The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-06
MEASURES SIGHED
 BY TIE GOVERNOR
ACT 16 APPRoPRlATEs $4s0. .ooO FOR MAINTENANCE OF FOUR
 AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.
MANY LOCAL BILLS IN LIST
Act ts Changes Date of State Pri. maries To the Second Tuesday in Aueust-League of Ma
 tions Is Endorsed.


 Tor the maintenance of the four dis trtct agricultural schools. s. B. No. " tWhittaker).
 Ast 17-To regulate the salaries Of ths road oversears Of Calhoun eoun- ty 8. B. No. 94 tWilson).
 Act 1S-To create the Hubert SD.,- ciai School District in Crittenden county. s. B. No. 1fS (Rrodes).
 Act 19-To change the date of the stste primaries to the second Tues day in August H. B. No. l fJoiner).
 H. B. No. 21 (Mason)-To quiet Ii. tls to certain lands In Ouchita county.
 s 3. No 2T (Uuey)-To regulate the organization of special school districts
 S. 3. No. g (King)-To provide for stock law in certain townships of Franklin county
 s. B. No. t6 fCaldwell)-Fixing the salary of Eleventh Circuit stenog- rapher
 H. B. No. q (HHhousel-Jackson county road law.
 B. No. g (Dillsrd) - To repeal aot of 1917 regulating the payment Of Garland county warrants
 S. c. R. No. { (WaIls ls)-Endorsing the league of nations.
 s. c. R. No. (Emory) Providing for the operation of the Smith Hughes act.
 2, c. R. No. 2 (Btley)-f'or monu- nsnt to Arkansas soldiers.
 S B. No. s (King)-To provide f2r a fence law in certain townships of Franklin county.
 H. B. No $ (0liyer)-To provide for payment of mileage and per diem to jurors in Scott county.
 H B. No. 20 (Garter) = To pro- vide for a fence law in certain town ships of Franklin county.
 H B No. 74 fCampbeu3-To amend the Faulkner county salary act of 1917
 H. B. No. S4 (Meador) organ izs Road Improvement District No. !. in Clark county
 Fl. B No. 1t1 tearnell)-To pro- vide for the compensation of officers Of Arkansas-Louisiana highway.
 -H c. R. No 1s lStevenson,-To inquire into needs Of The office of the state treasury.
 Although there was uAanimity of opilion that Arkansas should erect a monument to 4hesArkansas soldiers and sailors who havf made the SUI poeme sacrifice In the present war, there was msrkeI divergence of opinion as to now the funds should De raised when the matter was preached in the Senate
 Senators Utley Vaughan. Emory and Townsend introduced q resolu- ton endorsing a movement 10 raise, by public subscription, through the State Council of Defense, q fund to erect such a monument Senator Brown immediately objected, deelar- ing that such plan only meant delay, and declaring he favored immediate action through Q legislature appropri- alton.
 To back up his stand he iatrcduced bill few minutes later seeking to appropriate s10o,0e0 for such a mont nent. and to create 6 commission composed of the governor, auditor and secretary of state 10 have charge of the fund The bill went 10 the bud get committee.
 Senator Brown saId thai while he was in favor of erecting an elegant monument to the dead heroes, he was opposed to passing the hat" to ger tie funds The resolution, however, was adopted when T. was explained that It's adoption would not have any Gearing on the fate Of an appropria- ton bill such as Senator Brown intro duced a few minutes later
 Senator Emory's bill, regulating public utilities that better service may be had. provides that when such corporations fall or refuse to main tain adequate facilities to comply with their franchises shall be subject to a penalty of not less than sl.o00, nor more than 5000, for each day of such failure or refusal. each day to constitute a separate ofrense. The utedSuit 5HCt4nCthiiJ AACAtlt4lH tOi pD- rstions that furnish power, water, gas or electricity.
 The House completed the first roll call for the introduction Of bills. and there were 54 bills and eight joint resolutions on the calendar
 senator Ponder introduced a bill which would permit state banks tc enter the federal reserve system The bill was prepared by the Banking De partment and provides that state hanks that desire to enter the federal reserve on the same basis as national banks.
 Representative Bohlinger's bill ap