The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-20

around thelr property, Haml- ton took Polk county out, as he felt it too severe at this time.
 At request of Farmers Union a law was passed allowing corporations to issue stock as low as $5 share. This was to enable more farmers to take stock in cotton warehouses, etc., than before when shares had to be $25 or more.
 Making night riding" crime punishable by death. This is a stringent law to suppress all sorts of organized depredations, such as created so much trouble last year.
 Creating a state board of embalm- CTS. This requires all who practice the profession to stand on exam ination as to efficiency.
 Increasing the salaries of circuit judges and chancellors to $3000 a year. Present incumbents get no benefit unless reelected. Providing punishment for wife deserters. both fine and imprison- ment.
 Ratifying sewer franchise ordi- nance passed by Mena city council. Making it unlawful to use union label without authority. This was caused by unscrnpulous parties plac- ing union label on goods not entitled to same.
 Patterson bill, for discharge of capitol commissioners, architect and Caldwell X Drake and creating an arbitration commission. The fight on this bill lasted two months in house.
 Giving more power to railroad commission in regulating freight rates, building depots, etc.
 To furnish artificial limbs to Con federate veterans needing same; also to place all ex-confederates on pen sions, thereby making it a roll of honor.
 Exempting certain wages of me- chanics from legal process. Asked for by labor organizations.
 Compelling all passenger trains to carry full crew. Asked for by labor organizations.
 Regulating practice of medicine and surgery. This law makes ere dentials held by doctors in other states sufficient for practice in Ar kansas without further examination.
 Providing fines for failure of cor poration officers to make reports to assessors.
 Prohibiting foreign corporations from speculating in Arkansas lands. This was especially for the protec- tion of the small land holders, and was demanded particularly by Pike and Howard, where lumber com panies and the diamond mine owners have already secured great bodies of land to the exclusion of settlers.
 Providing for analysis of clays and survey of water powers. The gov ernment pays half the cost. When surveys are made the state takes steps to protect them from outside corporations.
 Requiring teaching of agriculture in public schools. This law provides for examination of teachers on the subject, and teachers should send for boo6s and be prepared.
 Prohibiting Searcy county officers from speculating in scrip. This law should have been made general.
 Changing burden of proof from the state to the accused in pistol carrying cases. The accused must now prove that the weapon carried is the regulation army or navy wea- pon or be convicted.
 For protection of girls under IS years from those who would entice them into houses of ill-fame.
 Requiring railroad to build a via duct at Mena. The governor was requested by some Mena citizens not to sign this bill, and it may not be- come law.
 Providing compulsory education in Polk and certain other counties. This was Hamilton's bill, the same he tried to pass two years ago. It was not desired in some of the "black" counties.
 Making birthday anniversary of Jefferson Davis legal holiday.
 To provide for eradication of cat tie fever tick. Nine counties in the state are north of the government quarantine line, and in these the cattle bring from 8 to $8 head more in market than those south. The new law is to eradicate ticks and move line farther south.
 An act increasing scope of Wingo act of 1907, which compels foreign corporations to pay license to ope- rate in the state.
 For establishment of insane asylum No. 2. This act carried an appro- priation of $200, ,000, and is for the purpose of establishing large farm where insane patients who are physi- caily sound may be cared for on the cottage plan and given work to do, which is thought better for them than the idleness of close confine-