The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
IN. HONOR
OF RALEIGH.
incorporation OF Roanoke Is.
land celebration Company.
ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE
Asking Congress to Gall
4 Unconstitutional Convention IN Re-
gard to Election Of United
s5.3s States Senator'S. s v.
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IaALII1GII, N. c., March 5..-Tho Senate
f this morning passed tho House Dill 20
incorporate the Roanoke Island Colcbras
ton Company and promote the csta bllsf-
rt1cnt OF scientific Investigation and IN
strtotion in commemoratlon OF Sir Walter
Raleigh and his efforts to colonize Amer
Z lea. AGclause appropriating $50, 900. when
s25ooO0 is raised from other sources was
eliminated.
Congress TO call a. constitutional conven-
ton to provide for the election of'Unlted
States Senators by the vote OF the people,
came up, but on objection went over until
tomorrow.
Among the bills passed we're: 10 In
corporate the Perpetual Insurance Com
K pany OF North Carolina; 10 incorporate
the North Carolina and Tennessee Rail-
road Company; to raise revenue on final
reading. t6t
Tho bill to enable the Department OF
Agriculture to build and equip a $4,000
agricultural building al the Agricultural
and Mechanical College out OF tho pro-
ceeds OF the sale Of fertilizer tn gs. passed
4 with the amendment that the credit Of
the State be in no way pledged for the
e building and only surplus OF the Agr1-
I: cultural Department be used, 4,
Mr.. Goodwin introduced a rcsoluti ton
Al that the General Assembly adjourn for
the session at midnight March TIN. Z, /.
1 Tho House passed a bill for the relief
s OF tho institutions for deaf. dumb ana
+ blind; oBincorporate tho North Carolina
ana Tennessee Railroad Company. y
Tho House, to the surprise OF every
ono, passed on the second reading the bill
introduced by Mr.. Alexander. OF Meek
z lenburg, to require all bar-rooms IN the
State to close at 8 clock. There is little
Y chance Of its becoming n law.
Bills were also passed TO authorize and
S direct the issuance Of $500. 900 II ten year
bonds; to borrow 500 coo from State library
fund to pay deficit In school fund to reg
$,ilate the sale OF salt. fish. meal, flour and
other food stuffs by requiring the correct
weight to be bylnded on all pa ckag es !;
to amend tho law regulating the militia
s. and State guard to conform to the DICK
Iaw;$to consolidate the colored Normal
4 Schools (seyen) into three and empower
tho State Board OF Education TO say
4 where they shall be located
During the afternoon session OF the
House the Senate bill to regulate hours
OF labor in factories and prohibit WORKING
children under twelve years Of age came
up. Mr. Doughton moved TO table It. me ~,
Il motion was lost IS TO s. and the Dill
81 PASSED second and third readings and
was ordered enrolled for ratification.
Charters were issued BY the secretary
OF State to-day for the Teacheys- Dell
Tclenhone Company OF Teacheys. capital
4 st, 0oO: $ Atlantic Single, Cooperage ana il
Veneer Company. OF Wilmington. capltal
SIC, 600; the Rosenblatt Jewelry Company,
Z OF Greensboro. capital S25Wo.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate tonight passed the Rouse
= o,x.au a honHOnn Hnt OriOr
10 January i. 1905. as grounds for d.
yorce, divorces to remarry after I'VE
years There was a protracted argument.
y 1t passed 20 to II Ell
a bill passed to prevent over charges
and other abuses by railroads.
The Senate also passed Mr.. Wcllborne's
bill to allow railroads to issue free passes
to Confederate veterans. 4.
The appropriations bill was passed as 1t
came from the committee after protracted
argument.
Mr.. Glenn, OF Greensboro, made fight
for an increase of $125,000 to Sla5.Uo TOT
Western Hospital for Insane at Morgan
ton hut 1t was voted down:
The general school bill passed as 1t
amendment. Tho general appropriations
bill passed BY the Senate carries the ofo!-
lowing: School for deaf mutes. s426o0
regular, Sc, 900 special: schools for white
blind and for negro deaf mutes and
blinds, 100000 regular. $4,000 special;
State Hospital for Raleigh, $75 1000 regu-
lar. $4,000 special; Western Hospital.
si25ooo regular, s4,76o special; criminal
insane, regular, $4,000; State University.
s37, 500 regular. $500 special; Cullowhee
High School. $4,000 regular, $4,000 spe-
cIal: State Normal and Industrial Col
lege, $4,000 regular $1,000 special; AZ
rlcutural and Mechanical College at
Raleigh, $4,000 regular, and $4,000 from
the Agricultural Departments revenues,
Board OF Agriculture to also provide out
or the fertilizer fund not over $4,000 an
nual!y to complete buildings and s6S,7SS
appropriated out Of the treasury to pay
the debt now existing; and after the pas
sage Of this act the scholarships OF the
college are limited to ono to each men,
ber OF the House OF Representatives and
no moro; Colored Agricultural and Me-
chanlcal College Mt Greensboro. $75oo 81
The House tonight refused to concur
In Senate amendment to the bill to erect
nm agricultural building at Agricultural
md Mechanical College. and confer
ence committee was appointed.
The child labor bill. which prohibits
the employment OF all children under the
age OF twelve years In factories and limits
tho hours OF labor for all persons under
eighteen to slxty-six hours a week, has
passed both branches OF the Legislature
and Is now the law OF tho State,