The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-10
Proceedings of Legislature,
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courage the taking Of the time Of the
General Assembly with these amendments
to charters.
Mr.. Smith offered to amend so that the
bill would not apply to cases in which
the Secretary Of State could not act.
BY consent. tho matter went over.
MIR. Smiths substitute for tho bill
amending tho act of 1901, preventing the
telling of trees in streams OF Beaufort
county, repeating several obnoxious sec.
lions in the act of 1901. which was rail-
roadcd through the General Assembly
two years ago under a misleading title.
The substitute was adopted. and the
bill passed it's second and third readings.
House Resolution TO pay Miss Sarah w
Burkhcad $500 for taking notes or tcsti-
mony during the hearing of the Bolivia
claim case before the subcommittee on
Propositions and Grievances, passed Sec
oud and third readings.
At 1:25 the House adjourned until %
o'clock this morning.
(From The News and Observer. Gth.)
There was not an overplus of con-
tinucd oratory in the Senate yesterday,
but it was approaching two o'clock when
adjournment came. Many bills were con-
sidcred and put on the "ways."
Many ladies were present in the gal
Iorfes. This was in marked contrast to
Wednesday as that rainy day had kept
vacant the seats, only one lady having
appeared.
The bill which does away with the ne
cessity of kissing the Bible in taking
oaths in official proceedings came up on
its third reading. Not a word was spoken
in opposition, and so far as the Senate
is concerned the bill is a law. The
House viii now take up the question.
When Senate Bills 10, Il and 10 were
reported favorabIy Senator Marshall.
Qtep), in each case presented a minor
ity report. These are the bills affecting
the county government of Sampson eoun-
ty, providing for four additional county
commissioners to be named by this Gen
eral Assembly, dividing the office of
sheriff and treasurer and naming a treas
urer by this Legislature and providing
for the future election of these officers
by magistrates to be named by the Gen
craI Assembly.
Senator Marshall declared that this
would upset the county government as
at present constituted and give to a mi
nority party the power which rightfully
belonged to a party which in the recent
election had won by a majority of about
500 votes, only 90 negroes voting in the
county. He declared the county was
wei managed, debts had been paid off,
and that the people were entitled to self
government.
Senator Durham introduced a "Child
Labor Bill. This makes it unlawful for
manufacturing establishments to hire any
child under twelve years of age during
the public schol term of the district: no
minor after the public school term of 1908
who can not read and write unless he has
a certificate of two weeks attendance on
school, and in 1904 increases this to four
weeks. After 1905 no child under four
teen who can not read and write is to be
employed unless he has a certificate of
at least an attendance of 70 per cent on
the public school, or has a certificate that
nOn-attendance was caused by sickness
The bill also makes it unlawful for any
child under twelve to work between the
hours of I at night and 6 in the morning,
except such as have been regularly en-
ployed during the working hours of the
day preceding. Violation of this to be a
m~isdemeanor, with 500 fine, imprison-
ment thirty days, or both.
The longest discussion Of the day came
on the bill introduced by Senator White,
providing for the obtaining of lead bodies
for dissection by medical schools of the
State.
The bill came up as a special order and
Senator White said it had been intro
duced at the request of the medical col
legcs. that it exempted from it's pro-
vision inmates of soldiers home, insane
asylums and county homes. as we'll as
criminals whose bodies are claimed by
relatives or friends. He declared that
500, 600 a year was spent by North Caro-
lima out of the State each year for med
icaI Instruction, and that this bill would
cause much of this to be spent here, be-
sides keeping the young men from the
severe weather Of the North and from
baneful influences.
He said that now the colleges in this
State had to get dead bodies by devious
ways and by stealth, and that these were
often -decomposed and dangerous to ham
die. In this connection he cited the sad
death of young Mcleod, at Davidson,
whose life, he declared, was worth more
than that of all the bodies of the dead
criminals of the State. He urged the
passage of the bill and stated that there
was no expense on the State in furnish
ing the bodies from the penitentiary,
jails and asylums.
Senator Lamb thought the penalty for
not furnishing the bodies was too large
and offered an amendment placing $25 in
place Of 800 and $50 in place of $3.50.
This was accepted, as was Senator Hicks
amendment to strike out "shalI' and in
scrt may" so as not to make the fur
ntshing of the bodies imperative, and also
to exempt children who died in orphan
aaylums, and to prohibit bodies Of white
people to be furnished colored medical
schools. Senator Burton moved to amend