The Forrest City times., 1907-04-19
THE HOUSE.

'Ne HOUSE.
 I In the Hous. wedu.sd., nr,oo... snendm-nt to th. constitution mel favor nhe- resubmtts 10 th. peopi. the question oi mas'ng poll tar justification < neces l sity In exercising the right of .unraUe in I tes state. Of all inc fifteen nrn1,os.d am. amsndments this Is the only one which has Nn!eh prohibits any person from attempt ! ih9 to Influence Legislation until after nav Ing lied brief, aud then only before the p'oper lspv 'ommntees 9 s s was taken up. This i. nlssonri drew. and is considered very ofaSttc No action was taken on he bill
 The House passed the Mcdaniel bill tsssfyine ths appropriation If s3o.ooo for 1 the establishment and support and main tenance of the reform school
 New bills introduced were
 Ky MT. Bishop. amending the oil InSp.o Iien law - that \ county judge may have the right to remove an inspector for cause ,o bs s,. MT i, s.o'r, recurring all corporation, | assessor for assessment; also show the amount of stock paid in
 The House Thursday passed the owens Dill which provides that the taxes paid | by white persons shall be used in The education nf tho white children and those idnaa pa,u py the aesre shall be used for the The entire afternoon session was de voted to work in Committee of In. Whol. on the items of the deaf mute apprnpria ton bill. Chairman DnI.aney secured the adoption of every item except that which raised the salary of the superintendent ana this was lett al the same figure that had been formerly paid that official New bills introduced were
 Ky MT. Barker prohibiting betting on elections and amending the present law tn prohibit wagering special or primary
 By Mir. Saunders making an appropria ton to pay for the quarantine which had two years ago been maintained in thlcot
 By MT. Simpson of the Committee on Temperance. making the state saloon II cense s1oo Der annum.
 The House went into a Commtte. of the Whole Friday to consider the University dehciency appropriation bill. The first was amended to furnish only S3o.00o The hll by Senator Patterson to pro- vide for a stenographer for the auditors Senate Bill No. l39. by Senator Arnold which prevents the catching of fish. except ny hook and line passed the House by a large ma iority. The bill enempts Chicot, Woodruff and ouachita.
 The House Saturday resolved itself into Committee of the Whole and patiently worked through the unevcntful items of the appropriat lon bi!lS submitted by Chair man Dulaucy of the Committee on Char ities. devoting more time to the dispo-
  ous day of the session.
 The civil rights bill. enacted In lsI3 was repealed in bill by Mr. Martin of trttenden county that pa SSed the House. The repealed bill k the one in which the state law guarantees equal rights tn every race in attendance at theatres. admission to all semi public places such aS hotels. etc. Judge Martin. in making his appeal for the passage Of the repeal bill stated that the law was So drastic in it's terms that he might h" arraigned under if for ut k n * s,s peal
 The bill by Mr Stevens which prevents commercial discrimination as between cities and sect ions in The sale price of eomE.ed ties. passed. soon after which the House adjourned until Monday morning. The House Monday gave it's final sHp- port to the general appropria tion bill for executive. legislative and judicial officers. the measure carrying an appropriation of about Sia6.oon. II had been formerly threShed out and adopted in Committee of ths Whole
 A ma jorlty of the time in the House was consumed in Committee of the Whole considering the Deaf Mnte appropriation bill. Every appropriation Item was dis posed of and the bill as approved in this form of session carries an appropriation of st7o.3s0. which Is about Si6ooo less than the appropria ton of two years ago. Senate Bill No. 4o1, bearing an appro- priation of S2.5o0 for the work of ear ryin. on the investigation into the state cHpLoI 8ofk. HdS FdItpH up dS d pliN litSfi bill and passed without opposition.
 The bll which provides for the work ing of conyicts on the public roads of the state passed The House by vote of 61 to h. Under the provisions of the bill. all eonvicts who are not sentenced to longer term in prison than five years may be kept within the counties. and un- der contract made by the county judge, worked on the roads of the county. toun- ties adjoining are privileged to unite in the work of building roads under this plan.
 By a vote of 42 to .'6 tn" Browning Lee bill passed the House Tuesday after q contest that had been saged an the floor from the hour al being called to order until :, -cock iu the afternoon. and which he'd been an orderly session until the roll call had been announced twenty min nte interval uf disorder resnrd follow ing tbe announenmenf. until il required roll call yote to adjourn in" body. The bill by Mr Haley which places tn" liability for loss ar damage Iu freight or express en Ih" initial carrier Was passed without discussion ar dissent
 Legal opinions were presented before he House Committe+ on Insurance N"dn"sta