The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
Nothing of Interest in
the House.
The INSANE CODE BILL

Makes a Personal Explanation.
Especial to The Messenger.)
SENATE.
Raleigh, N. c., January 27.-The SEN
ate met at 10 o'clock.
No bills of general Importance or con-
corning the Cape Fear section were
introduced. The senate's session like
that of the house, was tiresome and
dull.
The following bills were passed:
To amend chapter 1874 laws of 1891, re-
lating to lease of turpentine orchards.
To allow the people of Wilkes to de-
eide by vote whether retail liquor Ii
censes shall be issued. For protection
of crops in certain localities in Craven.
To amend chapter "a of the Code and
chapter 181 acts of 1889. (This bill is
intended to do away with quack doc
tors; the act of 1899 allowed every doc
tor practicing medicine prior to that
time to obtain a license, whether he
had a diploma from a college or not,
and the time for application for and
granting of such licenses was extended
today required that an applicant for
license must have a diploma from a
medical college and such clinical &C
Quirements as state medical board deem
necessary.
The bill revising, amending and con-
sOlidating the insane laws was again
taken up. The clause providing that
the criminal insane shall be incarcer-
ated in the p~enitentiary again met with
marked opposition, being severely con-
1en,ned by Senator Brown, who an
%nouDce,1 his intention to fight it to the
bitter end. Objection was also raised
to the inebriate department at Morgan
ton. Senator Travis declared that it
was sufficient for the asylum to care for
the unfortunate insane and that 1t was
not within the bounds of it's duties to
provide for those who came to grief
through their own weakness. The bill
was made a special order for next Tues
day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The house met at 10 o'clock. Con-
gressmen-elect w. T. Crawford, Theo.
f. Klutz and John w. Atwater were
among the visitors to the house, and
were given, 10y resolution, the privileges
of the floor.
Bills Introduced as follows: Fol- bet
ter public roads. To prevent trespass-
ing on lands Of another. To protect
sinking funds. To amend the charter
of Ellington. To promote education
among the masses. To provide for
proving town ordinances on appeal
from mayors courts. By Mr.. Rountree,
for protection of pedestrians. To
amend the charter of Mt. Olive. BY
mr.. Rountree, to allow any township
to vote on road tax and to provide that
the tax so voted shall be applied to
such township.
A resolution was adopted, providing
for complete examination into the pay
ment of money to the penitentiary by
the state treasurer.
Bills passed as follows: To establish
a dispensary at Jackson. To ratlty the
charter of the South Carolina and Geor-
gia Extension Railway Company, OF
North Carolina. To establish the STOCK
law in part of Carver's Creek Town
ship, Cumberland county. To incor-
porate the East Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina railway, from
Bakersville to L%incolnton. To amend
chapter 6S, public laws Of 1897. by in
sorting Robson county. (The law is IL
regard to the registration and probate
of crop liens.J To incorporate tn
Beaufort and Pamlico railway. Tt
give Caswell county five additional
commissioners in order to restore whit
supremacy there.
The bill to protect life on railroad
came up with an u~nfavorable report
MI. Robinson asked a re-reference
saying the Order of Railway Conduc
tors had sent him this bill.
Mr.. Julian, in moving to table, sal
the bill would bar many young me
from service on railways. The bill wa
tabled.
The following bills also passed. t
unite the Richmond, Petersburg an
Carolina railway, successor to tn
Virginia and Carolina railway. To In
corporate the Citizens bank, of Eliza
beth City. To incorporate the Inter
State Telephone Company. To levy
special tax in the stock law territor
in Nash.
Mr.. Robinson, of Cumberland, aske
leave to make a personal statement RI
garding a comment in the Fayettevif
Observer on Mr.. Robinson's attitude O
the Fayetteville liquor dispensary bill
He said the editor of the paper woul
not nave written what he did had
been correctly informed as to what o.
Cured. Mr.. Robinson said his ow
proposition was absolutely impartia
but that he had always in committ'
and in the house made plain his wis