The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-22

Committee on Education, where I
lab0red to get the amount reduced
by 100000 and succeeded in getting
il reduced 100000. The House
adopted this amendment as we'll as
another amendment which offered
in the House, but which had not
been considered by the committee
turning the proceeds Of the sale Of
products from the farms into the
general revenue fund Of the state
instead Of donating this to the con-
tingent expenses Of the schools.
When this measure reached the
governor he confirmed my views
upon the matter by trimming out
the appropriation another hundred
thousand dollars. The truth is, and
it was so claimed when the estab-
lishment Of these schools was beng
urged two years ago, that these in
stitutions ought TO be, and can be
made, almost or quite self-support-
ing instead of costing the tax
payers of the state nearly a quar-
ter Of a million dollars annually.
otherwise, | am sure the people
would never have approved their
establishment.
Aside from my special work in
connection with the measures con-
sidered by my committees, | Sc
cured the passage of several meas
ures, both of a general character
and of local application only to
Polk county. The depository law
especially demanded by the people
of this county was passed and is
now in operation, yielding to the
school fund of the county five and
one-eighth per cent on the daily
balance in the depository TO the
credit of the different funds of the
county. This bill was drawn, and
after being submitted to myself and
the member from Scott county and
approved by us, was introduced in
The Senate by Senator John Logan,
and its passage drought the House
was steered by me.
X. C. S. Ry. Must Fence Right-0f
way.
| introduced and secured the pas
sage of bill requiring the Kansas
City Southern Railway Company TO
fence its right of way through Polk
county, providing penalty for
failure to comply after July first,
each days failure constituting a
separate offense; also a bill effect
i've October 81, 1929, placing the
officers of Polk county on salaries
rs follows. Sheriff and Collector
$500, and the County and
Circuit clerks $500 each /;
Treasurer 5000 and Assessor $500;
also a bill requiring the Western
Union Telegraph Company to main
Tain an operator at Cove and during
certain months at Wickes, the lat
ter town being added as an amend
ment to the bill in the Senate by
Senator Logan. The bill is now
effective and provides penalties for
each days failure to comply with
its provisions.
Senator Logan placed Polk coun-
ty in the provisions of an act giving
to jurors in the circuit courts of
certain counties $500 a day. This
bill is now effective and will apply
to jurors doing service at the next
term of the circuit court. / placed
Polk county in the provisions of a
bin restricting fishing to hook and
line in certain counties and pro-
hibiting fishing for trout and black
bass from April 4 to June 20.
The /. & II. Enabling Act.
OF the general measures of which
| am the author and that were en-
acted into law, have already dis
cussed two in connection with the
school legislation. In addition to
these | introduced four other gen.
eral bills at the regular session, one
of which, the Initiative and Refer
endum Enabling Act. passed the
House with only two dissenting
votes, but received no consideration
in the other body. AS this subject
was included in the proclamation
of the governor converting the ex-
traordinary session, ] introduced the
bill again in this session where it
again passed the House almost
without opposition and after a hard
fight in the Senate passed that body
and was one of the four measures
passed by the extra session. also
secured the passage in the House of
an Inheritance tax measure, with
only two votes recorded against its
passage, but this was never con-
sidered by the other body.
A gratifying fact to me is that
no proposition of mine, whether a
bill, amendment to bill, committee
report or resolution offered by me
that came TO final vote ever
failed of endorsement by that body.
No Interference With Liquor Reg
ulatiOnS.
Perhaps my most important ac-
complishment was the passage of
the Enabling Act, rendering effect
i've the powers reserved TO the peo-
Pile in the Initiative and Referen-
dun amendment to the Constitution.
A synopsis of this bill has been
published in your columns, hence
il will serve no useful purpose to
repeat this here. One feature of
this act which was attacked by the
enemies of the measure was the
following portion of Section 8,
which is the substantive portion of
the law as to measures that may