Washington telegraph., 1909-04-02
in THE HOUSE.
Bills Passed.

Niulu6 lOr tHS pi eh' fNAi9N
ment of cruelty to children. Vote, 60
to 8.
House Bill No. s15 thittle, Parks
and White), providing for statutory
statewide prohibition. Vote, 4S to 39.
i House Bill No. Is KendalD, pro-
viding for a county depository for
county and school funds of Johnson
county Vote, 70 to O
Senate Bill No. 252 Martin), Great
ing a depository in Pope county. Vote,
20 to 0.
House Bill No. 157 tKhsh), Great
ing a State Pardoning Board. Vote,
rs to 2.
House Bill No 1s4 (RusselD, pro
viding for the extension of territory
of Improvement districts Explained
by Mr.. Suggs. Vote, % to 10.
House Bill No 307 Dyer, making
a four-wire fence a legal fence in that
part of Crawford county south of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad.
Explained by Mr.. Dyer Vote GA to /.
House Bill Ne. 800 (shackleford),
to pay the back pension of S50,25 to
]. M. Whitlock Vote, 73 to O.
House Bill No. 2sl Davis of De-
sha). authorizing the coroner of De-
sha county to appoint deputy. Vote,
81 to o.
House Bill No. 81 lHeartsilD, pro
viding for the relief Of Mrs. O'Har-
mon. Vote, 81 to U.
House Bill No. 237 Ross, prevent
ing the trapping of bear in Phillips
and Desha counties. Vote. So to 0.
House Bill No. 1874 (Whaley), in
creasing the salary o. the county
judge of Nevada county TO $500. Vote,
66 to 2.
House Bill No. 280 PARKS, Great
ing fencing district Hadley town.
ship in Lafayette comfy. Vote, 66
to 0.
House Bill No. 2sS lBuerkle), max
ing four-wire fence lawful in Nor
ris township in Arkansas county.
Vote, 7S to 1.
House Bill No. 2s4 (Hollabaugh),
10 prohibit the sale Of liquor within
five miles of the Leslie public schools.
Vote, 7S to 0.
House Bill No. 284 lDeaton), author
izing the Delight SPECIAL school dis
trict to borrow monE
House Bill No. 2Sa fOliphant), to
prohibit the sale of l5uor within five
miles of the public saools at Atkins.
Vote, 6S to 0.
House Bill No. 2Si (Bradham), to
create the Wick speei school district
in Bradley county. bte, 81 to 0.
House Bill No. Isl 1Heartsill), au-
thorizing the county .ogrt OF the Fort
Smith district in SdGstfan county to
appoint a pauper commission. Vote,
"a to q
House Bill No. 1913 lTyler), creating
the State Board of Mining. Vote, So
to l.
House Bill No. 291 (Hogan), Great
ing the Denning special school dis
trict. Vote, 66 to 0.
Senate Bill No. 257 (Simms), au-
thorizing improvement District No. l
at Dermott to buy water plant. Ex-
planned by Mr. Smith Vote, 73 to l..
Senate Bill No. 81 (Rowland), pro-
viding for new primary election law
Vote, 61 to l.
House Bill No. 321 Jackson), regu-
lating the catching of fish in Phillips
county. Vote, 79 to /.
Senate Bill No. 262 (Bush), to de-
clare four-wire the legal fence in
Lewis township of Scott county. Ex-
planned by Mr.. Simpson. Vote, 70
| to O.
Senate Bill No. 2S4 (McKenzie), /,
creating fish and game law for La
fayette, Nevada, and Hampstead coun-
ties. Amended so as to exempt Hemp
stead county. Vote, 66 to O.
Senate Bill No. 12S DilD, to amend
the act for the county depository for
Washington county Called up by Mr.
Hurst and recalled from retrenchment
committee. Passed by vote of 73 to O..
Resolutions Adopted in the House.
House Resolution Zones of Pulas-
XII, asking the attorney general to
give an opinion as to whether the
state can discharge Caldwell & Drake,
contractors. Vote, 46 to 27.
House Joint Resolution No 10
(Heartsill), altering the boundary line
of the state so that the "Choctaw
strip" is included within the boun-
Diary of the state. Explained by
Messrs. Rowe and Heartsill Vote,
70 to 5.
House Concurrent Resolution (Ham-
ilton of Polk), providing for the ap-
pointment of a committee of three by
the governor to investigate the ad-
visibility of moving the reform school
and make recommendations to the
next legislature.