The commonwealth., 1905-03-09
THE LEGISLATURE.
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the House amendment to the Odei
pension bill which reduced the increase
from 100000 to $50, 600 Senator
Odell said he was very sorry the HOUSE
had not seen fit to give S10O,OO0, bul
that $4,000 would give the fourth
class pensioners 500 provided there was
not an increase in the number of pen.
sioners.
When the bill to issue 100000 fol
the erection of State hall Of records
came up on its third reading. Senator
Zollicoffer sent an amen3ment that the
appropriation be SIS, 900, halt Of it to
be paid each year from the receipts III
the insurance com issioner'a Office
He was opposed to any bond Issue.
Senator Odell favored the bill ard
urged the defeat Of the amendment.
Senator Mason OF CASTOR said that
the.appropriation committee was doing
all IN its power and found that the es-
timated receipts were S543, 900 and the
appropriations we're now put at $542.-
900.
Senator McCulloch wanted 4 hall OF
records but he vas against a bond Issue
and he thought the revenue To:]d be
sufficient to build 1t.
Senator Fleming favored this build
ing buG he wanted s bond Issue large
enough to make all needed permanent
improvements. 4 bond issue Of $40,
900 would have more political effect
than $1,000, 600 issue and accom-
plish scarcely anything.
Senator Bragaw strongly favored tile
bill and the bond issue. Senator Turn
er was against bonds. Senator Emp:e
supported the bill and Senator Foushet
opposed bonds. Senator Stringtieli
favored the bill. ZolIicoffer's amend
nlent was defeated, IS to 16 being tbs
vote. Senator Burton moved to make
IL 9oU. iniS was lOst.
The bill failed to pass third reading
Joint Senate resolution for the par
tici patton of North Carolina at ths
Jamestown Exposition, apprupriatins
$4,000. Senator Eller explained th'
bill, saying that the commission to b,
named by the Governor Will cooperate
with the agricultural department. II,
was not welded to any particular plal
but he did want North Carolina to o.
properly represented there. eenato
Bragaw took the same position and de
clared North carolina could not affort
to TAI! to be represented. Senato:
Mason OF CASTOR and Zollicoffer wanted
it to go to the appropriation commit
tee and 1t was SO referred.
HOUSE On motion Of Mr.. Rober
son, the conrtesies Of the floor were ex
tended by rising vote to the legisla
tive committee from Tennessee here t,
examine the methods of the insurance
department OF North Carolina. Th
HOnse took recess for five minute
while the members fraternalized Will
the Tennesseeans.
Most of the work done in the Hous
was for local legislation.
FIFrIETH DAY-THTRsDAy uApc1I 9
News and Observer.
SENATE-M any bills passed fina
reading, but most of them were of
private nature.
BOND SETTLEMENT
HoUsE-The bill authorizing th
pay ment of two hundred and fiitee1
thousand dollars in settlement of th
Schafer bonds, coming up on its secon,
reading, Mr.. Powers OF Rutherfor,
said that twenty-five years ago he AM
MAJOR Graham, now present and repre-
sentlng Lincoln county, were member
OF the Legislature that issued wha
we're known as the computation bonds
which provided a, settlement ior th
incubus of debt of forty million do
lars which had hung like a bIac
cloud oyer our poyersy-stricaen State
That the bonds now being settled wer
about the only ones which did not &C
cept the terms, and the fact that aite
twentyf five years their now coming i
and accepting virtually those sam
terms was a credit to the honor as we
as sagaclty of the settlement Of 1879.
Major Graham of Lincoln said ths
he would only add that the settIemer
of 1879 was made by a committee {
the Legislature and the bond-holdel
in conference, just as this settlemer
had been made.
Judge Graham said he felt like cor
graduating the committee for havln
effected the settlement without d,
parture from the Democratic platform
Mr.. Murphy, OF the committee ha,
ing in charge the settlement OF th
bonds, stated that the report OF til
committee and the message of Cover
er Glenn fully set out the transectio
and would not consume the time of til
House in any further statement.
The roll was called and 1OI membe
present voted aye. Patterson, Repul
lican of Swain county. voted no. M