The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-29
THE LEGISLATURE
What Our State Legislative Body Is
Doing

What Our State Legislative Body Is
Doing.
The following bills were introduced
Saturday:
! Daniels, Of Vance: To pay Miss Ell
| len Daniels and Miss Fassett for build
lngs removed On leased farm lands in
Northampton.
| Anderson: To incorporate the Hiar-
dassi Railway Company and to allow
citizens OF Clary to subscribe for capt.
tai stock in bonds.
Stephenson: To prohibit sale and
manufacture OF liquor in certain limits
| Of Iredell
Self: To give electric ligh: and pow
er companies rights of condemnation
graph companies.
! freeman: To prevent sale of liquor
| near Middle Fork church.
| Daniel, Of Vance: To prevent hunt
| ing without consent Of land owner.
| Sugg: TIC incorporate town of Bell
| Haven.
King: To amend constitution in re-
gard to public school fund
Thompson. To Tx time of holding
Cnslow courts.
! Moody: TO amend law Of 1899, COM
polling butchers to keep registration.
Uzze'l: To exempt Jacob Williams,
OF Wayne, from tax to peddle.
Harrington: To establish school dis
tricts )a line between Moore and HaT-
nett.
Doughton: To amend the public
school law.
Quickal: For relief Of sheriffs and
tax collectors.
IT,
persons teaching music in institution
to be examined by the State board, ap-
pointed for that purpose.
Graham: Relating to cancellation of
mort gaGess and deeds in trust
Bills passed final reading as follows:
@ incorporate Bank Of Alexander.
To amend charter of Southern States
Trust Company.
20 incorporate Spring Hope Banking
Company.
70 authorize commissioners of Hyde
to levy special tax.
10 extend the time for leyy;ng spe-
cial tax in Brunswick.
To authorize commissioners of Hyde
IL levy special tax.
70 authorize county Of Graham 10
ISSUE bonds.
To allow Waynesville to issue bonds.
TO appoint justices of the Pc .ce in
C ,lumius.
The bill to prohibit the sale and
t:aif!c IN cannon crackers more than
tlnee inches long, toy pistols, air and
sEring guns coming up fo:' consider l.
ton. Nj Blount strongly opt osed the
ir:' rdr elton Of sp1,ng and air guns. He
Gil lot believe IN all the prohibition
Laws. He had been boy ElalsLH and
to say that boys should not have the
Privilege Of using pop guns, air, and
rows aud arrows, spring guns, was
extremely selfish in those who's" boy
hood hac passed. Col. Davidson re-
lated several instances Of serious daEa-
acc IN Asheville caused by shot from
a. guns in the hands of ca:! rs boys,
saying no more mischievous or deadly
weapon was in existence than these
noiseless air rifles. He explained th.t
bows and arrows. bean shooters, ETC.,
would not come under the description
Of fire arms. Mr.. Graham made a plea
for the boys SO far as the air and
spring gun features were concerned,
and Mr.. Offerman followed suit in an
air gun features Of the bill.
Mr.. Bowman heartily advocated the
ill. saying it would save the State
100000 a year and many lives. An
other excellent feature he thought was
by prohibiting the use of toy pistols.
etc, the boys would be discouraged
from imbibing the instincts OF desper-
ADDE'S and the moral effect OF toy pfs-
tolls was il every way bad. Mr.. Nc
Lean. of Scotland, said when he first
introduced the bill applying to cannon
crackers and toy pistols, a wave of
laughter went round. He was glad to
see now that everybody was standing
by it. He DIG not like having his bill
embarrassed by the air gun amend
nient. Mr.. Crewry supported the can
non crackor-toy pisto! sections, saying
its adoption would save many livts and
a great deal Of property which was de-
stroyed by fire Mr.. Billiard opposed
the bill, saying that II boys were not
allowed cannon crackers they would
bore holes a trees, and chuck them
full Of powder or dynamite and get
their noise in that way. Mr.. Hall said
the whole business was wrong. He
was foi he boys. Tie bill with amend
ments was re-refcrfed to the commit
tee on judiciary.
The following. bills were passed.
To extend limits of stock law in
Pitt.
To prevent public drunkenness in
Madison.
To incorporate the Savings Loan a2d
Trust Company.
TIC al]ow SURPLUS Jail fund tax Of
Sampson tt: ne applied TO genoa:
county purposes
To validate election of ius:; :c:s Of the
peace CT Allegheny.
To change jae maze OF the Eastern
Insurance Company Of America.
To substitute e:e.tric lights for gas
in the hall Of tue House.
To amend The Code relating to re-
building and repairing water mills.
To appoint a sewerage. motor and
electric ligi,. commission fo1s NeWbern.
To draw exemption from jury duty
privilege from members cf Newbern
Rough and Really Fire CONF any. ey
cept they a1tend certain numLer and
percentage Of fires.
To amend charter of city of Ashe-
vile.
Requesting Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress to ohta!r. apJro
priation for cleaning out Shallotte r'v-
er in Brunswick, county.
PoJofino ~ nav nf witnesses