The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-02-19
NORTH STATE LAEMAKERS


the following new bills passed third
reading:
An act to amend the charter of the
Piedmont Savings Bank.
Aa act to provide for the sale Of
property In which there is a contln-
gent remainder.
A joint resolution TO appoint a COM
mittee to investigate the cost Of con-
verting the State prison building into
Q hospital for insane or other useful
purposes.
resolution concerning the distribu-
tion of the George Peabody fund.
These passed third reading In the
Senate:
Sampson To pay expenses OF smallpox
epidemic.
Senate bill: To authorize Guilford
provements.
House bill: To provide for working
the roads In Smithfeld township. in
Johnston county.
house bill: To authorize Jackson
county to levy special tax.
House bill: To amend the charter OF
Red Springs.
House bill: To incorporate Stokes in
Pitt county.
Senate bill: Authorizing Cleveland
to levy special tax for roads and
bridges.
Senate bill: Authorizing TyrrelI to
levy special tax.
Senate bill: To incorporate Lawndale
in Cleveland
Senate bill: Allowing Lenoir to levy
a special tax.
Senate bill: To change the corporate
limits of Marion.
Senate bill: To establish graded
school in Fremont
In both House and Senate quite q
number OF local private bills were in
troduced, together with many petit
tionss and resolutions on the temper
aoce question.
Senate bill: Authorizing Madison
county to issue bonds to pay the out
| standing Indebtedness of the county
| Ayes %, noes Crisp and Wellborn.
Senate BILL Allowing Whiteville to
| issue improvement bonds.
Senate Bill: To authorize Montgom-
| cry to issue bonds to build court
| house.
Senate bill: To authorize Edenton to
! issue bonds.
House bill: TIC incorporate Rhodhiss
| in Caldwell.
Senate bill: Authorizing Pitt to levy
a special tax
| House bill: To amend chapter IS.
| Private Laws OF 1897, and chapter 2i5.
| Private Acts 1899-after diligent in
| q'iry one Senator finally explained
that this bill amended the charter of
Lumberton.
Senate bill Regulating contested
elections was deferred until Monday.
| House bill: To correct State grant
| No. 479.
Senate bill: To amend the law regu-
lating notaries' fees.
| Senate bill: To confirm certain char
ter privileges and rights Of the Suffolk
& Carolina Railway Company.
Senate bill: For better drainage OF
land in Lincoln.
Senate bill: To amend pension law
was tabled
Senate bill: To abolish the board OF
examiners of State institutions. Mr.
Glenn said that he did not know that
there was such a board until he saw
their report in the papers and that re-
port was thoroughly unjust and unfair
to at least one State institution. He
thought taking the authority for visit
ing the institutions from the Legisla-
ture was great mistake. He could
not endorse the work Of the examiners
that cost $4,000 and accomplished
nothing. Mr. Spence objected to third
reading
Senate bill: To abolish standard
keeper in Vance failed to pass.
House bill: To prevent public drunk
enness in Macon county.
House bill: To shorten time of no
tice of publication.
Senator Reinhardt sent up and hat
read a memorial from the agricultural
students in the Agricultural and Me
chanical College asking for an agricul
tnral building.
House bill: To amend chapter 524
Laws of 1901, so as to eliminate th'
oath primary elections except In cas-
of challenge, applying only to Meek
lenburg county. This bill amends th
law so as to require the managers .
primary elections to administer al
oath when any voter is challenged ii
good faith. the challenger statinl
/ grounds for such challenge"
Senate bill: Allowing N. n. Ames t
practice law and be a justice Of tn
peace.
SENATE DIIl lO EcSuIdtc COHISStc'
elections. was tabled.
Senate bill: To amend The Code, sec
tion $50, with reference to measures
Senate bill: To amend chapter 75(
Laws of 1901.
House bill: To incorporate the Ban
Of Martin County, was amended an
passed.
House bill: To incorporate the Raj
eigh & Eastern Railroad was amende
regarding the rate clause and the
passed second reading.
PASSED THIRD READING.
House bill: To ratify and affirm tn
Incorporation of the carolina & Ten
nessee Southern Railway Company.
House bill: To amend chapter 1;
Laws 1888.
Senate bill: To form school distric
from Cumberland and Robson.
House BILL To relieve Annie E
Whitted, Of Person.
House bill. For relief Of Miss JUL
B. Howard. Of Person.
} House bill: For relief Of Miss Ell
Chandler, OF Person.
House bill: For relief Of Mrs. Stan
ford potter.
Senate bill: Regulating hunting
Halifax and Warren.
House bill: To repeal acts of 1887 r.
garding collecting taxes in Caswe1
House bill: To allow Caswell to lev
a special tax passed second reading.
, Senate bill: Regulating local optic
o1cction in RTeyard and niacinR Saft