Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-03-16

n the House a message was rece.Y
ed from Governor Glenn, detailing the
terms Of the bond settlement agree
ment and urging it's adoption, the mes
sage being similar to the report by
the committee to the House last night.
Chairman Graham, of the committee
on revision of laws, or Code, read an
extract from Raleigh letter to The
Charlotte Observer and other papers
yesterday, saying that The Code COM
mission had done some arbitrary
things, such as placing all public insti.
tut1iOns, including schools. under con.
troll of the board Of public improve
ments. He said the report was un-
founded. A detailed method was
adopted. While some members OF
the committee did not work, more
than twenty had done so and no two
or three men had done the work or
attempting to dominate the others.
The bill authorizing the payment of
the $215,000 in settlement of the Schaf.
fer bonds came up on second reading.
Mr.. Powers, of Rutherford, said that
twenty-five years ago he and Mr.. Ora.
ham, IF Lincoln, were members of the
Legislature which issued bonds in SCI.
tlement of the State debt for $40,0C0,.
600; that the bonds now being settled
were about the only ones which were
not sent in under the terms of the set.
Element, and that the holders, now
virtually accepting the terms offered
by the debt settlement Of 1879, was
creditable to the honor as well as the
sagacity of that settlement. Mr..
Graham, of Lincoln, added that the
nf ID hxyn 1ao
islative committee and bondholders in
conference, just like the present set
tlement. Mr.. Graham congratulated the
committee for having effected set.
Element without a departure from the
Democratic platform. Upon the roll
call, 101 members voted aye, Patter
son, Republican, from Swain, voting
no. Butler, of Sampson, was excused
from voting upon the statement that
the he had no interest, direct or re,
mote in the matter, except that of any
other citizen and taxpayer and rep.
resentative. The bill provides that the
bond issue is not to exceed $250,00
Bills passed to incorporate the LIE
noir & Watauga Railway; to allow the
people of Cumberland to vote under
the Watts law; to incorporate the
North State Telephone Company.
Friday Dull Day.
Only one bill was introduced Friday
this being by Alexander, to promote
education in Rutherford and Cleveland,
and it Immediately passed.
The following bills also passed., To
establish Lucama graded school; also
graded schools at Franklinton; to es-
! tablish board of permanent improve
ments at Elizabeth City and allow a
bond issue; to amend charters of Au
| rora, Waynesville, Turnersville, and let
the latter town vote on electric railway
| bonds; to allow Beaufort county to pay
| debts; to incorporate Roaring River;
to establish public schools at North
| Wilkesboro; to incorporate Bellhaven
school district, Beaufort county; to al
low trustees of Sanford graded schools
to issue bonds; to charter Appalachian
Electric Traction & Power Company,
of North Wilkesboro; to enlarge stock
law territory in Columbus; to incor-
porate Moye, Pitt county; to establish
graded schools at Walkertown, and in
corporate Ahoskie school district in
HertfOrd; to amend charter of Cald-
we'll graded school, Orange county; to
allow Wake county to issue bonGs; to
establish graded schools at Kerners-
Vile; to create new school district
in Almance; to amend charter of Colds
boro; to allow Stanly county to refund
bonded debt; to incorporate Garner; to
allow Mcdowell to settle debt; to
amend charter Of Pine Bluff; to amend
prohibition law at Sylvia; to prohibit
throwing sawdust in Mitchell county
streams; to establish dispensary at
Falkland; to relieve J. T. Bradshaw,
of Caswell; to provide for appeals in
contempt cases; to provide for pay
ment of costs in the Supreme court;
to correct irregular land grants in Ma
con.
Saturdays Session.
Saturday was busy day in the
House. The bucket shop bill was
passed, as also the divorce bill. It was
agreed to adjourn Monday at noon.
In the Senate bills passed to abol-
ish the exemption from taxation OF
municipal bonds heretofore exempted;
to invite investors and good farmers
from the North and Northwest to ex-
hibit at the State Fair; to allow Con
cord to sell a vacant lot and tc
amend it's charter; to establish a
school at Kings mountain; to amend
the charter of Spencer; to incorporate
the Southport and Northwestern Rail
way; to settle the South Dakota bonds
(Crisp, Bayles & Taylor, Republicans
being required to vote and voting aye
the vote being Unanimously: to estab
lish a board Of police, fire and healtl
at Charlotte: to increase fire insur