Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-27
PINE BLUFF SCHOOL
 BOND BILL PASSES
Election Committee Reports Riggs Suffrage Bill, With Recommendation That Women Be Required to De.
 clare Party AffiliatiOn.


 senate Monday morning, and within 10 minutes it had been adopted and the committee was at work. The res olution was introduced by Senator w. c. Adamson of Pulaski, and provided for committee of three, with a re- port to be made to the senate not later than March ?. Senators Adamson, Garrett and Kendall were appointed on the committee, and retired to the chamber of President Davenport where they first heard testimony of City Detectives Hobbs and Rotten berry.
 Senator Burgess, summoned to ap- pear before the committee, came into the senate chamber during the morn ing session, but left almost imme- diately after taking his seat, at the request of President Davenport, who called the senator into the lobby and informed him that it would be show ing the senate courtesy to remain away until the charges had been proven or the accused men acquitted. Senator Burgess then remained in the hall until called before the commit tee.
 Pine Bluff School Bill Is Adopted.
 The senate also adopted the Cald- we'll bill. permitting the Pine Bluff Special School district to issue bonds to the extent Of $150,O00 for the pur- pose of raising funds with which to erect another high school building. The. bill was passed by the senate sonSc time ago, but was amended in the house by Representative Magee to require that bids for bonds shall be advertised for, that the bonds shall be sold to the lowest and best bidded and list of all the bids published at the time of the making of the award. The senate concurred in the amendment, and the bill now goes to the governor.
 The election committee brought in a report on the Riggs bill, permitting women to vote in the state primaries. The committee returned the bill with out recommendation, but suggested amendments to remove the emergency clause, and to require all women who present themselves as voters to de- clare their party affiliations and to pledge their support to the nominees. Reconsiderations were ordered in the vote by which the Gentry bill making an appropriation to repay to Mrs. V. R. Henry for inheritance tax enormously collected by the state, failed to pass on Friday; and on the vote by which the Slaughter bill, fix ing salaries for the officials of Crit tenden county and also a depository for the county. and the Burgess bill to require the Iron Mountain to operate it's through day trains through Coal Hill and Denning. were passed.
 Lobbyists Must Register.
 One of the important bills of the morning was the Greenhouse measure to require the registration with the secretary of state of all lobbyists, or those working in the legislature in the interest of corporations. This bill passed without argument or dissent ing vote, and was ordered immediately transmitted to the house.
 Other bills passed were:
 notwithstanding the manner of working roads in Arkansas county.
 dmondson-Fixing the duties of the deputy prosecuting attorney of Jackson county.
 Rogers-Providing stenographers for the members of the supreme court of Arkansas.
 Adamson-Reducing the penalty on delinquent real estate to 10 per cent.
 Adamson-To require manufactur- CTS of mattresses to stamp their prod ucts which are made from material that has been used before, or mate rials which has been used about hos pitals.
 Ponder-To fix the time for holding medical examinations.
 Douglas-To abolish the Northeast Arkansas Tick Eradication district.
 Creekmore and Bland--To amend the act creating the textbook com mission to require the manufacturers of school books to furnish books of as good grade as the sample sub mitted.
 Hester-Prcviding for the conserva- tion of natural gas and oil and for the appointment of an inspector.
 Whittaker-Providin for the teach ing of vocational education in state agricultural schools.
 Godwin--North Arkansas Road I'm provement district No. 2.
 Caldwell-To permit Jefferson cOun ty schools to borrow money.
 The senate refused to concur in house amendments to the Bush bill requiring the Iron Mountain to main- tain a night operator at Prescott.
 Constitutional COmmissi0n.
 The Caldwell resolution providing for an honorary commission of 16 members to study the constitutions of other states and give the constitu tional convention the benefits of this research was adopted.
 In committee of the whole the sen- ate considered the $375,0O0 biennial appropriation for the maintenance of the University of Arkansas and adopt ed each section. The bill was then to conform to the recently passed millage system bill, by provid-