The Little River news., 1920-02-07
LEGISLATURE ADJOURMS
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Will Be No More Extra SeSsian Of the "Quarteriy Conference" This
 Year; Dld Mucn Business.
lBy Clio Harperl

\Dy SAAV AANA PSA/
 Little Rock, Feb, 6.-(SpeciaD D-The third extra session of the forty-second General Assembly will adjourn at noon today. It may be stated definitely, finally and without possibility con- tradiction, that there will be no more sessions held this year. Whatevery may be the outcome of the present leg islation it is certain that anything of remedial measure must await the regular session next January.
 While there is no doubt of the gen. eral demand for curative road laws at the present time it is also as certain that not only the lawmakers them selves much opposition in the legisla- ture, especially the house, toward the present session, although the progress sive majority has insisted that the work for which they were called to- gether should be completed. Various efforts were made during the week for an earlier adjournment, but those were defeated in the interest of counties that are demanding remedial acts. A greater volume of law is being enacted at this session than at the sec ond extra session and it will almost equal that of the regular session. Not only are many curative acts being passed, but great many new districts are being organized. The opposition, which had been expected, failed to de- velope on the floor, except in few rare instances. It is known, however, that some of the proposed districts were abandoned as the result of nego- tiatons outside the legislature. As a rule, each representative has been con- sidered responsible to his own people for his acts and the representatives of other counties, having troubles of their own responsibilities. The pas sage of laws, therefore, become very much perfunctory routine, and hun dreds of rolls were called and entered on record where the members gave no attention whatever to the calling of their names. This, however, is per fectly valid and legitimate, since the courts have held that the records are presumed to speak the truth and that even the courts are not authorized to go back of the records.
 If each bill were read in full three times and each roll call were called in full, it would be physically impossi- ble to transact the business coming be- fore the session in less than sixty days, whereas, it is being despatched in less than eleven working days.
 Entire State Interest,
 While the entire state is interested more than ever in the construction of permanent highways, and the people are more or less Wiling to pay the necessary taxes to provide them; it cannot be denied that there is a grow ing sentiment that the high water mark has been reached for at least a few years, and that the various coun- ties should comple,e the projects al ready provided for before providing for others.
 It is stated officially that there is now more than eight thousand miles Of highway construction included in bills already passed or pending, repre- senting an aggregated bonded indebt edness of approximately one hundred and ten million dollars, There is scarcely county that has not one to ten districts, probably every one of which is needed, for it cannot be deni- ed that good roads, more than any other factor, make for the prosperity of any community. There are num- erous instances, however, of districts that overlapped on in such cases, the burden frequently falls heavily on some of the tax payers
 It is also believed that there is cer- tain to come about revulsion of sen timent toward the system of local leg islation, which has developed in Ark ansas during the last few years. Not later than two regular sessions ago, when the creation of road districts by special act was inaugurated, the auth or of such an act was frequently sever ly condemned by large element of his constituents, ana he must need brave this public condemnation in or der to secure the enactment of such laws.
 The same. however is true of the