The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Legislature
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Especial to The Messenger.)

Cor the better regulation of fire InslF-
ance and to increase the public revenue
which Immediately passed. Other bills
introduced were as follows:
To IKE the place of meeting for state
beard of dental examiners.
By Brown. to incorporate the South
port and Northeastern railway.
BY Pollock. to improve the road from
Kinston to Jacksonville.
BY Pollock, to amend TaTboro's char
ter. go the people Will elect the mayor
and chief OF police.
BY Bellamy, TO protect diamond back
ferrapines and turtles in Brunswick.
BY Travis to make railways furnish
free transportation to certain state
officials.
The code commission bill was Sc
amended as to contain the names OF
N. Y. GuIIey. T. b. Womack and w. &
Rodman as commissioners and then
passed final reading.
Resolution to elect the state UNIVERSE
Il NSLGNS Wv vas dOOpA|1"
GOdWin's excellent bill, regarding
prevention of fire waste came up as d
special order, and though White stated
1t would save at least $75, 900 annually
insurance premiums, it was tabled.
Bills passed as follows:
To incorporate the Currituck railway.
To amend kinston charter.
To nTnViGa for inn TN1-5rC II VIDE roads
To amend the charter of Stone NJ un-
tain railway so it can build to the
South Carolina line.
TO enable the Norfolk and Western
railway TO build extensions in No. IN
Carolina.
TIC Incorporate the Virginia and Car
olina railway
To establish dispensary at Columbia.
To appropriate $4,000 for state ar
Genal and hal of records.
To regulate the sale OF wine and
cider in Tyrrell and to establish & d.s-
pensaTy at Columbia.
To prevent the manufacture, sale,
and shipment of liquor into Sanford
To allow OrOners to make postmor-
TENS when they are physicians.
To prevent fraudulent tra ding.
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mittees to call for voucher of state in
stitutiOns.
To amend the charter 81 Southport.
To authorize the stat board of edu-
cation to lend the stat. Literary fund,
now $780, GOO to county loards for build
ing school houses.
The new school I'll was discussed
and made a special , cder for Monday.
A bill was intrOC tced providing h Ia
after the present Lizards of directors OF
state institutions nd their terms, not
more than one rector shall be from
the same county. and no superintendent
or principal sha | sit with the board.
The bill TO Pride for holding munic-
ipal elections designed to apply to re-
publican town.. Came up, and was
amended so - - exempt nearly ali
counties, az republican ones. HOey
said this n was absolutely necessary.
for reuUnIi IT towns would register
every ore nj easily test the constitu-
tiols- -Gment. The bill was adop-
iea.
The House.
The following bills were introduced
In the house:
IL p4oNl WI AAAA0 0A@S NONAA
ES roads.
To establish 4 graded school at Eliz-
Gbeth City.
To incorporate the Bank of Raeford.
To protect the citizens of Brunswick.
To repeal the law regarding the use
of dutch nets IN Lenoir.
To prohibit public drunkenness.
To prohibit ! iIling deer and cartridges
in Jones.
To tax travelling hide nj egg pur-
chaSers.
TIC prohibit hunting on lands of an
other without their consent.
To appoint magistrates in Jones.
To protect roads from injury by log
haulers.
To regulate the auxiliary board OF
health of EdgeCOmbe.
To give justices power to sentence
persons to work on public Dads.
To regulate public road work in era
ven.
Bills passed as follows:
Prohibiting sale. manufacture, and
Importation of liquor in CASTOR, Cleve-
land. Cabarrus II Mitchell counties.
The oyster law was taken up. cutting
off five observation-disclosures who received
$500. ach under the old law, and pro-
yidiuG one assistant at SEQ increasing
the commissioners salary from 500 TO
$500; the total being 81, 100 less than the
old law. The expense of conducting the
oyster service last year was S27, 600 and
receipts $4,000. The bill passed sec
Ond and third reading.
The revenue bill come up on the third
reading. a dozen or more amendments
were offered and all defeated. save one
making the license tax on oil dealers
SlOO instead of $500.
by leave. a bill was introduced max
ing physicians liable for giving pre-
sCriptiOns for whiskey On Sunday, eX-
cePt in good cases.
a resolution TO ascertain the cost of
charging the capitol was adopted.
Bill passed providing for the work
ing of Green's roads.
Representative Alexander. Of Neck
IenbUrg thinks his anti-jug law which
base a favorable report viii be passed
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