The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
THE ASTi-IrC LAM.

I thai has Be8l IN erect Tor tSo sNaTn- -
| large number OF counties are exempt
/ from it's provisions.
TO ENFORCE WATTS LAW.
A special act makes IL . nisdemeanor
! for an yperson to aliox \ dlstillery &c
where the manufacture and sale OF In
/ toxicating liquors is prohibited. and
sherirs and their deputies and police
officers are required TO search for and
seize any distiliery In such territory
| and deliver IL 10 the United States an-
thorities for eonfscation. and destroy
any materials found al such distiiiery
also 10 Neize any liquor found In the
possession of any person not tax paid
and stamped as required by the United
| States government and deliver il TO the
United States officers.
It shall be the duty of the SD eriff or
| his deputies or police officers. when in
| formed OF violation OF this act. TO ar
rest the offender and subpoena all per-
sons who may have information re-
| garding the offence charged. Any So
| licitor who believes that liquor has
been manufactured or sold contrary 10
law in his district. may have summon
| ed any person believed to have knowl-
| edge of the offense before the grand
| jury.
COCAINE, OPIUM AND MORPHINE.
An act regulating the sale OF CO.
caine, opium and morphine makes 1t
unlawful for any one TO sell, or give
away these drugs except upon the writ
ten prescription OF reputable practic-
ing physician, veterinary surgeon or
dentist, which prescription shall not be
refilled unless directed by the attend
ing physician. No veterinary surgeon Is
allowed to prescribe cocaine, opium or
morphine for human being.
THE DIVORCE LAW.
The new divorce law repeals all laws
creating &ny cause for divorce enacted
since the session OF 1883, and amends
the Code by making fornication and
adultery on the part of the husband
a cause for divorce instead of serara-
ton from the wife and living in adul-
terry. 1t is provided that this law does
not apply to any suit now pending.
THE BUCKET-SHOP LAW.
The BucketShop Law prevents deal
ing in futures in the State except manu-
facturers and commission men.
THE NEW VAGRANCY LAW
The vagrancy law was broadened
considerably in its application and in
it's defination of vagrants. It's provis-
ions are as follows:
Sec. 1. That section 1884 of the Code
Of North Carolina and all laws amend
ing thereof be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. That all persons who may
come within either of the classes here
matter named shall be deemed a vag-
rant
Sec 8. % Persons wandering or
strolling about in idleness who are
able to work and have no property to
| support them.
(2) Persons leading an idle, in,omral
or profigate life, who have no pro-
perty to support them, and who are
able to work, and who do not work.
90 All persons able to work, having
no property to support them. and who
have not some visible and known
means OF fair, honest and reputable
| livelihood
"a Persons having a fixed abode,
who have no visible property, to sup
port them, and who live by stealing,
or by trading in. bartering for, or buy
ing stolen property.
(5) Professional gamblers living in
| idleness.
CO. All able bodied men who have
| lO CtueT NlSlDte HeduS VI SuppOIt, WI4O
shall live in idleness upon the wages
minor child Or children.
| Sec. 4. That the punishment for vag
rancy as defined in this act shall not
exceed $50 fine or 80 days imprison-
ment for the first offense, and for the
second and subsequent offenses the JUS
tice of the peace shall bind the defen-
dant over to the superior court in the
sum Of two hundred dollars $4,000, and
upon convection for said offense in the
superior court the defendant shall be
sentenced to the public roads or to the
workhouse for term not less than six
months nor exceeding one year.
PENSIONS.
The pension law for Confederate SOL
diers, sailors and widows Is amended
by increasing the annual appropriation
from 100000 to .s275,000. The classes
and amounts to each are now as fol-
| ows:
l. To such as have received wound
that renders them totally incompetent
to perform manual labor in the ordi-
nary vocations of life, $50.
g To such as have lost leg above
the knee OF an arm above the elbow,
s45
3. To such as have lost a foot or a
leg below the knee, or hand or arm
below the elbow, or have leg or arm
utterly useless. s35.
f. To such as have lost an eye and
the widows and all other soldiers who
are now three-fourths disabled from
any cause, $50.
Moreover, the county boards of pen
s;ons are empowered to place upon the
pension roll any Confederate veteran
lor widow disqualified by the $500 prop
erty clause. who may appear to be un-
able to earn living from property
valued as much as $500 or more.
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Two acts were passed relative to con-
tracts between landlords and tenant for
land and crops.
One makes it a misdemeanor for any
tenant or cropper who procures ad-
vances from his landlord to abandon
the land rented by him without good
cause and before paying for such ad-
vances: for any landlord who may
contract with tenant to furnish ad-
vances SO he can make crop to re-
fuse to furnish the advances. And
any person who employees tenant who
to his knowledge has violated this ACT
shall be liable to the landlord for the
amount Of the advances made and alsc
be guilty of midemeanor. Wheneve.
any tenant shall contract for the renta1
Of land for the current year and fail tc
perform the terms of his contract hf
shall forfeit his right of possession ana
the landlord may recover possession.
This law apples to the following
counties: Wayne. Lenoir, Greene. John
ston. Jones. Onslow. Craven, Cleveland