The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
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THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 The senate feconYened Monday after q rest 0T tbreP uays 1up E.geuf raf- bill was called From thc ealCuaat te Sen atgr Thompson and several niuur amend mtnts approved bv tine cluEHflee were | ad 4pfed AE amendment pfa#HiIuH fhHH the bill go into eneet siAty GaNs after passage. instead of al once Vas plnpos "a i by Senator Holland and adopted hN Nutn l uf I2 ta H. An eHart to make fhe hiii special order for Tuesday failed by q similar Vote.
 The Senate passed the Hanand bill amending the me" "hanics lien law 50 Is l tu require material men to give property owners written notice of supplies fur nlshed.
 Senator Patterson intreaaeea a measaFe looking ta the remuneration af AFEruta I to Little Rock II was dest9nated as I compromise measure and provides that fl one fourth of the citizens of AEsenta yoFe 1 for annexation, the two cities will ugatn | be under one municipal government
 other bilis ot importance introduced in l the Senate were.
 By Senator Rowland. Senate Bil1 No ! 91.-An act raising the pensions of wi. l dOws and mothers of Confederate Netef
 ans from S5o ta Sloo per annam. Ky Senator Bush. Senate Bill Nc. D. Amending Section 1912 of inc digest mak
 ing the penalty for carrying concealed
 weapons $to0 10 $500 fine and thirty to
 Hy Senator Mckenzie. Se-ate Bn No.
 93.-An net for the protsstien of min l ority jtochhplders, giving them certain 1 rights In enforcing dividends. .,5 1 By Senator Montgomery Senate Bill 1 No 94. An act regulating life insurance policies in Arkansas, any fraudulent state
 ment in q contract utilities, unless the | owner gives notice of the talse state | ment to the company within sixty days al
 ter the time the policy Is in force Ky senator Goodwin. Senate EiH No | 9S=An act ta aid in thc huldIng oI | Ex N | ey from the permanent school fund To spe 1 eial sehoal districts.
 The Senate passed resolution inviting | W. j. Bryan 10 address the Legislature 1 during the present session; also the biii l prohibiting the deseeratien Of graves ia national cemetery hy shooting galleries l CT ether games on Memorial liay.
 During the morning session If the Sen | Rte. I message was received from GoNef= i nor Little requesting the Senate 10 return to the office af the chief executive the apz l poiutmcnts of trustees of the diversity et 1 Arkansas which We're submitted l9 lh46 1 bldy for confirmation by Governor Davis | before he retired from office. The appoint
 ments were returned after having been iu l the Senate teR days on account oi the 1 illness of Governor Little.
 senate Bin No. S1 tfoney1, Whigh 1 changes the date of holding state e!ee, l tionS from the first Monday t9 the second 1 Monday in September Wis passed by q
 vote ef Fl to x.
 House Bin No 1, by Mr Ross which I q
 after d lengthy arguuent.
 fhe senate Then took up the eIeeii ion l of uIted States Senator. senator NIL i ian presented the name of Jefferson la. wis on roll eall thirty Spuators vol ad 1 for Governor Dayis. Senator fesate. the l Republican member voted for Nj worth 1 instan and Senator Browning 6eellned te l vete
 The Senate passed the following i'eal
 House Ril No n. which changes tha i If hal ia HfT. F 1 judicial crtuit.
 House ian No. | requiring the Iron
 Mountain road to erect and maintain ! | depot al Gum Springs in Glark county. | House Bill No. S7. requiring the Iron l Mountain road to erect and maintain T
 deP,5t at Magngs in indenenGs4ee county It, '. 1 Island road 10 stop trains al Magazine.
 House Eiil No. g. which authorizes an 1 appropriation hy the county judge oi | Drew county of a stun to reimburse llr
 Robertson for services during small l poX epidemic.
 | The Senate held bui one session Wednes | day. shortly after il convened Governor | Little returned the revised list of Uni | Yersfts of Arkansas trustee appointments 1e | take the place of those submitted hY G1v-
 ernOr Davis. They were: John |. Rnth | crfurd to succeed w. II. l.angford. k. C
 Herbert to succeed Henry Stroup. and NJ l.,
 Davis to succeed Dongal MeMitlan. The l latter appointment had been made hy tiov= l | through resignation and was allowed te
 stand by Governor LitJle.
 l Appointments of one meH.bcn from each | of thr congre.sinna! districts el tha State | Board of Charities was also announced in | q IuesSago from the governor and were as
 fo5ovs ". e. Trout of the First district,
 T. J. Williamson of the second district | W (. Blaly of the Third district. r. l. | Mallock ef the Fourth district. t F. truct
 of the Fifth district. D. <. MeGtay Of the
 Sixth district and Joe L. HaYis of the SeN
 That the biennial fight over the question l of Greek letter societies in the state uni Yersity will take place again at this session 1 was established when Senator Bush iF TO- | duced q bill which. through lts terms de
 maids pledge of every student nut e be l Ippg fo OF affiliate with sHeh societies An | effort was made to kill the Dill i'll its i {ncpiency through q motion to reject I'm l motion failed and the bill WAS read twice 1 taking its regular place on The calendar foi
 q contest later in the seasIen.
 The senate passed the following bills | during the session of the day | Authorizing the town of escc0la To isSu6 l S3i QUO bonds 10 construct WaterWork> | system providing stenographers fer the | Judges of the supreme court requiring the i Frisco system to im1ruve its train seFv | icp between Bentonvile and Rogers mak 1 ing railroad companies liable for fires | caused by locomotives repeating the Ret l of the last legislature creating the Eel
 This bill passed the house last week. The
 original bill figured in the boodling inves-
 tigaiion last year.
 Ky the narrow margin of a single vote | a bill passed the Senate which authorizes
 county clerks 10 arrange and have publish
 ed full lists of all persons having court
 fees due. The bill provides fees for the
 clerk for prepsraing the lists and for the
 county newspapers for printing them.
 Important measures introduced were By Senator Mckenzie Senate Bill No
 1o9-To prohibit the sale or manufacture
 of cigarettes in this state
 By Senator Legatc Senate Bill No | f06-To authorize the governor 10 appoint
 a state geologist for survey of slate
 lands of the state Ky senator De Rositt Senate Bill No | JOS Making It unlawful to sell merchan | disc from ears on switches sidetracks
 Br Senator Mcknight Senate Bill No
 109 Requiring cotton weighers 10 mark
 In distinct numbers the exact weight of
 each bale.
 Al twelve o'clock the Senate re
 paired 10 the House 10 meet In joint ses
 sion and vote for Governor Davis for United i States Senator. after which II adjourned
 until Thursday morning.
 The first real parliamentary fight on the
 floor of the Senate al this session of the
 Legislature occurred Thursday by the di-
 latorv tactics adopted by the opponents of
 the Amis bill which prohibits gambling on
 the results Of races. The contest, begun
 shortly after roll call. lasted until the | -