Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-18
OPPOSITION MAY
 DEVELOP TOWARDS
 TIE EXTRA SESSION
Much Speculation As to Atti- tude on Road Dis
 tricts

Little Rock, Jan 14.-The third extra session of the Arkansas Gen eral Assembly will convene two weeks from today, for the puroose of considering roads, drainage, and school legislation, both old and new.
 There IS much speculation as to the attitude that will be taken to- ward special road legislation at this session. There are mumblings over the state of an increasing oppo- sition in some quarters, and it is safe to predict there will be some rough sledding in efforts to create new districts.
 The state of Arkansas is thorough ly committed to the good roads pro gram, and millions of dollars are being spent on projects that are vital to the well being of the state. But there is growing sentiment that existing projects should be com pleted before taking on a multiplied mileage of high priced highways.
 One of the effects of the Su- preme Court decision nullifyine all the acts passed by the extra session No. has been that the lawmakers and others interested are advertis- ing their proposed laws in advance, so that the record may be kept clear.
 In previous sessions there were persistent efforts to keep the re- cords from showing the fact that bills for special acts had not been advertised "according to law" In some instances, the opponents of act would have the records show that the bill had not been adver- tised, but invariably the friends of the measure would have the record expunged. And the courts hold that we "can not go back of the re- cords"
 At the approaching session, how ever. it is believed that, on the other hand, the authors of bills in- troduced will seek to have the re- cords affirmatively show that the required 30 days constitutional notice had been given in news paper.
 It is believed that the session will last the full fifteen days permitted under the constitution, as there will undoubtedly be . tremendous amount of proposed legislation, not all of which will get by without oppos- tion.
 The year 1919 set new record in legislative activity for the state 4 greater quantity of statutory law was enacted, and more sessions of the General Assembly were held than ever before. A total of 9S3 acts were passed, or about 1000 pages, at regular sixty day ses- sion and two extraordinary ses- sions. A decision of the Supreme Court on December 8 nullified all i. kp second extra session, on the ground ficient time had not elapsed from the time of the call issued by she governor and the converting of the session to give the notice required by the Constitution. m s..
 This made necessary call for q third extraordinary session, called December 3, to convene on January 26, to pass remidial and curative as we'll as original legislation for roads drainage and school districts. The regular session, January 13 to March 13, passed 696 acts covering PFC 0pages. Ninety percent of this was good roads legislation creatine improvement districts. The first ex- tra session lasted three days, July 28-3o, being called for thhe specific purpose of ratifying the National Woman Suffrage amendment, which was done by an almost unanimous vote. The demand for remedial road acts became so strong that Governor Brough on September Is called an extra session to convene September 22, and it was in session until Octo- Der 1, enacting 2S1 local and three general acts. It was these local acts that were invalidated by the Su- preme Court.
 The growth of the body of statu- tory law in Arkansas is shown by