The news & observer., 1901-01-25
SENATE DEBATES
HUNTING BILL
IA Local Measure ExCites
Discussion.
CONF NFEDERATE RECORDS
Senator Stringfelds Plan For Print
ing the Regiments.
COMMITTEE ON SENATE DISTRICTS
CONFEDERATE RECORDS
cOMAlTTEE ON SENATE DISTRICTS
Bill For Graduated Tax on Charters For Cor
porations Passed. Some Citizens Of New.
bern Against Cigarettes and of
Charlotte Opposed 10 Dogs.
Charlotte Opposed 10 Dogs.


Charlotte Opposed TO Dogs.
The Senate held very short session
yesterday, just two hours. and adjourn
ing at II O'Clock vent into the Hall
of Representatives to hear DR.. j. L. NJ.
Curry, Treasurer of the Peabody Fund,
who addressed the JOINT session.
The most important bill pessed by
the Senate yesterday was Senator
Smiths bill imposing a graduated tax
on charters for corporations This
passed the third reading in the Senate
and was sent to the House after the
adoption of an amendment by Senator
Henderson chat it should go in force
sixty days after it's ratification. This
was done SO as not TO affect the cor
poration bills now before the General
Assembly which have paid the $50 tax
now required
THE HUNTING BILL.
The matter which ELECTED most dis
cussion was little bin by Senator
Ward, to prohibit hunting on the lands
of another without consent of
y.
Amendments were adopted including
Pender, s6sabarrus Wilson, Bladen and
Wayne counties, and the bill passed.
Senator Morrison thought that this
bin went too far it trespassed on peo-
pies rights. He believed that posting
land was sufficient protection to prop
erty. and declared that saying a man
cannot hunt on land without permission
Of 4 III y1oI.r
He regretted that he must oppose To-
cal bill purely local
Senator Woodard said this bill reme-
died an evil ond hardship; it afforded
protection to properly owners against
insolvent traspassers who did damage
on their land. Men from whom nothing
could be recovered BY civil action would
go on land and cut down a s. tree to
get % cent o'possum. The bill reaches
an irresponsible element
! Senator Morton tfen sent up an.
amendment forbidding hunting only
for coons OIL opossums, saying they
seemed to be the only huntsmen OBJ
jected to, that gunsmen did not injure
timber land.
Senator Ward said he expected no dis
cusson over this bill. such law exist
thought he could secure his peoples
desire witho ,t this trouble. The people
of Washington county wanted the law
He hoped that Senator Morton's amend
ment would be voted down.
Senator Morrison thought the bill
set a dangerous precedent and assert
ed that the restriction of the peoples
right to hunt had much to do with
| bringing on the French revolution. The
| land owners, not the people made re-
quests for such measures.
Senator Mortons amendment was
lost and the bill passed third reading.
DIR. CURRY IIONORED
DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry entered the cham
ber and on motion OF Senator London
was unanimously invited to seat on
the floor of the chamber and the priv
| ileges of the body.
THE SENATE DISTRICTS.
The chair announced as the commit
| tee on senatorial districts: Senator
| Morton, chairman, Senators London,
Smith, Glenn, Calvert. McAlester, Miller
of Pamlico and Gambler. The committee
is composed of nine. one from each
congressional district
Senators Sugg and Marshall were add
ed to the committee on fish and fisher
les and on election ana election law, re-
! spectively
CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
| A bill was introduced by Senator
Stringfeld of HayN ood, to amend
Chapter 2S. Acts of 1899 and is as fol-
| lows:
Whereas. Owing to the age and in
creasing number of deaths among the
Confederate ;eterans. it is desirable to
expedite the printing of the Confeder-
ate regiments of this State
| The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section 1. That the work of printing
and binding The histories of regiments
from North Carolina lS61-65, authorized
by Chapter %, Acts 1899 shall not be
embraced in any contract for the pub
lie nrinting, but shall be let by a COM
mittee of two Senators (appointed by
the nrasident Cf the Senate) and three
members Of the House of Representa-
lives (appo.nted by the speaker thereof)
to some printing establishment in this
stare which shall give bond for the
proper and prompt execution thereof
within a time prescribed by said COM
noittee at a price. however not TO ex-
coed that allowed for the public print
ing.
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