The Little River news., 1921-02-26
OILY THREE MORE WEEKS
 0F 0ENEMR ASSEMBLY,
Less Than Three Weeks Remains for Making Laws, and Many Bills
 Have Been Passed.

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 Little Rock, Feb. 24.--(speciaD With less than three weeks of the ses- sion of the 4Srd General Assembly re- maining, it is interesting the note that the great bulk of legislation so far consists of local measures. For years there has been great deal of discus- sion with reference to local legisla- ton, and there have been suggestions of plans for overcoming this condi- tion, However, 1t appears that local Legislation is what the people demand and it occupies the greater part of the time and attention ef the members.
 Up to date there are 142 acts signed by the governor and of these only II are of general nature affecting the entire state. Exclusive of the emer-' Sgency appropriation measures which have occupied much of the time, the general acts are as follows:
 Act. No. 8.-to assist in the collec- tion of voluntary contributions for the support of common schools in dis tricts were the tax payers have pledg- cd extra taxes.
 Act No. 1O--to eliminate a bond provio from the act creating the Ark snsas Corporation Commission, (which {. commission has since been abolished) s. Act No. Alto abolish the peniten-. Eiary Commission and substitute there for an honorary commission to be ap- pointed by the governor.
 N Act No. 59--to permit women to hold office in Arkansas; under this act large number of women have already }been commissioned notaries public and flew have been appointed to subordl- nate offices in the county.
 Act No. 67 Ito provide that the entry of a building for the purpose of rob bery in the day time, as we'll as night, shall constitute the crime of burglary.
 Act No. 81--to change the date of holding the state elections from No yember to the second Tuesday in Oct.
 Act No. S2-for the preservation of section and quarter section corners and to require them to be, replaced by any persons removing them.
 No. 1O0-to require the owners of roai mines to make maps of the same; for the information and benefit of employees.
 < Act No. 116--to provide for the or sanization of cooperative marketing
 ssociations by farmers for more pro-
 Able marketing, of agricultural pro-
 hcts.
 Act No. 117-to authorize guardians to lease the lands of wards for the development of oil, gas and minerals.-
 Act No. 124.-to abolish the Arkan- sas Corporation Commission and sub sstitute therefor a Railroad Commis- sion of three members to be appoint ed by the governor.
 Many More to Follow. N Of the several hundred acts which will be added during the next few weeks, the proportion of general laws will continue about the same. Those who have been protesting againt local legislation seem to have been driven to the conclusion that it is futile protest. What the people are demand ing, the people will have and they are insisting that their representatives look after their four wire fences, their school boundaries, the stopping of trains at their stations, the repeal of their road laws and scores of other minor details of local affairs in which they are especially interested.
 All that is necessary by way of ex- planation is for representative to S sax Gentlemen, this is only a bill af- fecfing my county and my people want < 1t" and the bill Is promptly passed. The representative or senator, himself eHecomes responsible to his people and . if their is any objection he alone must { answer for it when he returns to his constituency.
 s Notice.
 Notice is hereby given that on or after thirty days from this date there will be introduced for passage in the