The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-04

| mr. IA Less-5iu TO prescribe
the lftbili IS Of railroads in certain
cases.
The bill rfovides that any servant
or employee Of any railroad compan,
who shall suffer in jury to his person
or personal representative, by care
lessness or ineompeteney, shall bs
entitled TO MAINTAIN action AGAIN.
the company.
Mr.. Docke.y moved that when ths
House adjourn it do so 10 convene
Wednesday night at s O'Clock, in or
der that the members m6y attend the
Inauguration of President Alderman
at the State University. The mo
tion was opposed by number OF
mem bers, but the motion prevailed
by close rising ballot.
CALENDAR.
Bill to repeal certain stock law
provisions in Cumberland county
passed second and third readings,
and was semitic the Senate without
engrossment.
Bill to amend chapter s., public
laws of 1898, in relation TO the diff.
ferent degrees OF homicide, was pu,
upon its second and third readings.
The bill adds TO section 2 clause:
Provided, that nothing contained in
sections ! and . Of this act shall be
construed to remove the common
law, presumptlons, and that when
deadly weapons are used, the law
presumes malice and the offender is
presumed to be guilty of murder in
the first degree, unless matters of
mitigation shall reduce the offence
to lower degree. The bill was in
troduced by Col Sutton, who made
a vigorous speech in Its support. Rep
resentatives McCrary and Black
burn opposed the measure. Col.
Lusk made a strong argument in its
support. An amendment, that the
bill do not apply to pending cases
was adopted, but when the bill was
put to vote for passage it was lost.
Bill to amend charter of Trinity
College, by taking from the students
certain powers and vesting them in
the trustees passed second and third
reading.
Bill to amend chap. 267 of The
Code so as to allow jointures in ac-
tion for wages, passed its several
readings and was ordered engrossed
and sent to the Senate.
Bill for the protection of lady
clerks and other female employees,
by providing that seats be placed
behind counters, and ladies sit while
no customers are in the store, was
put on readings.
Col. Lusk asked if there was a man
in North Carolina mean enough to
not allow ladies in his employee to
sit down.
DR.. Dixon replied that there as
suredly were.
Mr.. McCrary that there be a rising
vote in honor of the ladies.
Mr.. Cook amended that the bill
also apply to manufacturers and
others employing females.
The amendment was adopted and
the bill passed second end third
readings, was ordered engrossed and
sent to the Senate.
A joint resolution providing that,
Mr.. Ray Stone, chief of the Good
Roads Bureau of the United States
Agricultural Department, be invited
to address the General Assembly on
the subject of "good roads," on
Friday night, February 9TH, passed
second and third readings and, by
request, was forwarded to the SEN
ate for concurrence, without en-
grossment.
Unanimous consent was granted
Mr.. Lusk to introduce a resolution
providing that gate be constructed
across the entrance aisles on the
floor of the House so as to exclude
lobbyists from the floor of the House.
He said that he had been frequently
panied by the sight of these lobbyists
coming upon the floor and inter-
rupting legislators.
Mr.. McCathey moved that reso-
luton previously introduced by him
be substituted.A lively discussion en-
sued, which resulted in a successful
motion that the whole matter be ta-
bled.
Bill requiring that the Speaker
and President of the Senate be not
allowed to sign any orders for sala-
ries to employees of the General AS
sembly, except by order of the door.
keeper or clerk under whom the ap-
plicart serves, was lost.
Bill to prevent committees from
sending special committees to penal
and other institutions of the State tc
inspect their condition was put upon
readings.
Mr.. White of Alamance opposed
the bill, saying that he had received
letter from the superintendent OF
the hospital of the insane at Nor.
canton, asking that he nrge that the
bill do not pass, as it would be
penny wise and pound foolish Al
q director of this institution, Mr.
White insisted that at least three
committeeman be sent to each insti
tuition. Col. Lusk and others in
sisted upon a similar course. Mr.
Person of Wayne as introducer, de
Tended the bill, saying that it was
the case that these committees wer,
wined and dined when on thes'
visits of inspection, and had NJ
time or opportunity for inspecting
the condition of the institutions Wis
tied.
Mr.. Brown said that he was
committeeman two years ago, ant
visited the asylum at Goldsboro, AM
also at Raleigh, and that he wa
neither wined or dined, nor did b.
believe that such was the case.
| Mr.. Sutton moved to amend tn
bill by a provision that the com
mittee be limited to FIVE members
This was adopted, but a ballot o.
} the adoption Of this bill lost it, an
. left it as it has been as Col. Lusk ex
pressed it, "Since the memory O
man remembereth not to the cor
trary."
!. Bill to pay the special venire sum
, moned, from which to draw a jur
for trial of capital offences, same q