Show legislative NOTES to destroy the peon system and prevent foremen from exacting a weekly or monthly sum from frothi the men whom they put to work representative frank newman is preparing a bill which will malie make it a felony to exact such a fee the penalty will be a term in the penitentiary that the work of 0 the present legislature in many matters should be confined to amending present laws if they are found effect lie rather than to passing new ones and attempting new systems is the view of senator elizabeth hayward nearly all of the time of the house on january 23 was occupied sn in considering si tile the reports report of the committee on rules it was a longer session than usual but the business of reading rind and correcting the report wa finished and tile the rules were eventually adopted as those to govern the session no house bills under the new rules adopted by the house on january 23 shall be introduced introduce Intro duc ed after the forty fifth day of the session leaving the fifteen days remaining for disposal of all measures not previously acted upon no house bill is to be passed within three days of the sine tile die adjournment of the session speaker It ichards signed in open session house louse joint resolution no 2 by New Nevi maii nau authorizing appointment of a committee to investigate and report upon a memorial to be erected or established es ln in honor of returned and returning soldiers sailors and mart marines nes senator McI mcihinney CInney introduced a bill that provides that proprietors and em P loyes of newspapers papers and magazines may travel on railroad transportation issued in return for advertising lie also includes the families of the press fraternity in his bill that the civil rights right of members of the military and naval establishments of the united states who ulio lia have ve partial participated in ill tile I 1 present re serit war may bo be protected now and for one year after their discharge front from such service tentative senta tive cardon has introduced a bill la in the house |