The Brinkley argus., 1907-05-03
7 Legislative ; Proceedings
 
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
 The appropriation bill for the state
 Hospital for Nervous Diseases, carrying
 more than S400Oe0, was considered m
 Committee of the Whole and passed by tie Senate without change m i,, exaesy ,iel est action that has ever been taken on an 1 appropriation bill of this magnitude in the present session. ,.. l the attorney general 10 bring suit against
 the railroads in the state to recover TaoV,- 900 in taxes that nave been que slnee 1887. was passed by. unanimous vote; | The Senate killed the Goodwin bill which | has for its object the investment of the school funds of the state by the State invested in Arkansas bonds that are draw.
 ing interest at the rate or p,d per ce1o, 9 aha tha | investment of the funds in the various l school districts of the state at the rate of per cent. the money to De used Tor | b,iIdino purposes The bill was passed in 1 inc early part of the session
 | The biu by Senator Patterson, allowing
 the shooting Of ducks ana snipe at air ie | times in the year was passed by vote or | It to
 By Senator Toney, requiring water com nonies fo comply with the provisions of l their contracts and to pay all damages caused by the violation of the same. l I,y Senator Cloud. SlNiuE to ti".eiVi.
 zines the same rights on the roads of the State that automobiles have providing that l fhe latter repair all bridges that are
 Ry Senator Bush. giving to the railroad | commission power to fix rates on interur- l ban trains.
 The Senate consumed nearly all of Thurs 1 day in the consideration and disposal or I local bills It refused to recede from US amendment 10 the Reform school Dili re | thp ppuitputilrV DnySlcfnH to seryp Sva"7 as physician at the Re form school, and amended the the silarpms eiI pro Court reports by authorizing the board to receive bids from publishers outside the state and to award the contract to the lowest bidder irrespective of locality
 The only bill of general character intro duced in the Senate was presented by Sen ator DeHositt providing for the building through the counties of Sebastian Craw- ford Franklin Johnson. Pope conway, Faulkner Pulaski, I.onoke, Prairie, Mon roc, st. Francis and Gritsenorni river nnnasite Memphis The bill appropriates s2S,OoO0 for the survey and location o1 the roau and provides for the creation or a l.a,, DoaIu of commissioners to look after it's construc- tion.
 The Senate Friday passed the Brown- inc bill appropriatng S50,00o for the re- printing of the supreme Court reporfrs, the House bill by Mr Leigh, reguiating the employment of child lapof' ana @ louss ss bill by Mir Kizzie, increasing the pay or judges and clerks of elections lfom @i 10 S1.j0 per day House bill by Mir, Barker. regulatinS the practice of suggestive therapeutics ana magnetic healing also encountered sSena- tor Wingo's opposition. He spoke againsl the measure, attempted to have IL tapiea and later moved to indefinitely postpone ts further consideration, but failed in Dotn instances The bill was accorded hrst reading. but motion to snspenu tue 1 ost A number of House local bilis were passed and others advanced in the stage of Legislation. - c..o.a hv reoucst. for the relief of W. II. Maxey of Crawford county, providing for an ap- propration of $50 to reimburse nm Tor inn purchase of tract of land belonging to the United States, but which was sold to him by the state Read twice and re- ferred to the Judiciary Committed
 For the second time during the session inc Senate convened Saturday morning at 80 The reading of the journal was dispensed with and senator Nance WAS l called to the chair.
 In accordance with the request Of the I Arkansas State Association of Bankers, l senator Goodwin introduced bill 10 se- cnrs the negotiable paper law in this l.s@ The bill introduce't by tha $ ssna,oE yaell 1 From Bradley is a copy oi the Nsw iofA
 The appropriation bill for the Deaf Mute | Institution and house cuts bringing doWn l the amount by about Sl0,o0O were not con The university defcnency bill. amended so as to be nonefectiYe until NoYemDef 1 19O7 was passed in the senate Satuf7 day morning as amended in the House The Yopp commercial fertilizer blil was passed X bill was introduced by Senator Lee prohibiting the importation CT cotton seed that has been exposed to the poii weeyil. ,.. -
 Two measures by Senator Wingo were passed The first one iiSss lhg iasSenssi5 ,as ai l cents The other bill by the Senator from seyler amends the foreign cotPotati1,ns i,'ns 1 act and fixes the penaitles 50 tha' they cannot be misunderstood.
 | The reading of the journal was dls- pensed witii Nion'ry HqFn'nE 9hn aSoIr u Vi''''0f | nder the head of special orders the
 university deficiency bill, carrying S96-, 1 900 as amended bS the House. was 'ake4 t m The amendment merely provides lhai
 the measure shall not go into eheci uhlh l November l next, the purpose Deihs 10
 prevent deiieleney yin in Il hne .reaSurg amended a
 was passed with only few dissenting votes. , u
 At this juneture ex-Senator flames Fer rv entered the senate chamber. All ol | ,he members applauded the distinguished statesman and on motion Of Senator sims granted the privileges ot the hoor py q unanimous vote. senator Berry thahked inc members of the Upper House for the privilege that had been accorded nm and congraiulated the members of the legisia- l tnre on having passed through the session l without the least suspicion of corruption | ar crime directed toward them. He declared
 that the Thirty-sixth General Assembly | was credit t0 the state. and be waS | nroud of the labors that the members had
 nerformcd in behalf of the people ol lhe
 state. .,.. ,.o..n.,
 of fen minutes was taken in order 10 give
 tbe members nf the Senate an opportunity
 10 meet cx Senator Berry.
 The reading of the journal was dispensed
 with Tuesday morning and Senator Simms
 was called 70 the ehalr.
 Tho senate Tuesday afternoon Killed the
 Abcrcromhie bili providing for the work
 ing of conyicis on the public roads Of inc
 state and with The death of this pressure
 lcgisIation on thls subject at the present
 session Of the Legislature k practically at
 an end Four bills along the same line have
 been Killed in the past fDur monIhS, There
 is still one more pending the lpeilossitt.
 Montgomery bill that was c0nbinatlon or
 aIl convict road bills that had died Ihis
 measure k iu the House and a. II has
 meyer been read there is hut little probabil-
 gtv that if will ever get far as q roll
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