Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-02-28
THE HOUSE.

lies having Two county seats, county clerks
shall keep a each seat in addition to The re
cords already kept. records of marks ana
brands. Incorporation. estrays, advertise
ments for sale of delinquent lands and re
cords of lands sold the state and indl-
viduals that the county collector shall keep
one set of tax books at each seat that tine
sheriff and collector shall keep the tax
books at each seat until April 10. of each
year for the payment of taxes; and that
the treasurer shall keep at each seat the
funds of each of the school districts In
the respective judicial districts. Read first
and second times
BY Mr. Stirling to amend an act of 1897
creating the Helena improvement District
for the construction of levees Read first
and second times and made special order
for Tuesday
BY Mr. Leigh. to enable persons having
claims against insurance companies that
may fail or go into the hands of receivers.
TO consolidate such claims and sue jointly.
Read first time.
BY Mr. McCollum to prohibit the plead
ing of the statute of limitation against the
right of a town or city to open streets and
alleys. Read first time.
At 4 10 the House adjourned until Tues
day morning
The bill by Representative Meade. to
make the salaries of the chancellOrs OF
which wthstood an attack Monday in the
House, was up again Tuesday and came
out unscathed from another assault made
upon it in the shape of an amendment.
sentative Thomas and was to the effect
that instead of the salaries being fixed
at $500 per annum the amount should be
10 cents per annum The author of the
amendment said 1t was not offered for the
purpose of fixing conpensationS. and that
its real object was to abolish the seyera
chancery districts in the state pom a
viva yoce vote motion to reject the amend
ment prevailed
The House spent an hour and a half OF
she afternoon session in a discussion OF
Senate concurrent resolution memorable
ing Congress to pass a bill introduced by
Congressman j. c. Floyd. to make available
in Arkansas; above Cotter for electrical
purposes, without impeding navigation The
resolution was not adopted
Measures passed upon were as follows !:
BY Mr. Anderson to make valid copies
of certain records of Garland county dam
aged in the fire at Hot Springs in February.
1909 was a special order and was read
the third time and passed
Senate Bill No. 179 Nancel. and No.
los (Ilolland) were special orders and
were read the third time and passed No.
trict of Rogers to borrow money. and No
15S is to prevent coal companies or cor
porations from tunneling under cemeteries
TO Senate Bill No as uIdandJ. pro.
viding for one StenOgrapher for the CHIEF
justice of the Supreme Court and two
stenographers for the associate iuStireSi
the House Committee on judiciary offered
an amendment to authorize the justices to
employ one stenographer at salary Of
$1,000 per annum, which was adopted.
bill was introduced at this session by
Mr.. Black of Sebastian for the protection
of natural gas and mineral oils in Arkansas.
The Barker and Coleman demuirage bills
were special orders in the House Wednes-
part of the morning session was taken
UP in discussions. The principal speaker
was Mr.. Coleman. who spoke for two hours
and half for his motion to substitute
Barker.
Al the morning session drastic amend
ments to the bill by Mr.. Moore of Inde-
pendence. to prohibit dealings il futures,
were adopted One in particular. by Mr..
Coleman, prohibits the soliciting or receiv-
ing of orders for futures to be executed
in this state or elsewhere. and makes it
unlawful TO send an order by mail. tele-
phone or telegraph for futures to be exc
cuted in this state or elsewhere. and for
message concerning the purchase or sale
of futures or which contains report OF
the purchase or sale of futures.
To House Bill No. so (SimDsonl. to
headquarters for the Arkansas division
of .the United Daughters OF the ConfedPr
acy. amendments were adopted providing
that when provision is made for the finish
ing of the capitol an appropriation may
be made for the purchase of cases for the
preservation OF Confederate battle hags
and other historical articles, and that lu-
stead of the room being set aside for the
headquarters of the Daughters of the Con
federacy it shall be for the filing OF his
torical documents and archives.
New bills introduced al this session were
BY Mr.. Partain, TO amend section 5l+o
Of Kirby's Digest. relating to the riandeS-
viding that when a house has been leased
for lawful purposes and is used as Il blind
tiger" it shall be the duty of the owner
to cause the tenant to yacate the house,
and if he refuses the owner shall take
steps to procure possession 1t also makes
the running of blind tiger sufficient
cause for the cancellation of lease.
BY Mr.. Quinn. for the protection OF pas
sengers on trains and to prohibit drumming
or soliciting for hotels, bath houses. eat
forms and at depOts.
The House Thursday refused to adopt
the motion by Representative Coleman to
make his demurrage bill a substitute for
4 measure on the same subject by Repre-
sentative Barker. The motion was under
1ebate the greater part of the dav before
and at all OF todays session after the
hour.
The principal objection to the Coleman |
dill was that 1t did not prescribe a penalty |
against the railroads
The Barker bill was championed by Rep
'esentative Hartsell, Ross, Foster, and By |
IS author.
In commemoratiou of the I75th annlver-
'ary of the birthday of George Washing |
.on, the House adjourned Friday. shortly |
before noon, until Saturday morning. AL |
IL
from the upper BODY was CON |
;idered. Suspension of the rules for the |
consideration of House bills was the order. |
md it was after II O'Clock before the
House took up Senate business. The one
senate bill considered was the formation
IT drainage district In Phillips county. |
md half ar hour was consumed in its
'eadng.
The two House bills passed at this scs-
lion were:
BY Mr.. Pinney, to create the Tucker
axe levee district In Jefferson county.
BY. Mr.. McCracken. to provide for the
of ex-Confederate soldiers
or the purpose of securing increase OF
,ension
The Carlock blanket prohibition bill was
AIKEN up by the Senate Committee on Ten
,erance Friday and by Il unanimous vote
4 the committee will be returned TO the
Senate Monday morning with the recon-
nendation that it do not pass. The au-
hor of the bill is a member of the com
nittee. but was absent at the time of the
Meeting. being engaged in his duties as
hartman of the Enrolling Committee of