ARKANSAS. 



ASSOCIATIONS, SCIENCE. (AMERICAN.) 35 



of the General Assembly in joint session. The 

 salary of each commissioner was hxed at $2,500, 

 to be paid by the State. 



By an act " to suppress the illegal sale of 

 liquors, and to destroy the same when found in 

 prohibited districts," " any chancellor, circuit 

 judge, justice of the peace, mayor, or police judge, 

 upon his own information or that of others given 

 to him that spirituous liquors have been shipped 

 to any prohibition district to be sold contrary 

 to law, may issue a warrant directed to a con- 

 stable, marshal, sheriff, or chief of police, com- 

 missioning him to search for and, upon finding 

 any such liquors, to publicly destroy the same." 

 In November this law was declared invalid in a 

 circuit court, on the ground that it allowed the 

 confiscation of one's personal property without 

 due process of law. 



The Governor sent a special message, calling 

 the attention of the Legislature to the prevalence 

 of smallpox in parts of the State; and an appro- 

 priation of $5,200 was made to the Board of 

 Health for the purpose of preventing the spread 

 of the disease. 



The appointment of a board of Capitol com- 

 missioners was provided for. They are to have 

 in charge the building of a new Statehouse on 

 the present site of the Penitentiary. Each com- 

 missioner receives $5 a day while actually en- 

 gaged, and 5 cents a mile in traveling to and 

 from the capital. 



The office of State Wine Inspector was created. 

 It is to be the duty of the inspector to procure 

 samples of any wine sold in the State which he 

 has reason to believe impure, to have it analyzed, 

 and to institute prosecutions in cases where the 

 wine falls below the standard. 



Railroad companies are to be responsible for 

 rough handling of baggage in sums of not less 

 than $25 nor more than $200. 



The widow of a deceased Confederate soldier 

 or sailor who has remained unmarried may apply 

 for a pension after the death of her husband. 



A county court may contract for the work of 

 county prisoners with a person in another county, 

 or may order the prisoners worked on the public 

 roads. 



All coal mined and paid for by weight must 

 be weighed before it is screened. 



In counties where there is no poorhouse county 

 judges may let out the paupers to the lowest 

 responsible bidder. 



County-farm convicts are to be credited with 

 75 cents for each day they are on the farm, 

 whether they work or not. 



Marriages heretofore solemnized by mayors are 

 declared legal and binding, and children born of 

 parents so married are declared legitimate. 



Other acts of the session were: 



Appropriating $5,000 to ay costs incurred in 

 enforcing the antitrust law. 



Making it unlawful to kill deer for pleasure or 

 pastime in Mississippi, Crittenden, and Cross 

 Counties. 



Amending the mechanics' lien law; suit to be 

 instituted within fifteen months. 



Allowing ex-Confederate and Union soldiers to 

 peddle without license. 



Appropriating $55,000 for disabled ex-Confed- 

 erate soldiers. 



To give the mortgagor right of redemption 

 twelve months after date, when real property is 

 sold under foreclosure. 



For better protection of labor in the milling 

 and manufacturing industries of Arkansas; wages 

 to be paid in currency. 



To better inform claimants of delinquent lands 



that same have been forfeited for nonpayment of 

 taxes. 



Requiring physiology and hygiene to be taught 

 in public schools, with special reference to the 

 effects of alcoholic drinks. 



To extend the land grant to the Mississippi 

 River, Hamburg and Western Railroad. 



Authorizing mechanics and artisans to sell per- 

 sonal property on which they hold liens. 



Relieving husbands of responsibility for ante- 

 nuptial debts of their wives. 



Making it a misdemeanor to sell or give to 

 minors under twenty-one cigarettes or material 

 for making them, under penalty of a fine of $100 

 to $300; or to sell or give to minors under fifteen 

 cigars or tobacco in any form, under penalty of 

 $10 to $50. 



Making it unlawful to catch, kill, or injure any 

 wild Chinese pheasant for five years from April 

 10, 1899. 



A joint resolution was passed to submit a pro- 

 posed amendment to the Constitution, permitting 

 State and county officers to give bonds in guar- 

 antee companies. 



A resolution proposing an amendment exempt- 

 ing new cotton and woolen manufacturing indus- 

 tries from taxation for five years was defeated in 

 the Senate. 



The appropriations amounted to $1,136,385.30. 



A bill to separate the school money raised by 

 special levy, so that the part paid by white tax- 

 payers should go to the support of white schools, 

 and that paid by colored to colored schools, was 

 introduced in the House, but failed. 



ASSOCIATIONS TOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. American. The forty- 

 eighth meeting of the American Association was 

 held in Columbus, Ohio, during Aug. 19-26, 1899. 

 The officers of the meeting were: President, Ed- 

 ward Orton, of Columbus, Ohio. Vice-presidents 



EDWARD ORTON. 



of the sections: A, Alexander Macfarlane, South 

 Bethlehem, Pa.; B, Elihu Thomson, Lynn, Mass.; 

 C, Frank P. Venable, Chapel Hill, N. C.; D, 

 Storm Bull, Madison, Wis.; E, Joseph F. Whit- 

 eaves, Ottawa, Canada; F, Simon H. Gage, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; G, Charles R. Barnes, Chicago, 



