The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1915-02-11
NET RESULTS Of
The FIRST MONTH
THIRTY BILLS AND TWO RESOLU
TIoNS ARE PASSED BY BOTH
HOUSES OF LEGISLATURE.
FEW OF A GENERAL NATURE
One of the First Passed Appropriates
s1,32a,0oo for the Payment of
Confederate Pensions.
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As the net result of the first four
weeks of the legislative session, 80
bills and two resolutions have passed
both houses and been signed by the
governor, as follows
Senate Bills.
No. 4 (Moore). Transferring 1922
600 from the fertilizer fund to the
general revenue fund to pay mileage
and per diem of legislators.
No. 8 tMcCal). To prevent stock
from running at large in Yell county
No. Il (Slaughter1. Appropriating
s1,325,000 for pay ment OF Confederate
pensions for 1915 and 1916.
No. % (Ferguson) To require the
Frisco, to build a depot at Hardy.
Nc. as (Toler) Repeating act for
bidding county Judge of Saline county
to practice in courts.
No. So (Moore). Appropriating So
$50 for maintenance of state capitol
during January and February, 1915.
No. sc (yann). To validate organ!-
zation of Water and Light Improve
ment Distric tho 2, at Nynne.
No. 20 (Slaughter). To prohibit the
manuScture or sale of intoxicating
liquors in st. Francis county
No "a (FutrelD To establish a
court of common pleas in Greene
county.
No rs (Moore). To provide for the
appointment of stenographer for the
grand juries in Phillips county.
No II (Vann). To organize Hick-
DRY Ridge Special School District.
No 70 (DavenperD To amend act
prescribing duties of Budget Commit
tee
Senate Joint Resolution No. Gu
trell and Ashley. To submit an
amendment to the constitution pro
viding for the levying of threesnill
tax roads and bridges in counties vot-
ing in favor OF the tax
No 81 (Bushl. For the repeal of
an act for the protection of fish in Ne
yada county.
No. IA (FutrelD. To establish a
court of common pleas in Greene
county.
No. 81 tOwens), to remove the dis
abilities of Mrs. Elmira Waggoner,
and to place her name on the pen
sion rolls.
No. 81 (Ferguson). To create a
special school district in Lawrence
county.
No. 1913 Bush>. To change time of
holding circuit court in Nevada coun-
ty.
Concurrent Resolution No.
(Bush). That a committee be APP
pointed to investigate the actions of
the old Charities Board and r. w.
Hart, secretary.
House Bills.
No. l (Buchanan). To appropriate
$4,000 to pay mileage and per diem
of members of legislature.
No. 4 fBelote) For Repositories in
Hot Spring and Pike counties.
No. Il (Stafford). To change time
of holding Carroll county probate
court.
No. IS (Crump). For repositories
in Sebastian county
No. % (Wilson). Fixing fees and
salaries of officers in Jefferson coun-
ty.
No. "a CHumphreys) To amend
act relating to issuance of bonds in
Road Improvement District No. /. in
Lee county
No. 81 (McGill). To amend the /
creating Red River Drainage District.
Nc. 43 (Findley). To confirm the
proceedings of Drainage Districts
Nos. 8 and u, in Craighead county.
No. so (Wallace). To require the
Iron Mountain to erect a brick OF
stone passenger station at Russell
vile.
No. 54 (Miller). To increase salary
of county judge of White county
No. 81 (Ellis). To create Viola Spe
cial School District in Fulton county
No. SO (Newberry). Fixing the
mileage of witnesses in the Clark
County Circuit Court at 5 cents pei
mile, and the per diem at $3.50.
No 22S (Newberry). To prohibit
the manufacture and sale of liquor
in the state after January l, 1916.
Messrs. Belote and Stafford have in
trodueed bill to repeal the Enablins
Act of 1911, which put into effect The
l. & r. Amendment
The Senate reduced from $4,000 IL
$4,000 the proposed fee to be paiC
Judge Jos. M. Hill of Fort Smith fol
services as special counsel in The
rate cases
Under an act passed by the Genera
Assembly, the homestead of a Con
federate pensioner viii be exempted i,
determining his indigency,
The committees to visit the variou.
institutions are making their vista
lions this week