The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-16
THE LEGISLATURE.

THIRTIETH H.DAY-TUEsDAY, FEBRUARY
:(News and Observer.)
SENATE-A message from the Go,
ernor was received, including the r,
port OF the Insurance COMMISSIONS
and recommending better protectio
for the Blind, ,and Insane.
A second message from the Govern
or was received, recommending the q
tablishment of a Bureau OF Immigrs
tion, and referring to the Jamestow
Exposition, the divorce laws, the ar
pointment Of purchasing agent fo
the State Institutions, the vagrant law
the jury system and the Judges sails
ries.
There we're no very important mat
ter before the Senate.
HoUsE--The appropriations for th
State Hospitals asked for are:
Morganton-Annual for supper
$3.50, ,OCO; building for male inmates
$50, COO; special, for. ball of amuse
ment, $4,000 new boiler, boiler house
etc., $4,000, spur railway trick, $4,000
Total $4,000 for the first year.
Goldsboro-Annua! for support, 500
600; new building, $38,O00; boiler
and spur track. $4,000. Total annua
and special, $112, 200.
RaIeigh--annual appropriation TO
support, SIS GOO; special, new boilers
building boiler house, ETC., $17,5O0
laundry plant, etc, $S, 500; repairing
repainting ,reflooring present buildings
sc, 800; paying rents On lights, water
ETC., each year, $1,000; to pay out
lstanding indebtedness, $lS,O55 80; fol
purchase of additional land 500,
600. Total, special, $l43, ,353.30. To
tai, special and annual, $218, 1853 80.
! Normal and Industrial College-Re
placing loans for replacing burned dor
mitory, $4,000; replacing laundry
cold storage plant, etc, $4,000; con
Meeting central heating plant and 9th
er urgent Improvements made necessa'
ry on account OF the fire, $4,000. To.
tai 100000. This bill does not In.
clude anything for the annual support
OF the college yet.
| A message was read from the Gov.
ernor suggesting and recommending
the establishment OF Bureau OF I'm.
migration, and an appropriation suff-
clent to make credltable showing at
the2 e2Jamestown Exposition, a central
purchasing commission or State pur.
chasing agent, to buy all food and sup
ply products by wholesale for the va
rious State education and eleemosyna-
ry institutions for strict divorce law,
for better vagrant law, especially one
that would break up the evil of loafers
and idle.s in cotton mill settlements
increase OF judges salaries, declaring
that SO, 800 wanted by the Senate was
little enough.
The message also contained the re-
port of the State Insurance Commits
sioner and endorsed his recommends
tlons that larger insurance be taken
on State buildings and property and
better precautions provided for escape
from fire.
On motion of Graham, OF Lincoln,
five hundred copies OF the message
were ordered printed. and the various
matters recommended were referred to
the appropriations committee.
THIRTY FIRST DAY-wEDNEsDAY,FE FEB. 8.
News and Observer.)
SrNATE-Senator Webb introduced
b;.l to authorize and direct the issue
of State bonds, to provide sufficient
funds to equip the State Hospitals for
the Insane, and the several educati onal
institutions with necessary permanent
Improvements.
The following is part text OF Mr..
Webb's bill:
That for the purpose of providing
the State Hospital at Raleigh, the
State Hospital at Morganton and the
State Hospitsl at Goldsboro, and the
several State educational institutions
with the necessary buildings and per-
manent improvements,th the State Treas
urer is hereby authorised and directed
to issue bonds of the State of North
Carolina, payable after Is years from
the first day of July, 1905, to an
amount MT to exceed $500 600.
HousE-Amorg the bills ratified
was the biIlto protect game in Hs)lfax
and Warren counties.
Concerning the bill to cause certain
fines to be paid into the treasury OF
Scotland Neck graded schools, Judge
Graham called attention to the section
of the Constitution which provided
that fines should 60 to the county
fund for public schools and this bill
was in violation of the Constitution.
Mr.. Gayle replied that the bill pro-
vided that the Scotland Neck graded
schools should have the fines arising
in criminal cases in that school dis