The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-24
SATURDAYS Session.

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., FEBRUARY 21.-Bills
were introduced in senate as follows:
To authorize Harnett to issue bonds
TO build county home.
To authorize Dunn TO issue public
Improvement bonds.
TO legalize all school elections.
Bills passed as follows:
To authorize Pine Bnif TO spend
n'GIey for advertising tina town.
To @ivs Asheville compulsory school
,.i."T:arCe law.
10 regulate the manufacture and
-aI" os liquor in Richmond.
TO punish seduction and abduction
of married women ana 70 punish elop-
inert.
To stimulate puolic road improve
ment (about half the state excepted
from it's provisions.)
To provide for working Halifax
roads.
Fc~ the better working of Columbus
roads.
To allow people of Wilson and TOTS
not to vote on the dispensary.
There Was u long fight Or the latter
bill. Woodland OF Wilson introduced
an amendment leaving i 10 the peo-
pie the question Of wIathcr there
should be ~dispensary. His colleague
opposed this.
Senator London had his liquor regu-
iatiGn bill paSser over u9til Aion-!ay,
with the understanding that a final
vote would be a Tuesday moor
Watts liquor regulation bill, passed
h. fIl house l1rr rf-Lr 80. -r---
was referred and ordered printed.
Bills passed giving the Corporation
Commission power as 20 demurrage
charges.
The House.
Bills were introduced i'll the house
as follows:
To prohibit the manufacture and
sale of adulterated Illuminating oil.
To amend the charters of Wadesboro
and Rose Hill.
To incorporate the name of the
Elizabeth City Through Line Railway
Company.
To incorporate the Bank of Warsaw.
To allow the people of Catawba TO
determine whether liquor shall! be n
ufactuTed and sold there.
To prevent public drunkenness in
Beaufort county.
To incorporate Brothers and Sisters
Union in B!aden ounty
To prevent the depreciation of do
nestle fowls.
The house went into committee OF
the whole on the revenue bill, Consid-
erinE IL by sections. Davidson said
that Sections , and >. which fix the
rate Of poll and property tax were the
key notes 10 the whole bill, and ask
ed whether the rate of 1929 on poll n
43 cents on property provided for in
these sections, was sufficient to raise
the revenue necessary. Chairman
DOughton of the finance committee,
said the appropriation committee
wanted TO work in conjunction with
the finance committee and that the
legislature would be called upon to
demands. He estimated the increase
of taxes under the present bill at
$159. coo. Graham said that much tax
able property was escaping taXatiOn:
that So counties made no returns on
cigarettes. 5S no returns on horse deal
erS and 81 nOua on pistol dealers. The
law had not been enforced and that
back taxes ought to be collected, and
LIQUOR dealers to be required to pay
more. Railways, he declared, were es-
Gaping their just share of taxation.
He favored a tax on their gross earn
fngs. and increasing their assessments
from S42. 600. 900 to $l07, 100000.
chairman NTLAIOll VI liz apply W 10
ton committee said there would be no
deficit tina could be charged up as the
fault CT that committee md that the
bulk of appropriations will not exceed
the revenue to be raised by the ILL.
He and Drewry said the bond issue
was a necessity. That the COMMITTEES
did not think it wise to increase the
rate of taxation.
Sactins > and 5 were unanimously
adOntpd fixing the state tax on prop
erty at q cents, 4 cents for pensions.
public schools is cents. Committee then
rose.
Favorable Report on Senator Hoey's
Bill.
Election committees of the senate
and house this afternoon took up Sem
ator Hoey's bill providing for the APP
pointnsnt of registrars and judges Of
election for cities n towns in the
state by county boards OF elections.