The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-06
SENATE HOLDING SATURDAY SESSION
 FOR FIRST TIME
House Bills Occupied Time Yesterday AtternoOn-GOvernor Signs Eight Bllls-New Bills Introduced
 by Collins and Ferguson.

Little Rock, Feb 6.-The spur of prohibition legislation removed. the Senate attendance diminished bit Fri Iday afternoon, but what was left made Ia noble attempt to run away with it. self, refusing to stop even after work Ing all afternoon, and call it a weeks work. A motion to adjourn until Monday morning was voted down, and then motion to work all afternoon and adjourn to Monday met a like fate. Consequently there is a Satur- day session of the Senate for the first time this session.
 House business occupied the time of the Senate Friday afternoon one or two local Senate bills worming them selves into the hands of the Secretary, but such storm of protests against was registered against encroaching upon the business of the House, on the day set aside in the joint rules for at tending to House business, that no others had nerve to offer new Senate bills.
 The most important measure of the afternoon session was the Newberry bill regulating the practice of dentis- try in Arkansas. This bill was pass ed 26 to ?, Senators Ferguson and Owens, opposing. It made the second Newberry bill for the day, the first the statuatory prohibition bill getting passing recognition in the forenoon session.
 The Senate started the afternoon session by opening the flood gates and letting in House bills enough to over whelm an ordinary body. Six bills were passed, the Davenport Senate bill to permit bridge to be erected over Little Red River in White coun- ty, the Brockman bill specifying des- cription of property in Jefferson coun- ty road improvement districts, one by Williams of Benton to limit the powers of county judges in the erection of court houses, the Humphreys bill to permit school districts to renew mort gages, bill by Condray of Faulkner changing time of holding court in the Ninth chancery district, and one by Williams of Cross for the election of road overSeers in Cross county.
 Gov. Hays signed the following bills and reported them to the Senate:-
 S. B. 61 (Bush) repeating the Ne vada county fish act, and relieving several hundred citizens of that coun- ty of indictment for violating the old act.
 S. B. "A (FutrelD Establishing a common pleas court in Green county.
 S. B. 77 (Vann) Creating Hickory Ridge Special school district.
 s. B. 91 (Owens) Providing a pen sion for Almyra Wagoner, aged l16 years, of Marion county, the oldest woman in the state.
 s. B. 97 (Ferguson) Permitting the Minturn special school district to bor row money.
 S. B. 103 (Bush) Changing the time of holding court in Nevada County.
 S. B. 59 (Moore) Appropriating funds to pay deficiency in state capi- tol appropriation.
 S. c. R. 6 (Bush) Providing a com mittee with expert accountant to in vestigate the State Board of Charities.
 The two Senate bills introduced Fri day afternoon were by Collins, to give Tillar a portion of the road tax col lected within the city limits, and Fer guson. to repeal levee act for Ran dolph county.
 In addition to this the Senate read sixteen House bills a first and second time, getting them ready for passage early next week One of these mea- sures was a tick eradication district, in which Union county had been re- moved and the sentiment of the farm CTS of that section was shown by petl- tions read by Senator Smith, who amended the bill so that the county