The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-21
/ Legislative N k Proceedings J
THE SENATE.

The oldham fellow w-seryant bill. which protects the rights of employees of railroads and mining corporations as to suits for
 damages resulting from the earelessness or | negligence of the employees, was passed.
 House Concurrent Resolution No. $,
 which authorizes the Penitentiary Commit tee to make thorough investigation of
 the treatment of convicts on the state
 farm and in the convict camps, was taken up and unanimously adopted
 Among the bills passed were:
 Senate Bill No. 1oS, by Senator Hol-
 land, which prohibits mine operators from
 tunneling under regularly organized cem- 1 eteries.
 Senate Bill No. s2. by Senator Amis,
 providing that writs of error and appeals
 shall stand for sixty in the Supreme | Court
 Senate Bill No. 123. by Senator McKen-
 zie increasing the Board of Trustees of | the University of Arkansas to include
 one representative on the board from each
 of the seven congressional districts. | Senate Bill No 156. by Senator Row
 land, requiring the state penitentiary phy- | sician and his assistant to coniine their
 services to the treatment of the state con- | yicts.
 New bills in the Senate were
 By Senator Thompson. Senate Bill No.
 l59.mAn act which leaves the settlement
 privileges to the Board of Trustees of the | university.
 By Senator Patterson. Senate Bill No l 16O.-An act fixing the standard Of pay
 that jailer shall receive for feeding
 prisoners to be . cents per day. | by Se0dtOf Olunam. senate Bill NO.
 161.-An act to regulate the assessment of
 taxes of certain real estate and personal
 property.
 By Senator Bush. Senate Bill No. 162
 An act making 1t unlawful for any per 1 son or persons to trap. net shoot or kill
 by any method whatsoever, any quail or
 until the list day of December of each and , every year, to shoot kill or pursue by
 dogs any wild deer or fawn from the first | day of January until the 1st day of Sep
 tember in each and every year. or to trap,
 net, shoot or kill by any method whatso. l May until the 1st day of September In
 each and every year. It is provided that
 nothing in the act will be construed to
 afeet any. person or persons raising deer | for domestic purposes.
 Two messages from Gov Little were | read in the Senate Tuesday, one asking | that organization to remember the pledges | made to the people in the last campaign ! and to assist him in bringing them to realization, and the othef the appointment | Of Abe Dridell of Arkansas City to sue | eeed Senator Robb.
 The first message was as follows: | Greenwood, February 11.-To the mem | bers of the Thirty-sxth General Assembly
 of the State of Arkansas: l Gentlemen-When l assumed the duties l of governor, on January 15, l little thought | how soon 1 would be unable to discharge | them; Day by day l have hoped that a | resume my duties but now my physicians warn me that can not hope to do so l Tor two or three weeks yet. In view of the fact that many matters | of serious concern to the people of the state are pressing for executive considera- | tlon, I deem it wise to call upon the presI- | dent of the Senate to assume the duties | Of governor as provided by law until such time as returning health will permit me | to resume them.
 In temporarily severing my connection | with this body permit me to again call your attention to my inaugural message. | These policies I discussed with the people of the state during the last campaign, and feel very strongIy Indorsed by tne people
 of the state, l sincerely hope your honor l able body will give them the force of law. | l wish to call your particular attention to l two matters at this time. I promised the | people of the state a radical change in | the management of the penitentiary, and | there is no doubt that the people very
 much desire it. and heartily indorse that 1 desire I have been warned that ma | jorlty of the present board do not intend | to change the present management of policy. l hope your honorable body will, | Another matter of grave concern to the | state is supplying the needs of a growing
 state without increasing taxation sin l cerely hope that your honorable body will 1 weigh well the consequence of increased
 tax rate upon the groYTnfhH TnH% Sf the Irt state; The House concurrent resolution by Mir Walls. which asks for a joint committee boodlng had been attempted in the pres
 ent session of the Legislature was indeh-
 nitssly postponed, by a vote of r to s, throughout the morning session, but there was no quorum in the afternoon, and after
 messenger had summoned sufficient bills introduced and adjournment was then taken.
 Acting Governor Moore called the Sen ate to order Wednesday, after which the his name being next in order under the rule applied by the president of the Senate and acting governor
 bill providing for the abrogation of the contract between the Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company assignee of the Arkansas Chair Factory and the State Board of Penitentiary Commissioners and | the superintendent of the Arkansas peni- | tentiary, under which the brick company leases a number of convicts was introduced This is the convict contract known as the Dickinson contract which has figured so
 largely in political campaigns for the past eight years. During the discussion whlcn | followed the introduction of the bill | charges were made that the convicts are l mistreated On the other hand, the repli- | diatlOn of contracts was opposed by some | of the Senator's
 1 The first educational bill to come up for | discussion was the Bush bill, which ere | ates common school districts in unison with | township lines.
 Senator Lee offered a concurrent resolu | tion at the afternoon session of the Sen | ate, authorizing the secretary of the sen ! ate and clerk of the House to purchase
 70 cents ,h worth th or stamps ;eip each day for | contingent fund of the legislature The | resolution was not debated and passed l the Senate by vote of 12 to H. 1 Other bills introduced at this session l were
 1 By Senator Amis Senate Bill No. 1s2. | An act requiring railroad companies to | file. schedules of all property in the state, | giving the value of the property and the | membranes thereon
 By Senator Hamiter. Senate Bill No. l 1S3.-An act preventing Sabbath break
 ing and prohibiting public exhibits on Sun l day.
 l By Senator Greenhaw. Senate Bill No 1S4.-An act prohibiting the sale of aduI- ] terated drugs in the state.
 By Senator Mcknight. Senate Bill No 185.--An act relieving all persons from ] tha of rnlI r..Lc ha..