Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-17
Effort to Reopen Question of Bigger Salaries for Two
 Is Unsuccessful.
STATE COMPTROLLER,
 AT $3,O0o PROPOSED
SGnate Measure Providing for Audi: . ing of State Departments and Frsfi- tuti0ns by Official to Be Named
 by Governor Gs Adopted.

Little Rock, Feb. 16.-- Represents tives in the general assembly are dis playing tendency to Le careful how <. they eXpend public monies, showing opposition to fixing salaries of public officials at larger sums than would be paid for the same service in private business. This was again demon strated this morning vixen the house refused to consider the vote by which it had previously defeated bill rais- ing the salary of the deputy state superintendent from $l.500 to S2OOD, and that of the assistant deputy from $1,ZG0 to S1,S00.
 The house spent the forenoon con- curing the senate amendments and advancing senate bills.
 Upon the objections of Representa- tives Elliott and McCu!loch, the house refused to concur and the senate will be asked to recede.
 Fish and Game Bill.
 At the afternoon session the gen. eral fish and game bii. by Senator Slaughter and others, was passed by a vote of 10 10 IL. \ motion to recon sider the vote by which the bill passed and lay that motion on the table was lest by vote of 43 to If. At first there appeared to be no opposition to the blll, but it developed when the members began to make inquiry about It's provisions. Notice was given by MT. Harris of Madison that he would at later day move to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed so that 1t is left open for the opposition to make further attack upon it
 The following counties were ex. empted from the provisions of H. B. No. 442, providing for the registra ton of county warrants, and their payment in the order of registration, when it was called up during the morning hour: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Clay, Cleveland, Columbia Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Drew, Fulton, Garland, Greene Hampstead, Hot Springs. Independ- enGe, lzard. Johnson, Lafayette. Lin coin, Nevada, Perry, Poinsett, Pope. Prairie, Saline, Scott, Sebastian Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Desha. Sevier, Grant, Faulkner, Logan, Cal hount, Searcv and Jefferson.
 tIeates New Office.
  tors Smead and Carter providing for the auditing of state departments and institutions by regular department of the state government. This is in direct conflict with the pending bill by Senator Sims providing that the work shall be done by the banking department. It provides for the ap- polntment of state comptroller by the governor for term of six years at $3.000 year.
 Cities May Tax Occupations.
 The house passed the Bland Greek more state text book commission bill as amended by the senate, and also the following:
 By Brooks, to permit cities of first class to levy an occupation tax. By Senator Ponder, to appropriate S2S,0O0 for the Northeast and $5O,0OO for the Northwest Arkansas tick |'eradication work from the tick eradi- cation funds.
 MT. Adams moved to reconsider the vote by which the house had previ- ously adopted an amendment to re duce from S3O,000 to $15,O00 the com pensation for the Caldwell & Drake arbitrators, and a motion by Mir Brooks to lay the motion on the table prevailed.
 The bill to permit county courts to grant dependent mothers pensions was called up and many counties were exempted by amendment, while some that had been exempted were plare1 1 back, and the bill went over as un- 1 finished business.
 ] A bill by McFarlin and others to prescribe limitations for the issuance of deficiency proclamations by tht governor was introduced and made a