The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-05


Bills Introduced.
Murphy, of Rowan: To amend the
laws of 1903 relating to banks. Com
mittee on Corporations.
Pitt: To amend the law of 1899
relating to tires on wagons. Com
mittec on Agriculture.
Cannaday: To amend the school
law of 1901. Committee on Educa-
ton.
HUMPHREYS: TO amend the Rock
ingham road law of 1903. Committee
on Roads.
Humphries: To change the terms
of the Superior Court for Rocking
ham County. Committee on Courts.
Redwine: To regulate the pay
ment of county liabilities. Commit
tee on Finance.
McGill: To appoint G. H. Thomp-
son a magistrate in Coon Creek town.
ship. Committee on Justices of the
Peace.
BERTHE, Northampton and Hartford
counties. Committee on Liquor
Traffic.
Graham of Granville: To regulate
renting of land by the year for Agri-
cultural purposes. Committee on
Agriculture.
Fisher: For relief of Martin Nc
tee on Pensions.
burlington: To amend the law of
1903 relative. to election of Board of
Education in Iredell. Committee on
Education.
Joyner: Relative to election Of
Justices of Peace. Committee on
Elections.
Roberts: To amend the charter of
Marshall relative to the election of
Justices Committee on Elections.
Young: To prevent the importa-
ton of liquor into North Carolina.
Committee on Liquor Traffic
Boney: Providing for election of
Board of Commissioners by the peo-
pie. Committee on Elections.
Boney: TO repeal the stock law
for certain territory in New Hanover
County. Committee on Propositions
and Grievances.
A great many leaves of absence
were asked for. Mr.. Powers, of
Rutherford, called attention to the
vacant chairs already and cautioned
members that 1t was doubtful if a
quorum could be mustered on roll
call vote now. Judge Graham, who
but one day since the House met, and
often members were compelled to get
a day off to look after pressing home
or other business. Mr.. Redwine said
he noticed the Speaker had granted
leave of absence to Colonel Rober~
son. and he desired information az
to who that gentleman was. Speaker
Guion replied that not to know Col
onel Robertson, was to argue ones
self unknown. Judge Winborne
furnished the information that Col
onel Robertson was generally known
as the Lord of Guilford.
Passed Final Reading,
To establish graded schools at Free
mont.
TO pay chairman of Board of Com
missioners of Northampton county one
hundred dollars per annum and mem
beers of board four dollars per day and
mileage.
TO pay witness half fees in not true
bill cases in Caswell county
To increase pay of jurors in Greene
county and Rutherford county.
10 amend the charter of the YOU
alossy Railroad Company.
To fix for the building of courts in
Warren county.
To protect the owners of swine IN
Iyrrell county.
To regulate the speed and manage
ment of vehicles in Mecklenburg coun-
ay. (Senate amendment concurred
in.
To provide local self government for
Pcrquimans county.
10 amend the law of 1908 relative to
water supplies.
To amend the compulsory school
law of 1908 for Macon county by
changing ages at which children
should be compelled to attend school
from eight to ten years.
For the relief of f. L. CASTILLO, a
school teacher in BERTHE county.
TO prevent the trapping Of fish in
the waters of Swain and Hazel Greeks
in Swain county.
To amend the law of 1908 relating
to mechanics. by striking out Wake
county.
To amend the law of 1901 relative
to the depredations Of domestic fowls
in Morganton, and IN Rutherford
county. Mr.. Powers explained the bill
by saying the amendment included
chickens and turkeys, preventing them
from scratching UP gardens. The
original bill had geese only.
Mr. s]tronach, of Wake, desired To
insert an amendment to include an
old white rooster in Raleigh that flew
over his fence every morning, but the
amendment was objected to and the
bill passed.
To protect fish IL twelve miles OF
Summit of Grandfather Mountain.
To r1reyeof hunting and fishing &Sr