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at which the property of any such express company 

 shall be assessed in 



proportion of the aggregate value of the capital 

 lock of Mich company a* the number of miles of 

 railway within - ,,vrrmhich it carrieson 



its bmnnest bears to the aggregate numU-r of miles 

 of railway within as well an without th. State over 

 i such company does business. The company 

 liimlsndiil that thii wns unjust, because, while it 

 camion if* business in , \dus M . 



rail* t- it carries it on 



veil, and has realty in other States, but 

 Boor toil claim* the valu 



took is ba*tl in j*rt upon such realty and its busi- 

 ness over water ways The decision upheld the va- 



Inw. 



By another Supreme Court decision it wa 

 alejfjd that railroad companies are liable for the 

 killing of ling* by train* tnmui: 



In a *se turning upon the liability of a corpora- 

 tion for negotiable paper issued by one of its officers, 

 the decision held the corporation responsible, 



IxrrUUthe Session. The thirty-first biennial 

 session of the legislature began Jan. 18 and ended 



I* Moose was elected president <>f the Senate, 

 and .1. C. Tappan Speaker of tin 1 1 



The total number of bills introduced in both 

 branches was 558, of which -J47 w.-iv in the Senate 

 and.'ill m the House, of these 55 were passed. 



Hills were introduced providing for a railroad 

 commission, and much time was spent on them in 

 debate, with the result only that a concurrent reso- 

 lution was adopted proposing a const it ut ional amend- 

 ment to be submitted to popular vote, authorizing 

 -.at ion of a permanent railroad commission. 

 ier constitutional amendment to be submitted 

 authorizes the levy of a road tax not to exceed 

 three mills. 



An antitrust bill was passed, declaring all com- 

 binations made with a view to lessen, or tending to 

 lessen, tree eomjH-tition. or to reduce or control 

 prices, to be unlawful and void ; and making the 

 penalty the loss of charters for corporations, and 

 for any person -.f engaging in such bu-i- 



ness a fine of not less than $500, or more than 

 $2.0(10. and imprisonment in the Penitentiary nt 

 less than one or more than ten years, or in the 

 .nt of the court by either such fines or such 

 imprisonment : the provisions of the act are not to 

 apply to agricultural products or live stock while 

 in the possession of the producer or raiser. It is 

 further provided that any one injured or damaged 

 by such a combination "may *\ir for and r- 

 in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State 

 of any person or persons or corporations operating 



trusts or combination to the full consider 

 or sum paid by him or them for any goods, wares, 

 merchandise, or articles, the sale of which ; 

 d by inch combination ortru-- 



Another act provides t|,,4t "hereafter it shall bo 

 unlawful for any keeper of a saloon or wholesale 

 liquor dealer in Arkansas to keep, exhibit. D 

 suffer to be used in his saloon or place of business, 

 any adjoining house subject to his direction 

 tn.l. any musical instrument of any kind 

 what- f.e purpose of performing 



having the Mm. , S |, R 1| he 



permit air i*xing. wrest li- 



other exhibition or contest of d- 

 that it shall be unlawful for s,,,.|, j,. 

 to be used in and aU-ut his .;,;,... n by any 

 person, to use or run 



in any manner or form whatever, any billiard 

 pool table, or other table commonly used for 

 ing howling, tenpin alley, or any 

 other devices commonly used for gaming or playing 



any game of chance. The penalty for viola t 

 the law is a fine of from $'J"> to $1(K). forfeiture of 

 . , and prohibition of renewed License f.-r t hive 



r< am 



e law against Missouri horses a ,,d 

 mules went into effect it Is like the^issouri 



law a \rkansas cattle, and is a ret a. 



:i by I lie a<-l to the ('oiii- 

 ires, and Agriculture 



nil or limit the operation of the act accord- 

 ing as. in his judgment, tin- a-riniltural int. 



tfl reijiiir.-. 

 Other acts pa- 



nsinn-tion of .1:0, ,d roads. 

 nt disorderly conduct n 



.leetioll d 



protect conductor* and other railroad 

 ploy :intf that any oin- who sh ; ,|l falsely 



rep'ort the men to their superior officers >| m ll be 

 deemed guilty of a nn-d. ad lined not less 



than $HM) nor more than $."><H. and be imprisoned 

 in jail for MX months. 



To re(iuirc railroads to carry bicycles as baggage. 



To allow disabled and indip-nt ex-Coiife.! 

 soldiers.^?.") annually, whether they have families 

 or not. 



To amend the l< .-tion law. 



Appn'priatinir s*'jn.(MMi for county normal schools. 



To tax barrel whisky lioii>es in cities. 



Allowing fanners to orpin i/e mutual fire insur- 

 ance C0lll|..: 



the protection of railway passengers ap 

 imposition, fraud, and annoyance, providing I 

 ally of $25 to $50 for each oil- 



lion, .lames K. Jones was re-elected to 

 Tniied States Senate. .1. \i. , was tin- 



candidate of the Populists, and Powell Clayton of 

 the Republicans. The vote stood: Jones, 11-4: 



.avion. :{. 



due incident of the session was the rejection of a 

 resolution, offend .Ian. '.20, to restore a portrait of 

 Washington to its former place over the Speaker's, 

 stand in the Hall of I. . from which it 



was taken six years ago to give place to a portrait 

 of Jefferson Paris, and t<. place the latter on tin- 

 left in the space now occupied or Washington's. 

 Another was an excitement caused in the 11 

 March 6, by the offering of a resolution t<> displace 

 the portrait (.f Davis temporarily, and to substitute 

 for it that of William .1. Bryan during the hitter's 

 vi-it to Little Kock. There were loud cries of 



\\ , 'li never take Jeff I 



down!" and the like, and a motion to tab 

 resolution prevailed without d. i 



An important matter that came before the I. 

 lature was that of the settlement of the debt . 



to the National (Government. The origin 

 and status of the claim are explained by 

 Clarke as follows: 



r more than t v. I there h;. 



troublesome and complicated dispute bet ween t he 

 I'nited States and the State of Arkansas, gr< 

 out of tin- ownership by the former of ci-rtaii. 

 pon bonds of the latter, and against which the lat- 

 -sertcd the right to offset an unliquidated 

 claim for a failure upon the part of the former to 

 1 to her a large quantity of land to which >hc 



it led under the act of ( 



3, 1850, known as the swamp land grant, and va- 

 rious . I'nder authority of acts of the 

 sernbly of Jssi. and of'the act of Con- 

 gress of Aug. 4. 1*1M. the f Governor, acting for the 



a. and the Secretaries of the 'I 

 nd of the I 'ing for the Genera. 



eded to consider these matters of 

 difference, and Deluded a set- 



tlement by which a balance of $160.572 was, as 



