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should not be tabled. bu

the law would wreak injury mostly
upon men who carry them for defen'-
siVe purposes.
The bill failed to pass its readings.
II. b. TO amend chapter 73O, Pub
lie Laws of 1903. relating to the du-
ties of court stenographers in Union
Richmond and Buncombe counties.
3. B. To regulate fishing in jack
son county.
s. r. TO prevent destruction OF
menhaden fish in the waters of North
Carolina.
:. Z. To authorize commissioners of
cumberland county to appoint q board
of fence commissioners for certain
territory.
II. u. TO amend chapter 20S of the
Public Laws of 1885, relating to sale
of scrap metal. adding, the word
Wake" after the word Moore
S. r. To prevent the Telling of trees
in Moorcs creek. Pender county.
S. y. TO amend chapter 645, Public
Laws 1901 to prevent fowls running
at large i'm the town of Morganton,
Burke COUNT.
Mr. Pearson said the bill was IN
trQduced by him at the request of
Mr. Isaac Avery. of Morganton.
S. 3. TO repeal section 3, chapter
as. Public Laws 1903 in regard to
mechanics and others i'm Wake cour-
~ Mr. Ellington. introducer of the
bill. said there are but three counties
in the state under the provisions OF
this bill but the result OF the prac-
teal oneration of the law is not to
induce, but absolutely compel every
contractor in the county to become 4
neriurer
s. Il. Joint resolution in regard to
South Dakota bond investigation, au-
thorzing the appointment Of COM
1littee to make the Investigation. This
resolution is substitute. and with
one vote for and none against the
pill passed it's second reading.
Mr.. Williams objected to the bill
being read a third time. and ii was
placed on tho calendar.
Executive Session.
The Senate went into a ve-minute's
executives session. and confirmed the
nominations made by Governor Glenn,
which were as follows:
For Insurance. Commissioner for
four years, James r. Young, Of
Vance county.
For Directors of the Contra! Hos
pital for the Insane at Raleigh, for
term of six years: John ID. Biggs, of
Martin county; Il. II. StanccI, of
Northampton county. and J. NJ. Par
rott, of Lemon county.
For Directors of the State Hospital
for the Insane at Morganton: l. j.
Dagis, of Burke county; G. II. Arm
field. of Iredell county, and Joe
Jacobs, of Forsyth county.
Tho Senate adjourned at 1880
o'clock until II o'clock Monday morn
ing.
-TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
In spite of predictions to the con-
trary, the House calendar was cleared
Yesterday and a fresh start can be
ma de Monday. There was another in
lux of new bills. almost all of them
being local.
Three of general importance were
those introduced by Mr.. Butler. relat-
ing To the school appropriation of two
hundred thousand dollars, by Mr., War
rem relating to pensions, and by Mr..
Williams. permitting the hiring our Of
prisoners confined in jails awaiting
trials for msdemeanorS TO save costs
of Jail fees and board
Mr.. Buffers bill provides Tor the
continuation of the 100000 annual
appropriation TO public schools. hut
provides for Il new plan of distribu-
ton as follows. The state Supcrin-
tcndent of Public Education is re-
auired TO ascertain the number Of
children Of school age in each county
in the state and also ascertain Inc
total school fund of each county from
every source Uocal and special taxes
excepted) and therefrom TO make 4
list of all the counties. showing the
per capita amount for each child IF
school age in each county. and thon
apportion the 100000 TO the various
counties. in such manner as to equal
iZe over the State. the amount appor~
toned to each child.
The author of this bill claims thai
the plan OF apportionment provides
in the bill will equallze the school
term over the State and will encourage
economy in the expenditure of the
school fund in the various counties.
He further claims that the present
plan Of distributing this large fund en-
courag cs extravaganza in the eXpendi-
ture OF the school fund in that any
county can. by increasing their eX-
for running expenses and
by constantly increasing the salary OF
its teachers and its superintendent, fad
TO run its schools four months. but I
loses nothing by its increased eXpend.-
lures for its school machinery. whicn
in many counties borders on eXtraYa
gancc for that any county can call
upon the State treasury to supply
il with sufficient funds TO make up
its deficit Many counties one or
two years ago ran their schools four
months without calling upon the State
fer any assistance. but This year these
same counties are now calling for
from one thousand TO three thousand
dollars aid from the State. since
these counties do not show any in
creased number of schools it is rather
strange that they are now calling for
aid. The plan of distributing this fund
is an incentive to extravaganza ard
should be changed. In the oniniou Of
the author of this bill. the new plan
Of distributing this fund will give the
state a school term OF five months in
stead of four months. which we now
have.
The bill relating to pensions intro
duced by Mr.. Warren. of Jones. IS
intended to meet a phase of the lGw
denying pensions to those who have
over five hundred dollars of taxable
property. 1t has been found that many
such have purchased land which is
listed for taxation for more than five
hundred dollars, although the pur-
chaser may owe every dollar on 4
for the purchase money. The
bill authorizes the county board OF pen
sions 10 deduct the amount Of mort
gage debt from the tax list and if If