Woodruff County news., 1907-04-18
THE HOUSE.

| innate Board of Trade transactions or in 1 bucket shops. was passed in the House 1 Saturday by a unanimous vote. The bill 1 had formerly passed both legislative | branches and was being prepared to be sub
 mitted to the governor for signature when the discovery was made that the bill had been "doctored and that two words in it l had been changed that would have ren- | dered it imperative.
 Members who had opposed the bill on 1 it's first passage Saturday voted for it's 1 passage, stating that such attempts to | thwart legislation should be severely re- 1 buked
 bill was introduced in the uouse re-
 quirins all saloons to keep closed from 10 ating restaurants in connection.
 Other bills introduced were:
 | By Mr. Hodges, to fix per diem of mem
 bers of the legislature so that after ninety | days of any session no salary is to be paid
 legislators. MT DuLaney ofered an amend
 ment which makes the bli apply only to
 By Nr. Walls. prohibiting the killing of i ur-bearing animals between April and l October
 1 The House adjourned at noou until Mon 1 day morning.
 A bill by Mr Thomas which prohibits l railroads operating in this State from issu- 1 ing passes, brought on a discussion CT wide 1 range at Mondays session. in which the | editors of the State were severely arraiGned, | and charged directly with controlling sen l timent favorable to the railroads in i change for the transportation th&t was l formerly issued by the roads. The bill 1 was defeated, the vote being - tn 31. l notice for a reconsideration of the vote
 was given and there will De second at l tempt to get the bill through the House. After Il vigorous floor contention l majority of the House has upheld the l work of the Railroad Commission and | over the recommendation of the Ways and l Means Committee has decided not to curtail l the work of this branch of the state gov
 ernment by reduction of the clerical force l Tf tI1n off r11 Inc flAf-1f f.FNtsig l ttons asked for by the friends of the com ! mission there was but one denied. this be 1 ing the provision for janitor service for l the office. total for the two years of S192. Mr. Hamilton Of Polk introduced bill i making attendance at public schools com 1 pulsory between the ages of and II l years for at least half the scholastic year.
 The university deficiency appropria ion bill was up before the House Tuesday. | but the noon recess came before final l tiOn was taken on the first item of the bill, 1 and that body was not in session during l the afternoon. having adjourned in order l to hear tic address of w. J Bryan Sey
 eral bills of local interest were considered, l five of which were passed.
 In the House Wednesday 2 proposed amendment to the constitution Iaec favor
 which resubmits to the people the question l of making a poll tax q,ialilicat ton a neces- | Sity in exercising the right of sIif.3s in l this state. Of all the hftean proposed l amendments this is the only ore which has
 In the afternoon session the Martin bill | which prohibits any person from attempt l ing t0 influence legisla tion until after hay l ing filed a brief and then only before the 1 proper committees. vas taken up. This is
 copy of the bill which Gov. Folk of
 Missouri drew, and is considered very l drastic No action was taken on tho bill.
 The House passed the Mcdaniel bill
 carrying the appropriation oI S%o,9oo for
 the establishment and support and main l tenance of the reform school.
 New bills introduced were
 By Mir Bishop. amending the oil inspec
 tion law so that a county judge may may have Bv MT. Glover. roluiring all corporations l to file lists of their holdings with the ! assessor for assessment; also show the
 amount of stock paid in
 The House Thursday passed the Owen, bill which provides that the taxes paid l by white persons shall be used in the
 education of the white children and those
 paid by the negro shall be used for the l education of the negro.
 The entire afternoon session was de voted to work in Committee ot the Whole l on the items of the deaf mute appropria- | tion bill. Chairman DuLaney secured the l adoption of every item except that which
 raised the salary of the superintendent,
 and this was Jeff at n the n51 same s|si figure that
 New bills introduced were
 By MT Barker. prohibiting betting on l elections and amending the present law to 1 prohibit wagering on special or primary
 By Mir. Saunders. making an appropria-
 tiOn to pay for the quarantine which had l two years ago been maintained in Chicot l county.
 By Mir Simpson of the Committee on l Temperance. making the state saloon H. eense $500 per annum.
 The House went into a Committee of the
 Whole Fri6ay to consider the University
 deficiency appropriation bill. The first l item for S25. GOO for teachers salaries,
 was amended to furnish only $2o0oo.
 Ion Do fRp n n 1 vide for a stenographer for the auditors
 office was passed by vote of 13 10 ,.
 Senate Bill No. 13D. by Senator Arnold which prevents the catching of fish except | by hook and line passed the House by a | large majority. The bill exempts Chicot 1 Woodruff and Ouachita.
 number of resolutions of more than
 passing interest were introduced into the l Senate during the past week. The most | important was the one by Senator Rowland
 asking that the attorney general begin l tion against certain railroads of the State l for taxes due in 1SS3-S+. The measure is | now in the hasds of the Committee on
 Judiciary, and will probably be recommend l ed favorably Another resolution was in
 troduced by Senator Arnold censuring the
 Iron Mountain for not granting rate to l the Arkansas Athletic Association to the
 meeting to be held in Little Rock on the 27th | of the month. The Judiciary Committee 1 considered the resolution and reported un- l favorably on it. on the ground that 1t was
 hardly of sufficient importance for the leg 1 islature to handle
 1 Every legislative session in Arkansas for 1 years has had brought before IL bill | for the segregation of the taxes for edu- cational purposes as between the races | but never has one before been dlgnited l with passage in either body until when 1 Thursday the House responded to an elo- l quent plea from Mir. Owens of Miller coun- l ty and by small maj4ity endorsed his | bill on this subject.
 | The Owens bill provides. that the schoo, | funds obtained by taxation of personal | property and real estate and all other rev l enueS of whatever source paid into the
 county and state treasury by the white | rase. shall be disbursed and paid to the sup | port and maintenance of the white schools l only, and the amount of funds paid into 1 the county and state treasury by taxation
 of personal property and real estate and all | other revenues paid by the coored race,
 shall be disbursed and paid to the sup 1 port of the coored schools
 At the request of Senator DeRossitt, ]. $. | Hawkins secretary of the Good Roads As- | sociation, is drawing up bill for introduce | tion in the Senate appropriating S2o.0O0 | for a survey of a proposed road between