Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-21

was withdrawn, the Ruff bill regu- lating the sale of potent drugs. Sena. tor Ruff explained that he had intro- duced this bill at the request of the Arkansas Pharmaceutical association, but after it had been carefully con sidered, the druggists discovered that it was not the bill they thought t was, and asked that it be withdrawn
 Local house bills passed were: By Mr. Moore of Yell, creating the the of- flee of deputy prosecuting attorney in Yell county by Mr. Burrow, pro- viding salaries for Perry county of- ficials; by MT. Shinn, to confirm the title to the Dover school site; by Mr, Owens, creating special school dis trict No. 50 in Ouachita county; by MT. Wilson, a fencing law for Mis- sissippi county township; by M2. Thane, to amend section of Act S5 of the Acts of 1907; by Mir. Creekmore repeating Crawford county road dis trict; by MT. Thane, 10 amend act creating McGehee special school dis trict.
 At the request of Senator Edmond son, the Humphrey bill repeating tho act creating the Stone and Izard coun- ty road improvement district was taken from the table, and restored to it's place on the calendar He will seek it's passage as soon as it is re- turned from the morgus of the house.
 Municipal Bill |? Friday.
 Among the house bills read in the senate Tuesday morning was the Ma gee Pine Bluff municipal court bill This was not made a special order, for all house bills worthy of con- sideration vii be considered Friday, the next house day, and it can then be passed without opposition if Sena tor Caldwell desires it. Dat he 's not against the bill was demonstrat- ed when he permitted it to go on the calendar, instead of sending it to q committee.
 Senate Bills Passed.
 All house business being dispensed with in the morning, the senate started in on the passage of bills, passing the following during the af- ternoon:
 By Senator Ponder, creating the Cave City special school district.
 By Senator Jones, creating text book commission. This bill was pdooCu WllAOuI OPpOolIloll, lO1 It WdS decided to pass all text books bill, | and let the governor nick out the one that suited him the best. for the book companies nog doing business in the state had informed him they could not do business in Arkansas under the bills alredy passed.
 By Utley. to regulate the giving of | teachers license to students at the | state normal
 By Van to cure defects in releases | of mortgage liens.
 By Whitaker, to fix salaries of Clay ] county officials.
 By Adamson, to require school l teachers to give certificates of health to prevent spread of contagious dis | eases.
 By Burgess. stock law for pasrts of Pope county.
 By Alexander, the New York con- ference law, regulating fraternal in- surance.
 By Bush, prescribing the duties of the fire insurance companies in mak ing proof of loss.
 By Caldwell, 10 reduce the price of sand taken from the beds of navigable streams to one half the present price
 The Waggoner bill appropriating to pay for advertising done under the initiative and referendum, wsa also passed.
 Measures Introduced.
 The following bills were intro duced:
 Owens, for relief of Homer Freeling and other members of Arkansas Ma tional guard.
 Ruff, for relief of Sheriff J. R. Wallace of Cleburne county, who had $1,3S7 of county funds on deposit in the Bank of Higden whom it collapsed
 Sims. stock law for Prairie county.
 Slaughter, appropriaring $130, ,00O for maintenance of the state game and fish commission for biennial period.
 Smead, to authorize the governor to execute deeds for lands ceded to Arkansas by the United States.
 Jones, eXempting from garnish- ment wages of mechanics and labor CTS
 Edmondson, to repeal fencing law in Curia Drainage district, Independ. ence county.