The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-01
[RWIN'S FREIGHT
BILL PASSES HOUSE
90 Days Given to Return Ex
cess Charges.
lIAllAIC TDlICIEE G
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES
Elected in Joint Session House Caucus in SsL
ate Amendment TO Pay Members of County
Pension Boards---Tax Cotton
Seed Meal,

The House yesterday promptly passed
Mr.. Erwins bill to prevent over charges
in freight rates, unreasonable delays in
shipments and indiscriminate confiscation
of coal
Twenty eight new trustees were elect
ed for the University of North Carolina.
complete list of these gentlemen will
| lie found below.
The pension bill came back from the
Senate, and the House, after some discus
sion finally voted to concur in Senator
Londons amendment to pay the members
of the County Boards of Examiners 5000
a day for three days.
This provision was in the committees
bill as originally reported to the House,
but was voted down on that day.
An important bill passed was the sab
stitute of the Committee on Agriculture
for Senator Mitchell's bill, putting a 90
cents tonnage tax on cotton seed meal,
and requiring the meal to be anaiyzed
and marked accordingly. This will pre-
vent the selling of adulterated meal, of
which so much has been sold in the past.
that an excess arising from overcharge
in freight shall be paid back by the rail
road company within sixty days after
the claim is fixed; that shipment must
be made within four days after delivery
of freight; that there shall be no delay
of more than forty-eight hours at in
termediate stations; that notice of con-
fiscation of coal shall be sent to the
owner within four days, and that pay
ment for such confscated coal shall be
made within thirty days.
A bill was introduced by Jones Fuller
to allow lawyers of over five years stand
ing in other States to practice in North
Carolina without standing the examina-
tion, and by merely making certain
statements in the application.
THE DAY IN DETAIL.
The House was called to order at ten
o'clock by Speaker Gattis, and Rev.
Hight Moore, of New Bern, offered prayer
PETITION
White, of Jones: To incorporate White
vile church
Dobson From surry against local
prohibition.
biAi1o In IfNO1OCE1D.
Gay, of Northampton: To prohibit
liquor within two miles of certain
churches.
Benbow, of Yadkin: TO appoint ths
clerk of Superior court of Yadkin pub
lie receiver.
Shipman, of Columbus: To protect fish
in waters of Columbus.
Dockery, OF Richmond: To allow the
Commissioners of Richmond county to
pay for keeping court records
Dockery: To extend the stock law in
Richmond.
Dockery: To repeal chapter All. Laws
of 1901.
Humphrey of Rockingham: To prevent
sale Or giving away of cigarettes or ci
garette paper within two miles of Sharpe
Institute.
Hamilton, of Cabarrus: To prohibit
public drunkenness in Cabarrus.
Morris, of Mcdowell: To fix time foT
settlement of county tax
Daughtridge, of Edgecombe: To secure
the taking of certain agricultural statis-
ties.
Nissen. of Forsyth: To incorporate the
town of Shore, Yadkin county.
Mr. Nissen wanted this bill to go IN
the Calendar. but Mr. Curtis objected,
and it went to the Committee on Coun- |
ties, Cities and Towns.
Parker. of Wayne: To protect fish in
Little River, in Johnston and Wayne
counties.
Warren, of Person: To enlarge the
corporate limits of Roxboro.
Freeman, of Henderson: Supplemental
to act relating to working the roads of
Henderson.
King, of Pitt To provide for circu-
lating libraries for public schools.
Carlton, of Duplin: To tax dealers in !
Coca Cola.
Hooker, of Beaufort: To protect fish !
in certain creeks in Beaufort county.
Owen, of Sampson: To protect part
ridges in Sampson.
Uzzell, of Wayne: To prohibit hunt
ing on land of another without consent
of owner.
Morris, of Polk: To amend the charter
of Columbus.
Morris: To amend the charter of
Tryon.
Love. of CASTOR: To appoint Mrs A.
c. Dye a guardian without giving bond
Love: To amend law relating to work
ing public roads in CASTOR.
bowman, or Mltchell: TO incorporate
the Elk Park and Bakersville Turnpike
Company.
Daughtridge, of Edgecombe: Concern
ing the government of Edgecombe county.
Graham. of Granville, by request: To
provide for registration of trade ma
labels and designs.
Rucker, of Rutherford: To amend
chapter 2S Laws of 1901, relating to
courts in Rutherford
Bowman, of Mitchell; To amend chap