The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-29
IN THE HOUSE.
Bills Intro duo ed.

House Bill No. S6 (Rountree) amending sections 1909, 1910. 1911 and 1912 of kirby's Digest so that any one carrying a revolver or gun may not only be fined, but may be sentenced to county jail for period of from thirty days to six months, and also eliminating the exception of army and navy revolvers from the law.
 House Bill No. ST (Rowe), relating to the liability of railroad eompa- nieS,N street railway companies, in terurban railway companies doing business in this state, and every per son, firm or corporation engaged in mining in this state, to their em- ployes in all cases of accident, in- jury or death. Read second time, on motion of Mir. Rowe, and referred to the committee on judiciary.
 House Bill No. 91 (Shockley). pro viding for the abolshment of the convict lease system and making it unlawful to lease state convicts for labor hereafter. Read twice.
 House Bill No. 92 (Simpson, pro-
 
 attending a public gathering and pro hibiting the shipping or carrying of intoxicants into prohibition territory; requiring railroads and express com panies to keep a record of artic,2S shipped into prohibition territory, with names of parties sending and receiving goods, for the purpose of reference, and providing a fine of from S10 to $25 and a sentence of five days on the public roads for any vio- lation.
 House Bill No. 94 (StreeD, requir- ing all state convicts to be worked at the state farm and providing for the establishment and maintenance of a publishing plant at the state :arm, in which the convicts would be worked and which would produce school books for Arkansas.
 House Bill No. 97 (Glover), creat- ing a commission to adjust the con troversy between the state and the new state capitol contractors; abol ishing the state capitol commission; disposing of the services of the archi- tect; annulling the contract with Caldwell & Drake and providing that if Caldwell & Drake will abide by the decision of the commission, the lat ter shall proceed to investigate the state capitol situation and determine whether the contractors owe the state Or the state owes the contractors.
 House Bill No 99 (Yeager), pre- venting overcharge for such merchan- disc as can be purchased at gen. eral grocery store; providing that it shall be unlawful for any corpora ton or firm to charge more than 10 per cent above the regular cash price charged by other stores in the same community and providing fine of $10 to $25 for any vio ation.
 House Bill No. 100 (Brown of Prai rie), amending sections 2364 and 2365 of Kirby's Digest so that the number of challenges possible in felony and misdemeaIor cases is reduced. Read twice
 Represetative P. E. Rowe of Sebas tian county will introduce at this session a bill so regulating the prac tice before chancery courts that suits may be tried before the regular term If a suit is filed at such time that it could not be tried, under law, un til the next regular term of court even though the court be in session, under MT. Rowe's proposed law that suit could be heard at once. If an ac ton required by law to be filed 3t days or more before the court sits is filed within the limit Mr. Rowe co.ltends that it should be tried a. that session of court and not be held over until the next regular session,