The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-03-19
NEW PUBLIC LAWS.
Summary of the Important Act, ol
The Legislature.

Fuuic lGss. To iAzae $500 voo OF
bonds 10 run 10 years at no; over 1
pr cent interest. 10 borrow sipe 900
toF the literary fund. payable January
lst. 1906. st { PER cent interest: to
appropriate seo0noV 10 the public
schools; 10 lOsa the literary fund sso3.-
eco. 10 the counties, fo- improvement
oi public school houses. to app oprt-
ate s5o.ooo for the celebration OF the
settlement o. Roanoke Island. proVi4-
ed $3.50 600 Is otherwise raised: 10 pro-
vide for the payment OF the deaciI tn
finances during l90i-I902: 10 provide
for sale OF property in which there T.
contingent remainder: ~ amend The
Code 30 as 10 give divorce for two
years abandonment and allow regnar-
rage five years after the divorce zap
plies TO 190l-02): 10 shorten time OF
notice OF sale: TO prescribe fees for
registering agricultural liens: TO pro-
'ect public water supplies; 10 provide
Tor code commission: 10 register the
| sale OF adulterated commercial feedins
| branding of cotton seed meal: 10 pro-
vide for registration OF trained nurses;
| 10 prevent the abduction and elope-
ment OF married women: to regulate
| labor OF children in factories. (none 10
| be allowed 10 work under l. years Of
age); to incorporate the North Caro-
! lima Veterinary Medical association:
10 validate irregular probates: TO al
/ low railways to file petitions same
rate Of speed through towns. to ap-
! pr"prIate $4,000 for the exhibit az the
st. Louis Exposition. provided a Ike
| amount Is raised otherwise: to define
ownership oi land bounded by water:
tof the better protection OF persons
"NHFe corporations act as trustees.
guardians, etc; 20 prcyen, more tuan
one trustee or director Of a State in
! stltution being from one county; &c
! define the duties and liabilities OF hotel
Keepers; 70 create historical commits
sion; to protect telephone messages.
also TO protect telephone and electric
light wires: - regulate procuring OF
| dead bodies for dissection: to reu,,ira
est book contractors to have sufficient
! repositories: 10 define the practice OF
medicine and surgery; to allo. he
secretary OF State 20 charter banks; 10
allow judges to regulate and limit ar
guments Of counsel in the Superior
Courts; TO amend the law regarding
arson.
| Incorporating Banks: Windsor. Win
ston, Spring Hope, Kernersville, Sell
ma, Washington. Whiteville. Taylors-
vile, Warsaw, Bank Of Martin county,
Bank Of Franklin. Pittsbor0. Hamlet,
| Columbia, Bank of Carteret. Burling-
| ton, High Point. Wilson. Ayden.
Stone:ille. Gastonia, Oxford, Raeford
Whitakers. two Raleigh, two Durham,
Harnett, BulhaNen, Spencer, Lilling-
| ton. Aurora, Nashville, Concord.
| China Grove.
Insurance Companies: Southern Life
Union Benevolent. Peoples Mutual,
Accident and Sick Benefit Association,
Guaranty Life K Indemnity, High
Point Fire. Perpetual, Southern Under
writers, Southern Surety & Casualty,
| Protection
insurance Laws Amended: Section
So of law of 1898, so brokers can place
| insurance in companies not doing bust
ness i'll this State, upon paying license
| fees, ctc.; to amend law regarding in
| vestISauon of fires: to require the in
5urance commission to pass on all in
surance on State property; to amend
| charters OF underwriters and home
| companies OF Greensboro: to regulate
insurance companies and their govern
ment; to regulate insurance and in
| crease the public revenues.
| Railways: Merchants. Caney River,
| Raleigh Light C Traction, Chapel Hill
! Trolley, Hiawasse Valley. Raleigh &
| Eastern, WiDston-Salem Southbound,
| CurritUck County, Virginia and Caro-
| lima, Washington d Vandere, Salisbury,
| Virginia, WarreDton & Carolina; Sa-
lem & Black Rock. Southport &
| Northwestern, Carolina Coast, Cum
berland, Tennessee & North Carolina,
| Lumberton & Raleigh, Greensboro In
| ter-Union, Yanceyville. Reidsville &
Burlington; North Carolina & Ohio,
Elizabeth City and Carolina Through
Line
Road Laws: For counties OF Cleve-
land, Johnson, Jackson, Columbia.
| Person, Halifax, Madison. Burke. Hen
derscn, Chowman, Rutherford. Hyde,
| Chatham, Robson. Beaufort, Transyl-
vania, Haywood. Granville. Clay. Dur
| ham, Forsyth. Rockingham, Macon,
Sampson. Cabarrus, Brunswick Greene,
| Alamance, Orange, Yancey. Mcdowell,
Gates, Stokes, Lincoln, Northampton,
| Swain.
| Towns Incorporated: Wendell,
| Stokes. Shelmandine, Bladensboro,
West Tarboro, Dudley, Hassell, South
| Wadesboro, Lawndale, Fountain, Over
man, Chocowinity. Pinetops, Oakley.
| Teacheys, Abbottsburg. Williams.
Shore. Old Sparta, Scotland. Swan
| Quarter. Ellington. Core Point. Ed
ward. Gladstone, Myrtle. Casar. South
Mills, Cokely. Faith.
Graded Schools Established: Madi-
son. WestfeId, Swan Quarter. Rox.
| bcro, Graham, T-ycn, Fremont. La
Grange, Greenville. Lenoir, AIamance
county s, Hope Mills. Williamson,
j Weldon. Oxford. Plymouth, Fayelte-
vile, EdeDton. Spring Hope, Forest
City, Raeford, Pelham, Roper, Ivy
Scotland Neck. aiorganton, Clinton
Elizabeth City, Columbia, Copeland
! Mt. Pleasant.
Training school for teachers for Wa
| tauga, and six other counties in west.
ern North Carolina.
Number of County Commissioner.
Increased: Rockingham, Guilford