The Nevada County picayune., 1909-03-18
..ANcIs LEvEE BILL INTRO :" ..o IN THE LOWER BRANCH
 oF THE ASSEMBLY,.
=. Anti iearette eilI-A Number Of ou,. introduced and Another
 Capitol Remedy Offered.

considered. Apoul 'oi'.
 ...s were brought up either on in-
 s,o,;on and second reading or third
 ..od;,e and final passage. For the
 s..t lime in the history of this ses-
 ',an so far as the lower house is
 concerned, days work was ground
 sst without single objection thrown
 o,t in the way of hindrance. As bills
 .ro read tEe first time the rules
 rare suspended and the bills passed
 .. once to second reading, without
 the customary T object coming from II different sections of the House at
 o,os The effect was seen in the large .mount of business dispatched. The feature of tre morning was the a;scussion of the bill by MT. Little ,o reorganize the St. Francis Levee nistrict Board and provide for diff ,arent spportionment of directors and different manner of their election. MT. y.itte declared that politics has had too much to do with the board, and the board has had too much to do with politics, for the consequent good eitber 10 the district or the state" and his bill seeks 10 remove the affairs of tbe district enirely from the domain of politics, so far as that may be ac- complished, by placing the selection of the board members in the people of the district itself, instead of with the governor or any other agency. The bill was made special order for later consideration in order to handle several pressing minor local measures
 MT. Vim of Pulaski introduced an- other state capitol completion resolu- ton. which seeks to settle the entire muddle by having the state capitol committee of the Senate and the House and cooperate with the re- organized State Capitol Commission
 in making whatever tests are ad- visabe on the finished portions of the new state capitol and report same 10 the legislature as a basis for ac. ton looking to the completion of the building Governor Donaghey is made ex-oficio a member and chairman of the State Capitol Commission and Hon. T NJ. Neale of Russellville is named 10 succeed the late Senator W. E. Alexander as commissioner by the provisions of the resolution. It was read and referred to the House capi- tol committed
 ir discussing small appropriation bill il was stated that there is only about s30, GOO left in the general reve- nue fund and that in a few days noth- Ing would be left with which to pay the legislature. The sheriffs may have in order 10 satisfy some of the states debts
 Busy in Senate.
 Monday was local bill day" in the Senate al Little Rock. an innovation which proved an instant success. The calendar was cleared of a large num- Der Of local bills, and the pockets of the members also relieved of an ad- dtional number
 Whenever the supply of local bills Jagged for moment. general bills were brought forth and the machinery moved brskly forward. A total of r local and general bills. with reso- utiCn or two thrown in for diversion, constituted the forenoon grist of tne Senate
 The Senate killed Senator Bush's anti-cigarette bill, which had been re- ported unfayorably by the judiciary committee The bill called forth spirited discussion. in which a num- Der or senators stated that inch by Inch the people of this country were being deprived of their personal lib critics.
 The state capitol situation was brought up in the Senate by Senator fatterson. He has tried sev efal times to get this bill up and on Monday afternoon just before adjournment. he succeed ed Tn having the bill. Senate Bill No. ''' made special order for early con- Sideraticn. Under this bill the con pac'ors and architects of the state capitol, as well as the capitol com hlIsSloners, are discharged and an atoitfa'ion board is named to settle 'he controversy between the state and the contracors, Caldwell X Drake.
 senator Johnson introduced Senate nhl No. 266. bill creating the spe c'al leVee and drainage district of '! ypfess Creek in Lincoln county, and It was referred to the levee and drain. age committee.
 senator Glover introduced Senate n"l NC. 269, a general fish and game 'o"i' which requires the payment of a ''cehse of $l.25 for the privilege of """'ihg and fishing in any county eX- oep' ms home county. and providing o'nef restrictions. The bill was read t~ice and 300 copies ordered printed, -r