Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-04
Senator Proposes to Pass Bill Monday and Believes
 House Will Concur.
TAXES MUST BE PAID . AT THE COURTHOUSE
vscee Rill for Collection of Taxes Is Adopted by Senate-Newton Offers Measures to Reduce County
 Superintendent's Salary.

Little Rock, March 2.-Among the house bills passed by the senate to- day was one by Representative Ma zee to regulate the collection Of taxes in Jefferson county. The effect of this act is to relieve the collector from sending the tax books to each precinct in the county each year, as required by the general law.
 Senator Caldwell offered several amendment to the Magee bill for the establishment of municipal court at Pine Bluff The amendments make it clear that the prosecuting attorney shall not collect fees in cases in- volving violations of Pine Bluff ordinances; that the municipal court shall not have jurisdiction in matters involving land titles; that the con- stable shall be allowed mileage when serving summons or effecting arrests outside the township in which the city is coated, and that the term of office of the municipal judge shall be two instead of four years. Senator Caldwell stated he would press the 5 bill for passage Monday.
 Would Cut Superintendent's Salary. E Representative Newton of Jefferson Introduced a bill in the house fixing Ethe saary of the Jefferson county SUD- kintendent Of education at $1.2OO per annum, reduction of $500, and Rep ' sfesentative Magee offered a bill to < create Road Improvement district No. 2, in Jefferson count.-, and naming O w. Clark, Frank King and J. K. Buckner as commissioners.
 The house passed the Magee bill to require automobiles to come to full stop before crossing railroad. This . olll is likey to meet oppositin in the senate, as it woud relieve railroads of liability for accidents in every case where the motorist had failed to com- ply with the law.
 Other bills passed by the house in- clude one by Carter to prohibit ne- potlsm in the states charitable edu- catlonal institutions; by Burrow, to aoroaden the scope of the Arkansas history commissions; the bil appro- prating s635,0O0 for tie State Hos pllal for Nervous Disease, and the ipenltentiary appropriation bill, carry ing $425,5OO,
 Tne general appropriation bill was ueuated most of the day, a large aumoer of proposed amendments uelng rejected. Consideration of the measure will be resumed Monday, in eommlttee of the whole.
 Senators Relax.
 Ine Saturday afternoon session of s, %e arkansas senate was almost a sarlesque affair, though what busi- u uess tnere was to be attended to was pu. through before tte fun began. .eslaent Davenport, serving as gov- s,nv! TOT day, started the fun by Saulng m message in which he ssseo Of the members to give due ttsiueratlon to local legislation. and Oo,p's pass Just as many local bills as ip.VSslole. !. This was such a scream that s,s s'iougnt forth peecn after speech oo. nu resulted in special committee, svaposed su of Senators Smith, Utley ., o1u |, ,Moncrief being sent to the office tS. M tue executive to inform him that sos.. ,~s senate was doing its utmost to 'Oaply with, his request.
 ma al'ong the house bills passed was oi ie ,d;- Oy Vlnson, which repeals act 133
 
 VIII Pass Municipal Bill.
 n,ss. Sssaator Caldwell, who arrived last dan l. rom Little Rock to spend Sun am.n @ wltn his family, stated that his cons. on.u,lents a.s to the Magee municipal ama.. as olil are simply intended to poss;s, e tne bill as nearly perfect as emil, t,0e correcting defects appar- ent s,, uue to oversight when the pres nal osi was re-drafted from the origi- dava me senate will pass the bill Mon. hOuse said M Mir. Caldwell, "and the
 Sar.ccan u can pass it Tuesday"
 memhauor mh.or Caldwell, like the other vss vrs t;as or the Jefferson delegation, strsnua'eo eo out as the result of a were Dous o,a week. All the legislators day,s slad Of the opportunity for a pluns;n,eas ,est With their families before of thus tha into the final furious days
 senator Caldwell said he would not