The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-03
Senate WOuid Not Repeal
Lacy Act.
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tablish Il work house Propositions
and Grievances.
by Arendell: To increase the num-
Der of county commissioners of Car
teret county. L. and CO.
BY ltcl.ean From citizens Of Yad-
kin county asking for prohibition for
that county. +. and G..
By Toms: To drain Clear Greek, III
Henderson county. T.. and G..
BY Williams: 10 amend chapter
IS of the Public Laws OF 1901, fixing
the time for holding the courts Of
the Tenth Judicial District. judicial
Districts.
BY Williams: Relating to changing
the time for holding the February
term of Superior court for Rowan and
Davidson counties Of the Tenth Judi
cial District. judicial Districts.
BY Grad: TO amerd section 644 Of
The Code so as to allow service of
publication in actions to set ASIDE de-
crees of divorce. The bill inserts af-
ter the wCrd divorce, in the first
line of subsection five, of the section
mentioned. the words: ."Or to set
aside. Or vacate for any cause decree
OF divorce
By Burton: To amend tho charter
OF the American Warehouse Company.
Corporations.
Third Reading.
The following, bills passed their third
readings:
:. Il. TO extend the corporate limits
end amend the charter of the town of
Robcrsonvlle. in the county Of Mar
tin.
S. &. To amend the law of descents,
which allows all children of mother
To inherit from their nother. whether
legitimate or illegitimate. This law
provides simply that iliegitimate chill
drer may inherit from q common
mother provided they get nothing
that is left by the father.
n. g. TO prevent the killing OF
squirrels in the counties of Jones and
Franklin.
S. Il. To provide for the holding OF
primary elections in Buncombe county.
s. b. To protect fish within twelve
miles of the summit of Grandfather
Mountain, in Mitchell county.
$. e. Resolution of the Senate to
pay the expenses Of the Governors in
auguration The resolution authorizes
the Auditor TO draw mis- warrant on
the state Treasurer for the amounts
set forth In the resolution. The entire
amount does not exceed five hundred
dollars.
II. II. To validate judgments under
which sales of contingent renainders
have been made.
II. b. TIC fix the time for selling real
estate for taxes in Jackson county.
Special order.
II. r. To relieve the Board of Agri-
culture from contributing to the cur
rent expenses Of the A. ard NJ. College
at Raleigh.
Hos. II l., n
the bill. but it should go before the
COMMITTEE on Appropriations. as it
carried an appropriation with ii, as
although it relieved the Board OF Ag-
r3culturc from contributing to the col
lege il provided for an appropriations
Ur. Mclean. chairman of the Ag-
rculture Committee, which reported
the bill faVorablv, asked that the bill
be not rc-referred. He asked that his
cial order for the day be Withdrawn,
and il b II which carried unanimously
iii the House, containing the same
purDorts be substituted. Mr.. Mclean
said the Board of Agriculture should
not appropriate these funds To the A.
and M. College; that these amounts
shonld net come from the pockets OF
the farmers alone. HE hoped Mf.
Scales motion would be voted down.
Mr.. Scales said the bill carried with
it an appropriation of $4,000. AND it
should go before the proper commits
tee. He said investigation never
hurts a good bill, and If it was q
proper one, it would not be hurt. and
d few days delay would work 1t no
INJURY. He asked what was the use of
such a committee if bills were not re-
ferred to the proper committee.
Mr.. Mclean asked If the substitute
hn ha f,un
by the Appropriation Committee if it
we're re-referred Mr.. Scales replied
that this would be done.
Mr.. Mclean withdrew his original
bill. and by his consent the substitute
from the House was referred 70 the
Committee On Appropriations.
Lacy Bill Repeal Resolution.
The House resolution ON the Lacy
bill. repeating its action of several
days ago, refunding TO Mr.. Lacy near
~ 500, the amount of Major Martin 3
defalcation. was set for special order.
Mr.. Foushee said he earnestly hoped
the resolution would pass He was
absent when, the bill was originally
voted upon, and had he been here he
would have raised his voice against
| ii t was a. most dangerous act. Mr..
Worth lost $4,000 by the same man
Martin, Mr.. Worth was an honorable
man, in old age, had been treasurer
for two terms and finding he had
lost $4,000 by Martins dishonesty. he
had to go into bankruptcy. This bill
does not give Mr.. Worth one penny,
but Mr.. Lacy $500. who is in the same
condition no better than Mr. Worth.
| We should not men turn around and
give Mr. Lacy $500. I could not go back
to my constituency and face ii with