Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-16
BUSY DAY IN HOUSE AND SENATE Statutes Regarding Assess ments of Franchises and
 Corporation Taxes
 Now Complete.
MANY MEASURES UP
State Fair Appropriation Bill Opposed 4Ladies Excluded from Senate
 During 'Private" Discussion.
q Little Rock, March 1s.-The legis-

ldIuFe mas cOmpletely recaSt the statutes regarding the assessment of franchise and corporation taxes Sev- eral days ago the Jacobson act, drawn by Attorney General Norwood. repeating the Wingo act of 1907, pro- viding fees for the entrances of cor porations into the state. It is estimat- ed that that will bring great deal Of outside capital into Arkansas Tuesday afternoon the House passed without dissenting vote the Hender- son bill, originating in the Senate, which repeals the Combs act of 1907. fixing an annual franchise tax of $SO0OO0, where the Combs act yielded only $60,000, and it will relieve the smaller corporations of the tax burdens imposed by the old law
 The Henderson act taxes all cor porations one twentieth of one per cent on the capital stock subscribed and issued and employed in the state Of Arkansas, except building and loan companies, that pay flat tax of $25 a year Insurance companies with less than $500,000 capital stock shall pay $25 a year and over half mil lion capital $50 year. Under the Henderson act corporations of S60000 capital stock or less will pay one half as much as under the old act. and those from $50,000 to one million will pay approximately the same.
 A remarkable proceeding in the Senate was the discussion of the Kersch bill Tuesday afternoon. pro- viding penalty for mi:cegenation, and prohibiting the amalgamation of the races All ladies were excluded from the Senate chamber during the discussion of the bill. Some at tempted to laugh it out of court, the principal speeches against it being made by Senators Covington. Keel and Martin. As motion to table fail ed by a vote of 15 to 8, and then Senator Covington moved to indefi- nitely postpone. He said he was surprised that it ever passed the House at all, and Senator Keel said that it was a species of freak legisla- ton of which he did not approve. Refusing to postpone it, about half the counties sought to be exempted from its provisions and it was in this condition when the Senate adjourned.
 In the House, the Senate bill per- mitting cities to levy total of one half of one mill for the support of libraries, instead of one quarter of a mill, was read twice. While general this bill will aid Little Rock and Tt. Smith only at this time.
 The Senate bill appropriating $40,- 900 for the support of the State Fai, at Hot Springs was tread once, an ef- fort to have it read twice having satl- ed. MT. Parker opposed the bill, de- claring that he did not want to sad d1e the fair debts on the state, and the bill should have come out with. out being disguised.
 The House passed without dis senting vote the Senate bill appro. priating $1,25o.o .oo0o for the payment of Confederate pensions. This is ar increase of quarter of a million over last session. 0 ti!
 The House passed a Senate bill o' great interest to lawyers, permitting counsel for litigants to agree on bills of exceptions without the signatures of judges. The Martin bill appro opria' ing 31O7,000 for the support of the State Normal was read twice in the House. The House passed the Jacob son bill providing for plumbing i"' spection in cities of the first and sec ond class, also the Covington btli prohibiting the sale of intoxicants tr drunken persons and the operation o1 free lunches in saloons An effort tt poStpouc loi oV uosS' eAS bill directed against ambulance chasers" was defeated by a vote ol II to 69, and the bill referred to tht committee on judiciary Kerwin de clared that the railroads are back c it. while Going said it would elimln ate the despicable practice of promor- ing litigation"
 The House passed an act by Repre- sentative Grant defining baggage anf recurring railroads to haul salesmen' sample trunks and theatrical eos tumes as such, to the amount of 1a' pounds.