The Forrest City times., 1907-04-05
Ylegislative N k Proceedings /
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 The Thompson appropriation bill for the niXersity of Arkansas passed the Senate Wednesday hy q vote of - to after having been trimmed To about 6o per cent of its original dimensions. The original bull called for more than $Ioa GOO but was reduced to S4O7 .334.9t the friends of the measure having agreed that it would be necessary to clip of many of the items in regard to new passed; Senator Toney saved the item for the library. which amounted To $lo.ooo through motion providing that this sum should be expended for books alone. The Senate passed several bills at the morn ing session. mostly local bills requiring the ftoppaGe of trains at different towns. Among the bills passed were
 Ky senator Patterson. authorizing the state auditor to employ a stenographer.
 Ky Senatar Oldham, permitting the re porter of me Supreme Court to practice law In connection with his other duties
 Ky Senator Delsositt. providing for the working. of eonviets on the public roads
 New bills introduced were
 Ky Senator farlock, giving the assignee of vendor the same right Of lien as the original vendor
 by Senator oldham. providing for prose cut ions against insurance companies when claims are not paid.
 By Senator drowning bill similar In some respects fo the Baleh bill. hut chang inI it's attitude toward antitrust laws.
 When the Senate convened Thursday morning. acting Gov. Moore announced that the roll call had been completed for the selection of acting presidents and since some dissatisfaction had become apparant in this method, he asked the Senators to suggest some change in the scheme of selecting presiding officers. After lengthy debate the senate con. cluded to continue the present system of naming the presiding officers.
 The feature of the days proceedings was the passage of the Browning instr nfl bn HYef nf uh l.. n copy of the Balch bill recently defeated Ill the house. and which repeais the in saran9e clause in ths 9qttrnsi sP aM The yides that if shall not repeal The anti
 The deleat of the Moore bill. provid- ing for the headquarters for the Arkansas Historic Association in the old state capitol in case the building was converted fact that Il carried an appropriation of SG.+00. and. according 10 the ruling of the chair had to have twothirds vote to insure it's passage. The vote was l6
 Senator Rector introduced the insane asylum appropriation bill. IL carries s250.ooo which Is an increase of Sf9,ooo
 The bill prohibiting contractors from sub.etting convicts was passed Ii be- comes effective after the expiration of the
 In the afternoon Senator pindai de. uvered his enlogy upon the late Senator R0bD. former senator rom the seven teenth district, whose seat is now held b1 Mr pindall At the conclusion of Sena. tor pindalfs address the Senate adjourn ed for the day.
 By unanimous vote the Senate Fri day passed the Parker Demurrage Bill as amended by the Railroad Committee. The amendments do not change the provisions of the bill materially but merely strength en certain features of the measure.
 The Martin bill for the repeal of the screen law of 1aoI pasesd the Senate by vote of % to 10. Senator Wngo led the fight In behalf of the measure while the repeal of the Jaw. which he put on the statute books two years ago. The con. troversy between the SenaSr from Seyier and the gentleman from Sebastian took on a personal aspect, charges of bad faith being made on both sides.
 House Bill by Mir. Powell authorizing municipal corporations 10 require railroad companies to pay their pro rata of local improvements when the latter are using the streets of the city for right Of way,
 A message from the Governor announced the appointment of the following trustees for the University of Arkansas VT, S. Goodwin of Warren and Frank r. Hall of Fayetteville The appointment of Senator Goodwn from the Seventh Con gressional District k made under the pro, visions Of the Mckenzie act approved March l2.
  tion in thc Senate Monday. in which an expression was desired as To whether mem. bers Of the body who had been snnpoenaed to testify in the lCoyingtop case would waive tneir constitutional rights and make answer to the summons of the court. considerable time vas spent in dlseussinR the resolution. the chief objection 10 which was that If the members who were wanted us witnesses were to attend the court ac- cording to the usual custom quorum ot the Senate would be broken. The resoln- ton was amended So as To provide that eeh Senator should be called as he was wanted and this meeting win the wishes of the court the roll was called and each Senator responded by answering aye. which meant that he would respond when ca He'd upon by the court.
 The Roland bill which proposed to dedurt from the pay of members of the lesisla ture the time they were absent. except in cases of sickness. or when they were engaged in committee work, was defeated
 concurrent resolution was introduced by Senator Rowland authorizing the attor ney general 10 bring suit 10 enforce the payment by certain railroads of back taxes alleged te be dre in 1883 and 1884. and a bill was introduced by Senator DeRossit! making any person whp does not own and pay taxes on 40 acres of land ineligible board %I'o Of the the st. Francis Levee District
 The bill by Senator Browning to pre- vent the introduction and spread of con tagious diseases among animals in the State was passed by vote of l6 to !.
 The Senate also passed the bill by Sen ator Cloud making teachers license issued in one county license to teach In any county in the State.
 Other bills passed were
 By Senator Patterson. for the better protection Of state eonyiets.
 By Senator Harrison. providing for the transferrence of insane convicis from the penltentiary to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
 Ky Senator Bush. for the establishment of state agricultural school.
 By Senator Mccall for the purpose Of keeping clean the drainage ditches in the State Of Arkansas.
 The Senate spent Tuesday in disposing Of routine business
 bill was introduced by Senator liar rlsOn increasing the salary of the agrle'.- tural commissioner from Sl 500 to S2.5oo.
 In executive session the appointments of Gustaye Jones. Frank II. Hall and W. & Goodwin. as trustees of the State Uni Versity were confirmed
 Shortly after the executive session the Senate adjourned.
 The House Committee on Claims gave a hearing Thursday night to officials from Chlcot concerning the claim for an sp- propriation for about s7 900 to cover penditures made by the county two years ago In fighting the yellow fever epidemic The whole of the situation had been threshed out to a satisfactory conclusion before the Senate committee