Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-03-28
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Proceedings 4
THE SENATE.

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THE SENATE.
The Senate Monday by a vote Of 10 to
passed the AmiS insurance bill, which
now makes it mandatory that every life in
surance company operating in the state
of Arkansas shall invest in Arkansas Sc
curities at least - per cent of the reserve
fund held for poltcyholders.
The Montgomery insurance bill. which
| prohibits all rebates, special inducements
to prospective policyholders, eliminates the
suicide clause and makes the policy incon-
| testable after sixty days, occupied the af-
ternoon session and argument was still in
progress when the Senate adjourned at 3
! O'Clock,
3 The Moore Heartsill measure, the anti
future bill which passed the House re
Gently, withstood strong attack in the
Senate Tuesday, and it will have clear
field when it comes up for final passage
| Friday. the motion to substitute the Rec
tor antifutures bill having failed.
Senator Montgomery,s INSURANCE bill:
making material changes in the form of
life insurance. policies and prohibiting re
bates, was defeated
The bill making salaries of chancellors
throughout the state uniform a $500 per
| year. had a close call from being tabled.
Its friends rushed to the rescue. and it was
hraly passed with votes to spare.
A personal controversy between Sena-
tors Montgomery and Wingo due to the
latters caustic remarks about the form
er's insurance bill enlivened things in the
Senate Wednesday. A point of order was
raised which checked the controversy.
The Rowland primary law which makes
some radical changes in the existing sys-
tenn, passed at this session after
warm fight the floor. The bill provides
that candidates for Office may have per
sonal representative at the polls; calls for
a public counting of ballots and immediate
posting of results; makes it felony for
false returns of actual votes cast and gives
the right to a person not able to marx
his ballot to select some one to make 1t
out for him
Senator Wingo presented a resolution
memorializing the, Arkansas members IN
Congress to urge the repeal of amendments
IA to Is to the constitution OF the United
States, which would result in the disfran-
chisement of the negro.
| prohibits saloon men from serving as OIL
ficers of election and classes native wines
as liquors, was made special order LOT
| Monday morning after it had been amend
| ed to exclude Lawrence. Garland Desha
i st. Francis and Jefferson counties from It's
provisions
The bill by Senator Moore providing that
factories. mills and corporations shall pay
| salaries of employees in cash only, and max
ing it a misdemeanor to tender scrip or
| company store orders, was unanimously
| passed
New bills introduced were
BY Senator Thompson.-Amending kir-
by's Digest SO that the extent OF pubic
improvements may equal 80 per cent of the
assessed valuation of property affected
instead of 20 per cent. as at present.
BY Senator DeRossitt-Giving the courts
power of injunction in civil matters.
By Senator Patterson.-To appropriate
$4,000 for the payment of national
guardsmen who served during the yellow
fever quarantine in 1905.
Senator Amis introduced a bill in the
Senate Thursday making it misdemeanor
| to hold horse races of any nature on any
signed to put an end to meeting at Oak
lawn race track in Hot Springs which his
anti-pool selling measure did not.
The Edmondson- Rector bill abrogatlng
the convict labor contract whereby con
| Wet laborers are furnished at the rate
of 30 cents per day to contractors, was
a measure which occasioned warm debate.
The bill was finally defeated by 10 mega
tive votes to in the affirmative;
Senator Mcknight introduced Dill
which was permitted to go to committee
1t aims to prevent negroes from waiting
on white persons in hotels restaurants, as
BARRIERS or porters on trains and 1t also
provides a penalty for whites serving re
| groeS. -
the amending of Kirbys Digest so as TO
provide that no warrants shall be drawn
| by the auditor on the treasurer unless there
Is appropriated money in the treasury for
the special purpose for which such war
rant is drawn.
BY large vote the Senate Friday pass
ed the Moore Hartsill bill, designed to pre-
vent dealing in futures and calculated to
| be a death blow to bucket shops and lllegl-
innate exchanges
! Determined to stop the races at Hot
! Springs at all hazards, Senator Amis in
PRODUCED a bill giving the Governor the
right to suspend all county officers at the
request of so petitioners until the Grand
Jury can meet and return indictments.
Senator Harrison introduced a bill pro
viding for the displaying of the National
colors over public buildings.
messenger from, the Governor an
nounced the approval of Senate Bill No
! 246 (Arnoldl. authorizing the Arkadel,
phia School District; Senate Bill No. 1913
| BUSH. organizing the Tupelo swamp
| Drainage District, and Senate Bill No. 226
aMcCalD, regulating the removal of coun-
The Senate adjourned at noon until
Monday morning.
The bill by Senator Ams giving the Gov
| ernor power to suspend officers neglecting
! duty is as follows
| "A bill for an act to render more effect
! ual the enforcement of the criminal laws
of the State OF Arkansas
! of the State of Arkansas:
section l. That upon the filing with
| the Governor of the State of Arkansas OF
duly sworn TO petition, made by 90
] or more reputable citizens Of any county
/ In this State that any criminal statute
| Is being violated and that any district.
! county or township officer is knowingly
/ refusing to take steps looking to the pre-
veEtion thereof. the Governor shall have
power to suspend such officer or officers
and appoint some other person or persons
| to discharge the duties of the office until
the adjournment of the next term of the
Circuit Court for such county following
| thereafter, when if no indictment is re-
turned against such officer for some offense
| growing out of the cause of such suspen
sion. he shall be reinstated. provided
however, that if an indictment is return,
| ed such suspension shall continue until
| the case is disposed of and such officer s
right to continue in Office and be reinstat-
ed is determined by the laws now in force
governing such cases.
'Sec. That this act be in force from
! and after its passage"
1t was learned yesterday that a majority
of the Joint Committee on Penitentiary
| will recommend that the new penitentiary
be not abandoned but be completed and
remain as the home for prisoners of the
state for the next two years. There has
beer proposition submitted to abolish tn
pelftentiary and send all of the prisoners
to the state convict farm. With the peni
tertiary maintained during the coming two
years the state electric lighting plant Will