The Green Forest tribune., 1907-04-19
/ Legislative V Proceedings
THE SENATE.

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 THE SENATE.
 The number of bills introduced In the Senate Monday and the expedition with which they were handled would indicate that the end of the session is drawing near, and the rush for recognition is now on.
 Now that the railroad measures have been disposed of the legislature is get ting after the other corporations. At least Six bills directed against corporate inter- ests were before the Senate during the course of the day.
 Senator Bush introduced bill supple menting the general stock and fencing law of the State so as to allow all of the counties to regulate these matters by cleo tion. At the petition of fifteen property holders a township may hold stock law election and by petition of fifty the county can follow the same procedure.
 Among the bills passed at this session were:
 By Senator Wingo. requiring foreign cor poratons to file deeds of incorporation and to fix standard of fees required for en- trance into the State.
 By Senator Hamiter, requiring all com presses in the State to attend to all cot ton given to them without discrimination and empowering the railroad commission to see that the law is obeyed.
 By Senator Cloud prohibiting all games of chance and fixing the penalties on of ficers who do not take cognlzance of gam
 
 By Senator Martin, providing for the disposition of the penitentary prisoners after the expiration of the Dickinson and Reeves contracts.
 By Senator Cloud, providing for the as sessment of corporations in the county In which their property is situated. citizens of the state half of the value of the cattle slaughtered by the state cattle inspectors
 By Senator Mckenzie. for the protection l,N T tion.
 The Senate Tuesday morning passed the Moore IIeartsill bucket shop bill by a unanimous vote, thereby showing the dis approval of the Upper House for the tac ties that had been resorted to to render the act invalid.
 A bill was introduced by Senator Amis asking the State to appropriate S35.0OO for the erection of levee at the state convict farm in Lincoln county. The work is to be done by the Auburn and Lin wood levee districts operating in conjunc- tion with the Pententiary Board.
 The Senate adjourned at noon in honor of the visit of William Jennings Bryan.
 The Senate Wednesday passed a bill rais- ing the salaries of all the circuit judges in the state from S2000 to S3.000 per annum. The salaries of the supreme and chancery judges have already been in- creased.
 A bill introduced by the acting governor earlier In the session. giving the county judges power to remove children between the ages of , and 14 from homes where the environment is bad, was called up and passed
 The special committee appointed to draw llp a state banking law reported bill that Is drawn to cover the entire situation. The bill provides for the appointment of a commissioner of banks at a sarary of S2,- 260 year. He has plenary powers in the regulation of the banking institutions of the state. Fees are to be paid into his office according to the invested capital in the institution. Restrietiors. are placed on the loaning and investing powers of banks. The bill is in many details similar to the Ohio law.
 The Committee on Pententiary intro so ooo fo bill in hs sshho bs penitentary Under the bill the convicts are to assist in the erection of the em- bankment. Besides the appropriation the bill contains several provisions for the bet ter protection of the convicts The men cannot be worked more than a reasonable length of time better quarters must be ployed and the superintendent Is authorized to employ one hundred guards who are not copvlcts.
 A bill by Senators Patterson and Bush was introduced prohibiting monopolies in the distribution of news In tbe state.
 A bill regulatlng the practice of mas sage and osteopnthv. in the State, intro duccd by Senator Milan. was passed. The Martin uniform text book bill was advanced to third reading. but no vote was taken. the matter going over as unfinished busi- ness.
 The Senate Thursday morning passed the Martin state uniform text bill by a vote of 20 to G.. The measure provides for the establishment of a State Text Book Commission. to be appointed by the super intendent of public instruction. a member from each of the congressional districts in the state and one from the state at lo .ta,,. -f %In aud The board shall have the power to formul- ate a state series of text books. and any county examiner. tolerat:ng the use Of any other than the state series in the common schools of his county Is made guilty of a misdemeanor standard price is fixed on all state books, and it is a violation of the law to sell the books above or be- low the standard price fixed by the com mission Three thousand dollars is appro- prlated to carry the act Into effect.
 A bill by Senator Patterson providing state guard who served during the yellow fever scare of 1905. was considered in Committee of the Whole. The bill carries an appropriation of s3ooo. and each sol reive S1 10 day besides the 43 cents that has already been paid by the government. Upon an attempt to place the bill on its third reading there was hitch, It appears that S25.O00 was appropriated two years ago to pay certain persons connected with the quarantine work. and It was claimed hr some or me SPDAtoFS that tDt uiSpoSi- ton of the money was not on record and no one seemed to know much about It. On the motion of Senator Oldham committed comnosed of Senators Cloud Martin ana Browning was appointed to look into the matter. and in the meantime the Patter- son bill was postponed until next Wednes, day afternoon.
 tural experiment station. carrying S63,2Oo as drawn up bv the late Senator Thomp. son was considered in the Committee, of the Whole with disastrous results. When the bill got hack to the Senate. proper S32TOO had been taken from it-more than half of the entire anpropriation.
 Senator Mckenzie introduced b'.l. an sas Historical Commission, in order that trev might continue their work and bring ont n second volume of the report recently issued by the body.
 Friday was Housf day in the Senate. and number of bills were considered, pll of a local nature
 Senate" Oldham asked that the rules be suspended and introduced Senate Bill No. 4OI (Capitol .Committee), for the purpose of appropriatine S2.500 for the rnrpose of paying the expenses of me lolnt .anltoi intoa committea Senate went into tornmlttee- of the Whole and considered the bill. The committee recommended the passage Of the bill. to consider the bill of Senator Mccall which calls for creating a drainage board. aud taxation of land for drainage purposes. Fill was read the third time and passed by vote of o5 to i.
 The Senate was not in session during the afternoon.
 The Committee on Acricultnre recom- mended that the measure by Senator Toney providing heavy penalties for the theft of dogs be reported unfavorabiy The com mittee agreed that the sentiment in the bill was good. but the penalty in the measure was out of proportion to the crime. For the failure to advertise the finding of dog he,c aging to someone else person was linh,a under the ToneY bill to term in