The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

q deadly cigarette and its trust. q
y Dockery-That the Judiciary com 81
q mlttee be instructed to prepare and pre- 8,
q sent to the House for its consideration i.
8 bill to establish a general dispensary Il
q system for the State, somewhat similar q
sgto the Waynesville dispensary act, 81
g though more lnteligently constructed, s
Aregarding cigarette traffic and con- a
81 sumption. 81
M The calendar was taken up and the@
g following bills passed: 8
ID 10 establish uniform standard ofA
b time for the State; resolution raising q
b committee to consider the reduction of 8
d salaries to conform with the price of
IA farm products; to remove distractions S
M IN Big Dutch Buffalo Greek, Cabarruss s.
81 county; to provide for the registration s
n OF land grants in territory which has
~ been changed from one county to an
M other. Bill to amend the road law soE
81 as to change the dates of meeting off
81 supervisors to April and October, wasN
q tabled
q The Broughton- Young contest, froma
81 Wake, was taken up, fully discussed, b
D and finally decided in favor of Young, b
q colored.
q At this juncture a special messageE
81 was received from Governor Russell ona
A the lease of the North Carolina Rail
b road, which was read and 500 copiesE
III ordered printed
b Bill to make ten hours days labor
n IN all factories employing over 5 ger
2 sons, came up with an unfavoratle re
M port. Mr.. Blackburn, chairman of thes
81 committee which heard argument on it,
81 moved to table it. On this Mr. Dixon, oil
"a Green, demanded the yeas and navs
81 The call was not sustained. The bill !
81 went to the table by very large ma
q jority, and the "clincher' was put
ID upon it.
u SATURDAY. House met at 10 o'clock. {
D Bills introduced:
~ Sutton, of Cumberland-To amends
q the charter of Fayetteville by creating al
81 police board.
q Ormsby-To give county commission
q ers more time for meetings.
u Murphy-To make bastardy misde-
"a meanor.
M Bills passed as follows: To leave toE
"a the people the question of the line be-
n tween Alamance and Chatham; to es-E
, IA tabllsh new township in Surry.
q A bill to extend the stock law inI
81 Wayne county passed second reaaing.
M Ihe bill to pay special venmemen in'
ID capital cases came over from the Senate,
y the latter body having added several
81 counties which were Objectionable to-
d the House. Mckenzie made a motion
u that the House refuse to concur in the
p amendments, and that conference
"a committee of three be appointed The
Ii "a Speaker named Mckenzie and Cook
~ and farker, of Perquimans, as the com.
So mittee of conference.
n Bills were introduced by Johnson, b,
"a request, to require all bankers or off
! IA GERS or directors of railroads and State
"a banks or other corporations created OF
chartered by the Legislature to take an
oiiE official oath, the State Treasurer to pre-
IL scribe the form of oath and send the
ia blank forms to each officer on OF before
u January 1st of each year; to regulate
ol the liability of stockholders in bank.
~ |, q chartered by the State; to make chapter
u 4y4, acts of 1893, discretionary with tn,
d State Treasurer instead of mandatory
~ The bill to establish q dispensary u
H WaXhaw passed after considerable al
81 gument.
> 80 by leave Hancock introduced q bill
D. 81 to aid ''North Carolina's Rolling Expo
sN sition' by appropriating to it g, oUJ
u 81 the bill being accompanied by pet
n ton.
mH MONDAY. House met at 10 O'Clock
Il Among the bills introduced were:
~ 81 CoX-Io require owners OF persona
'lA @ property to list at its full value.
q kawls-To amend the landlord an
heE tenant act, chap. 49, the Code, by stril
,E ing out i'll line OF sec. 1904 the word
nasa ''or oral.
IN 81 Sutton of Cumberland-To decla1
Is Es bicycles to be baggage accompanied b
I petition signed by hundreds Of bicy
"a lists.
lSS@ Purgason-to make it a misdemeant
~ az M to give or sell Intoxicating liquors to q
'o' q habitual drunkarI
M Seyeral bills passed to allow sever
oS q counties of the State to extend the tin
me- of holding court, to levy special tax,
ttyM amend the stock law, etc.
'u' g Cox, by leave, introduced Il resol
az 81 ton that all private pension bills be I
o tanned and acted on SO as to be inci
les q porated i'll an omnibus bill. It W
-Se n adopted
vas q Sutton's bill empowering the owe
en- D nor in extraordinary cases to conve
wi b special courts for the trial of capt
U cases and to also convene the SupreI
un- n Court to hear cases, was taken up.
toE was SO amended as to provide that t
to@ courts shall be convened only at the
Ill @ quest Of the sheriff and the chairman
eadW the county commissioners OF the cour
cd, q in which such court is to be convene
b The bill then passed as amended.
re- 81 Bill passed incorporating the Bank
lateE Breyard Ton motion OF Schulken
b amendment was adopted making
)ch 81 charter 30 years.
theE Bill to amend The Code regardi
onsE pauper suits was tabled.
'urg8 The bill regarding the giving OF gu
rlty IS dians' and administrators bonds IN
theE curity companies, allowing them to
rlngE clude in their charges against esta
ers. 81 expenses amounting to not over o.
81 nalf of per cent. for the giving of ST
thatE bonds passed.
'om- g BY leave, Grubbs introduced a |
'ela ] to enlarge the jurisdiction of mag
re- b trates.
com 81 At the night session a resoluti
ler introduced by Hancock to abolish
81 office of enrolling clerk and oust Sw
per son, came up and caused hot deb
the e between Populists and Republica
s. the Democrats stood hands off. I
from resolution was adopted and Swim
b was ousted.
rs to 81 Res olut on requesting the Nc
# Carolina Senators to secure a ratit
pro- g tion of the treaty of arbitration
Car "a adopted.
# Dy leave, Parker introduced bill
max Eprevent minors from entering bar roc
son, and billiard rooms.
rupt q
ient, II No Sunday Baseball.