The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-03-12


'otE1. 20 amend tue charter 81 tbs
stlsntis 4 Ws-f~ra Railroad. Ia "a
Grycrate The Moore Turnpike. Com
y,=ny. 10 rualhh tIs as- ot i.qvor -
ory. votes applying only 10 Mcdowell
oahty and making Il = felcrS Ia bus
u teil yBte.
The following bills passed inai read
.ng To II, Corporate ihe Hsnk .! Ay-
IN in PIT, 20 ia para.- tie High
'oiat Fire Company. "a !nrnrDu! ate
he bslssm L Black RogA Railroad.
= establish d dis oensary al Graham.
AImance county. ana To regulate ths
1l.nufasturc OF l'qGor IN Alamanye.
to charter the Bank oi Rlen Sqaase. 10
promote fish industries ia the inland
waters of North Carolina
The Senate met At io:So O'Clock ano
Rev. Dr. ~ NJ. Mars hall offered
prayer.
Bills were introduced as follows:
Mann: To pension W. Is. Holder.
field
Warren: To amend The Code s;a;u.
property.
Webb: To amend tho charter Of
Biltmore.
Pollock: To pension Henry Herring
and Mrs. Thos. hughes.
Pollock: To impose on all railroads
the 4uty furnishing passes To- Con
federate veterans attending State re-
unions
Norris: TO provide for the payment
of cDe half fees 10 witness when no
tue bill is found.
Nj white withdrew MS hill for ap
pTopyiations to the public schools and
offered as a substitute the Eili pre-
pared hy the joint committee. The bill
apprcpriates 100000 TO be distributed
among the counties pro rata. and the
second 100000 Is to bring the school
terms up 10 the constitutional require
ment. Mr. White said that this llll
simp. guaranteed four-months
schools but provided that additional
sums raised increased the term. Mr..
Woodland wanted to understand exact
l. how the money was spent. His
county asked for no aid from this
fund. bur was helping other counties
and perhaps they were reducing
county taxes. Mr.. Henderson said thai
this new method OF distribution CT the
second 100000 would save the State
5000 or $4,000 The bill passed
second reading and went over till
neon tomorrow.
Tie following House bills passed
To amend chapter IS laws Of 1901
| relating to the investigation OF fires
/ To amend chapter a, laws OF 1885,
ie!aiing to insuranor.
| TIE AUDUBON SOCIETY BILL.
/ The bill TO lncnc 20 a;e ihe Aud':bon
| Society o NCr:h CaToI:aa for the pro
| lection oi song aud game birds. wa:
! discussed a. considerable length b.,
! Messrs. Robertson. Of Guii.crd: Dav d
| son, of B,!I combe: Graham. OF Gran
! vile, and others. for the bill. and Nor
| ton. OF New Hanover: Britain. O
Randolph ami Gu!cksl OF Lincoln il
| favor OF the various amendments. Tbt
! s;1Sndms MS TO exempt counties were
| all lost The bill passed It's snvcra,
! readings.
NIGHT SESSION.
At the Senate night session bills IN.
! troduced by Goodwin to require iliumi-
cEtiCn oils 10 bear certain tests: t.
amend the charter and eXetend the linn
! It's Of Raleigh passed second read!rg
The following bills passed the Senate
, anl were sent to the House: To ex-
! tend the time for organizing the Caro-
lima & SOuthercasteTn Railroad; 10
| amend the charter of Sanford: to allow
'E-tI.At- Il III tilE ~ tottt.4sH a
tx collector ANA appoint q fnauct
! committee for H9ndeIson county. Nj
Cli5p, Republican, opposed the bill tui
il went through. 1t created the oaice
., county tax collector and a finance
| tie Senate and were enrolled for rati
fiCation: To improve roads in Rock
ir CHAM county. To provide for work
ing roads in Caswell and Catawba. TC
establish graded schools at Mt. Pros
pect. in UniCn. % allow Wilkes to
build bridge over Yadkin river Tt
authorize Clay to issue road bonds. Tt
I provide for better working the roads IL
Pcscu0tank. To extend the limits o
PaCtolus. in Pitt To regulate working
reads in Clav To allow Granville II
levy a special tax. To construct per
Eianent highways n Forsythe To AL
thcrize Wavnesvillc township to is
sue road bonds For better working o
reads in Wilson county. To allow
I.epksviile TO issue bonds. To estab
lish graded schools al Forest City. I,
! consolidate road law of Buncomhe an.
authorize special tax. To incorrOr
ate the town Of Williams, in Yadkil
county. To provide water works
J sewerage and clectric lights at Eliza
beth City. To incorporate the Sails
! brrv Railway COMPANY. To prohibi
killing pheasants in Randolph. T
change Wilkes and Allegheny line s
a. to include J. A. Stample in Allie
ghanv. TIC amend the charter Of th
p! Trans-Appaiachian Railway System
amended by the Senate. To es:abiis
| Ratford school district.
The following bills passed the Sci
) ate ana were sent to the House: T
| incorporate Faith in Rowan count,
To incorpoi ate tne Aalander Eic
, School. To establish stock law teri
, tory ii PIT and provide for eiectio
On the same. To prevent telling {
: Trees in certain streams in Montgon
! cry ard Randolph. To change the tim
Q for holding courts IN the sixth judici;
district.
4 The public school law bill to amen
chapter 4. laws Ct 1901, came up 9
!. the special order at noon. Section
v providing fer township high schoo
1 was stricken out section was di
cussed. MT. woodard said public ed,
c cation was not duty of the State I
! the child. but was the duty Of th
{ State to itself as q necessary SAT
! guard to its own preservation. He a.
t vOcated an amendment that the Sc
: ton providing for allotment by th
g county boards pro rata shall not app.
10 any township. city, town or scho,
/: district levyIng a special tax N
! WoodaTd said this section was unjus
: Mr.. Webb said that it was a doub
: tax. For instance AsheviIle paid set
! G0O Of tho SSQ n0o ucat TO- p,no1..,