The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-16
ALL OF THEM IMPORTANT
The Question Of Dispensaries Again
Claimed Much Of the Attention
of the Members.
TWO LIQUOR BILLS FOR MACON COUNTY
In Northampton County Liquor License Can be
Granted Only by The Judges ef The
Supreme Courts Of he
County,"

During the special session of the
General Assembly, which adjourned
Thursday night, there were pes ed
and ratified just twenty bills and ten
resolutions.
The bills were as follows:
An Act supplemental to an act entitled
"An Act to amend the Constitution rat
flied February 21st, 1899, the same being
chapter 21S of the Public Laws of 1899.
An Act supplemental to an act enti-
tied IAN Act to regulate Elections, rati-
fled March 9Th 1890, the same being chap
ter 507 of the Public Laws of 1899.
An Act to repeal chapter 125 of the
Private Laws of 1895.
An Act to incorporate the Clarence
Barker Memorial Hospital and Dspen-
sary.
An Act to abolish the office of County
Treasurer in Henderson county.
An Act to submit the question of Dis
pensary or no ADispensary to the qualified
voters of Swain county at the coming
November election, and to prohibit the
manufacture of spirituous liquors in said
county.
An Act to establish stock law in GER
tain portions of Jackson's, Bailey's and
Ferrell's townships in Nash county.
An Act to regulate the manufacture
and sale of spirtuous liquors in Macon
county.
An Act to establish graded schools in
the town of Lexington, N. G.
An Act to direct the commissioners of
Edgecombe county to draw a jury list.
An Act to pay Eugene c. Beddingfield
the salary for the time he served as
Corporation Commissioner.
An Act to amend the Western criminal
court.
An Act for the relief of certain teach
ers and the Treasurer of Craven county.
An Act to be entitled an act supple
mental to and amendatory of an act en-
titled "An Act to provide for the assess
ment of property and the collection of
taxes it being chapter Is Of the Public
Laws of 1899.
An Act in regard to printing Senate
and House Journals and Public and Pri-
vate Laws.
An Act to amend chapter Is of the Pub
lie Laws of 1899, relating to the oyster
industry of North Carolina.
An Act to regulate the issuing of liquor
licenses in Northampton county.
An Act to enable the commissioners
of Onslow county to use surplus special
tax fund for county purposes.
An Act to pay certain claims to per-
sons for services rendered the State in
the interest of the Shell Fish Industry of
North Carolina
The resolutions were al joint resn-
lutions and were as follows:
Resolution to print and distribute copies
of the Election Law and Constitutional
Amendment.
Resolution to furnish certain Supreme
Court Reports to the State University.
Resolution regarding the election of
director for the North Carolina School
for the Deaf and Dumb of Morganton. N.
c.. and other school directors.
Resolution to pay expenses of funeral
of Senator Jackson.
Resolution to appoint committee to ac-
company remains of Senator Jackson
Resolution appointing a committe to OBJ
tain certain information from the State
Treasurer.
Resolution directing printing of report
of special investigating committee rela-
tive to State Prison and Agricultural
Department.
Resolution in regard to paying clerks
and other employees mileage for their at
General Assembly.
Resolution to pay pages their travelling
expenses
Resolution to adjourn until Tuesday
july Gath.
The Commissioner of Labor and
Printing is directed BY an act to have
these laws Public and Private) print
ed at once in one volume and the Jour
nf hn 10 i,,I
in another volume
As all the acts except two (the Flee
ton Law and the Amendment are
short and none of the resolutions are
more than a dozen lines. the book of
laws will be a very small volume. The
printed Journals will not be much lar
ger.
EDGECOMBE COUNTY JURY.
An examination of the laws enacted
will show that they are, as Judge Con-
nor has said, '.manifestly proper and
necessary"
Take for instance the act authoriz-
ing the commissioners of Edgecombe
county to meet on the first Monday
in July, 1900, "and proceed to draw
"a iurv list for said county in the man
ner prescribed bv law" Apparently
this is very IrlIlinC HldWeT, Dut tue
importance of it will be seen when it
is stated that the jury box in that
county has been stolen or lost in
some mysterious manner and without
the above act there was no power by
which jury could be drawn to try
the defendants who are now lying in
Jail.
THE BEDDINGFTELD CLAIM.
Or the bill paving Mr.. Beddingfield
Ns1,a66.64l for his service as Corpora