Woodruff County news., 1907-04-25
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THE SENATE.

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 THE SENATE.
 The Senate held the first Saturday meet ing of the session this week. and some i'm portant Legislation was enacted.
 The measure of Senator Mcknight. pro hibring negroes from waiting oD white persons in certain capacities was tabled on motion of Senator Oldham. bill by Senator Pindali. raising the salary of the agriculture to S2,5OO per annum, was passed. The Harrison bill. raising the pay of the circuit judges to $3,000 a year, which was passed and reconsidered this week, was amended so as to read $2,5O0. The amendment was adopted.
 The bill by Senate. Oldham. appropriat- ing S2.500 to pay the expenses Of experts and witnesses utilized by the Joint Com mlttee on State Capitol, passed by unaAi- nous vote
 A bill was also introduced by Senator Harrison authorizing the attorney general To bring suit in the federal court aSalnSt ownership of Flower Island in the Mis- sissippi near Osceola. Both states have claimed the island for a long time. and the purpose of the bill is to settle the matter finally.
 Other bills introduced were
 By Senator Cloud, making more bind, ing the law regarding the issuance of poll
 By Senator Mcknight, requiring the pay ment of licenses for the peddlins of ceI- tam articles Tn the state.
 By Senator Mcdaniel providing for the establishment of mutual live stock in suranee companies in the state.
 After one of the hardest fights of the present session. the Senate Monday passed the Holland insurance bill, which prohibits life insurance companies doing business in the state from discriminating between their policyhoders and making 1t unlaw- ful to issue the so-called board contracts.
 The bill by Senators Wingo and Good Nl,f h f rtVN.r ina dc fpnT employees more than Is hours at, stretch, was passed with only one dissenting vote. The bill by Senator Bush appropriatinS $J0, ,000 for the establishment of an agri- cultural school in the state, was tabled after the Committee of the Whole had killed the first section.
 New bills introduced were:
 By Senator Wingo, appropriating Sl0.- 900 for an Arkansas monument at Shiloh.
 By Senator Rector. making it felony to cut wire fences.
 By Senator Hamiter, allowing coal cor porations the right to construct railways and giving them the right of eminent do main.
 Ky Senator Yopp. providing for the re- demption of land forfeited for the non paymSlt of taxes and giving such persons the right to secure the return Of their property within a year from the time IL was seized.
 Senator Goodwin introduced q bill in the Senate Tuesday giving the school commis- sioners power to invest the school funds of the state for the purpose of increasing the income of this portion of the state government.
 Other bills introduced were:
 By Senator Yopp, regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers in the state. By Senator Hamiter, making 1t mis- demeanor to any name for any pur- pose except the name given at birth. By Senator Martin, raising the salary of the commissioner of state lands to S2'- '0G By Senator Cloud. amending section 4S6 of the digest relating to definite jail sentences.
 The Senate Wednesday passed bill in troduced by Senator Bush which leaves to the various counties and townships ot the state the right to determine by votes Of the property owner just what kind or stock laws and fences they desire The bili passed by large vote. The Busn pilI anu the bill introduced and passed by MT Black of Marion giving to the Railroad Commis- sion the power, on petition to compel the railroads to erect depots wherever they are needed and the necessity ot them Is proven by investigation, are measures that are in tended to relieve the Assembly or some ol its work If both of these bills become acts, as they probably will. nearly haf of the labor of the Legislature will be removed. A bill is to be introduced in the Senate shortly, giving to the county examiners the power to establish school districts. IT th!S; too becomes a law future Assemblies will be able to devote their time exclusively to the consideration of general measures
 
 ting S35000 for the payment of the prl, vate soldiers of the State Guard who served during the yellow fever scare or l9oo al the rate of SI50 q day in addition to the 43 cents per day allowed by the govern ment was defeated by one vote.
 The Mckenzie measure approprlaIIIIins m $1,6oo for the use Of the Arkfhsas ans sscand ans volume of the History of Arkansas, was passed. ,, ,, XN,, T I,ih mo AaSnr effective two weeks ago The features or the Lee bill that prohibit newspapers m temperance districts from publishing liquor ads and that section that makes me peT- son giving an order to an agent by telephone liable have. according to the senator rom Saline. created considerable dissatisfaction read twice and referred to the Committee on Temperance.
 New bills introduced were
 By Senator Honey, making II a mlSde- meanor to wear. illegally, badge or any insignia of fraternal society.
 By Senator Martin. prohit.,ing the shoot ing or para lyzing of fish.
 By Senator Milan. giving to physicians whose license has been revoked the rlght to appeal to the courts of the state.
 By Senator oldham giving the county judge the power of dispoSing of orphans and foundlings.
 troduced by Senator McDanlel of Washing ton county providing for the organization ot live stock mutual insurance companies. finder the bill any three men are eligible to organize such an insurance company oy complying with the regulations that are lald down for the formation of mutual M nre dn m, must be filed and this form of insurance differs from the fire variety in that the amount of capital need not be so great as that of the latter corporations.
 The Harrison bill providing for the ap, pointInent of state veterinary board ana requiring all veterinarians to secure "a u, cense before practieing was passed by large vote.
 Other bills passed by the Senate were:
 Ry inc Ways and Means Committees ap- propriating $i0,931.67 to cover deficiency In the printing fund.
 By Senator Hamter, prohibiting tne use of aliases or false names and max ing it msdemeanor
 By Mir. Saunders. making an employe re sponsibie to his employer for breach or con tract.
 By Senator Oldham. giving to the County Court the right to dispose of orphans anc fnundlinpS