Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
SENATE ASSURES WILSON
 STATE WITH FEM
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After considerable parloying be-
 tween the house and senate members
 from Pul&ski county, held in the cloak
 rooms, halls and around the prcsi- i dents desk, an amendment hv agree ment was offered to the Pulaski coun-
 ty salary bill, fixing tho fee for fill 1 Ing complaints in thc circuit court at $4.1O instead of $750. as provided in the Brooks bill from the house.
 An amendment was adopted to the
 Ward-Fonder bill to prohibit cotton oil companies owning and operating ] 2ins so that the oil companies can own one gin in a county and gin owner can have stock in a cottonoil company.
 Lively Debate Over Autn Fax. 1 Quite lively discussion Cnlivcncd 1 the afternoon session on the Caldwell bill which will give counties of the state $10 from automobile licenses and the state highway department $l Senator Caldwell insisted that the county was the unit to build roads and the State Association of County Judges and State Good Roads asso- ciation had recommended that such a division of the motor tax be made.
 Authors of other road bills objected to the Caldwell bill getting the bulge on their measures, and a motion to postpone for a week in order to give the committee appointed to draft a bill which would make il possible for the ;, state to secure a portion Of the fed cral aid, a chance to report. was made.
 Senator Caldwell was all alone out in the middle of the floor with Scna- tors from all sections firing questions at him, but he stood his ground and
 !hot it back wi.h more fire than it came. He declared that he did not care about the federal aid, for he would rather the counties had this fund, for he was sure that good roads would then be built.
 The motion to postpone for one week finally prevailed.
 Confederate Home Appropriation.
 Senator King introduced a bill ap- propriating S132,o00 for the main tenance of the Confederate home for the biennial period. also enlarging the hospital and providing $4000 for a new set of boilers.
 The sentiment of the senate on the protection of game was given when tue 2dnle anu liSH Dlll, o'lCi1u DS lhH agricultural committee. was called up aor amendment. The bill was | amended iii accordance with the re- l quest of the commission, so that boys would not be deprived of trapping possums. and fishermen could use a cluster of three hooks. An effort was ! then made to strike out the section which protects deer, but this was voted down.
 Senator Moncrief followed this bill with one to make it unlawful to kill prairie chickens for five years.
 The King bill to enforce the state labor laws was also passed. 1 Among the new bills introduced was one by Senator Kendall to make it a felony to give a bad check for $100 or more.
 Senator Rogers introduced a bill to require railroads which are chartered in Arkansas to maintain their princl- pal offices in this state. and in the town or city named in their charter. Senator Brown introduced a new measure affecting taxation. He gives the tax commission the right 10 re-
 ,ssess personal and real property anywhere in the state.
 Against University Removal. The education committee filed two reports on the creation of an inn provemcnt district in Pulaski county to raise $1 100000 to erect and equip the University of Arkansas in Pulaski county. The minority report favOrS the district and the majority recom- mended that it "dO not pass" The senate closed the afternoon SeS- sion in lengthy debate over whether the penitentiary committee accountant should have $5 or $6 a day. He was finally given $6 and the senate then took recess until 7:30 o'clock to consider local legislation.