Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-26
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
(By Staff Correspondent )

1 General Assembly on March z. The ! pending legislation referred to is ! supposed to be the Argenta rean- 1 neXation bill in which the Little 1 Rock commercial organizations are 1 greatly interested. The resolution was declared out of order at the particular time it was introduced, i but it was reintroduced this after noon and promptly tabled by an overwhelming vote.
 The Fraternity Question. The senate disposed of the fra ternity question in the state uni vers1Iy this afternoon by passing i the bill introduced by Senator Thompson, repeating all existing laws on the subject and leaving the entire fraternity question to the faculty and trustees for settlement. ! The bill was passed by vote of 16 to 12 after lengthy debate. When the b1ll was first called I'D Senator Rowland moved to indefi- nitely postpone it, but this motion was lost by vote of 10 to is. The senate then proceeded to discuss the question on it's merits. It is thought that this will dispose of the question so far as the senate is concerned. There are two or three other bills pending, which seek to prohibit the fraternities from ex- isting in the university, but if the vote on the Thompson bill can be taken as test vote ca tila question, the senate is not likely to pass any of the other bills.
 school Tax Increases.
 The house this afternoon passed the bill introduced by the commit tee on education, increasing the tax levy for tie school fund from two to three mills, as authorized by amendment No. $ to the state con- stitution which was adopted at the last general election. The senate has already passed similar bill and one or them will become a law.
 No More clones or Smiths."
 Representative Whaley introdue- ed a bill in the house this afternoon to compel all officers to record the true names of ail persons arrested and making it unlawful for persons arrested to give fictitious names. The bill provides that officers violat- ing the law snail be fined from $20 to $100 and removed from office and persons giving fictitious names shall be fined from $20 to $100.
 Road Work Bill.
 Representative Walker introduc- ed bill in the house, providing that any person subject to work on the pii1Diic roads, may pay 75 cents for each day he is subject to such wofsk, in lieu ofshe actual work.
 Amis Bill Held Back.
 Explanation was made in the senate this afternoon of the delay in the enrolling of the Amis anti pool selling bill. which was passed two weeks ago and has not yet been presented to the governor. Senator Floyd, chairman of the enrolling committed, and Senator Carlock, who has c9en acting as chairman of the committee. during the absence of Senator Floyd, declared that there were other bills ahead of the Amis bill and that they were being enrolle- in tne order In which they were passed. Senator Amis declar- ed that the enrolling clerk had told him the bills were not coming to her rapidly enough to keep her busy. Senator Amis said he had heard it whispered that the senate was holding up the bill until the races at Hot Springs could be con- cluded, but that while he did no+ believe the story, he would like to have the bill enrolled and made ef- fective.