The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-02-09
TIE LEGISLATURE
Work That 10 Being Done BY the
North Carolina Lawmakers.


The following bills were introduced:
Wnborne, to provide for alloting
homesteads for lands held in common.
Harrison, to amend law establish
ing graded schools in Weldon.
Gordon, of Guilford, to fix salaries Of
Guilford county officers.
Joyner, to fix the pay Of commission
srs in Northampton.
Woodward, CT Wilson, to allow regis
terS Of deeds to administer oathS on
accounts.
Roberts, to submit to the voters OF
Marshall the establishment OF saloons
or dispensaries.
Woodward, to amend the charter OF
The Oriental & Pamlico Sound Railway
Company.
Gayle, to regulate the laws OF Caro-
lima manufacturing establishment.
Campbell, for relief Of ]. F. Mclean
and S. P. Austin, Confederate veterans.
Murphy, of Buncombe. to amend the
charter of the Murphy & Hickory Nut
Gap Railway Company.
Graham, of Lincoln, to promote the
use of school books in the public
schools relating to North Carolina his
tory.
Passed Final Reading.
The following bills passed final read
Ing: To allow Caswell county to levy
special tax; to authorize Dare county
to levy a special tax; to allow the
town of Spencer to issue bonds for
graded schools, electric lights, ETC.;
to amend the law of 1903 and to in
crease the number of trustees Of the
Morganton graded school; to allow
Sampson county to issue bonds for a
special tax.
The Salary Bill.
The House committee OIL salaries
and fees, by vote Of to Z, reported
favorably the Senate bill increasing
salaries of the judges d Supreme and
Superior Courts to $500. Among
those making speeches advocating the
bill were C.. NJ. Busbee, James H. Pou,
George Strong, Thos. B. WomacE, and
R. H. Hayes. These appeared in re.
sponse to an invitation by the chair
man. Judges Graham and Winborne.
of the committee opposed the increase,
as did Feimster, another lawyer mem
Der. Eringhaus, McNinch, Laughing
house and others Of the committee
spoke in favor of the bill as adopted
by the Senate and this prevailed. The
committee, by vote of to Z, decided
t., report favorably bill to put SOL
icitors on a salary, but delayed nam
irg the amount Of such salary until q
subcommittee, by inquiring into pres
ent incomes Of the sixteen solicitors
Of the State under the present fee
system, can approximate and agree
on fair salary.
Wednesdays Work.
In Senate no bills Of general impor.
tsnce were introduced except one re-
uucing fares on railroad and one to
better regulating fire insurance and
ether companies. Bills passed to bet
ter protect clans and other shell fish
in several counties. The principal
discussion was on the Ward bill,
which amends the Watts liquor regula-
ton. 1t provides that no town Of less
than 1.500 people could grant license
for the manufacture or sale Of liquor.
An amendment was accepted by Ward
TO modify this by making population
1000. A further amendment was Of
fered providing that every town au-
thorizing the sale or manufacture snail
keep a saiaried police Office, who shall
mako daily inspections and monthly
reports, aud the possession Of United
States license to sell where sale or
manufacture is prohibited shall be
lhima facie evidence Of violation Of
the State law. Mr.. Ward said these
additions did not change his bill in
eny respect. A motion to
postpone consideration was made. Mr..
Stubs said the bill would probably
be the only liquor legislation to come
before this session and it involved
principles Of the utmost importance.
Mr. Burton said that from a political
standpoint, the bill should be consid.
cred.
the motion to postpone until Thurs.
day was adopted almost unanimously.
Bills passed fiEal reading to enable
married mon whose wives are insane,
ur lunaticS, to convert their land free
Of dover upon certificate OF superin-
tendent Of hospital for the insane; to
cure defective orders in the registra-
tion of deeds. In the House bill was
introduced to regulate the sale Of pat
ent medicines containing alcohol or
dangerous drugs; to amend the fire in
surance act OF 1899, to provide for in
terchangeable mileage books on rail-
ways. Bills passed regulating the
sale Of cotton seed and fixing a stand.
ard; changing the name Of the Enter
prise Saving and Loan Company to
tie Waxhaw Banking and Loan Com
Tany; 10 provide for the election Of
county commissioners by the people in
Union; 20 authorize Mecklenburg's
beard of education to borrow money;
TO provide for primary elections in
Craven; to include Stanly. Ashe and
Montgomery counties in the act pun
ishing the killing of fish with Gyna-
mite.
The following bills passed the third
reading:
To amend the law or descent which
allows all children of a mother to in
hor{f pror, $bai, r,othar bot 1oot