The Pulaskian., 1915-11-05
PROPOSE PLAN FOR COURT 0F APPEALS
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DE WISE PLANS TO RELIEVE
 CONGESTION OF COURT.
LIBRARY MAY BE PROVIDED
Late Decisions Were Reviewed Pre- senting the Necessity For State Constitution to Replace An
 tiquate Draft of 1874.
Little Rock.

Little Rock
 An Appeals Court, or a tribunal similarly termed, having Jurisdiction between the Circuit, Chaneery and Arkansas Supreme Courts may be created by constitutional amend ment
 Little Rock Bar Association author ized it's president to appoint com mittee to devise plans to relieve the congestion of business before the Su- preme Court. Several members ar- gued for an appeals court before the meeting at the Hotel Marion. All members agreed that if an amend ment is necessary the time is ripe for starting agitation for it. AS discussed by the association the new court would handle cases of lesser import ance that might be appealed from the lower courts, making the state court system similar to the federal judiciary scheme.
 President J. F. Loughborough was autnoryzed to appoint a committee of three to consider providing a Ii. brary for the association. This com mittee was instructed to report at the next meeting.
 The program included a paper by W. M. Lewis, in which late Supreme Court decisions were reviewed and a paper by J. H. Carmichael presenting the necessity for state constitution to replace the antiquated draft of 1874, existing now.
 A resolution was adopted express ing the thanks of the association to John M Moore, Joseph W. House, Sr., George B. Rose, B. D. Brickhouse, c. T. Coffman, Morris M. Cohn, w. J. Terry, Harry M. Trieber, J. F. Lough- borough, Charles c. Reid, Senator w. c. Adamson and Representative E. G. Shoffner for their work in pre- pairing the Municipal Court bill ana securing it's passage by the 1915 leg islature.
 George B. Cook, state superintend- ent of public instruction, has received from the secretary of the National Educational Association an announce ment of the prize of $1,000 offered last year for the best essay on "The Es- sential Place of Religion in Educa- tion," with an outline of plan for intoroducing religious teaching into the public schools. The prize was won by Chas. E. Hugh of the Uniyer- sity of California. Nearly 1,400, in- cluding several students from Ar kansas colleges, competed.
 Matthew E. Gormly, statistical ex- pert of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, arrived in Little Rock to gather ma terial for report the department is preparing on the administration of la bor laws in the states. He spent the day in conference with Commissioner of Labor J. c. Clary and Deputy Commissioner E. I. Mckinley. He will be in Arkansas a week.
 If an improvement district is au- thorized by Q special act of the legls- lature to make certain improvements the commissioners of that district must carry out all the improvements named in the act, according to a de- cision given by the Supreme Court 1n the case of George |. Conway vs. the Miller County Highway and Bridge District.
 Actual work for the establishment Of a home for delinquent girls has been started by the officers and mem- bers of the Girls Industrial School Association" Articles of incOrpora- tion have been filed and a board, con sisting of president and 10 mem- bers, has been appointed. Mrs. J. E England is president of the board.
 The opening of the duck season has brought many requests for hunting li- censes from the State Game and Fish Commission, and during the last few days clerks in the office of the state treasurer have been kept busy issuing receipts.
 Sheriff Hogan Oliver of Ashley filed in the office of Secretary of State Hodges his campaign pledge as a candidate for state auditor He an- nounced his candidacy several weeks ago.
 Outstanding state warrants will jump to approximately $200.000 with the issuing of salary warrants for De- tober to state officers and employees, according to estimates of M. F. Dick inson, state auditor. On the last Oc- tober pay day the amount was S524,- 430.