The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-02-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
A CONDENSED REPORT OF
What the Lawmakers are Doing.
About Public Schools.

From the Wilmington Messenger.
TwENTY-THIRD DAY-TUEsDAY, FEB.
| SENATE.-BilIs and resolutions wer
introduced as follows:
| By Senator Moye, to provide that tb
auditor require a certificate from tn
proper officers that work has beel
faithfully performed by employees Q
the legislature.
By Senator Grant, to stimulate loca
taxation in rural districts.
BY Senator Hardlson, to protect tn
people of the state from diseases il
secondhand clothing also to prohlbl
the sale OF liquor under police super
vision.
By Senator Butler. to increase tn,
duties Of the railroad commission in re
lation to the interstate commerce com
mission.
By Senator Eardlson, to increase tht
public school fund in the state.
BY Senator Person, to increase The
public school fund from fees in the
secretary of states Office.
BY Senator Alexander, to incorporate
the American Trust and Saving Com.
pany.
BY Senator Clark, to authorize may
ors III towns and cities to soiem nize
marriage ceremonies.
The special order set for to-day was
taken up, being the act repeating chap
ter 3O3, laws of 1895, locating all lines
between AIamance and Chatham.
Senator Parker submitted Il petition
with POI names of persons IN the terri
tory asking that it remain in Alamance
county.
The bill passed its second reading.
1t restores to Chatham the territory
given to Alamance two years ago.
HoUsE.-A,1ong bills introduced
were the following:
By Mr.. Sutton, to provide that the
existence Of lis estate in any land
shall not be bar to sale for partition
of such land.
The bill to allow Edgecombe county
to issue SIG 0GG in bonds and to levy d
special tax 10 pay for bridges came up
on It's third reading. An amendment
was adopted that the bonds shall rot Le
exempt from taxation. Tie bill passed
A bill passed amending the act Great
ing the colored normal school at Fay
and naming new trustees and
who shall have full cuntroi
and shall appoint principal and teach
ers, school to have its pro rata OF ali
school money from any source and not
to be removed from Fayetteville.
TIE bill to amend the law as to reg
of pharmacists was taken up.
1t provides that the word Registered"
Oc SCIlCAOA OuI anu lIiC WOlu llCcuScu
take its place,
Mr.. Hancock said the bill was for
the purpose of saving the trouble of
sending to the secretary of the state
to see whether druggist
was registered or not; that if a drug
eist were indicted this was necessary.
The bill was drawn at the instance OF
the state pharmaceutical association.
It applies to towns of 500 inhabitants
or upwards. The house refused to
commit the bill to the committee on
health and it passed its second and
third readings.
The bill passed to amend the charter
Of Edenton was taken up. 1t divides
he town into seven wards instead OF
four, the aldermen to elect the chief OF
police.
The bill passed amending the charter
Of the Raleigh and CASTOR railway by
allowing the Strengthening of Its lne.
Mir. Hauser asked leave to have the
senate's free silver instruction resolu-
tions placed on the calendar. There
was instant protest by republicans. He
made motion to suspend the rules.
The democrats voted aye and the re-
publlcars no. The motion to suspend
was lost.
Mr.. McCrary's bill to regulate assign
ments came up with an unfayorab!e re-
port. He offered an amendment as fol-
lows: "That all conditional sales, as
signnents, mortgages, deeds in trust Or
ofjudgment executed, made
Dr. given by any debtor in favor of a
creditor, either upon account or other
obligation, which are executed, made
or given to secure or have the effect Of
securing any debt, obligation, note or
Dond which gives preference to any
creditor or maker shalt be absolutely
void as to existing creditors" Mr..
McCrary detied any one to prove the
bill as thus amended was not absolutely
honest. He declared the assignment
act of 1895 was meritorious and hence
he and Blackburn had voted against
repeating it.
Mr.. Sutton, of Cumberland, asked to