The Harrison times., 1915-03-20

dlers for the two-year period. The
legislature also made such changes
in the requirements governing pen.
sion applicants that the homestead
is exempt from property disquallh-
cation, and a person with good
home and as much as $500 besides
will be admitted to the pension roll,
The inevitable result will be the adj
ditiou of hundreds of names to the
pension rolls, already carrying about
5000 names, and to which the pres.
ent legislature, by special acts added
probably two hundred
Another big measure was that for
the consolidation of state and na.
tional elections, and which has al
ready been signed by the governor
This provides that all general state
elections shall he held on the same
date as the national clectons-in
November Its operation will be
watched with much interest, in view
of the contention advanced by its
opponents that it will cndanger
white control Of elections in negro
counties.
The Poscy-Stced bill for the in
spection Of schools, converts, hospi.
tails, etc, known as the "antrC ath
ole" bill, was another measure that
drew fire in its passage 1t has been
signed by Governor Hays and is now
a law, Under its provisions aciyilian
committee of 20 persons may de.
mand the right to enter and Inspect
any private school, convent or hos
'pital,
The statewide prohibition bill has
stood out prominently, especially
during the Hrst part Of the session ~
one Of the big acts Of the legislature,
.lt was strongly supplemented by the
Woods Act, which makes it nul-
sancc to run blind tiger and sub.
jccts the owner ola building in which
ia blind tiger is operated to a jail
sentence.
/ The session was marked by the
passage of the Alexander bill, rcvo.
lutioni2ing the formation Of road
Improvement districts 1t was one
Of the big constructive measures,
Then there was the important mea.
sure giving iurics the right to assess
the penalty Of life Imprisonment in.
stead Of death, in all capital cases,
Other big measures passed included
the lollowing' To prohibit public
Offices from being used as hot houses
for political campaigns to remove
the boys reform school from Little
Rock to a more desirable point, and
to convert the present reform school
building into an industrial training
school for girls; to make the pos.
session of burglars tools felony; TO
provide q general law for voting up
stock, making the township a unit;
to change the system Of pleading
and practice in the ch0neery courts
of the state; to prohibit all state de.
partmcnts and institutions from re-
ceiving state money for deposit eS'
cept the state treasury; TO permit
railroads under l2j miles long to
charge 3 cents mile to provide Tor
the appointment of temporary coun.
ty Judges where the regular Judge is
III to give married women the same
contract rights that single women
have; 60 provide a minimum wage
law for women; TO tax loan sharks
and p0wnbrokcrs; TO prohibit CIV
ing liquor 20 minors; to repeal the
law requiring railroads to screen
coach windows to require railroads
to repair rolling stock in Arkansas
to rc.digcst the statutes, to enact
new "blue sky law, to authorize
ntcriusuruncc, 60 tax sand and
gravel taken from river beds to
limit to 3 the number Of paid wit.
nesses in preliminary trials to re.
Quire uniform warehouse receipts to
validate acts of cities raised to see.
second class by legislature, and 10
appropriate about S375O,OOO for
next two years, detailed story Of
which will appear rs soon Os Gov
ffnor Hays gets through trimming
bills down,