The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-06
NENA SMILE LAW
 PASSED IN HOUSE
Senator Lundy's Measure Doubtless Will Be Approved by Governor Effective at Close of 19l3-
 Law School Supervision.

A message was received in Mena this morning to the effect that Senate bill No. 205, by Lundy, had passed the House by large majori- ty. This was an act to prohibit the sale of liquor within five miles of the high school in Mena and takes from the people of the district af fected the right to either vote or petition in the matter of licensing saloons. The act is practically cer- tain of receiving the approval of Governor Robinson and will be in effect on the last day of the pres ent year.
 Regulating Law Graduates.
 Senator Jacobson's bill tO place the law department of the UniVer- sity of Arkansas under control of the Supreme court was withdrawn after considerable argument and another bill was substituted by Senator Lundy, which provided that graduates of the institution must take examinations before being al lowed to practice before the Su- preme court. This was made a spe- 'cial order for Wednesday.
 Some Bills Passed.
 Among the. bills passed by the senate Monday afternoon were:
 II. B. l90, Dickinson, appropria- ting S305OO to complete the girls dormitory and erect a heating plant at the State Normal.
 $. B. 27i, Going and McBee pro- viding for the erection of two new court houses in Mississippi county, one at Osceola and one at Blythe villa.
 s. B. 2li, Rodgers of Howard, to prevent ambulance chasing" by attorneys. \ $. B. 26l, Holt, giving the railroad commission power to regulate in duslrial side tracks.
 $. B. 270 Lundy, placing the in surance companies of the stale un- der the state tax commission as an nsuranca board.
 s. B. l66, Woods, increasing the penalty for dynamiting fish.
 s. B. i95, Covington, regulating the practice of veterinary surgery
 Jackson Bill Passes.
 The Senate Monday afternoon passed the Jackson bill, which makes legal the board of peni- tenliary commission bill which passed recently, by creating tine board for a term of 50 years. This was amended several days ago to require the appointment of com missioner from each railroad com mission district. It was placed back on second reading Monday and the amendment stricken off. The friends of the bill argued that the governor would be re- stricted in his efforts to get th9 best men if he was forced to select according to the amendment. They stated there was no politics in the appointments, to which Senator Carl-Lee took exceptions, saying It was all politicis, and intimated the amendment would not permit the governor to select all the men from Lonoke.
 He forced Senator Going to ad- init he favored the bill without the amendment, as it would permit the appointment of a man from ms county as commissioner, but would not otherwise.
 The Patriotic Senate.
 Showing some patriotism, the Senate will this week consider resolution to be introduced by Senator Phillips of Carroll, pro- viding for an extension of the legls- lative session for one week, foI which the members of the general assembly, under the law, Will re- ceive no per diem.
 Tn a week, with no new bills ln- troduced." states Senator Phillips we can clean up the calendar, ano think the members of the Senate are sufficiently patriotic to do so'
 In the House.
 The House Monday afternoon de- feated by vote of ayes l3, noes l6, the bill proposed by the jolnl committee appointed for that pur- pose to revise the revenue laws ol the state. A new system of assess ment and taxation was provided but it drew the fire of the opposi- ton, led by Sain of Howard, on the ground that it Gscriminates agains' the small farmer in favor or the corporations. Mir. Smith of Bradley championed the measure, argulne that it would provide an equitable system, put on the taXbo0ks all tho property, and be burdensome to nc one. Mir. Ragon gave notice of re- consideration.
 The House also defeated the Me Ilhenny game and fish preservation bill by a close vote of 39 to 90, bu it was left open by notice givei by Mir. Jackson that he would move to reconsider the vote by which was defeated. The bill was op posed by Davis of Lafayette, Doyl' and others, and was supported D! Davis of Columbia, Sawyer ant Sain. It was a notable fact that thi defeat of the bill followed very soor