The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05
MORE BILLS ARE PASSED
The Last One Abolished the Office of
the Enrolling Clerk.
HIS DUTIES DEvoLvE ON sEC'Y OF STATE
The Number Of Commissioners in Wilson and
IredeII Counties increased to Five and
Horse Creek Township GN5n
a New ]. P.


Assembly yesterday gave another vigo-
rous turn to the wheel of legislation and
then adjourned sine die.
Both Houses met at noon and re-
manned in session something like an hour
and a half, passing bills and ratifying
acts.
1t was an easy going sort of body, with
five members and the Speaker in the
House, and three Senators and the presi-
dent pro tenn in the Senate. They did
not stand much on the formality of things
these nine Solons-for they would pass
a bill or two and then sit around and
chat and laugh till somebody else brought
in a bill they wanted passed. and then
they'd grind that out.
They began by appointing Louis john
son a justice of the peace for Horse
Greek township, Ashe county, and ended
by abolishing the office of Enrolling Clerk
and putting the enrolling business under
charge of the Secretary of State. He is
to have it done at ten cents copy sheet
This bill was introduced at the regular
session of the Legislature and went
through the House. but was promptly
tabled in the Senate. That body, how
ever. seems to have change its mind-at
any rate it took the bill off the table
yesterday and passed it and sent it back
to the House for concurrence in an
amendment
When it arrived and was read some
surprise was expressed at its appearance
there at this time, and Mr. Watts, of
Iredell, said:
Il don't know whether we ought to
pass that bill or not. 1t looks to me like
all pf n1fY-
patronage. Some of us might come down
here again and have some people that
we might want to get in Office
Mr. Winston said the House had passed
the bill once and he didn't see how it
could afford to back water now.
The bill went through and the En-
rolling Clerks office is thing of the
past.
THE HOUSE.
The following bills were introduced
and passed in the House.
BY Mr. Winston: An Act appointing
Louis Johnson a justice of the peace for
Horse Greek township Ashe county. This
name was left out of the enrolled omni-
bus magistrate bill passed by the recent
Legislature.
BY Mr.. Winston: An Act supplemental
to an act TO amend chapter 81, Laws of
1899. This corrects an error in the en-
rollment of an act providing for an issue
of bonds by the city of Newbern. The
original act provided that the bonds
should be of denominations not greater
than $1,000 nor less than $40; the en-
rolled act reads mot greater than $1,000
nor less than 100000
BY Mr. Watts: An Act to increase the
number of commissioners for Iredell coun-
ty from three to five.
By Mr.. Watts: resolution in regard
to adjournment of the General Assem-
bly,.
BY Mr.. Winston: An Act permitting
all persons required to give bond to the
State of North Carolina to give such bond
in a surety company to be duly approved
and subject to such regulations as the
Governor and the department in which
the bond is given may prescribe. Adj
ditional security may be required when
ever it is deemed necessary.
The following bills sent over from the
Senate were passed by the House;
An Act to increase the number of COM
missioners of Wilson county to FIVE
An Act abolishing the office of Enroll
ing Clerk and putting the work of that
officer in the hands of the Secretary of
State.
At 130 Speaker Moore declared the
General Assembly of North Carolina adj
journed sine die.
THE SENATE.
Senator London. president pro tenn,
called the Senate to order at 1910. There
we're three other Senators present: Ar
rington, Woodland and Broughton.
A resolution from the House that the
ODD 81 AT
1890 was passed.
The following bills were passed on their
several readings:
House BILL TO increase the number OF
commissioners of Iredell county to fve
to become effective after th" next gen
eraI election.
House bill, to elect Louis johnson
justice of the peace for Horse Creek
township. Ashe county.
House bill to supplement an act TO
amend chapter 80, Private Laws of 1899.
The bill to abolish the office of enrolling
clerk and out this duty in the hands Of
the Secretary of State, was taken from
the table and passed.
A bill introduced by Senator Woodland
increasing the number of commissioners
for Wilson county to five after 1892, was
pdSSeu
President Lcndtn then ratified the bills
awaiting his signature, AMI the Senate
adjourned size die.
THE LAWS ENACTED
Following are the bills passed at this
adjourned session and duly ratified by
the presiding officers of the two Houses:
Amending the Judicial District act of
1901.
Amending the Wayne stock law act.
Amending chapter 2O3. Private Laws Of
1889
To allow clerks per diem and mileage
for this adjourned session.
To regulate fees Of witnesses and Off
GERS in Iredell county.
To strike out Wake county from the
primary election act.
TO allow the people of Mitchell county