The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-29

To correct State grant 149l.
To repeal law of 1891 relative to sale of
wine in Hartford county.
To provide for cross index of appoint
ment of executors, administrators and
guardians.
To provide for State registration OF
trained nurses in North Carolina.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Blount OF Washington: To repeal law OF
1901 prohibiting telling trees in certain
streams in Beaufort county.
Aiken of Pennsylvania: To authorize
the Toxaway Hotel Company to permit
wines and liquors to its guests in Jack
son and Pennsylvania counties.
Davidson of Buncombe: To extend the
corporate limits Of Asheville.
To pay Judge George A. Jones for hold
ing special term of court
Morris of Polk: For a graded school at
Tryon.
Freeman of Henderson: To prevent OBJ
struction of Clear Creek.
Cowan of jackson: To amend charter
of Cullowhee.
To enable boards of education to form
school districts of territory lying CONT
guous in different counties.
Freeman of Henderson: To regulate the
working of roads in Henderson county.
Duncan of Sampson: To submit the
question of manufacture and sale of Ii
quor in Sampson county to a vote of the
people.
Morris of Mcdowell: For relief of ar
ex-sheriff of Mcdowell county.
Dobson of Surry: To prevent bribery in
elections.
Alexander of Tyrrell: To protect fish
in Scuppernong River.
Offman of Randolph: To legalize the
Senatorial primary.
Grant of Davie: TO regulate killing
certain game birds in Davie county.
Hamlin of Madison: To appoint certain
Justices Of the Peace in Madison county.
Offman of Randolph: Relating to issu-
ing certificates to teachers as of good
moral character
Self of Catawba: To amend charter of
Concordia College in Catawba county.
Luther of Montgomery: TO allow
Montgomery commissioners to sell part
of Jail lot.
BILLS FROM SENATE.
To amend charter of Stoneville.
To amend act regulating fishing on
Pamlico and Tar Rivers.
SMITHS LIQUOR BILL.
Mr.. Smith asked and obtained unani-
nous consent to introduce a bill regu-
lating the sale and manufacture of Ii
quor in North Carolina. The bill provides
for an election on the question of Dis
pensary," Saloon" and "Distilleries'' in
any county in which one-third of the
registered voters petition the board of
commissioners to order it. The same to
apply to towns and cities of more than
1000 inhabitants.
In any county or city in which an cleo
ton is not held, dstilleries, brew
cries or saloons. shall be permitted
only upon authority from the board OF
commissioners or city council, such au-
thirty to be given only upon petition in
writing signed by majority of the
qualified voters of the city, town or town
ship affected. stating that petitions are
in favor of the manufacture or sale of
liquor. that the place designated is a
proper one, and the applicant for license
10 sell OF HIlduuIdCluIc d pIOpGI peISOhJ
ETC. The bill is very long, is sections,
and typewriter pages.
BILLS PASSED FINAL READING.
To correct State grant No. 1491 issued
to John Padget in OnsloW county.
To provide for the cross indexing of
the appointment of executors. admins
traitors and guardians.
To provide a State Board for the ex-
animation and licensing Of trained nurses.
Mr.. Drewry, its patron. explained the
provisions of the bill, and it passed its
final reading without opposition.
To repeal law of 1891 prohibiting manu-
facture and sale Of wine in Hartford
county.
To aid the passage of fish in Watauga
county, Elk River.
To allow Jacob Williams of Wayne
county, to peddle without license.
For relief of sheriffs and tax collectors
To allow Clay county to subscribe te
capital stock of Haiwassee Valley Rail-
way Company.
To allow Murphy Township in Cherokee
county to subscribe to the capital stock
of the Hiawassee Valley Railway Com
pany.
MAY PICK BERRIES.