The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-01-20

ings and ordered enrolled for ratification.
S. B. II, II. B. 33.-By Guion. of Craven:
To amend chapter 207. Laws OF 1899.
Passed final readings and ordered en-
rolled for ratification.
S. B. 11.-This was to amend chapter
%, Laws OF 1898, but a substitute was
prepared by the Judiciary Committee.
This requires pleadings to be verified
under oath in suits for the possessioning
of lands. The substitute passed all its
readings and was ordered engrossed and
sent to the House.
s. B. %: Relating to appeals from
Justices of the Peace, and requiring
bonds from appellant and plaintiff. Ju-
dietary Committees report was unfaV-
orable and on motion of Senator Hen
derson. the bill was tabled.
S. b. so, H. B. 81: An act prescribing
the method Of drawing jurors in Craven
county. Passed final readings and or
dered enrolled.
S. B. II: An act providing for pen
alties for removing a fence from about
a common crop. A committee substitute.
which provided that a removal. unless
preceded by ninety days notice and only
to take place between January 1st and
March 1st, should be treated as a mis-
demeanor, was adopted and the bill or
dered engrossed for ratification.
S. B. rs, H. B. 51.-By Watts, of Ire
dell: To amend chapter 729, Laws of
1901, relating to striking out Iredell
county from the road law was received
with an unfavorable report from the
committee. On motion of Senator Nc
Laughlin, the bill was tabled.
S. B.. 96.-By Goodwin, of Harnett: A
bill naming the Justices of the Peace for
Harnett. The term of the present Off
GERS expire on the seventeenth of this
month, and the bill provides for their
successors. Passed final readings, and
ordered engrosscd and sent to the House.
S. B. 10O.-By Mitchell. of BERTHE:
Changing the name CT Gillian & Lyon,
Bankers, to Bang of Windsor. Passed
final readings and ordered engrossed.
S. B.. S9.-By McBryde, OF Robson.
On motion, taken from committee and
placed on calendar. 1t provides for the
appointment of Duncan B. Mclaughlin
as a Justice of the Peace in Blue Spring
township, Robson county. Passed final
readings, ordered engrosSed and sent to
the House.
S. B. 103.-By Henderson, of Rowan:
Providing for the proper heating and
ventilation of the State Capitol at a cost
IiOt " t&CcPu Sl,0UU. 10 the committee
on Appropriations.
A memorial was presented through
Senator London from the Water Works
Association of North Carolina, endorsing
the Appalachian Park Reservation.
Leave of absence until Tuesday was
granted to Senators Mclaughlin, Holton.
Aaron, Bellamy, Hoey, Walker. Sena-
tor Pharr's cav Of absence q con-
tinued till Tuesday.
After announcements by the Reading
Clerk, on motion Of Senator White, the
Senate adjourned until eleven O'Clock
today.
(From News & Observer ID
The House is again exercised on the
question of the heating and ventilating
of the Hall of Representatives.
This is a matter that comes up every
session., and it is to be hoped that it
will do more than simply come up this
time.
III Raleigh member, Mr.. John c..
Drewry, introduced a bill appropriating
$1,000 for the purpose of heating ana
ventilating the Capitol Building, the work
to be done under the direction of the
Board of Public Buildings, and completed
before January 1st., 1904.
There was q resolution, too, by DR..
Alexander, of Tyrrell, to appoint a spe-
cial committee to inquire into the SAM
tary condition of the Hall Of Represent
tatlves. This was adopted, and three
physicians of the House were put on the
committee, Drs. Alexander. of Tyrrell;
Alexander, of Mecklenburg. and Crocker.
of Wilson.
Mr.. Parker. of Wayne, would tax in
the sum of $50 any gift enterprise or
any person or establishment Offering any
articles for sale and proposing to present
purchasers with any gift or prize as an
1nducement to purchase. This affects all
slot machines. On every itinerant dealer
In prize photographs, or prizes of any
kind, he would put a tax of 500 in each
county where the business is conducted.
On each slot machine where the return
is certain to be of value equal to the
amount deposited, and can be OF no
greater value. $500.
There is a provision that this bill shall
not apply to a merchant or manufacture
er VINO offers to present to purchasers a
gilt OF q certain value or allows a debate
on a certain sale as an inducement.
1t is made %nlawful to operate a slot
machine when the return is uncertain
and sometimes nothing, or when the re-
turn is certain but may be OF greater
value than the amount deposited, or
when the return is not fixed and definite
and can be of a less or of a greater. value
than the amount deposited Violation is
punishable by a fine of not less than $3.50
and imprisonment for from four months
to two years.
If a bill introduced by Mr..
Hall, OF Robson, is passed, the State
Treasurer will be required here
after to pay pensions allowed to Confed-
crate soldiers and their widows twice q
year, in June and December.
Mr.. Murphy, of Rowan, proposes to add
to section 1885 of the code the following:
IF the husband shall abandon the wife,
and live separate and apart from her
one year, the wife shall be entitled to a
dissolution Of the bonds of matrimony,
but the husband shall not re-marry dur
ing the lifetime of the wife, and vice
versa in case the wife abandons the nus
band.
A bill to make it a felony for d man to