The Green Forest tribune., 1917-01-19
Around the .Sfatehouse

II. E. No l3 tBlackWOod)- )-Io du- thorize cities of first class to levy oc- cupation tax.
 H. B. No. Is (Bucnanan)-To re- duce the maximum contract rate or interest from 10 to per cent
 H. B. No. r (Burnett) require burial of carcasses Of dead animals as safeguard to public health.
 H. B. No. IS (Burrow)-For the is- suance of school district bonds to buy sites and erect school buildings.
 H. B. No. 19 (Cardwell)-T provide for filling vacancies in office of Unit ed States Senator by appointment of governor, until election can be held 60 days thereafter. H. B. No 22 (Choate)-To repeal Act No. SS of 1915, creating the State Veterinary Board.
 H. B. No 26 (Craig)-To permit common school districts and churches to become members of mutual insur- ance societies. Joint Resolutions introduced.
 H. J. R. No 4 (McFerrin)-To pro- vide for payment of taxes derived from railroad and other corporations into common school fund, to be appor- toned among the counties.
 H. l. R. No. , (Davis of Columbia, To provide for system of rural and farm loan credits.
 H. J. R. No. 6 Clark)-Providing an amendment to the Constitution giving Quorum Courts exclusive juris- diction over local legislation.
 H. J. R. No. ' Gentry amendment to constitution increasing members of Supreme Court from five to seven.
 H. J. R. No. (Doyle)-To create pardon board, and limiting pardoning powers of the governor.
 Bills Introduced.
 H. B. No. 32 (Hardage)-To provide for the assessment of all companies, associations and corporations engag- ed in all kinds of insurance, security, guaranty and indemnity business; building and loan associations, and assessing intangible property Of all corporations.
 H. B. No 34 (Norfeet)-To create State Bureau of Sanitation and pro- vide for inspection of hotels, boarding houses and restaurants. H. B. No B Collier and Hardage9 To abolish the State Board of Con- | trol of Charitable Institutions, and substitute honorary board to be known as the State Board of Char l ities
 H. B. No 3S (Norfeet)-To appro- priate s10,00O for life size statue of 1 late Senator James P. Clarke fer Statuary Hall in the national capitol
 H. B. No. 40 Gentry amend Act 159 of 1913 to require insurance companies to file schedules with the auditor of state
 H. B. No. Al (Newton) )-To provide for an employment bureau in connec- tion with the Bureau of Labor.
 H. B. No. 42 (Hardage1-To ler printing of inititive measures on com petitive bids by board composed of governor, secretary of state and audi tor of state
 H. B. No. 43 (Hardy)-To define terms of certain state, county and district officers, to begin on January 1 following the election.
 H. B. No. 45 (Harrison, McFerrin and Cazort)-To provide a method for accepting federal road aid, and 10 create an advisory board of the State Highway Commission. H. B. No. 47 (Mathis)-To divide state into four auditorial districts and provide for appointment of district au- ditors to audit the books of all county officials.
 H. B. No. 52 (Ross)-To provide for the creation of the Arkansas TIiteracv Commission.
 H. B. No. 56 (Stevens) require county assessors to assess all proper ty, real and personal, tangible and in- tangible, at a reasonable market value
 H. B. No. 5S Crooks Recurring street railway companies to provide vestibules for street cars during win ter months.
 H. B. No. 59 (Osborne)-To repeal Section 1898 of Kirbys Digest. which provides that the taking of unbranded cattle running at large shall not con stitute larceny.
 H. B. No. 50 (Hardy)-To regulate the sale of shrubs, seeds, fruit trees and plants. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
 Joint Resolution introduced.
 H. J. R. No. 10 Copeland of Izard) Proposing amendment to constitu. tion to reduce the maximum district school levy from 10 to s mills. and to raise the maximum state levy from 8 to 5 mills.
 House Bills Passed.
 H. B. No. 1 (Hardage) Providing for the per diem and expenses of the General Assembly,
 Joint Resolution.
 H. J. R. No. g (Riggs) )-Proposine amendment to provide for equal sui. frage.