The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-24
Under the Dome.

lerieS. 1t is to be noted also, that
not all The pretty visitors were school
girls.
A bill offered yesterday by Nj.
Cover, OF Johnson, was to encourage
the Pure in Art" THE reading of the
title sounded as if il was the Pure
i'm Heart" and there WAS an c;cctiIc
ripple Of smiles over the House and
gallery.
House bill No. 37S was the number
of the first bill introduced in the
House Yesterday. This means that up
TO Sunday there had been 317 bills
introduced III both Houses.
Lieutenant Governor Winston, hav-
ing concluded the business in the
Senate before twelve O'Clock yester
,Iay was q visitor II the House. gal
lery. observing with interest the pro
ccedings of the House from his e!o-
waited seat.
There is q law or the Code which
REQUIRES that cach State officer, and
each head of an institution in North
Carolina, furnish the General Assem-
bly,, within ten DAYS after 1t IS or
eanizad a list of all assistants and en-
Moves. with salary Of each: also that
OF the department from all sources,
tho penalty for failure 70 do this De-
ing S25 4 day. tIr. Mitchell, Of Ber-
lie. called attention tothis, ana 20
the fact that all The officers were not
doing this. He and Mr.. Grahan1 or
Granville, viii draw resolution IL
regard to the matter.
Mr.. D. Il. McIyer. Of Joncsboro,
writes superintendent Joyner as fol-
lows. "Pleasa use best endeaVors u
have appropriations for rural libraries
con sinued, by the General Assembly.
7 hone YOU will secure legislative aid
in preparing State history lor
schools.
Representative Uzzell Of Wayne, who
or rho last session introduced a bill
ITO nrotect landlords and tenantS' mas
come back for the bill with renewed
energy. INV bill Will do more Tor
the farmers in Eastern North Carolina
than any measure tina. could be passed
and I find that the farmers III my
section are all enthusiastic for the oiil,
for now they have no protection what
eyer under present laws. My bill
makes the same penalty for landlords
who disoDey the laws as for tenants.
The bill passed the House BY 4 hlg
majority two years ago and only failed
i'm the Senate by three votes.
The bill provides that If any 'eh-
ant or cropper procufeS advances
from his landlord to enable MIN toi
make crop on the land rented BY
him and then wilfully refuses TO Guilt
yate such crop, or wilfully abandons
the same without good cause ana De-
fore paying for such advances, small
be guilty of a misdemeanor' IL makes
it 2 like crime for any andlorG 20
induce n tenant TO leave and IL thei
landlord fails to live UP to his con-
tract with the tenant he shall ne
guilty of a misdemeanor. The punisil-
ment for violation shall not exceed a
fine of $50 or imprisonment for thirtN
DAYS. The bin applies only to ihei
counties of Wayne, Onslow. Jones,
Sampson. Greene, Johnson, Lenoir'
Craven and Cleveland. ANY otneI
counties desiring the law can be in
Guided but Mr. Uzzell does non wish
to make it applicable To any county
not desiring what he believes TO be its
great benefits,
The sale of patent medicines and
drugs containing alcohol has been for
/ hidden in few prohibition counties
| in North Carolina. and now comes
| Representative Harrison, of Halifax,
with q bill to require all sellers of
patent medicine 80 take ont license.
| Here are the three important sections
of the bill:
| Section 1. That every manufac-
| turer desiring to sell any Patent Mcdi-
| cine in the State of North Carolina.
| shall take out q license in the sum
of five hundred dollars and give bond
| IN the sum Of FIVE thousand dollars
/ for compliance with this act.
| Section 2. That q sample of every
brand offered shall be filed with the
secretary of State, and statement
| of it's elements and what ii is intended
to cure; that same shall be submitted
| TO the Board of Hea. til Of North Car
! DINA, and shall not be sold in the
State of North Carolina until APP
proved by the said board and a license
| granted said manufactures TO sell IN
regular channels. And that those ar
ticles regarded as worthless or injurl-
Gus to health or morals shall be sup
/ pressed.
Section 3. That no manufacturer
! shall sell or offer for sale any Patent
| Medicine containing alcohol, opium or
! like dangerous drugs, until they OBJ
tain a license fresn the Secretary OF
| state.
/ It is provided that any person vio-
lating the provisions of this act shall
nav a fine of not less S100 and not
more than $500 for every violation OF
this act 1t will be opposed, of course,
| by al manufacturers OF patent medi-
cine AMI the druggists will be apt to
oppose its passage.
!
On Thursday, before the Committee
on Health the State pharmaceutical
| Association Will be represented by Sec
| rotary Hancock and attorney General
b. S. Royster in behalf of the phar-
! maceutreal bill that has been intro
duced.
Representative Davis, of Haywood,
and Mr. NJ D. Kinsland, EngrosSng
Clerk Of Haywood, are at 5l3 Hills
boro street at Mrs. Johnson's s.
The resolution printed below
eclipses any n1oonish performance OF
the kind that has ever cast its lunar
rays upon q Tar Heel Legislature
w tn its spelling corrected and pune
tuation remedied it is as nearly like
the original as may be. 1t IS worth
laugh. and here it goes:
TO the Legislative Body of North Car