The log cabin Democrat., 1913-02-20
SENATE HOLDS TILL 5..}OP.
 MANY BILLS ARE CONSIDERED

ties of the district, and the stock holding directors in the banks which are Repositories shall be liable for any shortage before the ordinary stockholder may become liable
 Then began the flood of bills com ing in, as follows:
 By Clerget, creating the Little Rock and Fort Smith highway com mission, to build a macadam road from Little Rock to Fort Smith, with one commissioner for each county through which the road will run, to be appointed by the governor. f
 By Friedell of Miller, appropriat- ling 5000 to purchase a suitable sil- yer service for the battleship Arkan- sas, and naming Chief Justice E. A. McCulloch, Attorney General w. L. Moose, Charles s. Stifft, president of the Little Rock Board of Trade; Mrs. T. c. Trimble of Lonoke, and three others to be named by the governor, as a commission to purchase and de liver the service.
 By the Board of Charities, appro- priating $21 ,000 to pay for the main tenance of the Confederate home un- til the general appropriation bills are passed.
 By Rodgers of Howard, to permit the inspection of nursery stock by the state entomologist, for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease among fruit trees in Arkansas.
 By Futrell of Greene, creating the position ot state game warden, at a salary of 5000 per annum, with a working force and offices in the state capitol. The bill places tax on trappers and market fishermen, also upon nonresident hunters, or on per sons who desire to hunt in counties other than those in which they are residents.
 By Lundy of Polk, making the an nual appropriations for the mainten- ance of the University of Arkansas, and for the erection of the additional buildings provided for in the report of the committee which visited the in- stitution.
 By Covington of Johnson, provid- ing for the interchange system be- tween telephone companies in cities and towns.
 By Christian of Stone and Martin of Conway, permitting juries the privilege of deciding whether or not man charged with capital offense shall be hanged or serve a sentence in the penitentiary, ranging from 21 to 99 years.
 By Woods, raising the fine for dy- namiting fish, from $5, where plea of guilty is entered, to not less than $50 with 10 days in jail By Overman, creating another court district in Dallas county, with the new county seat at Sparkman, on the new Camden and Malvern branch of the Rock Island.
 By Wagner, creating the special school district of Fletcher, in Craw- 1 ford county.
 By Hughes, requiring the county to pay the costs where the defendant in the case, if found guilty, has not the funds with which to pay them.
 By Toler, to remove the disabilities of John McClelland, in order that he may practice law.
 By Holt, to require the collectors of the state to send in money in advance of the legal time for making settle ment, when requested by the state auditor, in order to prevent a defi- ciency in the state treasury.
 By Woods, creating the special school district of Hamburg.
 By Greathouse,> appropriating ST. 300 for the maintenance of the geo. logical survey,
 By Jacobson, limiting the time of taking an appeal or writ of error tc six months.
 By Rodgers of Benton, to require the Kansas City Southern to stop all of it's trains at Gravette.
 By Miles, to permit cities to pay mayors a yearly salary of $5,O0O.
 By Calvert, to fix the salaries ot Sebastian county officials.
 By Moore, to amend the Beaver Bayou Drainage District.
 By CarlLee, to authorize the ap- pointment of women notaries.
 By Lundy, to prevent the sale of liquor within 10 miles of the public school building of De Queen.
 By Toler, to regulate the payments on warrants of state employees and re- quiring itemized statements,