Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-15
Mapee Measure Goes Thru House Last Night With
 out Dissenting Vote.
STATE TO RECEIVE
 ALL OF AUTO TAX
That Is if Senate Adopts Good Road Kill Which House Acts FavOrably TpOn After Message From
 Governor BrOugh.

tive Magee's bill to establish a muni- cipal court at Pine Bluff was passed by the house tonight without dis senting vote.
 The measure, which now goes to the senate where it is expected to re- ceive prompt and favorable attention under the direction of Senator Cald we'll of Jefferson, provides for a mu ncipal judge to be paid $2,O00 per annum, a clerk to be paid $1200, 2 constable to be paid $500, one deputy constable tc receive $1200, and addi- tional deputies, if authorized by the county court, at $960 per annum The act is to become effective on Jan. 1, 191S and the judge and clerk are to be elected at the general city election in April. The police judge at the time the law becomes effective will serve until his successor is chosen, and the council is authorized to name clerk to serve for the period from January 1, 1918, until the people elect clerk in April.
 The terms of the judge and clerk are made four years, Mir. MT. Magee saying it is the best opinion that the terms of all state and county officers will he four years after the new con- stitution is written.
 Auto Tax to State.
 Constructive legislation was the order of the day in tho house today. The good roads bill, drafted by 2 special committee consisting of Rep resentatives McFerrin. Norfleet, and Thane, and Senators Utley and Alex ander, was passed by vote of 65 to 20, after a special message had been received frcSl the governor, and the champion of the measure had voted down all proposed amendments. The bill appropriate $496. .1346O out of the highway department fund that is to De accumulated from the automobile tax. The tax of ten dollars for each automobile, is to be paid into the state treasury the collector to be paid % cents for each license col lected. Under the provisions of the onackeford act, of congress, Arkan sas will reeive during the next five years total of $1,250,000 from the federal government.
 The vote was as follows:
 Ayes-Adams, Alexander, Andrews, asn, Atkinson, Bland, Brinton, brooks, Buchanan. Burnett, Burrow, carter, Choate, Clack, Coker, Cope iand Of 1zard, Craig, Davies, Davies of TOiambia, Davies of Monroe. Doyle, slllott, Ellis of Randolph, Emerson, Ssench, HardaSe Hardy Harris Hac- ,1son, 1s, Henry, Humphrey, Jarrard, SSonnson, Josephs, Kendrick, Leight, aMagee, McCulloch, McFerrin McGill, M,cinturff, Meadow, Willard. Moore of M1noependence, M Moore of Yell, Newton, gwen, gwen, Norfleet, Osborne, Phillips, isn. %saKln Riggs, Robbins, Ross, Row. ssna, Scrimshire, Shaver, Shockley, Svmltn, Stevens, Wade, Willis, Wilson, 'vrK. MT: Speaker: total 66.
 Mes-Allen, Babb, Baxter, Bell, I,atewell, ,an Chambliss, Collier, Cope Tnnl ,Sna of Howard, Creekmore, Curtis ,om ,.s Of Tempstead, Fry, Held, Hal iiE;"ay, i;r Hunnicutt, Limbocker, McFar- ws, n, wesley, Owens, Rogers, Shinn, total. 25. ' "A''' ""''''" , ,on not yoting-Gentry, Gunnell, Hud- p, pos. koonce, Mathis, Plemmons, ""r, Ihane, Trawick, Vinson.
 rh. for Bonded Warehouses.
 dorau, ,ne oll by Davis of Columbia, en- ISo.sed Sond by the Farmers Union of Ar honsas' h"nsas' to establish and reguls+e mau,'l uvnSea warehouses, to establish a a"a,Aeeslng ana cum bureau to regulate ginning nrov,s sne packing of cotton, and to ''ae tion as TOT the grading and classified ducts " cotton and other farm pro. ssntis, S, was passed with only six dis or ofas a,as votes. There were number bi,l l1'oquent " speeches in favor of tho Mr r. ana the opposition was led by tho emerson emerson of Van Buren, who said it. 'armers Of his county do no wan, ,o}a The ;. Riggs bill to permit women .o a snooi. m primary elections was maH!
 Tho Ths'a' h order for D. m. Thursday noon .a mouse spent the whole fore nSu and T receiving committee reports amendns ndd,scussing and voting down goca gocauaments ra to the McFerrin-Cazort speci.' c load bill. The governor sent a the ths, message to the house urgine
 passage of the bill without