The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-24
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Ell leave OF absence.
Coles presented a petition from physi-
clans Of Wilkes county against the hi!
TO allow q certain man TO practice med
scine there without license
BILLS UNFAyCRABLY REPORTED.
The following bills came up with un-
favorable reports from committees and
were tabled:
Regarding extent Of notice a landlord
shall give a tenant in order to removc
linn.
To authorize the governor TO pardon
OF discharge from the criminal insane
department persons who became sane
y To SO amend the Constitution hat the,
Legislature shall In April in
stead Of January.
To sc amend the constitution that the
homestead can be waived by the make.
or a note.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Austin: To transfer territory from
Spring Hope School District to District
No. /. Nash county.
Patterson: To incorporate Bryson
City Graded schools.
Uzzell: To incorporate Eureka and
Grantham churches. Wayne county.
Coke: To restore local ~seIf-govern-
ment TO Perquimans county.
West: To allow w. T. r. Bell to ped
ole without license.
Winborne: To cheaper trials relating
TO real estate.
Murphy. Of Buncombe: To allow
street railways TO transport policemen
and firemen free OF cost.
Coles, OF Wilkes, rising TO a question
of personal privilege corrected a report
in which he was quoted As saying in
regard to the lease OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway: that the pri~
vate stockholders had been supplanted."
He stated that what he did say was
that the management OF the road had
been supplanted by the lease but that
in other respects the report was cor
rect.
FINAL READING.
The following bills passed final read
ing:
To amend the Clay county road law.
To extend the corporate limits of
Monroe.
To so amend the law establishing a
~dispensary at Marshal as to change
the method of distributing the profits
therefrom.
To appoint c.. T. Morrison and John
r. Coffey magistrates in Wilkes.
To prevent damage to bridges by
traction engines in Chatham.
To so amend Tx road law of Ora
ham county that superintendent he
L. Il lnxrC incfaa6 IF
twelve each year.
To prevent obstruction OF streets in
the town of Keyser.
To make it unlawful to kill part
ridges in Swain county for three years
from date.
TO forbid hunting except by con-
sent in writing of land owners in
Hartford county.
NUMBER OF HOUSE EMPLOYEES
The special committee on House
expenditures. consisting OF Stuart,
Mitchell n Murphey. made its report
as TO the number Of employees. The
committee calls attention to the fact
that in order to expeditiously and
properly perform the duties imposed
upon members of the House within the
limited period of SO days, it is neces-
sary that it be we'll equipped with en-
pioyes, whose duties are numerous
and important. a large number being
necessary because the session is SO
short that systematic organization is
difficult. The committee recommends
that the business should be properly
performed by twelve pages and TWEEN
ty-two employees. 1t is further Sci
forth +Ha7 among the employees are
=. Confederate soldiers, most Of them
disabled and the committee ex.
dressed the hope that SO far as prac.
ticable these be retained. The repor.
says that if the requirements of the
House be carefully investigated it will
he found that there are a large mum.
her OF important duties to be per.
formed by the employees. and asked
that this recommendation be referred
to h speaker and the sergeant a,
arms. for which action as they shall
deem just and wise in accordance
with the committees s~uggaction.
PASSAGE OF BILLS.
The following bills passed:
To prevent catching of bears IL
traps in Swain county.
To regulate the speed and manage
ment of automobiles and other We
hicles in Mecklenburg.
To validate a deed made by the gov.
ernor to d. FL. Hughes.
To allow Pertic county to elect It.
commissioners by popular vote.
To make the close a for game
In Halifax and Warren counties from
February Is to November 18th.
To amend the code relative to in.
creasing the number of jurors to b.
drawn for the second week of cour
i'll Iredell county.
To amend the law regarding Morgan
township, Rowan county
To repeal act Of 1903 relative to tn,
shell fish industry and to protect tina
industry in Brunswick.
To amend the code relative to erect
ing gates across public roads by re
quiring notice Of application for sucf
erection to be posted on the premise,
where the gate is TO be put up.