The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18
TIE WEEKLY sOIlrnONE THURSDAY, JANUARY 49, 1917

When the messenger reported the
resolution, a motion was immedi-
ately made by Senator Adamson, to
dispense with further reading Of
the journal, which was adopted
without dissenting vote. Senator
Ruff called for the reading of the
house resolution, and Senator Ca
truth seconded the motion.
The result was then read and
adopted amid a hearty shout of
AYE" and Senator Adamson then
clinched it by Offering a motion
that the senate recess until the pro
visions of the resolution had been
carried out The senate then Iad-
| journed at $3.50
FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS.
The house during the morning
hour read third time and passed
the bill introduced late Tuesday
afternoon by Representative Davies
lof Garland county for the establish
les of the state with not less than
1900 population nor more than
$1,000 population. There was only
one dissenting vote, that of Mr.
copy OF the act creating the munich
pal courts in Little Rock, except
That only one judge is provided for,
and the emoluments OF the constable
are not so large Hot Springs is
the only city in the state that will
be affected by it, since there is no
other coming within the prescribed
limits of population. The salary
of the municipal Judge shall be So
400 per annum, and his term shall
be four years. He shall be learned
in the law, shall be at least rs years
old, shall have practiced law four
years and been admitted to the prac-
tice in the supreme court two years
The bill ly Davis of Columbia
making appropriation of $4,000 to
cover deficiency proclamation and
to meet expenses Of carrying on the
feed and fertilizer inspection under
the direction of the agricultural
commissioner, and to transfer $15,-
1000 from the fertilizer fund to the
general revenue for the expense of
the general assembly, was with
drawn from the committee on ways
n
22 noes. Before the result was an
/ nounced there was retrograde
movement by nany members, 10
lchanging tLeir votes from AYE to
no, but it was not sufficiently con-
tagious to be effective.
Mr. Doyle of Lawrence introduced
a bill to require all railroads in
Lawrence county to drain their road
beds and rights of way in Lawrence
| county, and it was read and placed
on the calendar The author made
an effort to have it made a special
order for next Monday morning,
but there was a general chorus of
Iobjections. Mr. Choate added White
county to the bill by amendment.
It applies only to the Frisco and
the Iron Mountain.
The following house memorial No.
was introduced by Mr.. Hardy of
Faulkner and adopted after Mr.. Jo-
sephs had suggested that it was un-
necessary in view of the action Of
the supreme court of the United
States in sustaining the Webb-Ken-
yon act:
"Whereas, saloons and the sale of
Intoxicating liquors are prohibited
by law in the state of Arkansas,
and
Whereas, the sale and shipment
from other states into Arkansas in
a degree impairs the effectiveness
Iof said law, therefore be it
Resolved by the house, the SEN
ate concurring, That we memorial
ize congress to pass law prohibit
ing the shipment of Intoxicating
liquors into the state
The following list of recess ap-
pOintments was transmitted to the
senate early Wednesday morning by
! Gov Hays, but the senate adjourned
for the join session to hear his fare
we'll message and to swear in his
successor without receiving the mes
sage of the retiring governor, and
in his farewell address he read the
list and took occasion to mildly crit
icse the senate for what he termed
its discourteous treatment:
4 Red River Leyee District No.
j Trustees H. A. McCants and N. d.
Harrell
Miller Levee District No. 2-E.
w. Frost, w NJ. Paup and Floyd
/ Thompson.
st. Francis Drainage District
p. S. Black
State Board of Education j. w.
1 Kuykendall9 and w. e. Lemon
State Normal Board Il s. Dun
away and A. l.. Hutchins.