Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-25
With The
Legislators

A large number of mill owners and
employers of large numbers of work
men were lobbying for the repeal OF
the semi-monthly pay day law. A ma
jority of the employers favored The
straight repeal of the law, leaving
conditions the same as they were be-
fore the enactment but they are said
to be satisfied with the committee
bill for monthly payment on the fiji
teenth with Individual penalty in case
of failure.
The bill introduced in the House
last week by Mr.. Little of Mississippi
providing for statutory statewide pro-
hibition makes it unlawful for any
person to manufacture or sell alcohol
or any spirituous, ardent, vinous, malt
or fermented or any intoxicating liz
uors which are drank as beverage"
1t makes it unlawful for any one to
grant a license for the sale of liquor,
and also makes it a misdemeanor to
violate any section or part of the
bill, punishable by fine of from $500
to $500 and Jail sentence of from
three to twelve months. The bill pro-
vides that it shall go into effect De-
cember 81, 1909.
The various special provisions re-
lating to druggists. and physicians set
forth in the Gam statutory statewide
prohibition bill are eliminated in the
Little bill. 1t also provides that >--o
liquor men of the state shall not be
deprived of their license for which
they have already paid their money
before the expiration of the present
year, at which time the licenses would
expire under regular conditions.
The bill introduced in the House by
Mr. Thompson of Craighead for the
election of the directors of the ST.
Francis Levee Board, provides that
each county in the district shall have
three directors on the board; that
each director shall be at least %
years old and citizen of the district;
that each director shall own at least
so acres of land in the district The
bill also provides for the election
of an assessor, collector and treasurer
for the district.
The Senate, by a unanimous vote,
has adopted a resolution to pay the
funeral expenses of the late Senator
Nance of Benton. The resolution was
introduced by Senator Freeman OF
Benton. Senator Nance at the t4me
of his death was very poor
Should the uniform text book bill
be enacted into a law, without any
change or restriction whatever re-
garding special school districts, the
cost in the larger cities will be very
heavy. Representative Leigh of Pu-
laski estimates that it will cost Little
Rock alone not less than $4,000 to
make the change, after allowing what
will be received for the discarded
books. Other cities, like Fort Smith
Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Texarkana,
Jonesboro and others, will doubtless
have similar experience, so that the
cost of the change as whole can be
somewhat appreciated by a little fig
uring.
Mr.. Bouie stirred up a sharp dis
cussion by the introduction of a bill
for $1,000 for the relief of the storm
sufferers in Saline county, the stu
alton getting finally to the point
where amendments for relief in other
sections of the state and different
sorts and conditions of motions were
piling up so fast and in such confu.
sion that the committee of the whole
had to dissolve in order to restore
order
House Bill No. 317, by mr.. Simp-
son, introduced last week, provides
for the submission of the question
Of the prohibition of the liquor traf-
tic in Arkansas to the qualified voters
of the state created important. The bill
provides that the question shall be
submitted at the election in Sepem-
Der, 1910, but that no license for the
sale of liquor shall be granted during
the year 1910.
House Bill No. 314, introduced by
Mr.. Davis of Columbia, proposes to
create a State Tax Commission, to be
composed of the state auditor secre-
tary of state and a third member
appointed by the governor.
The commission is to make inves-
tigation of assessment laws in other
states, as we'll as to make careful in
vetigation of the tax assessment
methods in this state, and to make
recommendation for such additional
revenue laws as are deemed advis.
able.
The bill is designed particularly to
reach logical assessment OF railroad
properties in the state, and empowers
the commission to examine minutely
into the records of such companies.
with view of arriving at the actual
valuation of all railroad properties.
the amount of business done, how
divided between state and interstate
traffic, amount expended for improve
ment and extension of properties. etc
Several members of the Senate are
enthusiastic hunters and much of the
talk when the body is not in session