Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-08
TWO JEFFERSON
 COUNTY BILLS
 THRU SENATE Caldwell Bill for Road to Grant County and Newton Jurors Pay Bill Passes.
MEASURE ON e'rENOS'
 PAY TEMPERED WITH
Resolution Is Found te Contain Wore Names Than When Presented, and
 li Is Indefinitely Postponpd--
 Equalization Boards Abolished,

establishing Road District No. 19 of Jefferson county and reducing the statute of limitations in personal in jury suits from three to two years, and the Newton house bill to increase the pay of jurors in Jefferson county.
 The senate worked like an eight day clock Wednesday, morning, and cleaned up everything in sight, but once it bordered on the sensational while the Collins resolution. to pay the stenographers $1 per day addi- tional for the session, was under dis cussion.
 After a motion 10 table had been de- feated there was warm debate over 8 roll call on the resolution, when Senator Adamson secured recognition with the assertion that he had some serious charges to make. Asked by President Davenport what they were, he declared that additional names had been added to the resolution after it had been read. He stated that he had seen the names written on the resolu- ton, and pointed out two additions, Senator Collins asserted that he knew nothing about the names being placed on the resolution, and President Dav- cnport requested that it be handed to him. President Davenport declared that he had seen thd original resolu- tiOn, and there were three names ap- bearing upon it which were not there when introduced Tie senate then indefinitely postponed the resolution by a vote of 12 to is.
 There was some little debate over the Ash-Allen bill to abolish equaliza- tion boards, and substituting the town ship assessment plan. albut it passed with only seven Gissentors, Senators Bush. Hester, Johnston, Kendall, Owens, Smith and Vann.
 Pass Appropriation Bills.
 The senate passed all the apprOpria- tion bills, those for the maintenance of the Arkansas National guard, Re form school, Branch Normal, Deaf Mute institute, penitentiary and State hospital, and deficiency appropriations for the Medical department of the Uni verslty of Arkansas. Deaf Mute in- stitute and State hospital. An appro- priation bill carrying $5,C00 to pay expenses for Federal and Confederate veterans to the Vicksburg reunion was also passed. The appropriation for state aid for rural high schools, as amended by the house to carry an appropriation of only $4o,0o0, was passed by the senate. ''
 With the appropriation bills finally passed upon, the senate turned it's at tention to other business, passing the Alexander bill to appropriate $2,O00 to defray the expenses of indigent Con- federate veterans to the annual state reunions for the biennial period. Other senate bills passed were:
 Ponder--To increase the rate on state bonds in which the University of Arkansas endowment is invested from 3 to per cent as amended by the house.
 Hester-To regulate dipping of cat tie in Sebastian county
 The senate tabled the McFerrin bill to permit county courts to order an election on stock laws in any town ship upon petition, and the Johnson bill to prohibit anyone driving an au- tomobile on the day he or she had partaken of an intoxicant.
 The house amendments to the game dlAN AlOA NOl1iAIl1ooAOIl CbPplOp lcllOl Dlll were cOncurred in.
 New Lincoln Road District.
 House bills passed were:
 French--Enlarging the boundaries of Leparto, Poinsett county.
 Robbins-Specifying the duties of the Arkansas History commission.
 McFerrin-To permit municipalities to regulate pool halls.
 Mosley-Creating Boyd Special School district.
 Craig-To abolish the Grassy Slough Drainage district in Clay county.
 Wade and Jarrad-Changing the boundary lines between Logan county special school districts.
 Moore of Yell-To require the Vest ern Union Telegraph company to maintain an office in Dardanelle
 Chan.bliss-Creating the Douglas, Gould and Star City Road Improve ment district.
 The only house bill read was the Doyle bill to create the Western Law renee County Road Improvement dis trict. It was made a special order for Thursday morning.