the Thirty-s sixth General Assembly
 of the State of Arkansas:
 | 1 of governor on January 15. 1 little thought | how soon I would be unable to discharge
 them; them. Day by day l have have hoped s'a that "a | resume my duties. but now my physicians warn me that I can not hope to do so | for two or three weeks yet.
 l In view of the fact that many matters | of serious concern to the people of the state are pressing for executive consdera- dent of the Senate to assume the duties
 of governor as provided by law until such | time as returning health will permit me | In temporarily severing my connection
 with this body, permit me to again call
 These policies I discussed with the people
 of the state during the last campaign, and | feel very strons.S indoi sed bJ peopie | of the state, 1 sincerely hope your honor
 able body will give them the force of law. | l wish to call your particular attention to
 two matters at tais time: I promised the | the management of the penitentiary, and l there is no doubt that the people very
 much desire it, and I heartily fndorse that | desire. l have been warned that ma | jority of the present board do not intend
 to change the present mannagement as , 1f
 by legislative enactment, direct me to fulfill
 my pledges to the people.
 Another matter of grave. concern to the state is supplying the needs of q growing
 state without increasing taxation. l sin l cerely hope that your honorable body vii
 weigh well the consequence of an increased | tax gate upon the growth of the state. | JOHN S. LITTLE.
 The House concurrent resolution by Mr. Walls. which asks for a joint committee | to> investigate certain statements that | booding had been attempted in the pres
 ent session of the Legislature was indefi-
 nitely postponed by vote of r to s.
 Senator Amis presided temporarily | throughout the morning session. but there
 was no quorum in the afternoon, and after | a messenger had summoned a sufficient | number to open the Senate there were two | bills introduced and adjournment was then l taken.
 Acting Governor Moore called the. Sen i gavel was relinquished to Senator Arnold. | his name being next in order under the rule applied by the president of the Senate A bill providing for the abrogation of | the. contract between the Arkansas Brick
 and .s MaaufaetGring Company assignee of | Board of l'enitentiarye Commissioners and
 tae superintendent of the Arkansas penl 1 tentary, under which the brick company | leases. number of. eonyicts was introduced | This is the convict contract known as the Dickinson contract which has figured so | largely in political campaigns for the past | eight years. During the discussion when | followed the introduction of the bill
 charges were made that the convicts are
 mistreated. On the other hand, the repl- diation of contracts was opposed by some | of the Senators.
 | The first educational bill to come up for discussion WAS the Bush bill, which ere ates common school districts in unison with | township lines. Senator Lee offered concurrent resolu- ! tion at the afternoon session of the Sen
 ate authorizing the secretary of the Sen
 ate and clerk of the House to purchase ! 2J cents worth of stamps each day for each member of the legislatnre out of the
 contingent fund of the legislature. The
 resolution was not debated and passed
 the Senate by a vote of 12 to H. Other bills introduced at this session were:
 By Senator Amis Senate Bill No. 1S2 An act requiring railroad companies to file schedules of all property In the state, giving the value of the property and the incumbrances thereon
 By Senator Hamiter. Senate Bill No 1S3.-An act preventing Sabbath break
 ing and prohibiting public exhibits on Sun. dny.
 Ey Senator Greenhaw. Senate Bill No 1St.-An act prohibiting the sale of adul- terated drugs in the state
 By Senator Mcknight. Senate Bill No 1s5.-An act relieving all persons from the payment of poll tax who have passed
 the age of 70 years. Referred to the Ju-
 dietary Committed
 By Senator Browning. Senate Bill NG
 1S6.-An act which provides that service
 may be obtained through publication re
 garding drainage questions