Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-06


 senator Jones Of Pulaski cbanood 1o , ,ne affirmative. Those voting for the pill were Senators Adamson. AshYsv Bursress, Bush, Cabaniss, Carter, Uollins, Davenport, Duty, Edmondson Ferguson, Futrell, Garrett, Going. Greathouse, Harris, Jones, Kendall Moore, Mccall. Overman. Owens Ruff, Sims. Slaughter. Smith of union, smith of Columbia. To,er. Vann, Wagner, Wasson, White ald Lundy
 Amid great cheering from tbe gall lefles, and from the floor, the senate took recess, to convene again TOT work on Friday afternoon, which io itself was a most unsual procedure.
 Tag EaeI, srsicl2.
 In the early hours Of the session Friday the senate passed the F1- mondson bill requiring newsoaDers when making publication under the publicity act, to state the price charged for the publication at the head of the article.
 The senate passed the bill by Mr. Jones of Pulaski increasing t:ie saJa rles Of stenographers of the courts Of the Sixth judicial circuit: passed the Johns bill regulating the fees Of Green county officials; and passed the Yerger bill confirming the pro- ceedings incident to the formation of the Dermott drainage district.
 The state lands and highways com mittee reported favorably upon the
  tax on sand and gravel taken from streams and lakes of the state.
 Brockman's Bill Passes.
 The senate started the afternoon session by opening the flood gates and letting in house bills enough to overwhelm an ordinary body. Six bills were passed, the Davenport senate bill to permit bridge to be erected over Little Red rlver Ii, White county, the Brockman bill specifying description of property in Jefferson county road Improvement districts, one by Williams Of Denton to limit the powers of county judges ill the erection of court houses, ,ne Humphreys bill to permit school dis tricts to renew mortgages, a bill by Condray of Faulkner, changing time of holding court in the Ninth chanc- cry district, and one by Williams oi Cross for the election of road over seers in Cross county
 Hays Signs Eight.
 Gov. Hays signed the following bills, and reported them to the sen ate:
 s. B. G1 (Bush) Repeating the Ne vada county fish act, and relieving several hundred citizens of that county of indictment for violating the old act.
 S. B. "A (FutrelD Establishing a common pleas court in Green county.
 S. B. IT (Vann) Creating Hickory Ridge special school district.
 $. B. 91 (Owens) Providing pension for Almyra Wagoner, aged 116 years, of Marion county, the old est woman in the state.
 s. F, 97 (Ferguson) Permitting the Minturn special school district to borrow money.
 s. B. 10S (Bush) Changing the time of holding court ill Nevada county.
 s. B. 69 tMoore) appropriatins funds to pay deficiency in state capi' tai appropriation.
 s. C. R. 6 tBush} Providing a with expert accountant to the state board Of charl- ties. s
 The two senate bills introduced Friday afternoon were by collins, to give Tillar portion of the road tax collected within the city nmits, and Ferguson, to repeal levoe act for Randolph county.
 In addition to this tho senate read sixteen house bills a first and second time, getting them ready for passage carly next week. One of these measures was tick eradication dis 1rict, in which Union county mad been removed and the sentiment of the farmers of that section was shown by petitions read by Senator Smith, who amended the bill so that the county was placed back tn the fold.