The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-02-09

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
A Summary Of the Most Important
Bills in Both Houses.
A BUSY WEEK In The LEGISLATURE,
Specials by Telegraph and by Letter
to The Sentinel Give the Important
Bills in Both Houses-TwO New
Counties Wanted-McDoweli' Bill
Lively Discussion on the Dog Law

Lively Discussion on the Dog Law
RALEIGH, n. c. January, 30
| The Senate met today at 3 O'Clock
pursuance to the rules, and it remain
ed in session until ) o'clock. Some o1
the bills introduced were as follows
| BY Senator Jones Of Forsyth requeSt T.
ing the officers and uperintendeDts
of all penal and charitable institu-
tions, including all kept up by the
State, to render annual reports OF the
names and amounts paid all persons
in the employment OF their respective
Institutions. This seemed to meet
the hearty approval of the Senate. A
joint committee will visit the EaS-
tern Insane Asylum tomorrow and
the Western lAsylum Wednesday.
They visited the Coiored Asylum last
week where there are nearly 500 pa
tients.
Mr.. Sheriff. introduced bin to in
corporate the town OF Cataw ba: Nc
Laughlin, of Iredell, to provide seals
for registers of deeds; Mr.. King, TO
complete the A. & VI. College.
Resolutions were soffered expressing
regrets at the death of that typical
Southern statesman and true and 10y
al citizen of this country, Hon. l.. q.
@. Lamar, and were unanimously
adopted. Another resolution was
passed asking the Governor to select a
suitable monument to be erected in
Nash Park in the city Of Raleigh in
memory of the dead soldiers and sail
ors including the soldiers who lost
their lives in the Revolutionary, Mex
lean and Civil wars not to exceed in
cost $500 and report same to the next
session of ftheLegiSlature.
SOnp of the bills which DaSSPG their
final reading and were sent to the
House for concurrence were diminish
ing the Jurisdiction of justices of the
peace by placing the crime Of carrying
concealed weapons in the Supeoior
Courts. Considerable objections are
formed tc this because in some cases
the prisoner would be committed to
prison on account of lack of money or
friends. Still another in regard to
Sunday fishing and another to change
the charter of the town of Mt Airy.
allowing the municipal elections to be
held in February instead of May and
that the town commissioners shall
elect the mayor instead of by vote
of the qualified voters.
RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-A resolution
has been introduced in the House
memoraliZing Congress to establish in
Western North Carolina an Eastern
National Park. There is only one in
this country of any importance,
that being in the Yellow
stone Park in the extreme west
Western North Carolina. indeed,
offers every advantage in every res
pect; cheapness of land, original
forests, picturesque scenery, pure wa
ter, heaIthful climate, and assesSabil-
ity to the outside worid-being within
"a hours ride of New York City.
This would enable those living in
densely populated cities to visit
the resort with little trouble or
expense.
Col. Cameron, who is familiar with
the mountains and with the sites, he
approves, had his preferences divided
between the lands lying along the
south face of the Smoky Mountains
and including those mountains in
Swain county; and the territory "
ing among the Nantahala and Valley
town mountains along the upper
Nantahala river embraced in the
counties of Macon, Clay, and part of
Cherokee, and extending from the
Tennessee river to Red Marble Gap
and thence south to the South Caro-
lima line. The beauty, grandeur and
full preservation of conditions give
Gliding argument is in the relative
cost, all other localities named are
enriched with valuable mineral de-
posits already occupied, and worked,
therefore saving in the purchase of
them great costs. This territory is
thinly settled and the cost for bound
less quantities of it can be purchased
at probably not exceeding
RALBIGH, n. c., Fen. 1.-The bills
considered in the Assembly during
the past few days which have elected
the most interest and discussion were
as follows:
abolishing the State Bureau of Labor
Statistics which was sent to the Sem
ate for concurrence.
The consideration of the bill to re-
peal the law of 1891 in regard to rail-
road passes has been postponed until
Wednesday of next week.
In the Senate bill was introduced
to establish new county to be known
as Scotlond with Laurinburg as the
county seat. At present the county
contains 7S9 square miles. The new
county proposes to include 3S7 square
| miles, less than half the entire terri
| tory and still larger than many of the
counties in the State and the popula-
| tion about 10000.
Another new county is also being
agitated strongly and it is likely Z
| bill for such will be introduced soon
The territory to comprise this new
proposed county, to be known as Ste
yenson,n is to be taken from0the west
ern portion of Surry and Yadkin and
| the eastern 'portion of Wilkes, will
Elkin as the county seat. Messrs. A
and III. G.. Chatham, A. G. Clark, J. S
Bell and Joseph Hendren, of Eikin ar.
already here, and a delegation com
posed of Messrs. Winston Fulton, G.
| w. Sparger, Dixie GiImer, w. +. Car
| ter, S. p. Graves and others from Mt
Airy, who are equally interested il
| the movement lin order to get Surr.
! courthouse moved from DobsOn to Mt
| Airy.
| The bill to employ stenographer
/ for the courts was discussed quit
lively in tile Senate this morning bu
was killed almost unanimously.
/ The following resolutions request
ing our Senators and Representative
i in Congress to use their influence fo
the establishment of National Par
in Western North Carolina passed th
| House today and was sent to the Ser
ate for concurrance-