The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22

THE DAILY NEWS AND or
the time of assembling Of the Gen
eral Assembly shaii be in April IN
stead of January
TO amend the constitution 50 that
the homestead can be waived ny
maker of note.
Introduction OF Bills.
Austin: To transfer territory from
Spring Hope School district TO dis
trict No. One. Nash county Educ;t-
ton.
Simnson: To prohibit sale of liquor
in three miles of Fletcher church in
Gates county, Committee on Liquor
Traffic.
Pattison: TO incorporate BrYsOn CITY
Graded school. Education
L Uzzen: To incorporate Eurekan and
i6srantham churches in Wayne county.
Liquor Traffic.
Coke: TO restore local self-goVerh.7
ment in Perquimans county. CouhlleS
Cities and Towns
West: TO allow ". T. r. Bell to ped
lie without paying license tax. FL
nance.
Winborne: TO empower executors
and administrators with Will annexed
to sell lands. Judiciary,
Winborne: TO cheaper trials re!at-
ing to real estate. Judiciary.
Murphy, of Buncombe: To allow
street railway companies 10 transport
policemen and firemen free Of charge.
Corporations.
Person Privilege.
Mr.. CoWles. of Wilkes. rising TO
question of personal privilege,
said that the bill introduced
by him asking that ply
stefan in Wilkes be allowed 10 practice
medicine without q license, was pre-
scented by request ana the petition was
signed by the leading physicians and
business men of the county, lamost all
of whom were Democrats. Mr.. CoWleS
said he did not assume responsibility
for the bill, he believed that the law
should be strict in regard to issuing
licenses to hysicianS, but the case OF
DR.. Webster was an exceptional one
and the petition signed by the leading
professional and business men OF
Wilkesboro, was presented to him by
chief clerk OF the House, Mr.. Frank
Hocket. He believed The News and
Observer had unintentionally done him
an injury in making him responsible
for any intention t. break down any
safeguards against the proper practice
Of medicine.
Mr.. CoWles also corrected q report
in which he was quoted as saying in
regard TO the leasing of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad, that the
private stockholders had been sup
planted What he did say was
that the management Of the road mad
been supplanted by the lease" In other
respects the report was correct
Passed Final Reading.
TO amend road law in Clay county.
TO extend the corporate limits of
Monroe.
TO amend the law establishing a dis
pensary in Marshall, Madison county,
so as to change method of distributing
proceeds arising therefrom.
70 appoint Columbus F. Morrison
and John r. Caffy justices of the
peace in Wilkes county.
To prevent damage to bridges by
traction engines in Chatham county.
TO amend road law Cor Graham
county SO that superintendent will
be required to serve six days instead
of twelve each year.
To prevent obstruction of pubic
roads in town of kiser.
TO make it unlawful TO kill quail in
Swain county for three years from
date.
TO make law of 1899 for Rowan
county preventing hunting on lands of
another without written consent of
owner shall apply to HEREFORD county.
To prevent catching bear in traps
in Swain county.
10 regulate the speed and manage
ment of automobiles and other We
hicles in Mecklenburg county.
To validate deed made by Governor
to p. II. Hughes.
TO restore to people of BERTHE coun-
" the election of county commission
erS by popular vote.
TO protect game in Halifax and War
rtn counties, making closed season be-
tween February 18th and November
18th.
TO amend section 1927 of the Code
relative 10 increasing the number of
jurors to be drawn for second week of
Iredell county.
TO amend acts of 1903 relating to
Morgan township in Rowan county.
TO repeal laws of 1903 relative to
the shell-6sh industry and to pro-
tect theindustry in Brunswick coun-
ty.
To amend section of Code relative
to erecting gates across public roads
by requiring notice of application for
erecting gate 10 be posted on premises
where gate is TO be erected.
For relief of j. T.. Donaho. eX-sher-
if of Caswell county.
To make the title of an act a part
thereof so that the court in constituting
an act can take into consideration It's
title.
To fix the punishment for carrying
concealed weapons.
TO amend the Code relative to steal
ing a horse for temporary purposes,
changing the offense from felony
to a misdemeanor. Mr.. Mitchell OPP
posed this bill, saying that it would
be great mistake to make the steal
ing Of a horse even for a temporary
ride a less offenSe than "a felony. He
recited several instances where tramps
had stolen horses temporarily and al
most rode them to death. Mr.. Fisher
also spoke against the bill, speaking of
the great expense to the owner of
horse in getting him back, and often
the horse was found badly damaged.
Nr. Robertson explained the bill say
ing it only applied to persons taking
a horse without any feIoniouS intent.
The return of the horse to the owner
should abbsolve the trespaSser from
felony, and if the horse was dam
aged the statute for cruelty to ami
mails could be invoked.
The cases mentioned by Mr.. Mitch
ell and Mr.. Fisher were clearly felo-
at, 10, or