The Prescott daily news., 1917-01-17
NUMEROUS AILLS lN-
 PRODUCED IN SENATE
S9 Measures up for Considera- tlOn-AlmOst Half of Entire Number Introduced During Session of 1915.

en, the number so far introduced to- | taled 89, about one half the number | introduced in the entire session of l 1915. Having dispensed with all House measures for the day, the Sen ate returned to the roll call in the afternoon and many bills were intro duced, and one general measure, a bill by Senator Owens prescribing the manner of appeal injustice cases, was killed. It was the first measure to go to an untimely death during the ses- sion.
 The bills introduced in the after noon of the Senate were: By Johnson, regulating the offices of Polk county and placing the officials on salary. Senator Johnston was in such a hurry to get his bill through that he had it made special order for Wednesday morning
 Senator Burgess, to force railroads to give better accommodations to stoclmen. This is the third or fourth bill introduced by Senator Burgess, attacking the railroads.
 By Senator Kendall, to establish a common pleas court in Madison coun- ] ty.
 By Senator Hamilton, creating a special road district in Ouachita county.
 By Senator Owens, fixing the fees of witnesses in civil cases at $2 per day, and $1 in justice courts and $2 in probate courts.
 By Senator Ponder, providing a stenographer for the Third Judicial circuit
 By Senator Collins, providing for the election of city marshal in Will mar.
 By Senator Adamson to correct de- fective conveyances.
 By Senator Caldwell, extending the statute of limitation to three years.
 By Senator Jones, to work white convicts on the roads in Arkansas, under the State Highway Commits sion, and have them paid for out of the government appropriation for road building in the various states.
 By Senator Burgess, to require the Arkansas Power and Light Company to clean out it's dam site near Russell vile.
 By Senator Adamson to permit ser vice on defendants in civil cases any where in the United States.
 By Utley, to require owners of stock in corporations, firms, or own CTS of real estate to give in their as sessments for taxation.
 By Moncrief, regulating manner in which preliminary surveys for roads are made
 By Whitaker, creating special school district of Knob in Clay county,
 The rules committee then submitted it's report, recommending that the printed rules of the 1915 session ap- ply to this session, with an added rule for the roll call for the introduction of bills, and another that bills were referred without motion to the com mttees which should properly con- slider them. Senator Slaughter made the report, and advocated its adop- ton. A fight resulted because it was thought that the rules took too much power from the Senate. An effort was made to force the postponement of action for day because it was change of rules. Senator Slaughter insisted that it was not change of rules, but report by the rules com mittee, and the Senate finally adopted his report.
 President Davenport announced the appointment of the committee on judi ciary- Senators Carter, Adamson, Owens, Bush, Carruth, Utley, Smith, Moncrief, Duty, Rogers, Brown and Caldwell.
 The committee to make an investi- gation of the books in the State High way department consists of Senators Caldwell, Moncrief and Goodwin.
 The Senate voted to adjourn We'd nesday, Jan. A, until Monday, the House concurring, to permit the com mittees to make tours of inspection of the State University, Agricultural Schools, Tuberculosis Santorium and other state institutions.