The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-17

TO PROTECT WATERSHEDS
Sanitary Condition Of the Ha'I---Xr. Ab.Ps Bill
Makes Il Felony to EIops With Another
Mans Wfe---To Pay Pensions
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The House is again exercised on the
question of the heating and ventilating
of the Hall of Representatives.
This is a matter that comes up every
session, and it is to be hoped that it
will do more than simply come UP this
time.
The Raleigh member, Mr.. John C.
Drewry. introduced a bill appropriating
$1,000 for the purpose of heating ana
ventilating the Capitol Building, the work
to be done under the direction of the
Board of Public Buildings, and completed
before January 1st., 1904.
There was a resolution. too, bv DR..
Alexander, of Tyrrell, to appoint a spe-
cial committee to inquire into the sani-
tary condition of the Hall of Represen-
tativcs. This was adopted, and three
physicians of the House were put on the
committee, Drs. Alexander, of Tyrrell;
Alexander, of Mecklenburg, and Crockcr,
of Wilson.
Mr. Parker. of Wayne. would tax in
tho sum of $50 any gift enterprise or
any person or establishment Offering any
articles for sale and proposing to present
purchasers with any gift or prize as an
! induccment to purchase. This affects all
slot machines. On every itinerant dealer
in prize photographs, or prizes of any
kind, he would put tax of 500 iii each
county where the business is conducted.
On each slot machine where the return
is certain to be of value equal to the
amount deposited, and can be of no
greater value, $500
There is provision that this bill shall
not apply to a merchant or manufactur-
er who offers to present to purchasers a
gift of a certain value or allows debate
on certain sale as an inducements,
1T is made unlawful to operate q slot
machine when the return is uncertain
and sometimes nothing, or when the re-
turn IS certain but may be OF greater
value than the amount deposited. or
when the return is not fixed and definite
and can be of less or of a greater value
than the amount deposited Violation is
punishable by a fine of not less than 500
and imprisonment for from four months
to two years.
If a bill introduced by Mr.
Hall, of Robson, is passed, the State
treasurer will be required here
after to pay pensions allowed to Confed-
crate soldiers and their widows twice 4
year, in June and December
Mr.. Murphy, of Rowan, proposes to add
to section 1886 OF the Code the following:
If the husband shall abandon the wife
and live separate and apart from her
one year, the wife shall be entitled to
dissolution of the bonds of matrimonv
but the husband shall not re-marrv dur
ing the lifetime of the wife" and vice
versa IN case the wife abandons the hus-
band.
A Dill to make it felony for a man to
clope with the wife of another was in
troduced by Mr.. Abel, of Johnston The
punishment is fixed at imprisonmcnt for
not less than one year nor more than
ten years.
Mr.. Fuller's bill to protect water sup
plies provides for sanitary inspection
OF the entire watersheds of water works
deriving their supply from lakes or
streams, not less than once every three
months, once month for any particular
locality, whenever there is reason to ap-
prehcnd infection at that point. Water
companies shall have a sanitary inspec-
ton made once week of any locality
where there is special reason to appre-
hend infection from the germs of typhoid
fever Or cholera.
Every water company shall have made.
at its own expense, chemical analysis
at least once in every three months by
the Biologist of the State Board of
Health, and once every month there shall
be archaeological examination of
sample of its water drawn from a faucet
used for drinking purposes
Should any examination show danger
Gus conditions. the Secretary of the State
Board of Health shall notify the mayor,
the health officer and tho superintendent
OF the water works, and demand the i'm
mediate removal Of these conditions II
these conditions be not removed after
thirty days, as far as possible the sec
retary shall have printed in the news
papers a plain statement of the facts
The bill introduced by Mr.. Guion. of
Craven, to allow executors and admins
traitors to dispose OF any kind of personal
property by private sale, although report
ed favorably by a majority of the Ju-
dietary Committee. was so vigorously or
posed by MIR. Britain of Randolph. and
so many counties desired to be exempted
that a motion to table by Mr.. Self finally
prevailed.
Upon recommendation of the committee !
on Rules. the House resolved to allow |
one third of the members of a committee |
present TO constitute quorum or the |
transaction of business.
The chairman of the Judiciary Com !
mittee was also authorized to divide that |
committee into three sections.
Mr.. Blount, of Washington, paid the |
newspapers of the CITY a very high com |
pljment wien te snoke on q resolution |
offered by Mr. Morton for the printing |
of the journal daily. Mr.. Blount SAID