Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-21
This Will Be Outcome, It Is Expected, of Measure
 Offered in House.
FOUR DISTRICTS TO
 BE CONSOLIDATED
C,icot. Desha, Red Fork, Linw0od and Aubmrn Districts Will Be Thrown Into One Under Terms of
 Tiane Measure.

Little Rock, Jan. 20.-The lowe" house of the general assembly is establishing a record as working body. 1t was in session Friday night until 1O:30, and worked all day Satur day, declining to take the usual Satu1' day afternoon recess. This was done especially for the advancement of local legislation. The bills introduc ed in the house reached total of 209 at noon Saturday.
 Mir. Hardy (Faulkner) introduced a bill to prohibit poolrooms and bowl ing alleys within three miles of any public school. and majority of the counties, including Pulaski, were ex- empted from it's provisions through amendment offered by the members, Josephs of Miller introduced a bill to make an appropriation of $3O,O00 to aid in tick eradio(ation.
 MT. Thane is the author of a bill to \ consolidate the Chicot, Desha, Red Fork and Linwood and Auburn levee districts in Chicot, Desna and Lincoln, and to authorize the issuance of $1,- E 100000 bonds to improve and extend 1.-the levees.
 E. ,Mr. Willis introduced bill provid- ing for the creation of bridge inn Eprovement district to build bridge Fin Crittenden county, from the West Tend of the Harahan bridge at West Memphis to the St. Francis leyee. The house passed the Adams bill #fixing the salary of the dpunty judge of Phillips county at s2,4OO a year. A bill to amend the act creating a road improvement district for, the completion of the highway between Little Rock and Pine Bluff. in Per kins township, Pulaski county. J. r. BLloyd. Carl Voss and R. w. Polk, are named as the commissioners in lieu kof G. E. Greenfield, o. H. Wilson, $. LKay, and c. c. Reed.
 Governor Signs Two Measures.
 The governor Saturday afternoon Approved two more bills, H. B. No. 36, by Ellis, to create the Brooks special school district in Randolph dounty, and H. B. No. GA. by Brooks, for the relief of Claude Ringo, former city treasurer of Little Rock and his bondsmen. This is the first strictly ocal bill that had been signed, but 1t was accompanied by proof of publica ion, showing that it had been proper published in Randolph county.
 There have been 234 bills intro pud led in the house. of which forty Blx were introduced Saturday, practi. cally all of them being local meas ares. The following house bills were passed by the house:
 By Willard, to create Abbott special |chool district in Scott county.
 By Moore, fixing salary of certain officials in Independence county.
 By Johnson, to permit Fort Smith Pity council to fix charges to be made y public utilities corporations.
 My Mclnturff, to validate the rganization of 'searoV county road istrict No. 1.
 By Copeland of Howard, to provide pr working public roads in Howard md Cleveland counties.
 Senate bill by Duty, for mainten- nee of Benton county home.
 By Adams, fixing salary of Phillips ounty judge at $2,4O0 year.
 MT. Willis of Crittenden, introduced
 bill to provide for the creation of an nprovement district in Crittenden ouhty, TOT the building Of bridge rom the end of the Harahan bridge the St. Francis levee, not to dost pore than $35O,OOO.
 Among the local bills introduced
 re the following:
 By Bland, to regulate fees in road
 ax cases in Prairie county.
 By French, to create the Marked
 ree-Trumann-Ha Harrisburg road i'm
 oVement district in Poinsett county
 By Shaver, to change the boundary
 ne between Sharp and Lawrence
 puntles. By Thane, to enlarge the
 oundaries of the Arkansas City
 pecial school district.
 By Wilson, to regulate compensa-
 on Of county superintendents in ce-- Tn counties.
 victor Alexander Brude, ninth eac]
 Elgln and Kincardine is dead