The Green Forest tribune., 1913-02-21
The house reconsidered the yote by

senate agrees, if as follows:
 "The people of each county, city or town shall have the power by the con- currence of majority of the legal voters therein to enact or repeal local or special laws regulating within their territorial limits all matters herein enumerated so far as may not be in conflict with the constitution and gen eral laws of the state.
 The county court or board of alder men may refer or submit any existing local or special law or proposed law to & general or special election, and It shall so refer or submit the same upon the filing of petition therefor signed by 25 per cent of the qualified electors residing within such county, city or town.
 No law or proposed law shall be re- ferred or submitted without due notice and hearing before the county court or board of aldermen, and no election thereon shall be held sooner than 60 days after the order therefor has been made and published.
 No local or special law shall take effect until an order is made therefor "by the county court or board of al dermen not later than ten days after such measure has been approved by majority of the qualified electors.
 No local or special law shall be en- acted in any county, city or town eX- cept for the location, construction or maintenance of public highways, streets and bridges, or governing the use thereof.
 For the location, construction and maintenance of courthouses, prisons, or other public buildings.
 For the location, construction, main tenanee or government of parks, levees or systems of drainage.
 For fixing the salaries of county and municipal officers and regulating the payment thereof.
 For the regulation of fishing and hunting and the protection and propa- gation of fish and game.
 For the creation of county deposito- ries and giving the care and keeping of public funds.
 For the creation of special school districts and governing the corporate powers thereof.
 For the improvement and protection of live stock and to regulate fencing districts and the keeping of live stock.
 For care and treatment of dependent 1al;n0nant o1accpc
 For the conservation of public health.
 For the raising of revenues for all purposes heretofore mentioned and the enactment of fines and penalties for the violation of focal and special laws
 By vote of 43 to B, the house went on record as being opposed to disturbing the passenger rates that are in force in Arkansas at the pres ent time, or at least until after the supreme court of the United States shall have decided the 2-cent rate con troversy arising from the Ross act or 1907. It was argued by some of the opponents of the bill that the state would be in an awkward attitude should the court give Arkansas a z cent rate, when the legislature had given the people 12 cent rate.
 The opposition to the bill was led by Messrs Sain, Sawyer, Patterson, and Armstrong, while it was cham pioned by Messrs. Newton, and lobe. It was argued that the railroads should not be oppressed by unreasonable leg islation, but should be encouraged in every legitimate way.
 Closely related in many respects to the fight on the grandfather clause was the contest over the Ragon bill for the consolidation of the state cleo tions with the federal elections on the first Monday in November, and for two sets of judges to expedite the count. In the discussion of this, too, the negro figured extensively.
 MT. Patterson, of Woodruff, who had led the fight against the adoption of the grandfather clause" led the op- position to the consolidation bill de- claring that it is a thrust at every county in the black belt. He said all those counties want is to be let alone. as they are well able to take care or themselves in their relation to the ne- gro. MT Colvin also opposed the bill, in principle and practice, while Messrs. Ragon, Gray and Cardwell spoke for it,
 Upon suggestion of MT. Sawyer the bill was placed back on second read ing for amendment to provide that vot- ing precincts with less than 75 votes shall not have two sets of judges
 The house passed the Rodgers, of Howard bill, making uniform the laws on negotiable instruments. A similar law is now in effect in forty states, and is endorsed by the National AS. sociation of Bankers.
 Senate bill 167 Overman, divdina Dallas county into two districts, with a second county seat at Sparkman, on the new Rock Island branch from Nal, vern to Camden. The citizens of the new town propose to erect the court house through public subscriptions.
 Senators Jacobson and Rodgers, of Benton, have been named as the sen ate members to prepare new revenne law, which is expected to be similar to the Turner-Jacobson bill of the last