The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-01-26
os the General Assembly frcm January

us fns General Assembly frcm January
10 April,
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slider the. title of an aci . ratt there,
I o! Pasted This ss salxlltn;e for :
| bill that sss fnETsAsscea Imposing =
| heavy penalty for smuggling = -.
, cegliYely entitled bill through The Leg.
/ tslasure.
Mr.. Cox. e r~Tsaiaans. introduced
bill TO provide local s.sIs s.~sesnnsert
for perquimans county. Mr.. MURPHY
one To authorize street railway com
psnies in Norta Carolina 10 give free
,rrs.ss..r, atis.s 10 policemen and mem
eers = ffe csItf.asnles,
The House COMMITTEES ca espenai-
lures made report recommending
that the number Of pages be reduced
from fourteen 10 twelve and other en-
nloses from s.enty-sIx TO twenty-tSo
A Bill bssss4 sh.s aouaa Ia regulate
vehicles on the highw avs ~ sssk sklen-
burg by requiring that all vehicles
shall go 10 the right and that when
a driver OF team raises the right
hald, automobiles etc. shall stop unit!
the teams Are driven pasi. Mr Free
man was the .iniro6scer of this bill
4 bill passed rx.hg the pitiisEnent
for carrying concealed wea pens at $40
fine for the first offense, and $50 ani
lc days for the second.
Mondays Proceedings.
Both the Senate afa fi0u~e had
very short session. Bills were introduc-
cd IN tna seratL amending the nego-
table instrument law; TO .eiucn pas
senger fares TO three cents per mile ani
abolish second-ciass fares; 10 cure de-
f,ctive orders on repatriation of deeds:
regulating tnanafactcre ana sales Of
liquor in the State; amanaile the
Watts law by striking out the words
manufacture" in the first section. and
by adding to that section the following
words; 1T shall be unlawful for any
i.e.sCn or persons. Mcnl. or corporation
to manufacture or rectify for gain any
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors. or
intoxicating bitters within this state
except in incorporated cities having
riore than 1900 population. wherein
tLe Manufacture is not or may not
hereafter hh Prohibited BY law or fegu-
poses to ar1end the Watts law by al
lowing liquor to be furnished by drug
gists Upon written certificates of head
o'f family that it is needed for use by
soma member at the family for medi-
ciral purposes.
Bills passed Incorporating Troutman;
authorizing u bond issue and pOll-taX
reduction at MoogesviIle; to auth orize
townships in Forsyth county to issue
bonds for electric railway from High
Foifit i6 WihsteH-Salen:
A memorial vas presented 10 the
House from the North Carolina AMI
Virginia Christian Conference asking
for the repeal Of the present divorce
laws. Bills were introduced to prohib
it bucket shops; to regulate the sale
cocaine and opium; to regulate the sale
uf cider in the State; TO encourage
purity III art, 10 apply the Watts law
to Jackson county.
Bills passed amending the charter OF
the Statesville and Air Line Railway
aud increasing the pay Of jurors In
MAGISTRATES courts from twenty-five
cents to fifty cents per day. Chairman
Mitchell. bf the House committee On
expenditures. called attention to the
law requiring all State Officers ana
heads CT institutions to furnish the
LEGISLATURE detailed lists of all en-
ployes. names and salaries, saying that
it ought 70 be enforced or repealed;
that the institutions asked for half a
million dollars additional approprla-
ton and this information was desired
The bill regarding purity in art is IN
;roduced at the instance OF the ladies
of the State, who want purity in news
| Daper advertisements.