The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
NORTH STATE LAWMAKERS
Work That Is Being Done BY the
North Carolina Lawmakers.

duced Tuesday.
The following bills passed final
reading: To authorize the commission
ers of CASTOR county to issue $500, 900
CT bonds to improve public roads; to
work the public roads. of Rutherford
county; to provide for the better work
ing of the roads of Chatham; to
amend the road law of Madison
ty; to amend charter of Asheville;
to establish an electric light plant and
reservoir and authorize a bond issue;
to incorporate the Edgecombe Rail-
way; to authorize Rutherford county
to issue $500, 900 to pay for the stock
In the Rutherford Construction Com
pany; to incorporate the Watauga
Turnpike Company; to amend the
bird law of Forsyth county; to pre-
vent throwing sawdust in certain
streams in Guilford.
The anti-jug bill, namely House
bill, to repeal chapter 349, public laws
1903, except as to Cleveland, Cabar-
rus, Mitchell and CASTOR, came up on
second reading, but met considerable.
opposition as to immediate passage.
Mason, of Gastonia, moved that it
be referred to the committee on jul
dietary. Amendments were offered
excepting also Caldwell and Yancey.
Rutherford and Madison. Mason's
motion was adopted and the bill went
to the judiciary committee. This is
the bill which the Supreme Court
made applicable to the whole State,
while it was only intended for the four
counties of Cleveland, Cabarrus,
Mitchell and CASTOR, and the bill now
in hand will make the Law apply only
to those foul counties.
In the Senate Wednesday the land
lord and tenant bill came up and was
postponed.
In the House the bill known as the
pilotage bill, abolishing compulsory
pilotage on the Cape Fear river came
up with a favorable report. A minor
ity report was. offered signed by Rec
tor, Reeves, Uzzell, Wade and Dobson.
The bill was made a special order for
Friday at noon
The bill to increase salaries of
judges to $4,000 with $3.50 for expens-
es passed second reading.
The Senate Thursday passed the
Scales bill giving $4,000 for the estab-
lishment of a juvenile reformatory.
There was a good deal Of discussion of
the bill.
Bills passed as follows: Regulating
the salaries of judges, the Senate, on
motion of Zollicoffer, concurring in the
House amendment making salaries
$3.50 instead of So, 500; to incorporate
Andrews, Cherokee county; to improve
the public roads in Valley township.
Cherokee county; to amend the acts of
1903 regarding cotton meal as a fertil-
izer by making tx per cent. of ammo
mia the standard. A fight had been
made to make the standard s per cent.
but the House named 7k per cent. The
Senate committee set the figure back
to 8 per cent. but the matter being re-
ferred to the committee TX per cent
was agreed upon, and stands Is the
figure prescribed. Bills passed to pre-
vent throwing sawdust in certain
streams in Warren, Arson, Montgom-
cry and Swain; to relieve G.. G.. Lee,
Aaron w. Moore, Albert Bigelow and ].
M. Lee, school teachers, in Caswell
county; to incorporate the Western
Union Academy; to take j. F. Gardner,
out of Wesley Chapel school district.
Union county; to amend the law of 1887
regarding public schools in town Of
Durham; to compel the attendance OF
Cherokee Indians at schools; to extend
the time for the North State Trust
Company to perfect it's organizations;
to incorporate the Bank of Chapel Hill;
to authorize the Bank of Lumberton to
increase number of directors, and to
give the Robson County Loan and
Trust Company the same authority; to
incorporate the Greensboro Female
College.
The following bills were ratified
Thursday: To fix the time for holding
courts in Warren county; to provide
for payment of one-half fees to wit
nesses and officers in Caswell county,
when mot a true bill' is found; to
amend the law of evidence relative to
written statements; to appoint a cotton
weigher for the city of Raleigh.
The following bills passed final read
ing: Requiring commissioners of
Wilkes county to levy special a to
build bridges across the Yadkin river
at Roaring River and Holman's Ford.
Cowles, of Wilkes, desired to know
why Judge Graham had taken it upon
himself to introduce a bill for a county
he did not represent. HOlbrook, of
Wilkes, stated that he was in favor of
the bill, and Cowles was opposed to
it, that the people of Graham needed
the bridge and that Judge Graham had
introduced it by request. DR.. Alexan-
der, of the committee, explained that
when the bill was before the committee
it was stated that a law was passed
in 1903, giving the county commits
sioners authority to levy a special tax
for this purpose and they had refused
to do so. Cowles, in opposing the bill,
stated that Wilkes was already heav-
lily burdened with bond. debt, and the
people oppressed with taxes. Holbrook
detailed the great need of the citizens
for two bridges and asked members to
vote for the bill, without amendments,
Cowles offered an amendment, which
was defeated; to leave the question of |
bridge tax to a vote; to leave the ques-
ton of building the bridge to the dis
erection of the commissioners and to
strike out So, 800 and s., 200 allowed for
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