Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-20
BANKING BILL IS
 N FINALLY ADOPTED
Senate Also Adopts Measure to Permit Wholesale Druggists to Sell Alcohol and Wines for Medicinal Purposes
 and Fraudulent Cheek Bill.

day mOfnlnS-tne Gdfretu Dlll permit ting women to vote in primaries and the Collier banking bill. The first was referred to the committee on elec-
 tions and the second was amended and
 passed.
 l With the galleries well filled with
 suffragists, who had been advised that
 the Garrett bill was coming up in the :! forenoon session, and that it was go- ing to be passed, Senator Garrett
 asked that it be called up. He de-
 clared that the bill had been ordered
 special order, but the notations up-
 on it, made by the secretary, did not
 so show. President Davenport stated | that he knew the order had been
 given, and the journal had such rec
 ord so he was willing that the bill
 be considered on it's third reading.
 A substitute motion was made to
 refer the bill to the election commit tee which has the Riggs bill, some
 what similar, which passed the house
 several days ago. Senators Caldwell
 and Smith urged that this action be 1 taken, in order that the committee 1 could study the matter carefully and l report back the best bill, or suggest any needed amendments. Senator Garrett insisted that his bill be voted l upon.
 Senator Smith then raised the point | of order that the bill was not subject 1 to consideration, for it was not signed | by anyone. He exhibited the bill and asked for ruling from the chair President Davenport ruled that the 1 fact that the bill was accepted by the secretary and had been considered by committee and amended was sufFl- cient to give it a place on the cal i endar The chairman of the engrOss- 1 ing committee then stated that the original bill was signed, but that the
 expressing clerk had neglected to | place the name of the author on the
 engrossed copy.
 ] In the meantime Senator Garrett
 had approached the desk of the read 1 ing clerk, and when the bill was placed upon the table he signed it. Caldwell Urges Caution. I With the status of the bill thus
 clear, Senator Caldwell insisted that
 it go to the committee, declaring that i struck at the foundation of the gov 1 ernmen, and that it should be gwen
 thorough consideration.
 Senator Adamson offered motion
 that the bill be referred to the com
 mittee with the understanding that 1t
 would report by Tuesday morning, al
 which time the bill was to be spe- cial order. This was opposed on the ground that it was double-barreled'
 and only one motion could be made
 at a time The vote was taken ana Senator Garrett insisted that 1t was a
 suspension of the rules, and required
 a two-thirds vote. President Daven-
 port ruled otherwise, and the commit tee has 10 days to consider the biil'
 unless the senate unanimously recalls
 it, which is unlikely
 Banking Bill Passed.
 The senate indulged in bit of use less oratory on the Collier banking bill. This bill which comes from the Arkansas Banking association. makes each bank responsible for it's own de- posits by increasing the liability on | the stockholders, and increases the salary of the state bank commissioner S1 .OOO per annum. Senator Ponder asked that the bill be placed back on the second reading for amendment. Senator Greenhouse, who comes rom the district represented by the author 1 of the bill, opposed He was advlsed
 by Senator Brown that if the bill was not amended that it would not De passed, and to appease all sides the amendment had been agreed upon. Senator Greenhouse insisted that the author of the bill be consulted. instead of the enemies, before amendments l were accepted.
 The amendment, which strikes out
 the words-''That the financial and industrial necessities of the commun-
 ity justify" This makes the new law the same as the old, giving the state banking commissioner power to pass
 upon the ability of the men who de-
 sire to open bank. and not to give
 him jurisdiction to pass on the conol- tions of the community as well. me senators who would have opposed the
 bill, had the amendment not been adopted, stated that too much power
 would have otherwise been placed in
 the hands of the state bank commls- sioner.
 The bill went back to it's second
 reading, was adopted and then went to
 it's third reading and passed.
 May Wholesale Alcohol. The senate then got down to real business and passed the Greenhouse Ponder bill permitting wholesale drug
 gists to sell alcohol for medicinal purposes: the Adamson bill regulat- ing the fees to be charged by commits
 sioners in chancery on delinquent
 sales; the Brooks bill for the protec- ton of street railway employees by the building of cars with vestibules: the Carter and Osborne bill making
 the giving of false statements to se-
 cure credit a felony; the Josephs bill to regulate the collection of assess ments in Texarkana; the Jones bill
 tO repu1ate tho Salp Of h0rSac and