The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-04
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS-T
SEVENTH DAY

In the House of of Representative
yesterday Mr.. Meekins, of Tyrrell,
whose concern Tor horses had Inn
PEELED him several days before to have
La law enacted compelling bee gums.
to be moved a "leetle further from
the public road, and consideration FOR
cider loving resisters. prompted law
TO move cider presses far enough from
the public highways TO prevent the
seductive aroma from reaching the
olfactories of riders by. gave another
illustration of his kind heartedness.
He introduced a bill TO protect swine.
generally known as hogs) and fol-
lowed this up by one to protect fish IN
frying pan waters. The bill, If tu-
tended as a humane measure. by this
humanitarian legislator. who consid-
ers the comfort of horses, the safety
of hogs, and the removal OF temptation
from the bibulous inclined. evidently
needs an amendment SO that it VIII
include grease, for in some sections
people fry fish in butter and lard.
which certainly is generally supposed
to hurt worse in Il frying heat than
water
II was predicted when DR.. Gordon
introduced his bill putting the county
officers of Guilford on a salary, turn
ing their fees into the county treas
Jury. that the idea was infectious. This
was verified yesterday by the presen,
tation by Mr.. Waddill. of Forsyth.
Of a bill to place the officers of that
wealthy county on salary. Mr.. Wad-
dill is more generous. however, than
was his Guilford neighbor. He allows
his sheriff the same salary that his
ilIustrious citizen Il. =. Glenn. Cover
nor of North Carolina gets, to-Wit:
four thousand dollars. and declares
the county will save three thousand
dollars to boot. The clerk is 10 rc~
he Ic-t of
deeds two thousand and the treasurer
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars.
the law not to go into effect until De-
cember, 1906.
Following the recommendation If
Governors Aycock and Glenn:
The bill introduced by Mr.. Bigsa
for the support of the university calls
for a special appropriation OF hfty
thousand dollars for the establishments
of a chemical laboratory at the uni
versity. and to equip the present chem
ical laboratory for laboratory oI
biology. 1t is provided that twenty
five thousand dollars year for two
years shall be paid out for the new
building and equipment. The bill also
carries an annual appropriation OF
fifty thousand dollars for support ana
maintenance of the university. The
present appropriation is thirty seven
thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum.
Mr.. Woodlands bill to prevent the
escape of conVjctS, directs that priS-
oners who are sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for as long a term as ten years
shall be kept within the enclosure or
the State prison and not hired out.
The usual number OF anti-iquor
selling and manufacturing bills. pri-
Fate relief bills and allowances for IS
suing bonds and levying special taxes
were introduced, and many of ike
character, which had formerly been
introduced, passed their final reading
The ant-jug bill came up again, and
provoked the usual amount of linduis-
tic sparring. the prize artists being Mr.
McNinch and Mr.. Walter Murphy The
latter came out smiling with post
ponemcnt Of the evil day until Tues
day next.
The most important bill acted on
was the one amending the act cre-
ating the Corporation Commission.
which passed its final reading and be-
came a law. 1t was introduced ny
Senator Foushee aud had passed iii
the Senate. 1t provides that If no APP
peal is taken from an order or judg-
meut of the commission within the
time prescribed by law. but the cor
noration affected thereby fails to put
such order in operation. the Ccrpol-
alton Commission may apply TO the
judge riding the Superior Court dis
trict which embraces Wake county.
or 10 the resident judge Of said dis
trlct at chambers upon ten days no.
ticc Tor a peremptory mandamus upon
said corporation for the putting In
force Of said Judgment or order. IL the
judge shall find the order was valid he
shall issue such pcremptory mandani-
rs. An appeal shall lie to the Su-
prcme Court i'll behalf Of the Corpora
tion Commission in the defendant cor
poration from tho refusal or the gram.
ing of such mandamus
Where u Judgment or order of the
commission is affirmed in whole or in