The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-01
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

 | ent form has passed both houses and now now | awaits the signature of the governor Ine | bill, which follows debars any but daliy section section 5 .'te because p of lack of space. - Section 1. That 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate to & pnrchhadSe hade | and furnish each member Of that Douy daily, for this session, forty daily papers ths | of any paper publishing full reports Of the proceedings of the Legislature or ln ,'aa neu l thereof two hundred and eighty weekl,es wdines of the Legislature. the choice of such pa | pers whether weeklies or dailies to pc iel, in the State whether weekly or daily be, | ing eligible to this selection. proVided sucn publication shall comply with the terms t,LH, of this Act otherwise, by publishing Id 1ui' | ture. Provided such daily papers or weeh. lies shall not cost over two cents per 'Dpy oay and the publisher snail De IequILeu i1 ,,en; pn, all postage on list furnished him by mem bers. e. Section 9. It shall be the duty of the sec, retary of Senate to purchase and furnish each member with 20 cents worth of post age stamps daily for this session. o, Section g. That It shal be the duty nd Q, furnish each member of that body daily for this session, forty daily papers of any paper publishing full reports of the pro, sedngS ,S6 S b9edred he and eighty weeke publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature, the choice or suCh papeL whether weeklieS or d2lleS 10 De lelt to ,He members and any paper published In t9e State of Arkansas, whether weekly or datlS being eligible to this selection, provided such daily papers or weeklles d snati naa nnb m3' fisher shall be required to pay all postage on lists furnished him by members .so Clerk of the House to purchase and fur nish each member with 25 cents worth of of' postage stamps daily for this session. Section 5 The papers purchased under ba of fOrpyDtlU shall be required to publish in addition 10 full and complete proceedings ot both houses the full text of ali laws passed containing seven sections or less, and plain intelligent synopsis of all laws passed containing more than seven sections and that when mention Is made of pending bills in said papers the name of the author and the title of said bill shall be given. A law so drastic that It is expected to break up mobs after they have been formed and are actually engaged in the work or taking q prisoner from the custody Of a sheriff or other official endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. and If enacted into law will establish pre- cedent in the Southern states.
 Under its provisions extreme penalties are placed on any officer surrenderlns, Prl- soner to mob. but it goes further and gives that officer the right to summon any citizen of the state, even if that citizen Is then participant of the mob, to his assistance, and should the citizen refuse. line of ! l. 900 Is provided for together with siI months Imprisonment in the county jail.
 The Joint Pententiary Committee has returned from personal inspection Of the state farm at CumminS. which had been begun Friday morning. The committee re- ports everything in splendid shape at the farm the conyicts orderly and we'll cared fo-, the buildings clean and the food sum cIent The entire farm was gone over. and IL found that much improvement has been made. The manner in which affairs are conducted was complete surprise to III that the improvements made far ID excess of what had been expected
 The bill of Representative Moore Of Pulaski county to require the Iron Noun. tain to build a depot al Sweet Home which was passed by the House yesterday, will if il becomes d law, mean great con venience 10 the oid soldiers al the GOnfed crate Home. The bill requires also that all passenger trains shai be stopper at sweet Home. and this will be great accommoda- ton to the veterans in making trips to Little Rock. Representative Moore was backed up by Representative Barker when the bill came mp for hnal passage The bill passed without a dissenting vote,
 Senator Meningitis bill exempting every person oyer the age of 70 years from pay ing q poll tax in this state was offered in good faith, but when il was found It's way into the Senate Judiciary Committee IL ran amuck of the constitution When the bill was up for discussion, some member referred to the constitution, which says that every male citizen over the age Of @l years shall pay a poll tax, and there the chances of the bill began to fade II will bt reported back with the recommrnda ton that 1t do not pass
 At meeting of the Senate Committee on Railroads held Tuesday afternoon, two important bills were recommended for pas. >age- one k Senate Bin No. lS2 by Sen ator Amis, which requires every railroad operating in the state to fle annually with the Auditor of State a list of inc assets gflI 1fuf.f ta. f.f hA md nd hu ,,t i ~Srnate Bill No. 1AG, by Senator Me. Knight, which requires The railroads to keep up the crossings at all points where highways interscct the railroad lines.
 Chairman Kle oldham of the joint com mittee appointed by the legislature to in. NoStigate the affairs of the new state capl- tol had George W. Donaghey of Conway before subcommittee Thursday afternoon in response to summons that had been issued Wednesday. In accord with an agreement made in the committee al a former meeting the evidence will be taken behind closed doors. and nothing is given ont pending the hearings except such as might be authorized by the chairman of the committee.
 A resolution will probably be introduced in the General Assembly sometime this week looking to an extension of the pres ent session furty or sixty days Such ex tension seems necessary al the present stage as under the constitution it will con tlnae but couple of weeks longer unless
 
 both Senate and House. and there Is much legislation yet to be done.
 Representative !; Frank Carlton of New. ron county was the only member of the House voting against the blll increasing the tax levy for Confederate pensions. In explanation of his vote. Mr. Carlton said hat he had promised his constituents that he would oppose any measure that tended 10 increase taxation and for that reason he felt in duty bound to vote against the bill
 In accordance with a concurrent resolu- tiun by Representative Black of Sebas. tan county, Speaker IIamiter yesterday appointed Representative Iiartsill, Run KowelI Hancock and Morrow AS members from the House on a joint committee 10 investigate the conduct of the Confederate Home al Sweet Home.
 Hon. Frank Witt is writing a book on the Race Question" He, 1t was who introduced in the last General Assembly the bill known as the Racial Disturbance Rnl prohibiting white people from attending negro social gatherings He is also author of the separate prison law in this state
 7. B. Fulks of ozark has announced