The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-05

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 To Tax Transient Traders. MT. Hayes proposes a measure for | the protection of local dealers by i'm posing tax on nonresident merchants and traders. The bill has advanced to second reading.
 An argument took place oyer the motion by Senator Miles that the sec. retary of the senate purchase a morn ing paper for each member of the sen motion be tabled, and the vote resulted in "A against the purchase of the pa pers. with four in its favor. Senator Smith then moved that the vote be re- considered and the matter laid upon the table, effectually disposing of the motion for all time.
 Senator Deaton called up the bill providing for an appropriation of s66.S65 for the expense of the state hospital for the treatment of nervous diseases. which was on It's third read. ing. The senate went into a commit tee of the whole to consider it, and there was much objection until the ac. count should be itemized. The citizens of Pine Bluff. about 800 strong. marched into the senate chan Der. to protest against the repeal of their free bridge act.
 Mir. Dickinson introduced a bill mak- ing tho following appropriations for the maintenance of the agricultural schools:
 First-Jonesboro. S54,043.25
 Second -Russellville. s53.o22.5O.
 Third-Magnolia. $53035.50.
 Fourth-Monticello, $53,600.
 Patterson, of Woodruff and Beloate, of Hot Spring. joined in bill to place tax of 1925 per day on persons holding government liquor license In dry territory.
 Two bills by Armstron. embody res olutions drawn by a joint committee of the United Commercial Travellers, the Travellers Prot ective Association and the Arkansaw Travellers, and pro- vide for better sanitation of hotels by proper screening Of kitchens. dining rooms, etc. and precautions to protect guests from fire.
 The second bill fixes the liability of hotel proprietors as regards the valu- ables of guests stolen. These bills were read twice and referred to the Judiciary Committed
 A bill by Westmoreland. of Sebas- tian. provides that the state will es- tablish school of mines and metal lurgy as near the center of the min ing industry as possible. and com mission to select a suitable site and make preparations for such a school is authorized. The faculty is instruct ed 10 teach mining and metallurgy. and all pertaining thereto to fix standard of grades. confer degrees. etc.
 Gray, of Independence county, Is author of bill which declares that the beds of all navigable rivers and streams are the property of the state, and regulate the taking of sand and gravel from the river beds. A charge of 20 cents a carload for sand and 20 cents carload for gravel Is to be paid by all railroad or other companies and sworn statements must be made Of the amount taken out each day. A pen alty of not less than s200, nor more than $1.000 is prescribed. The Dill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Service Corpora tions
 The Penitentiary Committee intro duced a substitute bill to house Dill No. IS, creating a board of penitentiary commissioners. The new bill is simi- lar to the original bill in most re- spects, but provides that the power to appoint the three commissioners shall be vested in the governor and confirmed by the joint assembly. The original bill provided that the govern or appoint one commissioner, the house one commissioner and the sen nto ,,,,;c