The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-03-14
LEGISLATIVE LORE.
What the Piedmont ISepres ntatives
are Doing at Raleigh.
TUEspAY,s MARCH |

w nat Ine HS0REcS0
are Doing at Raleigh.
e TUESDAY, MARCH 5.s
SENArE.-The Revenue bill was
taken up and passe |, without amend
ment, as it came from the House.
n9The bill to annex a PARTON of
Davidson county to Forsyth was dis
cussed at length and the bill passed its
final reading. The bill having previ-
ously passed the House is now a law
and Clemonsville is now part and par
eel of us.
HoUsE.-Among the bills intrcduc-
ed was one by Mr. Leak to prohibit
the sale of liquor within miles Of
Danbury, Stokes county; ais }, by Mr..
Woods, to protect the water supply Of
Greensboro.
The bill to make the payment of
| poll tax prerequisite to voting was
defeated.
TIE Senate substitute for the cleo!
ton law bill which previously passed
! the House passed I'd reading.
= Bill to allow authorities to- raid
premises suspected as being gambling
places passed. MS.
The bill to punish persons for entic
| ing others to leave the service of their
| employees failed.
| Bills to amend charters of Wilks-
boro and Greensboro, passed.
AT the night session the lie wss>
passed between Messrs Carter and
| Banner. 4.a..5 .sagssF
!; WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 6.
SENATE.-Folowing bills passed:
To enlarge the jurisdiction of the jus
tees of the peace; to prevent assignors
from preferring creditors; to provide
1 an ahrneative method of working the
public roads; to amend public school
law Of the State as recommended by
the Committee of the whole; to abol-'
4 ish the State Normal schools; to pro
vide for the self-sustentation of the
State penitentiary to enable Guilford
county to have the Meckienburg road
Bill to pentioni ex-Confederate sol
diers was taken up and passed; vote:
81 to g. Lineback voted for it. The
bill ievles an additional tax of 3 cents
on 500 worth of property and nine
cents on poll. -. ~ ~ =
| AT the night session one hundred
bills of a private nature were passed.
HoUsE,-Aa- unfavorable report
was made on -therbilI to increase the
alary of the Governor.
The machinery bill was taken up
on its final reading and passed.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
the maintenance of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind institution was passed.
The Senate some days ago passed a
bill authorizing the sale of the Gov
errors Mansion for not less than
$4,000. To-day this bill came be-
fore the House and was tabled, so
nothing much will probably be done
with the nearl y-completed building
during the next two years, although a
resolution to expend toward the COM
pletion of the Mansion the available
assets now or hand was adopted. The
@assets'' available are not sufficient
to make it habitable
THURSDAY, MARCH Z.
SENATE. Bill to allow Forsyth to
levy special taxi 10 build a court
house, passed final reading.
Bill to allow Mt. Airy to Issue
bonds, passed.
Bill to create another cause for di-
vorce was taken up and passed its sew
eral readings.
The ominous bills on local option
was taken up on its second reading
and passed second and third read
ings. This bill comes very near tax
ing in the whole territory of the State
That is to say, it provides for the hold
ing of elections under the local option
law Mt certain times and under pre-
scribed circumstances.
HoUsE.-The ominous liquor bill
reported above, passed.
The amended election law bill was
taken up and put upon its last read
ing. After prolonged discussion
the bill passed, by the vote of 70 e
80, and is cow the law. THE text o
the bill will be found ON the first page
is this issue Of THE SENTINEL.
A bill was passed creating com
mission to reirun and remark the
boundary lines between North Caro-
lima and adjoining States. ~ q
Twenty FIVE hundred justices of the
) peace, to- fill the, vacancies which will
exist in, August next, were elected,
: Iea- 4 FRIDAY. MARCH s.. 81 i.ns
SENATE select Joint, Com
, mittee on Recommendations for Mem
bers of the State Board of Agricultur.
submitted for election the names o.
DR.. ". R. Capehart, of BERTHE county
| from ID district; DIR. Matt Moore O
Duplin, from the Sd district Hon. j
F. Payne, Of Robson, from the 9Th
district Hon. A Leazer, Of Iredell
from the 7th district; Hon. Z. D
, Smith, of Macon, from the 9th district
They were elected. :.
r" The machinery bill was passed as il
came from the House.
Bill to prevent trusts and combines
passed.
Il HoUsE.-A bill was passed author
izing the Governor to draw on the
State Treasurer for an amount not t.
texceed $500, to be spent in the pres
, ervation of the Governors mansion.
i Pension bill passed I'd. reading.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8.
SENATE.-The calendar and all the
bills of Importance passed the several
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