The Monticellonian., 1907-03-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

| ing of the Governor Jones notes will cause | those who arc not familiar with the past | history of the state to ask, What are the 1 Governor Jones notes {"
 in 1Sa7 the state made arrangements to | pay SlG0-0Uu to the general government m | n compromise sett ttemrnt t6nsummated th 1 that year To make up this amount the 1 Legislature passed an aet providing Tor | the borrowing af a part pf this sum from l the Internal Improvement fund and me
 swamp Land fund and authorized the gov, l ernor tn execute his note for the amounts 1 borrowed The governor at that tlme was | Dan N. Jones and he drew two notes
 ed from the swamp land fund and the other for S59 sIo h for the sum drawn from the Internal Improvement fund Eata l I , per cent per annHm from the date or | the notes.
 The sinking fund. from which it is pur- posed bF the House httl to draw the l Hmount for the redepmng of these notes, Mas rfcHEed Tor the purpose e8 paving the i debts of the statc. U Is maintained =by taxes and the sate af dgests and the aets l nf the Legislature On January l. or lhlS | year. therr was in thc sinking fund Sl65.- I 2as,sn3. amount sufficient ta redeem the 1 Governor Jones notes besides paving the
 interest aeeEning oh the bonds that the
 The entire amount of the two notes with
 the U; ege..t thereon amounts to abant
 Auditor A. r. Moore suggested the pay ment of these notes in his report of 1O99-
 Abe pfeidel left the senate Thursday l afternoon after adjournment. bringing b
 a close his career as a law maker He WAS appoated one month ago To represent | the Seventeenth senatorial district com I posed of Drew and beaha counties, filling | the vacancy caused by the death of How I ard Robb senator Drcide was never an
 asptrant for political hnnors- and was sur I prtsed when message from Governor Lit l He conveyed the news ot his appointment l to him. When the special election was or
 dered Senator Bfeidel refused to inflow his | name 10 be submitted to the people, saying l he did hot want the office. The special l election was held Saturday, A successor l was elected and tis more than probable | sWer the roll call representative of
 the people of besha and Drew.
 In the bill for the support of the Ar kansas Deaf Mute Institute. the appropria- 1ame as the bill passed al the last session. l ndce the bill introduced Thursday. the
 salary of the superintendent Of the instl- l tute is increased from S1 .20o per annum to l too per annum. IL also provides for | the employment of 23 literary teaehefA
 instead of 70. and the appropriation there l fore Is increased from 1.350 to S25.00o. The appropriation to pay the current ex- penses of the institute is increased from | propriati0n of Sl2000 10 pay for the build | ing. constructing, furnishing heating. light | Ing and connecting with the water system.
 building to be used as general store | room, gymnasium and additional class and | bed rooms.
 Senator Montgomery introduced a bill In
 the Senate "Wednesday fixing the maximum 1 rates that any person may be charged with i in the state for sleeping car accommodations The main provisions are 'onehaif n
 cent mile shall be charged when a pas | senger Is not occupying a berth, and no | passenger shall be allowed to ride in any | sleeping later than $ o'clock at night
 wi, without purchasing berth. The rate
 and charge for occupying lower berth
 from o'clock a night until o'clock the | next morning shall be S2.oo, and for upper | berths $l. The bill also provides that no | mileage shall be collected from passengers.
 riding in sleeping after such passen
 ger has been furnished with berth
 Realizing that 1t Is getting behind in
 the passage of numerous local measures. | the House has adopted tactics that will l soon result In evening matters between
 the business of the two bodies. Monday
 will be devoted to local measures, Tuesday | will be devoted usual to rhe eonsidera-
 lion of Senate business, and Wednesday
 again will be given to local measures from | legislation in this manner will keep down | floor conflicts and the House will soon have
 the calendar cleared for the more import | ant measures.
 ,.it Tine .ts following counties were exempted
 t9m Roaas thg h Fmson or lne arnold Good
 Carroll, Ashley. Desha. Boone Drew Col
 umbia, White, Cleveland. Union, Chicot. | Stone, Sharp. St. Francis. Ouaehita John.
 son. Van Buren. eleburne. Randolph Jack | son, Montgomery. lzard. Little River. Grant, I | Baxter and Clay
 The Confederate veteran camp of Little | Rock at recent meeting passed resolu- | tions thanking Senators Legate and Car | lock for the support they gave the measure l increasing the tax levy for Confederate | pensions to such an extent that each pen
 sioner would receive the full amount allow | ed by the Pension Board Senator Legate | is a Republican and Senator Carloek is a
 Confederate veteran.
 of bn
 be presented before this legislative session
 iS resolution by Mir. Wells which seeks | to submit 10 the voters proposed amend ment to the constitution. providing that | Representatives and Senators shall be elect
 ed for four years, and that in the future. | the legislative sessions shall be auadrenniaf | instead of biennial, except on the call of
 the governor.
 The Senate Railroad Committee Thursday afternoon recommended for passage the | joint bill by Senators Goodwin and wlngo which prohibits railroad companies from l allowing thelf employees to work for a | longer period than l6 hours without an
 intermlssion of eight hours in which to l operation of the law would be suspended. | Hon N Q. Plndal of Arkansas City
 has been elected to the Senate from the 1 Seventeenth district, composed of Desha
 and Drew counties. The election was to
 Rnbb. who died during the second month of l the Legislature As the term is hold | over' one Mir Pindal will also be
 member of the Senate in 1906. | 7 Walter Parsons assistant chief clerk l sn the House. received a message Saturday | announcing that his mother was very low | and not expected to live through the night | Mr Parsons left for his home in Ionesboro
 on the night train. accompanied by Seere- l tary George rreyathan of the Senate.
 The Rector antlfutures and anti-buck | et shop bill, one of the most drastic that has been presented in the present Legisla- | tHre. was acted on favorably in the Senate | committee Thursday afternoon after It was l learned that the House had passed th,. Moore Heartsil bill
 "A bill introduced in the House Wed neSday by Mir Meade, which, If il becomes | companies in the state organized under the present statute will be converted Into banks and must contine their business te thas of banking.
 Kills New Lumber Rate. The Arkansas Railroad Commission has decided against the railroads in the increase in the rates on raw for est products, declaring that the in | crease was exhorbitant
 Varnsh for Furniture. In 52 parts of alcohol dissolve four | parts of shellac. On the other hand, | dissolve the same quantity of boiled linseed oil in 16 parts of oil of turpen- tine Mix the two solutions slowly, while stirring constantly Finally, add