The Charlotte Democrat., 1893-02-10
FROM OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT.
RALEIGH, N. e Feb. z, 1893.


ing the past week Railway bills have
been quite prominent. Thus far about
1876 bills have become laws and certainly
as many have been tabled or failed to
pass. The following is a concise sum-
mary of the work of the week:
Tuesday the Senate passed on final
reading the bill to make it a misde-
meanor to leave children alone, under
seven years of age, in houses where there
is fire. (This bill is now law which if
properly enforced will save at least 60
lives every year. Bills passed to allow
sheriff in summoning tales jurors the
same fees as for regular jurors. To legal,
ize marriage of Rev. D. L. George and
Mary E. George, the man who married
them not being preacher. In the House
bill was introduced to make the term
of the superintendent of the Morganton
Deaf Mute school three years he to be
secretary 10 the directors who are TO
serve two years. Other bills introduced
were to tax all foreign corporations or
bank stock companies doing business
here; to give persons whose lands are
damaged by railways the right of jury
decision as to amount of damage; to abol-
ish the State tax on marriage licenses; to
give the railway commissioners the juris
diction of telephone companies. Bills
passed incorporating the Carthage and
West End railway; the Burlington and
South Western; the Moore county rail
way; and the Winston>Salem and Charles
ton railway. The latter's charter gives
it 300 convicts at Sl25 a year each. The
bin was tabled giving justices jurisdic
tion of cases of cruelty to animals; also
bills prohibiting county commissioners
and magistrates from holding Office over
two terms; amending the school law so
as to make county superintendent of pub
lie instruction ex-officio chairman of the
board of education.
Wednesday in the Senate bill was in
troduced to create out of tour townships
in Richmond county the county of Scott
land. This new county matter has been
pressed by some extremely energetic and
influential gentlemen. There have been
several hearings before committees and
the Senate committee favorably reports
it. It comes up for discussion to morrow
night as a special order in the Senate. It
is proposed that Laurinburg shall be the
county seat. The Senate may pass the
bill; the odds are the House will not. In
the House bill was introduced to amend
the road law by making II instead of 18
the legal age; also one to allow justices
fees in criminal cases only upon convic-
ton. The debate of interest in the House
was of the bill to abolish the bureau of
labor statistics. The debate was at times
quite personal and showed great opposi,
To ho hur
hard things were said. The bill to abol.,
ish passed by vote of Sc to 81.
Thursday the bill to allow Burke coun-
ty to levy a stock law tax in Lower
Fork township passed final reading and
is now a law. There was great deal of
discussion of a resolution requesting
North Carolina's senators and representa-
tives to vote for the Nicaragua canal,
but it passed by a unanimous vote. A
bill passed appropriating $500 for the
conn pletion of the Governors mansion,
and $4,000 for furniture. In the House
the principal bills introduced were to pro-
vide for the inspection of Illuminating
oils and to allow none to be sold in the
State under 120 degrees fire test; to
amend the charter Of the Atlanta, Ashe-
Vile and Baltimore railroad by giving it
two years more in which to begin work;
to protect baggage of travellers by COM
mon conveyance; to provide that all pub
lie schools partly supported by public
school funds shall be under the supervis
ion of the State board of education. Mr..
Bellamy, democrat, from Brunswick, was
treated to a surprise in the shape of a
notice of contest for his seat by Isham
W. Harelson, republican. The House
committee decided unanimously that S.
M. King, populist, was entitled to the
seat for Bladen, which Mr.. Shaw con-
tested, and the committees report was
adopted by the House. Bills passed for
bidding men terming themselves detec-
tives from carrying pistols; authorizing
Mcdowell county to levy a special tax; to
appropriate $500 annually for the Gull
ford Battle Ground Association; to give
jury hearing of railway damage cases
to land; to make it unnecessary fer a
wife's privy examination to be at the
same time as the executive Of deed by
her husband; to allow trial of the issue
fraud in conveying or incumbering of
lands not exceeding in value the home
stead before the latter is determined; to
grant absolute divorce in cases where a
divorce from bed and board has been
granted, and the husband has left the
State and remained absent three years.
There was a rather spicy discussion OF
Mr.. Vance's bill requiring dogs to be
listed for taxation at 81 each, the bill
coming up with a favorable report, for a
wonder. The bill was finally re commit
ted.
Friday the chief bills introduced in the
Senate we're to compromise and settle the
| $4,000 of bonds issued in aid of the
Chatham railway by the State; to pre-
vent note shaving, Ct will require an
| iron clad bill to do that); to incorporate
the Wilmington and West Indies naviga-
tion company; to make separate the of
fees of Supreme court reporter and At
torney- and reducing the salary
of the latter. Bills passed amending the
charter of the Raleigh and Western rail.
| way so that it can build branch lines and
extend towards Charlotte, (this company
owns the coal mines in Chatham county,
to change the name of the Charlotte
Home and Hospital. There was debate
on bill extending the time in which mar.
ried women can, of their own right, bring
suits, and Senator Mcdowell assured the
| Senate that women would vote aftcl