The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-03

on abandonment which occurred prior 10
the time OF the enactment OF these acts.
Ordered engrossed and sent TO the House.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
6. B. SOC. Mann. of Hyde: To provide
for graded school in village and town
ship al swan Quarter, in Hyde county To
Education.
BILLS FROM THE HOUSE.
4 message from the House brought the
following bills:
H. B. 233. s. B. 307: To create and
establish a free school district IT Car
bonton, TO be composed OF portions OF
Moore and Chatham. To Education.
II. B. 419. 6. B. sos: To allow the COM
missioners of Montgomery county to sell
part of the jail lot. To Counties, Cities
and Towns.
H. B. 212. S. B. SOC: For the relief of
Walter Gardner. a white public school
teacher. To Education.
H. B. 323. S. B. SO: To protect fish IN
Elk River, Watauga county To Fish and
Fisheries.
H. B. 326. S. B. 311: To amend chapter
31S, Laws of 1889, compelling butchers
to keep registration. To Judiciary.
H. B. 1928. S. B. 312: To establish a
free school district at the county line
between Moore ard Harnett. To Edu-
cation.
H. B. $40. S. B. 314: For the relief of
sheriffs and tax collectors. To Finance
IL. B. 327, S. p. 314: To exempt Jacob
Williams, of Wayne, from tax to peddle.
To Finance.
H. B. $50. S. B. 315: For the relief OF
". D. Helton, tax collector for Coopers
Gap and White Oak townships in Polk
county. To Finance.
H. B.. 296. S. B.. 31G: To authorize COM
missioners of Haywood county to levy a
special tax to meet general and special
indebtedness. To Counties, Cities and
Towns.
H. B.. 2s3, S. B. 317: To repeal chapter
252, Laws of 1891, relating TO sale OF
wines in Hertford. To Propositions and
Grievances.
H.. B. 70, s. r. 31S: To correct State
Grant No. 479. To Judiciary.
H. B. 275, S. B. $40: For the relief OF
Mary Allison, a school teacher of Stanly
county. To Education.
H B. 172, S. B. 800: To correct State
Grant No. 1891, issued to John Padgett,
in Onslow county, in 1897. To Judiciary.
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State registration of trained nurses. To
Public Health.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
An invitation was extended the Sen
ate, through Senator Norris, from the
Board of Directors, the Faculty and the
Students of the Blind Institution to at
tend an entertainment to be given next
Thursday night at 7:30 in the assembly
hall of the Blind Institution. which win
be complimentary to the General Assem-
bly,, the State officers and friends. On
motion of Senator Baldwin this was &C
ccpted.
Leave of absence was granted to Sena-
tors Vann, Holton and Conley till We'd
nesday; Senators Warren, Hunter, Wal
ker, Blow and Aaron till Tuesday; Sen
ator Henderson till Monday; Senator
Richardson for the day; Senator London
from Monday to Thursday; Senator Bel
lamy indefinitely on account of sickness.
The Senate adjourned till IL O'Clock
today on motion of Senator Mitchell.
Mr.. J. E. Erwin, of Burke, yesterday
introduced in the House a much needed
bill.
It's object is to protect shippers from
the very prevalent evil of overcharges
Oh freight by railroad companies.
The bill provides that it shall be a
misdemeanor for railroad companies, eX-
press companies, telephone and tele-
graph companies to charge more than
their printed rates, or than agreed upon,
or than allowed by law or the Corpora
ton Commission, unless the
shall restore the surplus within ten days.
This gives the shipper redress at the
hands Of any Justice of the Peace, and it
is provided moreover that one-half of
the fine imposed for noncompliance with
the law shall be paid to the party giving
information Of the infraction of the
statute.
Thus all the red tape and waiting that
are so familiar to all who have ever
had a claim against a railroad, are done
away with, and the customer is not at
the mercy of the corporation.
Mr.. Erwin, in conversation with a News
and Observer reporter on the subject,
told of a case that had come under his
W observation.
A lumber man shipped a carload of
lumber from Carthage to Burlington. The
agent originally gave him the rate as
$i4.50. After that the rate, as given by
the company, was $23.25, and they actual
ly collected 81. 90 in freight charges be-
fore the owner of the lumber coul get
his property.
AS things are now, that mans only
remedy is to file a claim for the differ
encc. He then has to wait until that
claim goes to the auditor OF the freight
the town of Fountain, in Pitt county. To
Counties, Cities and Towns.
S. p. 298. Pharr, of Mecklenburg: To
regulate the terms of the Superior court
in Mecklenburg. This changes some
The bill providing for the restoration
of estate to persons recovered from in
ebriacy was passed on its final reading,
after a brief discussion and a roll call
vote. 1t simply amends the present law
restoring estates to recovered lunatics
by adding inebriates who are restored
to their proper faculties.
Mr.. Harrington, of Harnett, wants the
pension law SO amended that Quarter
masters, as well as soldiers and sailors
be included.
Judge Graham proposes in a bill amend
ing the revenue act to put the ten dollar
taS J1nOn all collorr oF