The Brinkley argus., 1913-04-11
| BRIEF RESUME ! OF GENERAL LAWS
ONLY STATEWIDE MEASURES
 GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.
LOCAL ACTS ARE NUMEROUS
Numbers Show Proportion of Sectional 6iIIs-Many Important Penal
 Changes.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Below Is a resume or outline 0 the substances of general acts, passed by the legislature recently closed. Lo cal measures are not considered bu only acts affecting the entire state Special attention is called to the pro visions of the penal laws enacted ant here presented in the hope that thi. service may save many thoughtles: people cost and trouble in the future In the following resume if will be not ed that the Act numbers skip from one to another as is the case with the first two where the number jumps from one to twenty-seyen. which shows that there are 26 local laws between the first two general acts and so on where numbers are skipped
 Act No. i.
 Appropriates s70.000 out of the gen eral revenue fund to pay mileage and per diem of members Of the legisia- ture.
 Act No. 27.
 Appropriates 5000 to pay over 200 newspapers i'll the state for publish ing the proposed amendments to the constitution and the initiative and ref erendum acts before the September election. 1912.
 Act No. 29.
 No proprietor lessee manager or employe of any theater or other public place of amusement shall discriminate against any person lawfully wearing a uniform of the army or navy or of the militia of the state of Arkansas. Any person making Or causing such discrimination IS made subject to . fine of S100.
 Act No. fl.
 Appropriates q l.3o0.os0 out of the Confederate pension fund for the pay mont of pensions to soldiers and sail ors of the Confederate states and their widows fer the years 1913 and 1914.
 Act No. 42.
 this state shall. from the months Of May to November. in each year, pro- vide wire screens at each window of coaches they operate Failure to com. ply subjects offending companies to . fine of ten to twenty-five dollars for each separate offense.
 Act No. 45.
 Appropriates $500 to pay mileage and per diem of presidential electors. named at the last general election. Payments to be made upon auditors warrants issued when itemized state ments of account Is presented.
 Act No. si.
 All corporations and persons. fur nishing news for publication in news papers. shall furnish such news or service to all newspapers desiring same at uniform rates and without discrimination. such service to be given in the same manner and at the same cost to all. Any person or cor poTation. violating this provision shall be fined in any sum not less than S1 600 nor more than &5,0o0 Any teie- graph or telephone company. transmit ting over their lines any news item in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than 5000 and the attorney general or any prosecuting attorney of the state is authorized to bring suit for the recovery of the penalty pre- scribed and shall receive as compen- sation for their services 25 per cent of all sums collected. Any person or corporation against whom discrimina- ton shall be made in the rate charg. ed or service rendered shall be ien- titled to recover sl.o00 for each sepa- rate offense.
 Act No. B.
 All railroads over 100 miles in length that pass through Grant. Hot Spring or Saline counties are required to build and maintain fence along each side of their right of way. that will keep horses. hogs. sheep, goats and stock of all kinds off said right of way. No penalty provided.
 Act No. 64.
 Transfers the fertilizer and feed stuff funds from their separate ac- counts. into the general revenue fund 10 be used in paying deficiency on mileage and per diem of members of the legislature. after the original ap- propriation of s7o.000 for that pur- pose had been exhausted.
 Act No. 55.
 Establishes permanent place for execution of felons, upon whom the death penalty is imposed. by electro cution instead of by hanging. The su perintendent of the penitentiary al Little Rock is directed to provide a permanent death chamber within the confines of the prison walls. which shall have all necessary appliances for the proper execution of felons by electrocution, upon whom the deati penalty is imposed. The clerk of tho court in which is pronounced ths death penalty shall deliver to the su perintendent of the penitentiary { certificate of such judgment and thu condemned shall be immediately trans