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Demonstrated.

The very young minister, on trial for ni3 first charge, was we'll satisfied with his sample sermon. Fully ex- pecting complim snt, he asked one of the elders for criticism. The old gentleman replied that they wis gey fine words, but bit heady for com mon foulk" The young man disagreed volubly, whereupon the elder proceed ed to justify his opinion. "Ye told us at the laist to draw an inference ye ken. See at this moo. Aw, Sandy" beckoning to an old fellow member over the way. Sandy, div ye think ye could draw an inference the day?" Sandy gnawed his finger full minute in silence Then, "Aweel," he sub mitted cautiously. q anna sac strang as I wis syne, but if it wisna the Saw bath, hae a pair O steers out van that can fair draw the weight O the meetin' 'house!"
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Was 1akino No Chances.

Jimmy and his Uncle Charles were great pals and spent as much time to- gether as was possible and convenient One of their favorite pastimes was card game which Uncle Charles called match, and which usually became quite exciting before a climax was reached One evening they were get ting ready for their usual round Jim my was huHrying about getting the cards, arranging the table, etc. "In the pocket of his little white suit was highly prized new ten-cent watch. Just before he climbed into his chair to play he took out his watch and handed 1t to his father, saying, You watch out for this, daddy; I'm going to play tards wifi Uncle Charles"
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ACT NO. 1o8. Providing For Control of State Chari table Institutions.

Provides that the management and control of the State Char itable Institutions shall hereafter be under a Board of Control, to con. slst of three members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate, and who shall hold office for six years. Members of the board shall reside at the state capital, and shall devote their entire time to their duties, and receive as compensation, the sum of S2,500.00 per annum. The Governor shall have power to remove any member of the board for inattention, neglect, miscon. duct, or inefficiency in the discharge of his duty. The Board of Control may appoint a Secretary, who shall receive salary of $1,S00.00 per an. nun. Act in force from passage and approval.
 Approved March 4, 1915.
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ACT NO. 104. Requires Secretary of State to Make Quarterly Reports

SudTtcrly heportS.
 Requires the Secretary of State to furnish to the Auditor of State the number of Digests, Acts of the General Assembly and Reports of the Supreme Court, which have been furnished by the state for the last feur years, and 1t shall be the duty of the Auditor to take inventory of the number of digests, acts and reports, and report the same to the Governor. Hereafter the secretary shall make quarterly reports to the Auditor, show ing the number of digests, acts and reports printed during the quarter next preceding the time for making said report, and the Auditor shall, af- ter taking inventory, report same to the Governor. The Auditor shall furnish all blanks for commissions used by the Secretary of State. It shall be misdemeanor for any per- son except the Auditor of State to have any of the blanks printed as set forth in Section of this act, and the penalty for violation is a fine in any sum not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March 3. 1915.
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valid judgment for any and all dam. ages occasioned by the issuance of such Injunction or restraining order Further, such Judgment for damages shall be rendered against the party who obtained the restraining order or injunction, and against the sureties on he bond, and the same shall be con- elusive against them; and in proceed tngs hereinunder, the sureties shall be considered parties in the cause; pro- v1ded, the court may, in its discre- ton, require & reasonable notice to such surety before such finding and Judgment. Act in force from pas sage.
 Approved March 8, 1915.
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Bacteria In Hamburger Steak.

According to an examination made by Messrs. Weinzirl and Newton for the American Journal of Public Health, hamburger steak is full of bacteria, but is not necessarily unwholesome on this account. It has been suggested that limit of 100000 bacteria to the gram be set as that beyond which hamburger steak may not go. These experiment. CTS propose limit of 10,OoO.00o bac- teria per gram, but add that even this is low, as about 50 per cent of the sam- pies bought in the market contain more than that
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ACT NO. 88. Relating to the Practice of Veterinary


 Creates State Veterinary Board and provides that hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of veterinary surgery, veterinary dentistry or vet erinary medicine, or to prescribe treatment for or to perform surgical operations upon any domestic animals for livelihood, unless such person be a registered veterinarian. Governor to appoint members of State Veteri- nary Examining Board, which shall consist of three graduates of some legally chartered school or college of veterinary. Violators of this act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. or by Imprisonment in the county jail not less than one nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprison- Approved March 1, 1915.
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ACT NO. 10o. Defining Certain Public Nuisances, and Providing For Abatement

Specifies that the conducting, maintaining, carrying on or en- gazing in sale of intoxicating li- quors in any building within this state, and all means, appliances, fix. lures, etc, used for the purpose of conducting such business, are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and may be abated under the provisions Of this act. Jurisdiction is conferred upon the Chancery and Circuit Courts of this state to abate such nuisances. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March 5, 1915.
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ACT NO. 126,
Regulating the Practice of Chiroprac-
 tics in the State of Arkansas.

Regulating the Practice of chiroprae-
 tics in the State of Arkansas.
 Authorizes and regulates the practice of chiropractics in the State of Arkansas, and provides for the licenses and examination or Chiropractors and creates State Board of Examination and Registra- tion, and provides for the appoint ment of same; provides a curriculum and establishes a standard of efficien- cy; provides prerequisites, and es- tablishes a fee for examination, to provide for the disposal of the fund arising from said fee, to regulate the holding of meetings of said board, and issuance of license to practice Ch1ro- practic, and to provide penalty Tor practicing Chiropratic without a H. cense, provided by this act Practi- tioners to be bound by police and health regulations. Ohtropractors prac- ticing without licenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined not less than S10O.00 nor more than $200.O0, and for second offense shall be con- fined in the county jail not less than one nor more than three months, and in either event, shall pay the cost ot the prosecution. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March Il, 1915.
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January of each year; provided, tur- Key gobblers may be hunted and killed from the 18th day of April to May 3l of each year. Deer may be kliled during the open season by per sons having license. The annual li- cense fee is $100. All licenses expire on December 31, of each year No person shall be licensed to hunt ex- cept a resident of the State of Ar. Kansas. The State Game and Fish Commission is created by this act, composed of five members to be ap- pointed by the Governor for a term of four years. No person except actual residents of the state are eligible to serve upon said commission. Said Commissioners shall serve without pay The duty of the Commission is to superintend and direct the enforce mont of all laws, relating to the pro- lection of fish and game. The Con- mission shall appoint game wardens, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this act The Prescott. ing Attorneys throughout the s,ale may file information against any and all 'ersons for violating any of the provisions of this act, and shall be al. lowed a fee of s2500 for each convic- t1on secured hereunder
 It shall be unlawful for any person to take or kill more than two deer, four turkeys, and one bear.
 It shall be unlawful to take, hunt, kill or otherwise destroy any quail from the first day of February to De- cember first of each year. It shall be unlawful to kill or have in possession in any one day more than 15 quail and 20 ducks. It shall be unlawful to hunt on any enclosed land, without securing the permission of the owner
 It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use a seine or other de- wise, other than hook and line for catching fish, except they pay an an- ful to use any kind of artificial bait without first procuring an annual li- cense for which license each person shall pay the sum of $1.O0.
 It shall be unlawful to use seine. nets, traps or any other devise for catching fish from the first day of March to the fifteenth day of June. It is unlawful to ship or export any game or fish beyond the state line of this state, and any person convicted of so doing shall be fined not less than S100.00 nor more than $500 %, or ninety days in jail or both. There shall be an annual tax of $1.00 on all dogs used for hunting quail, and an annual tax of 5000 on all trappers for fur-bearing animals, using more than 10 traps. It shall be unlawful to hunt or destroy beaver and otter in this state for a period of five years. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March Il, 1915.
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cular letter soliciting bids for the keeping of public funds ot the state for the remainder of the term for which he has been elected. Bids shall be received by the Treasurer and opened in the presence of the State Depository Board, to be composed of the Governor, Attorney General, State Bank Commissioner and State Treas urer, at noon on the first Monday in March, and contracts shall be award cd with the approval of a majority of said Depository Board within thirty days thereafter. For the security of the funds deposited, . bond shall bs required equal in amount to the amount of the deposits, or may pro- cure for it a bond in the form pre- scribed by 1t to the State of Arkan- sas, executed by any guaranty or bonding company. authorized to make surety bonds in this state, which bond shall be conditioned for the safekeep- ing and payment of the funds so de posted. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March 16, 1915.
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ACT NO. 123. Creation of State Board 0 Optometry.

Defines practice of optometry, and creates a State Board of Optometry consisting of five regular optometrists, and defines and regui lates practice of optometry. No per. son shall be allowed to practice opto. metry until he shall have passed an examination conducted by the board fin theoretic, and practical physiology of the eye, and shall have registered and have received a certificate of reg. istration. This act shall not apply to physicians and surgeons authorized to practice under the laws of Arkansas, nor to persons who neither practice or profess to practice optometry. or who sells spectacles, eye glasses or lenses, either on prescription from such phy- sician, surgeon, optometrist, or as merchandise at regular established places of business, or to veterans -ot the Civil war. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March 5, 1915.
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ACT NO. S3. Amends the PubIlcitv Act

Provides that all newspapers publishing any advertisement under the provisions of what is known as the Publicity Act" shall, free of charge, print at the head of each of such pub lications, in type of double the size of the publication itself, the following words. "The cost of this publication to the taxpayers is the sum of (here insert the amount dollars" Failure to comply with this act constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
 Approved February 25, 1915.
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ACT NO. 5s.

Regulating Practtce or Dent'Stry.
 Continues the Board of Den- tai Examiners, composed of five practicing dentists, to be appointed by the Governor upon recommends tion of the Arkansas Dental Associa- tion. Members shall hold office for five years, and untl their successors are appointed and Quali- fled, vacancies on the board to be filled by the Governor. Board of FIX aminers shall organize by electing of ficers for the transaction of business
 County clerks shall furnish duplicate lists of all certificates received and issued during the preceding year. Li- censes must be registered, and failure to so register serves as a forfeiture of said license, and same can be re- stored only upon the payment of cer- tain fees. The State Board may re- fuse license or suspend or revoke the same for any of the following causes: The presentation of license fraudu- lently obtained; the publication or cir culation of any misleading statement as to the skill or method of any per son or operator; the commission of a criminal operation or conviction for crime; the employment of unlicensed persons; and no person can be reli- censed within one year after such re- vocation or suspension In all pro- ceedings for suspension thirty days notice shall be given the defendant. Board shall have power to make all bylaws governing their duties under this Act. Examination fee of fifteen dollars prescribed for each applicant, the same to be applied to the payment of the fees of said examiners, except that one-half of all money received shall be held by the secretary-treas- urer as special fund to be used as the board may deem necessary. Le- gal practitioners must procure cer- tificate of registration from the sec retary of the board. Dentists or den tai surgeons exempt from service as jurors. Unlawful to practice dentistry or dental surgery under any name ex- cept his or her own. Dentists who have been lawfully licensed to prac- tice in other states may be licensed to practice in Arkansas. Persons of good moral character legally register Co anu AdVAA6 QAaNtASO0 0OASAotAy AA this state for period of five years are entitled to receive a certificate of registration upon the payment of $500. All licenses must bear a serial num- Der. Violations of this act shall con stitute misdemeanor punishable by fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by i'm prisonment in the county jail not less than one month nor more than one year, or both fine and Imprisonment may be imposed. Nothing in the act shall prevent legally qualified phy- sician or surgeon from extracting teeth. etc Legally licensed druggists may fill prescriptions for legally H. censed dentists. If license is lost or destroyed, duplicate license may be issued upon proper affidavit and tho payment of $1.00. Penalty for filing or attempting to file as his own the diploma or license of another. Qual- ifications of reputable dental colleges. Approved February 16, 1915.
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ACT NO. 89. Regulating Passenger Fares on Short line Railroads

Provides that railroads wholly within this state more than 85 miles, and less than 100 miles in length, may charge three cents a mile fares for adults, and half fare for children over five and under twleve years of age. Railroad Com mission to authorize railroads to charge the rates specified, if it finds that such rates would be reasonable charge under the conditions obtaining in the petitioners case. Act ill force from passage.
 Approved March 4, 1915.
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Act approved March 4, 1915.
ACT NO. 101. Amending the Pension Laws of the State

State.
 Provides that the following de- scribed persons shall be entitled to pensions: First, every per son who enlisted in the service as a soldier or sailor in the army or navy of the Confederate States of America, or in any one of the states thereof, and who is indigent or incapacitated for the performance of manual labor in the ordinary avocations of life, by reason of wounds received in the dis charge of his duty as such soldier or sailor, or who is now so incapacitated by reason of age, accident or disease. Second, every indigent widow of any deceased soldier or sailor who render cd service in the army or navy of the Confederate States of America, or any one of the states thereof, and has departed this life, shall not be exclud- ed from the right to receive such pen sion by reason of being married, sub sequentato the death of such soldier CT sailor, provided that she is a wid- ow at the time of making her applica- tion Third, every indigent mother now unmarried, of any such soldier or sailor, as hereinbefore described. Ev- cry person applying for pension un- der this act must have been bona fide resident of this state for period of twelve months next preceding the date of his or her application. The pensions provided for therein shall be in the sum of one hundred dollars per year. Ail persons entitled to pen sions under the provisions of this act shall, on or before the second Monday of July of each year, file an applica- tion in form with the county clerk of the county in which he or she resides, or with the County Board of Pensions. Each application shall be verified with the oath of the applicant, and shall be supported by the statement of two dis interested witnesses. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March 3, 1915.
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ACT NO. "A.

ACT NO. "A.
 For the Better Protection of the Pub.
 lie Safety.
 Provides that every person or persons, company or corpora tion, operating any railroad in this state is required to erect, operate and maintain an automatic block signal system at all tunnels located upon their lines within the state of Arkan- sas. They shall also erect and main- tain sign boards within one mile of each end of all tunnels more than fifteen hundred feet in length located on their lines in this state. Approved February "A, 1915, and takes effect June 30, 1915.
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Imaoination and the Eye.

Science does not depreciate the pow CT of the eye. People have been rem dered sad or bad or mad, exQuisitely happy or strongly fortified by single glance though no doubt a instinc- tive divination or knowledge of the man or girl behind the eyes aids the efrect on the 1masination.
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ACT NO. 13o.

Inspection of Public and Private Hoe
 pItaIs and institutions of Different
 Kinds.
 Provides for the inspection of all public or private hospitals. reformatory homes, houses of deten- ton, convents, asylums. sectarian seminaries, schools or institutions, by the sheriff of the county in which such institutions are located. or by the grand jury thereof. or by any person or persons appointed by the circuit judge of the district in which such in stitutions are located, upon the peti- tion of twenty citizens of said county or district, or by the volition of the said circuit judge. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March Il. 1915.
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Amends Section 2 of Act No. 145 of the Acts of 1913, amenda. tory to Acts of 1905. Any person or corporation organized under the laws of this state. for the purpose Of pro. ducing power for any lawful purpose, shall have the right to erect dam across any navigable or non-navigable river in this state at such point as may be desired for the purpose of de, levoping electric power. Act in force frDm passage.
 Approved March g, 1915.
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ACT NO. 90.
Fixes Railroad Passenger Rates.

flxeS Hdiiroao FdSSenger nates.
 Amends Section 6611 of Kirby's Digest of the Statutes of Ar kansas, and Act No. of the Acts of 1907, by fixing passenger rates in this state, as follows:
 Rates on railroads fifteen miles or less in length, cents per mile; over fifteen miles in length and less than 125 miles in length, 3 cents per mile; over 125 miles in length, cents per mile, or fraction thereof, for adults, and one-half of the above named rates for children under 12 and over years of age. Act in force from passage.
 Act approved March 4, 1915
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Made a Classification.

Some years ago bridge was built in Japan which was so slight that a notice was put up: No Animals Al lowed to Cross" But rats were seen crossing on it. and as they could noS be stopped the sign was changed to read: 'No Large Animals Allowed to Cross.' #
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!, of Genera. $, 1915

Hodges, Secretary do H, c,ate au of Arkansas is uo . ;sst S'stS the following IS sod q ]. .Ir synopsis, as prepat tbe he Gene General, under 'ne of e,yy,tisted Act No. ,5 S' .Sa o1 'n''II, a,sI laws passed by the ssiy ssss' 'ef' of 1915 and 'D- uS'i,d Ty hand and sea- this ne, 1915. ,,oncEs.
 A'i,S Secretary of State.
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ACT NO. 64.
Unlawful to Possess Burglar Tools.

Unlawful to Possess Burglar ooIs.
 Provides that any person who makes, mends, designs or sets up, or who has in his custody or concealed about his person any tool, false key, lock pit bit, nippers, fuse, force screw, punch, drill, jimmy, bit. or any material commonly used for breaking into any vault. safe. railroad car, boat. vessel, warehouse, store. shop. office or dwelling house. shall be
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Papa's Prayer.

A Topeka Sunday school teacher asked one of her little girls if she re. membered to say her prayers in the morning as we'll as at night. relates the Kansas City Star. "No, ma'am, but papa does" replied the child. That's nice, and what does papa say for the morning prayer? asked the teacher. "Oh, he just says. Lord. how ! hate to get up"
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Anprevsd March 5. 1915.
ACT NO. 152. Rsaulatlne Certain CIasses Of lndem nlty Contracta.


 nlty Contracts-
 Authorizes the exchange of inter.insurance, contracts of indi- viduals, partnerships and corpora. tions. Contracts may be executed by attorney, agents or other reprsscntar tives designated. Subscribers con tracting among themselves. shall flle with the Insurance Commissioner cor tain declarations verified by oath. Commercial rating by subscribers must be furnished. Reserved sum fin cash must be maintained at all times. Attorney shall make annual report to Commissioner. Rights given to ex- change contracts. Unlawful to nego- tiate or solicit any application with out complying with the provisions of this act. Subscribers not authorized to collect assessments from employees who do not receive dividends. Act in force from passage.
 Approved March Il, 1915.
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ACT NO. 1o2.

Regulating the Recovery on Bonds.
 Provides that upon the dis solution in whole or in part of any injunction or restraining order of any kind, the Chancery Court may as- sess and render against principal and sureties on the injunction bond, a
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In the United States the first at tempt to manufacture gold pen was fin 1885 by a watchmaker of Detroit In 1860 an attempt was made in the United States to manufacture foun- tain pen. but 1t was not until 1879 that they were constructed successfully