The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-06
Especial to The Messenger.)


Raleigh. n. c., March 4.-Bins were
introduced in the senate as follows:
To provide a stenographer for each
judicial district.
To repeal the poll tax feature of the
constitution.
To amend the insurance law, relative
to Insurance through brokers.
To regulate holding Of elections in
Edenton. i! IL
To amend the dispensary law for
Kenly
To devote the liquor license at Scot
land Neck to the graded school.
Selfs divorce bill is special order for
tomorrow. also the bill for an agricul-
tural building at the Agricultural and
Mechanical college here.
The senate went into committee Of
the whole on the revenue bill; secti1n
So was so amended that disoensar.es
shall pay the state an annual license
tax Of five per cent of gross receip.s in
stead OF two per cent.
Bills passed as follows:
To allow Gates county to es. bliSh
dispensarieS under certain circum-
stances.
For better roads in Greene.
To establish a graded school a Roper
To provide for hail and storm irsur-
ance companies being incorporated.
To provide for settling Northampton
debts.
The House.
In the house bills We're introduced as
follows:
For the relief Of Virginia E. Bunting,
of New Hanover.
To incorporate the Union Loan and
Trust Company, of Greenville and the
Enterprise Saving and Trust Company,
OF Monroe
To exempt legacies left to charitable
institutions from the Inheritance tax.
Bills passed as follows:
For working the public roads IN
Sampson.
public library.
To pay wages of deceased employees
TO widows and the next of kin.
To regulate the fees to be paid to the
secretary of state for increasing or de-
creasing the capital stock Of corpora
tions or amending charters and to
make fees uniform under the corpora
ton law.
To incorporate the Perpetual Irsur-
anCe Company, of North Caro- ina, at
Salisbury with a capital OF S1CO OOU
To secure supervision of all insura nee
companies doing business in the state
To better protect people where corp r
ations act as trustees or guardians.
To provide for the registration OF Ia
belS, trademarks. and designs.
To regulate milling in transit rates.
To define the ownership of land boun-
ded by water in New Hanover.
To establish a training school. for
teachers for the counties of CaldweI.
Allegheny, Ashe. Watauga, Yahcy.
Alexander and Wilkes appropriating
$4,000 when the people raise like sum
for the erection of 4 building and $4,000
annually for maintenance.
There was a sharp fight over the bIlr
requiring stamping of proper weight on
packages of fish. flour. meal and other
food stuffs. Amendments were offered
eSempting about half of the counties
The bill WAS finally referred to a sub
committee to draft AMI report g proper
bill.
The Appropriations Bill.
In an interview this afternoon with
Chairman GuiOn OF the joint committee
on appropriations, the latter said the
result of the appropriation bills now
being prepared will be in decreased ag-
greSate appropriations amounting to
$201OOO. as compared with those for the
years 19O1-1902. that the aggregate ap>
preparation made, is based on the reve-
nue. received for 1903 and will be within
$4,000 Of expected receipts. This esti-
mate allows nothing for expected in
crease in revenue through the present
revenue and machinery act.
Magistrates for New Hanover.
This evening the joint legislative
committee on magistrates concluded
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