Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-16
NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
Work That is Being Done BY the
North Carolina Lawmakers.
Pass Final Reading.


The following bills passed final read
ing: To establish graded schools in
fremont; to pay chairman OF the
hoard of commissioners of Northamp-
ton county s1O0 per annum, and mem
bers of board S4 day and mileage;
to pay witness nalf fee in not true
hill cases in Caswell county; to in
crease the pay of jurors in Greene
and Rutherford counties; to amend
the charter of the Yonahlossee Rail
way Company; to fix the time of hold
ing courts in Warren; to protect hog
owners in Tyrell; to regulate the speed
and management of vehicles in Neck
lenburg county, the Senate amendment
being concurred in; to provide for
election of commissioners and magis-
rates by the people IN Perqulmans;
to amend act 1903 relative to water
supplies; to amend the compulsory
school act of 1903 for Macon county,
by extending age at which children
must attend school from to 10 years,
with other amendments; to prevent
trapping fish in Swan and Hazel
creeks, Swain county; to amend act
1903, regarding mechanics, by striking
out Wake county; to protect fish with
IN twelve miles of the summit of
Grandfather Mountain; to amend act
1901, relating to hunting and fishing
N Craven and Jones counties; for re-
lief of John w. Riley; to amend act
1903, regarding hunting in Robson
county; for relief Of Clerk w. M. Wat
son, of Craven, allowing absence from
Office; to better regulate fishing in
Currituck Sound; to amend graded
school law at Rocky Mount; to incor-
lorate Haywood Institute; to regulate
fishing in the Cherokee; to protect and
promote the growing of ginseng.
The bill amending act Of 1901, re-
gsrding depredations of domestic fowls
IN Morganton and Rutherford county,
came up Powers explained it by say
ing 1t includes chickens and turkeys,
Preventing them from scratching up
gardens, while the original bill named
geese only. Stronach, of Wake, de-
sired to insert an amendment SO as
10 include an old white rooster, which
ne said flew over his fence every
morning. but this amendment was OBJ
Ncted to, and the bill passed, as die
tae to prevent hunting and fishing in
uooSeneck township, Martin county
%tnout written consent of the owner
OF the premises.
Inc bill passed providing for the
tlotment of hOmcsteads in lands hell
IN common.
The Foushee Bill Killed.
But little of general interest wa
uone Monday. The Senate committe,
W VI allroads, after hearing argumen
noln the chairman of the State rail
,odu commission for, and the attoI
asys Ior the railroad against, report
M H, ,uhfavorably the Foushee bill. Thi
ai' suggested by the railroad commits
sqn, sso, gave it power to compel railroads
aO Tb.ef investigating and determinin
n.a MO-: road bed or equipment of CON
ssn1 SUES was defective, to remedy tn
mil. nut On appeal the order of the con
das dlsslon was to be prima facie ev
au. auaGe or It's reasonableness. The pre-.
~ 1' Id" only authorizes the commissio
And investigate the condition of road
au sao.i report to the legislature Anothe
re.lon nou. OF the bill gave the commissio
el eloe 70 order the establishment of
Str aph offlce where public nece
' Nnap Vi convenience required. Senate
No .u"Slee was instructed to confer wit
droe iallroad commission relative t
mou;ng ming another bill with less drast
- The Advance DistiIIeries.
trariS rme house committee on the liuue
atfar,o,aa aIeer a long hearing Tuesda
non+ 'si ICON, returned an unfayorable r,
bin n oy vote of Is to II on the senat
lin jnndpr. dpr.ohlbiting the manufacture
pouo auor at Advance, Davie county. O,
eg.II1s egn9s OF the bill were represented /
and d9qGse T:s F. I. Osborne. of Charlott
ptrotaic tictor Boyden, of Salisbury. The
Of ofbauced tba ce petitions, signed by SO O,
out re oe ooo oo voters of the town, and 2:
sgsiun. gua zoo voters in the townshi
nanr' 't the bill, and affidavits fro
AID sp' pro prominent citizens of the tow
aaS rounty, declaring that the ord,
sov +Iiolailty +io of the town were bett
y" Than prior to tbo os+o h1;sh