The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
SALARIES INCREASED
House Passes Substitute
For Senate Salary bill
Reducing Amount
to $4,000
DIVORCE LAW REVISED ALSO
Wants Return To Code of 1888,
Putting Divorce On Scriptural
Ground Only

Raleigh, Feb. 15.-Graham, of Gran
vile, in the House, and Bragaw, of Beau
fort, in the Senate, introduced bills today
appropriating $5O,OeO for the North Caro-
lima representation in the jamestown Ex-
position, $40, 900 each for 1905-1906, $1O.-
600 for 1907,
The Senate killed Senator Stringfeld's
bill requiring sheriffs of counties to fur
nish, at the expense of the county, meeting
places for Confederate veterans. Senator
Foushee introduced bill for the erection
of a monument to Wiley Mangum- The
Senate passed bill making it a nisdemeau
or for landlords or tenants to violate
contract, the bill applying to thirty-four
counties of the east.
The House devoted today's session to the
discussion of the bill to increase the
salaries of Supreme and Superior Court
Judges to So, 500 per year. Among the
speakers for the bill were Biggs, Morphew,
Cunningham, Mitchell and Ballard, and
againse the bill Redwine, Felmster, Win
borne, Warren, and Graham, of Granville,
the last favoring an amendment TO the
code making the salary $4,000. The House
passed the substitute by Graham, of Gran
vile, for the Judges salary bill, increasing
the salaries to $4,000, by an amendment Of
the code. The change, including the
enabling act, amounts to au increase of
$500 in the salaries. The vote was "a to
43. $3.50 in allowed for expenses.
Divorce Bill Passes.
The House last night had under con-
slderation the bills peadIng for changes in
the divorce laws of the State being in ses-
sion from to 11:30 o'clock. After voting
down all amendments of the McNinch bill
it was passed on second reading So to 36
and went over for third reading. 1t puts
divorce back to Biblical grounds. The text
of the bill follows:
Section /. That marriages may be dis
solved and the parties thereto divorced
buO JULIUS VI AAosAILAhJ Oh NHPiA~
ton of the injured party, made as by law
provided, in the following cases and none
other: IL If either party shall commit
adultery subsequently to marriage: Provi-
ded, the same be not committed with the
consent or connivance of the complainant;
And provided futher, that the complainant
shall not have voluntarily cohabited with
the other party after knowledge of the
fact or adultery; (2) If either party at time
of the marriage was and still Is naturally
impotent; (3) If the wife at the time Of
the marriage be pregnant and the husband
be ignorant of the fact of such pregnancy
and be not the father of the child with
which the wife was pregnant at the time
of the marriage.
Sec, 2, That all laws or clauses of laws
in conflict whith this act are hereby re-
pealed
Sec 3. That this act shall not affect suits
begun prior to its ratification.
Vigorous speeches were made on both
sides and applause was indulged in to a
considerable extent. Mr.. McNinch au-
thor of the bill made the opening speech
for his side of the question and was fol-
lowed by Messrs Feimster, Biggs, Ora
ham of Granville and Mitchell on that side
Judge Winborne defended the committed
position and was suppurted by Messrs
Fowler and Ally. Judge Graham announces
that when the bill comes up for the third
reading he will offer Il substitute for the
repeal of all laws on divorce enacted since
1883
South Dakota ROnd Matter.
The Senate committee on judiciary yes
terday afternoon referred the two resolu-
tions for committee TO investigate the
South Dakota bond judgement to sub
committee to draft new resolution cover
ing the essential features of both. The
anti-jug law repeal bill was also referred
to subcommittee composed of Senators
Foushee, Long of Iredell and Gillian.
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