The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-27
SENATOR'S REFUSE AMENDMENT TO A CORPORATION
 MEASURE.
LOCAL BILLS ARE PASSED
Claims Committee Reports Favorabiy On Deficiency Bili--Action Is slocked-Appropriaticn Feat
 ures Are Adopted
Little Rock


 ent is as useless as S100 saddle and 10 horse upon which to use it." stated Senator Creed Caldwell in a speech on 'he Emory bill to create the Arkansas corporations oommis- sion. The joint House and Senate committee which considered the bill offered an amendment to make the commission elective instead of ap- pointive. This had been adopted when Senator Ward, who had been out at the time, secured a reconsider ation and the amendment was killed, IT to 14, after a heated argument The original draft of the bill made the commission appointive and this was attacked strenuously as the building of machine for a governor.
 After the amendment had been re- 1ected Senator Caldwell again brought up an argument by propos- ing an amendment to exempt electric, water and gas companies from the provisions of the bill This was final ly rejected.
 
 Bridge and viaduct district bill. the Ward bill creating the Helena and Marvel district
 The claims committee reported fa- vorably upon the general deficiency bill which had previously been gone over by the joint budget committee and passed by the House, but Sena- tor Caldwell again held it up through objection to items returning taxes to the Southwestern Telephone Com pany and the Arkansas Light & Pow CT Company which woro overpaid
 Tho appropriation measures were passed by the Senate without oppos- tion, the first being Senator Cald- wells bill for the maintenance Of the medical department of the universiey and the branch normal carrying an approprition of $130,000, and the see ond, the Greenhouse bill. setting aside s71,260 from the state sinking fund to pay the biennial interest on state notes.
 The House passed resolution by Speaker Newton designed to purge the Confederate pension rolls of un- worthy pensioners by reducing as much as possible the number of pri- vate pension acts by the Legislature. Mir. Newton declared that probably 10 per cent of those on the pension rolls should not be there.
 An effort by Senator Walls to have the Hill bill, providing for the trans- fer Of Arkansas county from the Ssv- entssnth to the eleventh Judicial Cir cult, referred to a committee started a spirited contest on the floor of the Senate. Senator Moncrief, whose home is in Arkansas county, opposed the motion to refer and asked that the bill go on the casendar He was supported by Senator Caldwell of Jefferson, while Senator Walls was supported by Senator HartJe. The Senate voted down Senator Walls motion.
 Considerable amusement was caus- cd by the serious consideration for few minutes of the following amend ment by Messrs. Henry. Garter, Copeland and Porter: Amend by prohibiting any person, made or fe- male, in the state of Arkansas, from allowing any dog to sleep in the cradle or ride in the arms Of any male or female persons with their front arms around the neck, with it's curly head where the arms and head of little blue-eyed baby ought to be" The amendment was ruled out of order.
 The House passed a bill by Mir. Choate to repeal the act creating the Arkansas Fish and Game Commis- sion after having tabled bill drawn by special committee 10 amend the act in details, which, 1t was thought, would meet the objections of oppo- nents of the measure. There were 51 votes cast to table the bill. and the Chosts repeal bill was passed by a vote of 57 to 2l.
 bill raising the salary of the as- sistant supreme court librarian from $500 to s1,600, defeated several days ago, was passed after the salary had been reduced to s1,200.
 As amended by the House. the Ca zort bill to prevent nursery fraud Is believed to meet with the approval of nurserymen in the state. It was amended 10 exempt florists and deal CTS in bulbs and roots and to elimi- nate the requirement for 5000 bond by nurserymen.
 Senator Evans bill providing for the maintenance of the Arkansas Na- tional Guard by per capita tax of $1, met with defeat in the Senate by . vote of Il ayes to IS noes.