The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20
Legislature PUTS
In A BUSY DAY
Juvenile Court Bill Ready for Gov
ernor-State Education Board !.
100000 for Agricultural Schools
Senate Raps Prohibition.

mon cOilSttL, yesterday was the
busiest day the House and Senat.
have had since the opening SEES
sion, and more bills were consid-
cred, probably, than on any two
previous days.
Pass Juvenile Court Bill.
Senator Blacks bill, creating a
Juvenile court for the several coun-
ties in the state was passed with
out opposition. The act is modelled
upon those in force in Denver and
Chicago. The county courts are re-
quired to keep separate books for
the juvenile court proceedings, to
be known as the juvenile record.
Under the act children are divided
into two classes, dependents and
delinquents. The dependents are
children that have been abandoned
and delinquents are those who are
incorrigible and need looking after
by the law. The court may provide
homes for the dependents and pro-
vide means for reclaiming the de-
linquents.
sFor State Education Board.
One of the most important bills
passed was the Bradham House bill,
creating a State Board of Educa-
ton, Arkansas and Alabama being
the only two states in the Union
that are not provided with such a
board.
The act provides for a board of
seven members, of which the state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton is to be the ex-oillcio presi-
dent. The term of each member is
to be for seven years, giving con-
tinuity to educational plans and
growth. The board is expected to-
raise the standards of elementary
and high schools, pass upon the Ii
censes of teachers and grant char
ters to educational institutions. No
salary is to be paid any members
of thee board, each being allowed
only his travelling expenses.
100000 for Agricultural Schools.
The most important Senate bill
passed was that by Senator Turner,
which appropriates 100000 for the
support and maintenance of the
four agricultural schools of the
state. The bill at first met with
some opposition, but when the roll
was called on its passage few SEN
ators recorded their votes against
it.
Prohibition Measure Checked.
During the consideration of House
business by the Senate, Tuesday
afternoon, an incident occurred
which friends of prohibition assert
indicates that the Senate will not
pass any statewide prohibition
measure, particularly of the statu-
tory sort, this session.
1t was on consideration of the
Little-Toler- Roddy bill, providing
for prohibition of the liquor traffic
in Mississippi, Grant, Woodruff,
Polk and about a half dozen other
counties. The bill is a copy of the
statewide bill introduced in the
last House, two years ago, except
that it applies to small number
of counties.
After the first reading of the bill
there was objection to its second
reading, and on a vote the motion
TO suspend the rules and advance
the bill to second reading failed by
liberal majority.
AS objection is rarely ever raised
TO the second reading of a bill UNI
less the bill is Objectionable in sub
stance to those raising the ques-
ton, it is taken by fhany as an in
dication in the above case that the
Senate would oppose any statutory
prohibition measure.
Recall Is Defeated.
By vote 50 to %, the House to-
day defeated the Teller resolution
providing for a constitutional
amendment embodying the recall
and increasing the tenure of slllee
from two to four years.
Hurst characterized the measure
AS rotten to the core and the most
socialistic and undemocratic ever
introduced in the legislature" and
declared it would result in contin-
ual confusion in elections, by de-
signing politicians, and might even
extend to confusion in the judicl-
airy should persons become Offend
ed at decisions of the supreme
court.
The house passed the bill for
support of the state blind school.
A bill was introduced prohibiting
persons under Is years of age
smoking cigarettes, except at
home.n
The House passed the measure
allowing INDECENT Confederate sol
diers to deal in real estate without
an agents license.
The Senate wrangled over the
Federal income tax amendment
again, but without reaching a vote
to reconsider former action IN re-
fusing TO riaattiifyy it
Is Your Skin On Fret