Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-03-09


sealed packages; to allow Asheville to
vote for dispensary; to publish and
distribute corporation laws.
The bill to provide for a Hall Of Re-
cords came up as special order. An
amendment was introduced to make the
amount $4,000 and to allow no bond
issue.
Bills were introduced in the House
to amend the charter Of Monroe and es-
tablish fire limits; to incorporate
Avery-McD0well Camp, Confederate
Veterans; resolution urging reduction
| Of acreage in cotton; to allow Arson
and Union to re-survey the county
| lines between them; resolution that the
| House adjourn March 4th.
Bills passed providing for paving the
walks in the capitol square; also bill
| Incorporating many churches and
school houses and protecting them
from the sale or manufacture of liquor
within a radius of one to three miles.
The Redwine bill which passed the
House to break up speculating in wit
ness tickets in criminal cases and to
drive out scalpers by allowing them
only 10 per cent. on the price paid for
tickets, caused such confusion and ex-
| citement, due to the members rushing
up with amendments exempting their
counties, that action on it had to be
| deferred.
Bills passed to allow the naval mill
/ tia an equal sum per capita to that al
lowed the National Guards; to place
! tablets to the memory of North Caro-
lima troops at Bethel and Chicamau-
| qua.
There was a breeze over the bill to
41 al, ,r%4 0F f1oa C%nf ,o1
and Industrial College, at Greensboro,
the bill falling to pass Is to "a. Gra-
ham changed his vote from aye to no,
| and then moved to reconsider the vote
| by which the bill was defeated, saying
| it had been recommended by the chair
man of the committee on education and
only gave permission to charge $40 per
| month for board instead of So. Muir
| ply, of Buncombe, said the present law
was enacted in 1891, and provisions
we're so much higher now that an in
crease was necessary. The bill was
made the special order for tonight.
During the discussion of the bill Rep
resentative Robson announced that a
special committee from the Tennessee
Legislature had come to Raleigh to in
vestigate insurance laws. The privi-
leges of the floor were extended by a
rising vote, and five minutes recess
was taken, the visitors being given an
informal reception. Insurance COmmis-
sioner Young making the introductions
Thursday in House and Senate.
In the Senate Thursday a message
from the Governor regarding the South
Dakota Judgment of Schaffer bonds
was read and the bond committee re-
ported. Upon motion of Mr.. Duls, the
reports were adopted and the thanks
0f the Senate extended to the Gov
arnor and counsel of State. A bill
was introduced to provide for a dis
pensary at Whiteville, and resolu-
ton inviting the National Editorial
Association to meet next year in North
Carolina. Bills passed to charter the
Kinston & Cape Fear Railway; to in
corporate Mineral Springs, in Union
county; to prevent the running at
large Of dangerous or vicious dogs;
20 prevent the manufacture of whiskey
in Rutherford; to establish a dispen-
sary at Roxboro; to prohibit the killing
Of quail in Alexander; to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of whiskey in
Union, and to allow the people to vote
On dispensary or prohibition; to amend
the anti-jug law by making it apply
ou1y W VlltCuS11, OlOVOlduO, CdUd11 uS,
Castor, Perquimans and Ashe, this
being the law enacted two years ago;
to refund commissions of sheriff Of
Rowan on taxes; to authorize county
boards of education to fix the time for
holding schools; to incorporate the
Christian University; and also Lenoir
College, in Catawba county; to regu-
late the apportionment Of school funds
Of Mecklenburg; to provide for the es-
tablishment Of public school libraries
in rural districts; to authorize the
State board of education to publish GER
tain textbooks relating to history and
literature Of North Carolina.
In the House message was receiv-
ed from Governor Glenn, detailing the
terms of the bond settlement agree
ment and urging it's adoption, the mes
sage being similar to the report by
the committee to the House last night.
Chairman Graham, of the committee
on revision Of laws, or Code, read an
extract from a Raleigh letter to The
Charlotte Observer ana other papers
yesterday, saying that The Code com
mission had done some arbitrary
things, such as placing all public insti-
tutiions, including schools, under con-
| troll of the board of public improve
ments. He said the report was un-
founded. A detailed method was