The Little River news., 1917-01-20
LOCAL. BILLS
 FLOOD HOUSE,
Result of Governors Policy to Force Jbiieity fer Them ! ter This Week. For Better Cdiards; Must Have
 Training fer tiie Wora.

Little Rock, Jan. 1S.-Gov. Brough s promise that he will consider loca, bills, if passed, introduced up to and l during this week because the iegsla- tors were not aware of his desire to have such measures published is be- lieved to be responsible for a flood of local bills offered in the house yes1er- day.
 They include bills to give Crossett 50 per cent of the railroad tax collect. ed in the town; to regulate fiscal af- fairs of Crittenden county; to provide fer working the public roaos in How ard county.
 MT. TraWick of Pulaski introduced a bill to provide for the creat on of a state pension commissioner, to handle all pension ma tters, also to give a pen sion of $100 year to each indigent ex- Confederate soldier or safe or wid. ow. The bill was referred to a Spec ial pension committee. authorized on Tuesday, which Speaker Cazoort an- nounced as follows: Buchanan. Har- dage. Kendrick, Porter and Ross.
 Representative Collier offered a bill to increase the salary of the superyis- CT Of the Blue Sky" Department of the State Bank Commiss on from S1.- 500 to $2 400. This position now is held by w. T. Maxwell. He has sup, ervis'on over sock and investment companies.
 MT. Moore Of Yeil introduced a bill providing that appointoes to staff of ficers in the Arkansas National Guard must have previous military exper- fence and that they shall hold office until they reach the age of GA, unless retired for cause, or shall resign Va cancies are to be filled from members of the Guard
 A deficit bill to appropriate a to- tai of $7,250 to cover salaries and cX- penses in certain state departments was passed This includes the warrant clerk in the state treasury for whose salary the last legislature made no provision.
 No Tax for Hucksters.
 MT. Cardwell introduced a bill which provides that thereafter any and all l fruits, berries, melons, potatoes, cab haze and other vegetable produced or grown within the state of Arkansas, may bo sold or exchanged, anywhere in the state by any person Whomsoever, 1 in any manner or in any quantity. without the payment of any tax CT li cense, either S ate, county, city or municipal, and it shall be unlawful for any ate, county, city or munich pal officer, agent or manager, to col feet, demand Or require any such tax or license from any person so engag ed in the sale of any such article pro- duced or grown within this state.'
 To Pay Investigation Expense.
 An echo of the general Auditing Committee which was in session for several months following the adourn- ment of the legislature Cf 1915 was heard in bill by Representative Gen try member of that committe, for the appropriation Of $3,700 to pay the expenses of the investigation. The bill was adopted in Cimmittee of the Whole.
 Pass StateWide Tick Lax. Speaker Cazoort called up his state wide tick eradication bill and it was passed, with only six negative votes It provides that all counties excluded from the tick ills" of 1915, shall be included, Thee are the counties of Ashley, Bradley, Colhoun, Dallas, Gar land, Gran | Empstead, Hot Springs, Little River, P2rry, Saline and Desha.
 MT. York e. independence introduc ed bill providing for the survey of unsurveyed islands that have been l formed or that may form in the rivers of the state