The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-03
Proceedings of Legislature.
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registered voters petition the board az
commissioner 70 order IL The same 20
apply 10 towns and cities Of mere than
1000 inhabitants.
In any county CT city n which an cleo
tien is rot held. dlstllIer4es. brew-
cries or saloons. stan be permitted
only upon authority frem tho board of
commissioner CT city council. such au-
thrifty to &c given onIy upon petition in
writing signed by a majority of the
qualified voters OF the city. TOXIN 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 to- license
to sen or manufacture a proper person.
etc. The bill Is very long. IS sections.
and 5 typewrittcn pages.
BILLS PASSED FINAL READING
To correct State grant No. 1921 issued
10 John Padget in Onslow county.
To provide for the cross indexing OF
the appointment o. adrninis-
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 1t 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 TO
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.
The bill making it a misdemeanor for
any person in Vance county to hunt or
pick fruit or berries on the lands Of
another, provoked considerable discus
sion.
Judge Graham opposing it, said it
was wrong to enact any such legislation.
The law against trespass was already
very stringent, amply sufficient TO pro-
tcc- all property rights. and to say that
no one should have the right or privilege
TO pick even a honey suckle, a black
berry, a buckle berry, or even a flower,
growing wild in the woods or on the side
Of a ditch, unless the land was owned by
him, was unjust, wrong. and even if it
Was a local measure, was calculated to
encroach upon the actual liberties OF the
people.
NIr. Daniel. of Vance, the patron
of the bill. said the farmers of his county
who owned lands, felt hat they were
entitled to the fruits, whether wild or
not, that grew on them.
DR.. Riddick said in the name OF the
poor people of the State, he protested
against the bill.
Mr.. Daughtridge, of Edgecombe, asked
hat his county be included in the provis-
ions of the bill. He said it would be but
little trouble for a person desiring it, to
obtain consent of the owner to pick fruit,
etc, from his lands.
DR.. Alexander, of Mecklenburg. said If
the people of Vance desired this bill, he
believed they should have it. In Mock
lenburg, in one township, the negroes by
picking black berries, making it into
wine and selling it, became such a nuis-
ance, they had to be indicted,
before it could be broken up. 1t
was no trouble for the proper person to
gather fruit or berries, and while he
would not favor such a drastic law for
M~ecklenburg county, he would vote for
it, at the request of the representative
from Vance.
Mr.. King, of Pitt, strongly
supported the bill, saying the present
custom of general piIlage of other mons
property u every irresponsible negro in
a community was entirely wrong.
Amendments including Pitt, Wilson,
Caswell, Cabarrus and Edgccombe ccun-
ties were offered to the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Gay, of Northampton,
the amendments were tabled, which car
ried the original bill down in the wreck.
To protect fish in Scuppernong River.
To allow commissioners of Montgomery
county to sell part f jail lot.
To regulate fishing in Pamlico and Tar
Rivers.
At one-thirty, the usual discussion over
the House should adjourn until
ten, half past ten or eleven o'clock, took
place. After half an hour consumed in
taking roll calls, the hour of 1880 was
agreed upon.
From the News and Observer. 30th)
It was a lengthy session Of the Senate
yesterday, and it was a session largely
of debate.
This was en- the question Of dis1cnsary
or no dispcnsary for Tarboro and it came
as the special order Of the Gav.
Senator Gillian had introduced Il lii
providing that the voters of Tacboro
should vote on the question of retaining
closing out the dispensary Q being
operated in TarEoro under a law passed
two years ago. The provisions were for
a vote ten days after a certified copy
OF the act had reached the chairman of
the board Of commissioners of Tarborc
advertisement made all qualified
to be allowed to vote whether reg
istercd or not, and the issue to be car
ried by a majority of the votes cast.
The committee to whom tie bill vas
roforrnd mnda. fnN-Orahin rnnO-f on Tho