The Green Forest tribune., 1907-04-05
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

| for public purposes /: churches used as such
 and grounds used dH excIpsively for school purposes buildings and grounds and mater | ials used exclusively for public charity | this state and the wearing apparel of his family and his household and kitchen fur l niture to the value of three hundred dol | lars (S300l.
 The resolution provides further that the
 homestsad of any resident & two years thfs
 constitution shall become and ever there ! after remain exempt from taxation texcept | for common school and road purposes. and l to be taxed higher than other property for
 like purposel. Subject to the foregoing
 all pr9perty d both rI% saa and | be subject to taxation.
 All ad valorem taxes are 10 be laid | upon property according to it's value in
 money That value to be ascertained in l such manner as the General Assembly
 may direct making the same same equal qha and nd
 one species of property snail be taxed | higher than another, species of property 1 of equal value. provided. that on wild and
 unimproyed lands not yielding an income l and not included or embraced within the | the homestead. the General Assembly shall all l have power from time to time to classify 1 such lands and impose a specific acreage 1 tax same.
 Jamestown has made another appeal to l Arkansas to become interested In the Ter | centennial Exposition and have display of q | bition. Saturday Speaker Ilamiter ana l Mir. Dul.aney of Little River each received
 messages from (. Brooks johnson chair | man of the Board of Governors, follows: | ''l wish to again impress upon the legiS-
 latnfe of the State of Arkansas through | you. that there is sufficient time for the
 installation of an exhibit at our exposi- | ton and we are holding in reserve space l for Arkansas. We would be disappointed | ton and hope the House will be impressed 1 with the opportunity and with our con l cern in the matter"
 l bill be taken up during the coming week
 and disposed of. The appropriation now
 asked for is but S13.000. and there seems 1 ta be doubt if even that sum will be ap- | propria ted but both friends and foes Of the
 exhibit are a unit on disp99sins of the mat, l ter Further delay would mean tbat if l the exhibit is arranged for. the work of
 establishing it would be very hurried.
 The bill introduced in the Senate Thurs l day by Senator Rector chairman of the
 Senate Committee on Public Charities, for l the committee, for the support and main
 lenance of the State Hospital for Nervous | Diseases. increases the appropriation
 Sl9.oo0 over those of two years ago. l bers amounted to S331 o0o The appro.
 priations for the coming % two years in the l,
 salary of the superintendent, a slight
 increase in the. salaries of the attendants, | and appropriations for certain improve | ments The salary of the superntendent
 is increased from 5000 q year to S2,-
 23o; the average salary of the fl male ale l attendants is fixed at $23.S0 Is. 2nd the
 average salary of the 37 female attend.
 ants at S22> per month. The salaries of
 Sl 300 respectively, remain the same;
 The bin also provides for the erection of
 ttwS.o two oo wards for females at cost st of Of | fahrmary to cost S13.ooo.
 Cotton men oyer the State are much f71fp sfaI in tbn nf
 Heartsill Anti-Futures Bill. recently pass
 ed by the Legislature, and frequent re | quests are made to know when thE .ioY-
 ernor will sign the bill so that II may
 become law. Acting Governor Moore
 stated Friday that the bill has not a5
 Vet been presented to him. Until the | bill is engrossed and properly recorded in | the House from whence il emanated tEe
 bill will not be presented to the ~ soNer nor for his signature and will not become
 a law There seem to be DO doubt that
 the Governor will approve the bill for he | announced to the Senate on taking hls
 seat as acting Governor of the State. that | he would unless some good and sufficient
 carse arose why he should not, sign every | bill passed by the Legislature.
 The bill prohibits dealing in futures ant | one prominent cotton firm in Little Kock
 has already announced that it will close | it's business and perhaps move to another l State when the bill becomes law. l The defeat of Senator Moors bill ap | propriatlng S6.4oo for continuance of the | work of the Arkansas Historical Gomn1is- l sion by the Senate on Thursday is disap- | pointing to those who favored the meas | ue. and there is some talk of the intro | duction of another bill that will accom-
 plish the purpose. The bill received a | the measure but was defeated on account | cf the ruling of the presiding officer, who
 for it's passage on account of it's carrying
 an appropriation. The contention is that
 the ruling is wrong: as the appropriation
 was made for carrying out the provisions | of an existing statute which was enacted | two years ago. This act created the com.
 wanf na eart S91 5S a bt
 made to put similar measure through
 the Legislature which will answer the pur- 1 pose and will not conflict with the ruling | tfar sent the original measure to it's de, | feat.
 There is a movement on foot to consol- l idate or amalgamate two of the proposed l constitutional amendments now pending ba-
 fore the House. and to present this amend
 Sa' that of 'G mon V. J. walls of White County
 ard that of Hon. w. A. Oldham of I.onoke
 and J. NJ. Jackson of Howard. which pro, | is one point which is preventing the anal 1 samation of the two amendments at this time, and that is the failure to agree upon | the time for holding the sessions Of the
 General Assembly. Under the Walls
 amendment the sessions are to be held 1 haEl-Jackson amendment they continue as l at present It is believed. however that
 this matter will be adjusted and that the l amendments will be consolidated and thus 1 presented to the House
 | Our subcommittees are making l progress and I only say that we | are carrying on the work of investiga | ton in d manner satisfactory to tho members of the committee who, really, know what is being accomplished" said
 Chairman Kie Oldham Wednesday night | regarding the progress of the joint com mlttee to investigate state capitol con l dtions. The committee Is divided into | three parts, one to investigate the build, report. on the validity of the bond ana | the iird to investigate the books and | accounts of the commission.
 county has prepared bill and will in l troduce it early this week which will pro 1 vide that members of the General As
 sembly shall receive a per diem of S6 for ! for that length of time, and that there 1 after each member shall serve the Stats ] free gratis for nothing.
 l The bill also provides that members l shall receive pay for services not ren l dercd In other words, the Representative | who leaves the Capital City for any reason 1 except illness will not receive his regular
 per diem
 Immediately after roll call in the House l Saturday several petitions were presented | from policy holders in life companies enter.
 ing protests against the passage of the
 Ams bill which demands that 75 per cent
 of the reserve for all policy holders iii
 this. state be Invested within the borders
 to the bill was that it would prohibit the | policy-holders from obtaining loans on their | policies.
 Resolutions thanking the Legislative | Assembly for the enactment of the Barker | !; .i.tin fbn oln of int tnxio ountc in