The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-29
New Plan For School
Fund Appointment.
BUCKET SHOP BILL
Made Special Order in the House For
Next Thursday--.Gen. R. F. HOke
to Be Invited to a Reception
Given in His Honor BY the.
Legislature.
Legislature.

| UIVen IN his H0nOF by TIE
Legislature.
No orotorical stories regad at yes
! terday's session of the General AS
sembly, and hardly did the legislative
sun shine warmly enough to burst
bud of rhetoric and in the Senate the
members 'either dozed in their seats,
| or strolled around the Hobbies, with
their hands clasped behind them, UNI
conscious Of the part they were playing
in making legal and political history
for the State. There was not suffi-
cent interest in the proceedings for
the galleries, and few visitors We're
present
One graceful act of the Senate was
the adoption of joint resolution
which would honor General Robert
| F. Hoke, of this city, the last sur
viving major general of the Confeder-
ate army in this State, by rendering
| him a reception, given by the General
Assembly, and to be held probably
! in the House of Representatives When
the resolution passes the House 4 COM
mittee Will be appointed TO wait on
General Hoke, and request of him to
|
convenient and suitable TO him for
| the reception
| There was q feeling akin TO ti:nidity
and surprise when the Joint resolution.
| authorizing the appointment of a. COM
mittee to proceed with an investiga-.
ton into the South Dakota bond mat
ter, came before the Senate. 1t passed
| it's second reading by a majority Of
one vote, only one preson voting at
1 oil l,rf l,o irA inc f,h-
jected to, and it was placed on the
calendar. and will be voted upon oMn-
/ day.
| Governor Glenn in a message nomi-
mated Hon. ames r. Young for lnsur-
ance Commissioner to succeed him
self; John D. Biggs, of Martin; X. IL.
Stancil of Northampton. and j. NJ.
| Parrot, of Lenoir. as directors OF the
State Hospital at Raleigh and l. ].
Davis, of Burke, c. H. Armfield. of
! Iredell, and Joe Jacobs. Of Forsyth,
as directors of the State Hospital at
Morganton. The Senate went into ex-
1 ecutive session and confirmed the
| nominations.
Senator Grady, of Sampson, present
ed q substitute for the Scales reform
/ atoIy bill, but its provisions are radi-
| cally different from the original bill,
and does not provide fol the establish
| Fflellt Oh a fetormatOTy.
The following is a full synopsis Of
I Mr. Grady's bill:
To provide for the care and refor-
| nation of young criminals. That
whenever anyone convicted OF a felony
under II years of age The Judge in
stead of pronouncing on him def
mite time of Imprisonment in the State
prison, shall pronounce upon him an
indeterminate sentence, stating in such
Sentence@a minimum and maximum
I limit The youthful criminals shall
not be farmed out or worked with the
other prisoners uDon the public works
or elsewhere, but shall be kept in the
state Prison. separate from the Other.
piIsoiierss-cl in ordinary garb. and:
! not in stripes, and kept at some useful
employment. The instructors Shall
| be appointed by the Governor at a
salary fixed by the Superintendent Of
! Public Instruction. to be paid out Of
| any funds belonging TO the State not
4, otherwise apportioned whose duty it
/ shall be to give these conVicts good
| moral. mental and industrial training.
and the head of this department is
denominated Chief Instructor. The
chief instructor. the chaplain. whom
the Governor viii appoint and the
prison physician viii constitute -
! board of commissioners of parole At
! the meeting of the board ever Dris
oner confined unon an indeterminate
sentence. may apply for his release
upon parole. or an absolute discharge,
and the board is prohibited from ell
Itcrtaining any other application or
petition for the release upon parole Or
! absolute discharge of any prisoner.
/ The warden shall cause to be kept a
! full and accurate record of each DriS-
| Oner confined upon an indetcrminate
sentence, which record shall include n
| biographical sketch covering such
| items as may indicate the course Of
Ethe criminal character or conduct OF
1 the prisoner. and also a record Of the
| demeanor. education and labor of the
prisoner While confined in prison; and
| whenever the prisoner is transferred
/ to another prison a copy of the record.
! together With the certified copy of the
/ sentence shall be transmitted with
/ the prisoner to the prison to which
/ he shall be transferred. IL it shall
/ appear to the broad from a report by
! the warden or upon application from
| the convict for release on parole. that
| there is reasonable probability that the
applicant will live and remain at lib
| erty without violating the law. then
| the board may authorize the release Of
| the applicant upon parole and the APP
/ plicant shall 20 upon parole upon such
| conditions as the board shall prescribe,
1 but TO remain while so on parole, in
the legal custody and under the con-
| troll of the agent and warden of the
State prison. until the expiration of
! the maximum term specified i'm his
sentence, or until his absolute. dis
charge. f<the agent and warden OF
| the prison or the board or any men,
] Der of the board have reasonable cause
! to believe that the prisoner on parole
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