Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-03-14
= Legislative '
\ Proceedings
THE SENATE.

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THE SENATE.
The Goodwin BILL which permits the State
| ScnoI 1,uaru TO invest the permanent
school fund in school district warrants,
and which had passed the Senate on Fri.
| day. was Monday reconSidered and returned
to the Committee on Education for such
| amendments as may throw further safe
guard about the proposed change of in
| svstInent.
TWO important bills were introduced dur
| ing the day. One by Senator Holland
prohibits natural gas from being piped
| across the borders of the state and the
| other by S>nator Mcknight which requires
that al! pi inted contracts, policies, notes.
| or legal dc suments be printed in type not
A communication was read from William
! Jennings Bryan to the effect that he would
| be in Little Rock April o and address the
| Legislature, in response to an invitation
which had been extended to him in the
! early days of the Legislative session.
Among other bills introduced in the
BY Senator Amis-An act to regulate
! life insurance companies by requiring an
! investment in this state Of fully % per
| cent of the reserve fund in premiums Sc
ments OF receipts and disbursements TO be
filed semiannually with the auditor
by Senator fo 9oPR orin act Hb ncf ema
ment or pledge to members of the legiS
lature to influence their votes on any pend
ing legislation. making the minimum pun
| ishment five years Imprisonment.
! BY Senator MISUNDERSTANDING the
levee board of st. Francis levee district to
issue bonds not to exceed S2 'I;1i"D Tor
BY Senator Martin.-AuthorHing county
courts to change the lines of fencing dis
tricts on three-fourths majority petition
| By Senator Simms.-Making it the duty
of court stenographers to furnish copies
| of stenographic reports III clNll cases that
| are appealed, the same as Ia criminal
| cases.
BY vote of - to the Senate Tuesday
| morning adopted the House resolution ex-
tending the present Legislative session until
| May II. Reasons advanced for the adop-
ton of the resolution were that the lnVeS,
! legations now under way were hardly well
begun and to adjourn at this time would
| mean that what had been accomplished
would be entirely lost to the state. -
Senator Montgomery Introduce a Dill }aa
which provides a maximum admission Zee
for all theaters and circuses within the
shall be 80 cents with n maximum 19r
box seats is fixed at $50 dress dif the
galleries - cents For circus perform
ances The maximum general admission zee
shall he 30 cents. with minimum f t
| reserved seats of % cents, and 10 cents lor
| the after concert Menageries and SIDE per
| formances are not TO be charged lor IN.
der the provisions of the bill; Ihe pehaitE
| violation aud each ticket sold at IA highef
rate than that fixed by the bill IS to con
stitute separate odense. -
A message from the acting governor aH-
! nounced that he had approved the JOINT
! Resolution No. IA. by Senator SlmIhS, pro-
! ylding that the stamp and newspaper az
| shall not lie Interpreted to ray for stamps
and papers previous to the adoption ol the
| resolution. 4,,i
senator wingo introduced bill at this
| session authorizing peace officers 70 Seatch
| persons for concealed weaGons without WaI-
! rants where Information has been verbally
| given of alleged violations OF the law.
The Oldham bill for the consolidation Of
! cities was defeated in the Senate Ntdhes
| dav after the most unreientln& ana pro-
lodged fight that has been waged during
II, but senator Hamiter changed TO the
! majority and moved reconsideration, ana
| It is thought the bill may be gwen chance
| to get into the lower branch Ior acton 2
| there. Senator Oldham led the night III
| favor of his bill. and his colleague sen,
ator Uamiter, also spoke in adyo'sey V OF ~
| passage, as did Senators Cloud ana MONT
! gomery Senators Patterson. AmlS, Arnold.
! Iarlock and Bush made speeches against
M The bill by Senator Holland which pro
hibts the piping of gas from the state
senator DeRossitt withdrew his bill for
| the working of convicts on pubic roads
! under county supervision and a SUBSTITUTE
making slight changes was offered.
An attempt was made to get the Old.
| ham bill for the consolidation OF cities
up Thursday that it might be , nnalb{
! from friends of the measure vigorous pro
iesis against such tactics. The Pin was
m RheS f S Wi be G finally ID disposed of.
senator Mcknight introduced a bill
| which prohibits non-residents from acqulr-
ing property within the state. The mea-
sure occasioned a smile throughout the
Senate membership. was read twice and
given a place on the calendar with otheF
Fhe Patterson patent medicine bill was
ta.en up in the afternoon, and after a DIS
cussion lasting two hours, Adjournment was
taken until Friday morning, when the sub
ject will be taken IN again under the head
OF unfinished Business.
New bills introduced at this session
Nv Senator DeRossitt-An act to protect
owners of land along rivers ana streams
from having sand removed without their
permission. and extending the ownership
of land to the center of any such stream
BY Senator Bush.-.An act recurring that
capital stock of corporations shall be fixed
and divided at 50 per share.
by Senator Bush.-An act TO better pro
vide for the Improvement of municipalities
by giving them authority to direct by ordin.
anee that all persons between the ages OF
Is and 40 years OF age must Wo leo 'he
BY Senator Cloud.-An act making
teachers license issued In one county
license TO teach in any county IN the state
state board Of Penitentiary commissioners
for the management and control or the pen
iteniiary ard reform school. the board t"
be composed of six IN aElbers to be appointed
by the governor one from each congress
si3nal district for terms of two. four and
siv vcars and ~ivin,. tho boa d authority
imued lately after appointment TO remove
even oenifNntiary officer and abrogate all
convict contracts
The Senate Friday raised the Lee bill.
which abridges the pardoning power OF the
Governor and places the pardonlng ana
paroling power in the hands OF the penl-
tertiary board The principal feature OF
the measure is that portion of 1t that pro
vides for the pardoning of prisoners whose
character is good and has been good prior
TO the. time Of conviction. In support Of
the bill the Senator from Monroe argued
that many good boy is sent TO the peni-
tertiary and by. the time he has been re-
leased his associations have made hope
less degenerate out of him. Further the
Senator said that the pardoning power has
been abused by some executives and through
the aid OF an unserupulcus executive, could
build up q powerful political machine in
the State. Senator Lee spoke from direct
knowledge ipsomuch as he was acting
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