The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
/ Legislative
 Proceedings
THE SENAT


 months ago Senator Patterson, who intro duced the antipatcut medicine bill early Tn ths session, took he floor in opposition to the Greenhaw measure, and iutmated that outside influence had been brought to bear te defeat his measure
 The motto Of the state, "ReRrant Pop uh." which $ erroneous. is sought to be corrected In n bill introduced by Senat or Lee making the motto read 'Eegnat Top uius," meaning "Ihe people rule. leg napt Popoii' means the peoples tthat lS She tribes or nations rule Ills object hs 10 have tue change Inscribed on the ne" capitol dome
 Another bill passed At this session WAS one repeating all laWs antagonisuc 10 Gftek lsttsr fIaternities at the University oi AT kAnsas and authorizing the faculty to con frol the matter in the future
 The Senate aiss passed the Patterson kill providing for the working Of conYlcts ea public roads. Each county k permitted 10 work the conVicts sent up from that particular county.
 Senator OIdham introduced a bill to re peal section l256 of klrbys Digest and giving the Supreme Court reporter the light to accept law cases whichever they are rendered
 One of the most important bills Intro eeced in the Senate Tuesday was by Sen Ator I.egate, which makes tt unlawful to permit any cotton buyer cotton shipper of eotton factor. to own or operate or become an officers or director in any company or corporation owning or operating any cot ton compress plant Tn this state, ana fe Qpires persons, companies, or corpoThtl"uA uA owning or operating cotton compress plahl \ e furnish the names of the owners or operators or their officers and directors, tt the attorney general CT the state, When yhe latter demands It.
 Senator Patterson introduced a bill rais- Ing the salary of the governor of the state 10 $4 UOU after the expiration OL ihe pres snt term of office.
 It being House day In the Senate twen- mine House bills were given two readings in the regular grind. and five were passed.
 
 New bills introduced were:
 Ky Senator Arnold Requiring the pres ident secretary Of every corporation doing business in ths state to file annually . statement of the cash capital, cash value f real estate and personal estate, and In oebtedness
 By Senator Carlock An act giving the people the right To vote as to whether ma bvs wines shall be sold in one tfth gallon quantities, the same as when voting Tor license or against license.
 The Senate Wednesday. passed the de eciency bill for the University of Arkansas Ay narrow margin During the debate. \ developed that q bill would be Intro cuced prohibiting the state department tion unless authorized by the state by regular legislation.
 During the morning Senator simms s.iled up the bill which appr@prates sI9 6af n failed of passage, not receiving the leceNsary two thirds vote.
 other bills passed were By senator Lambert, requiring railroads to drain their road beds within 200 yards of station, and providing for agricultural and dem eas.Iatl0n farms in each county; pr Senator De Rositt. providing for the work ing of convicts on the public roads by Senator Browning requiring assessors in Dnprorement districts to make sn oath Whsn placing assessments Oh valuation.
 The vote by which the appropriation of $ieooo wns killed the day bri9re. was was after the bill had received 20 votes Tor, and Q against, was declared passed. question remains as to whether the oal, ln or two-thrds of those present and voting before 1t csn De legally legally passed pas ed,,.a o, ,he people of the Ninth senatorial district in The special election held last saturday was officially received In the Senate at yhis session. Actisg Governor John Ike
 Senate Bll No. lGG. by Senator Tat tsrson. was taken up for the purpose ot tisposlng of the committee amendment 1nfs Is the patent medicine bill which requires the formula to be printed in plain type ss large as hrevier size on every piroprletary medicine sold lh n,,,ic tue Health had amended the bill so as t" require physicians also to write their pre- scripttons in plain English, and the drug gist preparing the medicine to copy the prescriptlon on the label whenever request "a To dc so by the purchaser After n lengthy debate in which number or mem bers took part the committee amendment was stricken from the bill. and the whole subject made a special order for next Thursday afternoon.
 Other bills passed at this session were : ky Senators Amis and Goodwin. rrquir Anx railroad companies to file annually a ststsmeht and schedule of all real and 'sssSnHs seps,pT Paipf'' 5Rennr HT prohibiting the sAis or giving away of cigarettes In the snte :, . county seat of no county shall be changed until after those petitonlng It's change shal have deposited the sum or S3.ooo Tn cash 10 be donated toward the building or shs new county court house In the new seat of government.
 By Senator Goodwin, authorizing the stat. Board ot Education to Invest the xtrmsuent school fund in warrants of fpecial school districts,
 New bills introduced in the Senate were
 By Senator Milan An act to shorten ths time for closing up administrations from three years, as now prescribed, to
 Br Senator Holland providing for an asylum for the Insane in Sebastian coun tr and authorizing that county to sppro. btiste money for the establishment 0t
 Fy Senator Mcknight Requiring notes and bonds to be listed for taxation, and prescribing how they shall be stamped 10 shoS that they yo have h,Tn s9 so nsted ndrm,,
  sbinpers 10 execute bond and receive freight ln advance of bills of iadlng after having made surety.
 By Senator Rowland To protect ship DOTS from delay In the shipment of cattle CT live stock and requiring stock train' 10 make at least IL miles an hour ir transit.
 Tn, Committee on state Capitol of th' Senate and House which are making in auiry In the building of Arkansas nx~ stste house were endorsed as tQ the mem eds they are employing in making the In vestipatlon by both bodies of the Genera Assembly at Friday session.
 The special committee appointed To con fer with Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton als' made its report In both houses and wa oischarRed The committee reported tha the prosecuting attorney had asked al sppropriation 10 be placed Tn the hands q fGe governor for use In prosecuting hood isrs but that lnasmuch he did not stat inc amount of the appropriation neede uor inc manner in which lt would be eN pended It recommended that no aPpropria fiop be made The report also stated tha TWO bills have been prepared on Ooodlln and will shortly be introduced.
 Among the bills passed was one by Nil NcCracken of the House authorizing a increase in ex-Confederate pensions wher s1tra disability Is established in proof an q bill by Mir Fletcher, also of the House requiring coal inspectors to make inspec