Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-18
p0rters of Tuohey.
Among the Lawmakers.


 care to see $15,000 of the State : money apparently thrown away OF the purchase of daily papers in Lit tie Rock, the members of the House yesterday killed one stamp and sta.
 tlonery bill, which had been passed
 by the Senate. The Senate was not daunted Ill the least, but yesterday afternoon started another for the leg ' lslatlve sessions. This was introduc. ed by Senator Keel and will probably
 De passed, the Senate being of the op mon It can purchase these if it desires without the assistance of the House. 1t is almost certain that the members of the House will never pass 1 such bill, the first bill sent oyer by , the Senate being tabled and fixed in such a manner that it can never be resurrected unless on two thirds vote of the House, which it will never receive, Both Houses are working steadily and much work is being ac. eompliShed. The committees will be announced tomorrow and then the scramble for committee clerkship. Will be over and the legislators will
 be free from buttonhofing by pret. ty girls and broken down politicians whether they will Ike it or not The Senate debated most of the afternoon Monday on bill to permit county courts to make levies for the assist ance of agricultural schools, though sufficient time was taken from this to pass a local bill or two. Miles of Pulask; introduced a bill Which will make certain corporations sit uE and take notice. His bill permits the plalntl11 ln certain cases to take : ! change of venue n suits against corporations. This would be espe, cially favorable to the plaintiff ir damage suits against street car con- panies, for if passed, it would per init the plan to take a change of venue to a back woods county where the sentiment is much against street i railways or anything operated by 3 public service corporation. Freidell l introduced a bill prov ding that spe- cial counsel employed by the state iE the future should receive not more than 20 per cent of all judgments re- i r.
 troduced an administration measure n a bill providing for the appointm- ment of Capitol Art Commission of four members of varying terms, the commissioners to serve for glory alone, no pay being specified. A very important Il was presented y Senator Henderson, providing for } board of examiners to examine ali applicants for license to practice law Three members of this board musr be members of the Supreme cour, and no one of them can be a lecturer in a law school. Rodgers of Howard brought in a bill creating the 12tb Chancery district including Van Blu. ren, Newton, Marion Searcy, Boone and other counties. In the House resolution was passed permitting the different Southern states to use the old State House for division head quarters during the Confederate re- union. Jones, of Washington, intro duced a bill to give coroners the right to perform marriage ceremon- ies. It was read three times and aD inquest will be necessary over it's re-
 mains, for it was defeated by large majority. Tyler of Sebastian intro duced a bill making radical change in the existing game laws. His bill protects quail from hunters or trap pers for five years, and deer from February 1 to Sept. 1. Turkey he would protect from May to Sept. Little of Miss ssippi offered reso
 lution amending the deer section to make the closed season from Jan. ! JO OCI. l. WdIlOCh, Ol SOAuAAp1o, oii~ Hardage of Clark introduced state depository bills, permitting the state funds to be let out to the highest bidding bank Kersh, of Lincoln, in. troduced a bill making cohabitation between whites and negroes felony Efforts were made to exempt ali counties but Lincoln, but the amend ments were voted down. The bill was read twice. It makes the birth of mulatto child suffic 'ent evidence against the mother to convict her Kerwin, of Jefferson, introduced ! bill to permit the directors of the Linwood- levee district to bor- row $10.000
 IRuS1 LAW IS GOOD