The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-01-29
THE LEGISLATURE
"hat Our State Legislative BODY is
Doing

dassi Hallway Company and TO allow
ciliZens or Clary to subscribe for capI.
tai stock In bonds.
stephenson: To prohibit sale ana
manufacture OF liquor in certain limits
| Of Iredell
SELF: To give electric ligh. and pow.
er companies rights OF cendemnati1n
now conferred on railway and tele-
graph companies.
freeman: To prevent sale of liduor
near Middle Fork church.
Daniel. OF Vance: To prevent hunt
Ing without consent Of land owner.
Sugg: To incorporate town Of Bel
| Haven.
King: To amend constitution in re.
gard TO public school fund.
thompson. To Tx time of holdina
Onslow courts.
Moody: To amend law OF 1899. COM
pelling butchers TO keep registration.
uZZeil: To exempt Jacob Williams
or Wayne, from tax to peddla.
Harrington: To establish school dis.
tricts on line between Moore and Har.
nett.
Doughton: To amend the public
school law.
Quick4l: For relief Of snerins and
tax collectors.
Fuller: TO require examinations 81
persons teaching music in ms Tuition
to be examined by the State board, ap-
pointed for that purpose.
Graham: Relating TO cancellation oi
| mortgages and deeds in trust.
Bills passed final reading ac follows:
% incorporate Bank of Alexander
TO amend charter of Southecl STATED
Trust Company.
20 Incorporate Spring Hope Bankinl
| Company.
To authorize commissioners of HyaI
to levy special tax.
TO extend the time for ,evy;ng spf
| cial tax in Brunswick. I
70 authorize commissioners of Hyf
to levy special tax.
To authorize county of Graham 10
| ISSUE bonds.
To allow Waynesville to i5sua boIs.
To appoint justices of the Pc ,q4 in
G Jlumhus.
The bill to prohibit the sale tnd
traffic IL cannon crackers more ian
| three inches long, toy pistols, ai1 Fna
| s6:ing Guns, coming up fo. consiJ l.
tiGn, Mr. Blount strongly oos osedthe
| in:' odl ction of sp1rng and air gum He
| Gil iot believe in all the prohiN ion
laws. He had been boy hlulsl uand
| to say that boys should not haH the
privilege Of using pop guns, aiI1 and
| Rows and arrows, spring guns,{ was
! extremely selfish in those VIII iJss7 boy
| h00d haG passed. Col. Dayidst, re-
lated several instances of sefiOujdaIG-
| age in Asheville caused by shot from
atc guns in the hands of car! i boys.
| saying no more mischievous Or tleadly
| weapon was in existence thai these
| noiseless air rifles. He explaitd tn II
bows and arrows, bean shoot4s,. ETC.,
would not come under the description
| of fire arms. Mr.. Graham mad plea
| for the boys SO far as the Ffr and
| spring gun features were cOTerned,
and Mr.. Offerman followed s,is in an
earnest objection to the sprig and
| air gun features Of the bill. =
Mr.. Bowman heartily advOc,ted the
bill, saying it would save t1e State
100000 year and many lfyfs. An
other excellent feature he th1Eht was
by prohibiting the use Of to- pistols
ETC.. the boys would be discouraged
from imbibing the instincts q desper-
4 ADDE'S and the moral effect of toy pis-
tolls was il every way bad Mr. Me
Lean. Of Scotland, said when he first
introduced the bill applying TO carnon
| crackers and toy pistols, wave ol
laughter went round. He was glad tc
see now that everybody was standing
by it, He d.d not like having his bill
| embarrassed by the air gun amend
ment Mr.. Crewry supported the can
| non cracker-toy pistol sections, sayIne
it's adoption would save many livcs aE(
a great deal of property which was de
stroyed by fire. Mr.. Billiard opposed
the bill, saying that if boys were no
allowed cannon crackers they woulf
| bore holes q trees, and chuck then
full Of powder OF dynamite and &c
their noise in that way. Mr.. Hall sait
the whole business was wrong. FL
| was for the boys. The bill with amend
ments was re-refcrre6 to the commit
tee on judiciary.
The following bills were passed,
To extend limits Of stock law i,
Pitt.
To prevent public drunktn&ess il
Madison.
To incorporate the Savings Loan an
Trust Company.
To allow surplus Jail fund tax Q
Sampson to- he applied TO genoa
county purposes.
To validate election of just of til
peace Of Allaghan
To change the naA,e OF the Easter
Insurance Company of America,
To substitute electric lights for 81:
in the hall Of the House.
To amend The Code relating to re
building and repairing watei mills.
To appoint a sewerage. motor an
electric ligre: commission foI NeWberl
To draw exemption from jury dut
privilege from members of Newber
Rough and Really Fire Company {,
cept they attend certain number al
percentage Of fires.
To amend charter of city Of Ash'
Vile
Requesting Senators and Represel
tatives in Congress to obtair anJ ri
priation for cleaning out Shallotte Is1
er in Brunswick county.
Relating 10 ray of witnesses !
Montgomery and CASTOR.
For relief e Miss Donan Osborne.
To amer1 cnartrr of town of BE,
fort
Senate Proceedings.