The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-17
LEGISLATURE
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sNAol1iH IL SO1lTOl AMI
management OF vehicles on public roads
of Mecklenburg county.
DAVIS of Haywood, by request Me-
mortal from Daughters of American
Revolution asking the erection Of a ma
mortal hall.
CALENDAR.
The speaker ratified the bill to change
the site of the county home of Lincoln
county.
The following bills passed third Rad
ing:
To allow Stokes county to levy. spe-
call tax.
To allow commissioners of Henderson
county to sell real estate and for other
purposes.
To regulate h working of roads IN
Henderson county.
To regulate thu working OF roads N
Lincoln county.
To amend the road law in Yadk;n
River and Rountree townships in War
rem county.
To amend the road law for Morgan
township in Arson county.
To incorporate the town Of Macon N
Warren county.
To amend charter of town of Littlatoo
and extending it's corporate limits.
To allow commissioners of Rutherford
county to levy and collect special tax.
To incorporate the Rhodiss Traded
SCLOOt IN 1d4UWell county.
To incorporate the Granite Falls
Graded school in Caldwell county.
To change township boundaries in
Rowan county.
To give superintendent of police of
Balls Creek camping grounds jurisd;c-
ton Of justice Of peace.
To change the name of the Baptist
Female University of North Carolina
to the Baptist University for Women.
To make unregistered deeds dated
prior to 1870 an "ancient record"
under certain restrictions.
To provide for the erection of me-
MORALS at AppOmattox Court 4ouse.
To appoint J.. E. Shields a Justice
Of the peace for Scotland Neck tow
ship. Halifax county. for a term Nof
six years.
INTRODUCED OUT OF ORDER.
Major Graham, Of Lincoln, intro
duced a petition asking for a change
of time for holding courts in Linz N
county.
Mr.. Taylor, Of Brunsw X, introduce
ed a bill 10 allow commissioners Of
Brunswick county to levy special tax
Referred to Committee on Finance.
Hankins: To create additional term
of court for Davidson county. Re-
ferred to Committee on Courts.
Williams: Resolution requiring
those clerks now serving committees
of the House to serve on other COM
mittees having M Mr.. Williams
desired Immediate consideration OF
this bill. but on objection of Mr.. era
ham. of Lincoln. it was sent to the
Committee on Rules.
Cowles. of Wilkes: To prevent
throwing saw dust in streams Of
Wilkes. Caldwell and Watauga coun-
ties. Referred to Committee on Prop
o~sitions and Grievances
Before adjournment Major Graham
Withdrawing his objection to consid-
Grafton of resolution requiring present
clerks Of committees to serve other
committees without extra compensa-
ton. the rules were suspended and
the bill placed on passage. burlington,
of Iredell, thought it would be imI,Os-
sibIe on account of conflict in meet
ings for clerks to serve more commit
tees. Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Nc
Ninch advocated the measure. saying
that for the service rendered by pres
ent clerks only having to be there one
or two hours. sometimes not three
times a week it was an easy matter
to arrang committee meetings so that
clerks getting four dollars 4 day
would not be over worked.
Hankins, of Davidson, said he
thought this talk about having SO
many employees was the work of pea
nut politics. It was Il shame to be-
grudge these hard working democrats
a position here as clerk Or laborer.
Give them a place and quit all this
talk about economy in such trivial
matters.
Mr.. McNinch said he resented be-
ing called a peanut politician. a pea
nut politician was one who, regardless
of the public good, had a string or
paid beneficiaries with nothing to do
following at his heels
Mr.. Hankins disclaimed any reflec-
ton. He said he did not mean 10
say that everybody ould be given
jobs regardless Of expense simply for
political service. but he thought that
by having clerks committees could
get work through faster, and the Leg
islature could get through its work
and go home before the sixty days eX-
pired.
Mr.. Butler, of Sampson, said he
heartily favored the resolution. He
had served in a previous legislature as
chairman of an important committee
and there was no need for a clerk,
sOme member of the committee acting
as secretary, and not being occupied
more han half an hour each day,
and there were many members of
committees who were not SO busy but
they gladly aided in keeping a record
of bills passed on. So far as going
home in less than sixty days, he
thought the limit should be ninety
days.
Judge Graham explained that it
had been the custom to have clerks
for only three committees but the
committee on Revision of Laws had
to have a clerk. and he vas kept busy,
often until II o'clock at night.
An being accented ex-