The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-31
THE FUSION LEGISLATURES.
Bills Introduced in the Senate and
House Jan. 24th.

House Jan. 24th
In the Senate Jan. 24th the princi-
pal new bills were:\
To award the public printing and
binding to the lowest bidder; to pre-
vent any but chartered Insurance
companies from doing business in
North Carolina; to improve public
roads of the State by convict labor; to
incorporate the town of Guilford Col
| lege. Bills passed repeating the New
Hanover stock law and incorporating
the Bank of Edenton.
HOUSE BILLS.
At the House session a petition ask
ing for the establishment of 4 State
refOrmatory for youthful criminals
was presented. The committee made
an unfavoraole report on the bill re-
quiring railways to honor at any
time the unused part of excursion
tickets. The principal new bills
were: To extend to q number of
counties the convict road law; to
equalIZe taxation; to make the school
tax y cents; to encourage the study
OF civil government In public schools:
to repeal The Edgecombe stock law; to
abolish days of grace; to limit pun
ishment of larceny in petty cases.
The severe sickness Of Representative
Campbell, of Cherokee, and Williams,
of Warren, was announced.
The report of the elections commit
tee in the Granville case was taken
up. Ewart submitted the majority
report in favor Of Crews, Fusion
contestant. Reinhardt submitted the
minority report in favor Of Lee.
Crews was seated.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House Friday the princi-
pal new bills were:
To compel fire insurance companies
to pay the full value on the face of
policies; to provide for the election Of
Chief of Burea of Labor statistics by
the Legislature on joint ballot; to af-
ford better protection from fire at the
insane asylum at Raleigh and to finish
and equip the female department Of
the same; to prevent the adulteration
of candy; to establish law for the
sale Of liquor in North Carolina; to
regulate the hours OF labor in factories,
making 9 hours days work, or not
| over d hours week; forbidding en-
ployment Of children under 13 years;
forbidding employers not to make
agreement not to join labor unions.
No women and children are to work
between 10 p. II. and 6 d. m No
child under IA is to be permitted to
clean machinery while in operation.
The bill also fixed hours as days
work on State contracts.
There was a long debate, extremely
parts and at times personal, on the
new rules of the house. This was par
ticularly so on the rule which allows
the vote of the ma jOrity of al MEM
berS elected to suspend the rules so as
To vote twice on bill the same day
Heretofore two-thirdS vote has been
requlred; now 81 votes only are needed.
Finally the rules We're adopted by a
strictly party vote, the Democrats
voting ~.
Ihe committee on elections was
given authority To snbpRna witnesses
and To send subcommittee To Edge
| cumbe and Halifax Counties To take
! testimony.
TIE SENATE
In the Stndle the chief bills intro.
| duce d were 10 allow the farmers of
the State 10 ship partrIdges and other
g4me out of The stale; To amend The
| act of iucnt poratIug the Atlantic,
| \ ddkin Valley and Greenville rail
road; 10 regulate the hours of labor in
| cotton mills senator Green, Of Haii-
| fax, was sworn IN The bill passed
regarding he Trial of Tile TO public
flee requiring the contestant and
cuntestee To i've 1900 bond There
was considerable discussion of the
resolution regarding the investigation
| of charges made by Mrs Pdttie d
| Arlington 1t was tabled. During
The d Nussion, Senator Carver caused
a sensation by stating that in the
suit of his Judge Seymore bad been
lntimIdated by Layman and thereby
| Carver had lost nearly half his
| property.
The bill passed to regulate forward.
ing OF freight by the RAILWAYS, aisC
caused some debate. 1t makes the
roads, in case of improper delays
| liable To $40 a day