The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-22

upon which such permission may b.
| granted.
An act amendatory of the charter
| of Guilford College.
An act to authorize the commission.
ers of Beaufort county to levy {
special tax,
An act to incorporate the town OF
Alexander. Buncombe county
An act to incorporate the town 81
Salemburg, in Sampson county.
| An act to authorize the commission.
| ers of Sampson county to issue bonds
and levy special tax to pay the in
debtedness created by building courl
| house.
An act to increase the pay of jurors
| in Halifax and Northampton counties
| An act to consolidate certain stock
| law district in Mcdowell county.
An act to incorporate Greensboro
Female College.
An act authorizing the mayor and
commissioners Of the town of Beau
| fort. the county of Carteret. to issue
bonds for the purchase of real estate
| for a site for a hotel in said town.
| An act to authorize the commission
ers of Currituck county to use sur
plus of special taxes for general coun-
| ty purposes and to withdraw authority
| TO levy further special taxes.
An act to amend chapter 1853 public
laws of 1899, relating to the working
of the public roads of Cumberland
county and to provide additional reve-
nue. therefor.
An act for working the public roads
in Hartford county.
An act to extend and define the
boundaries of the graded school dis
trict of the Greeuville graded schools
and TO amend chapter 100 of the pri-
vate laws of 1903 establishing said
schools.
An act to regulate election in Bum
combe county.
An act to amend the charter of the
| town of Raeford in Cumberland and
Robson counties.
An act to establish stock law for
| a part of Neill's Creek township III
Harnett county.
An act TO amend chapter 1S7 laws
of 1903, relative to public roads in
| Madison county.
| An act to regulate the pay of county
| surveyors in Rowan county.
| An act to amend the charter of the
| town of Arrum in Robson county.
An act to incorporate the town OF
| Andrews, in Cherokee county.
| An act to incorporate the Edge
combe Railway Company.
An act to authorize the board OF
commissioners Of CASTOR county to is
dred thousand dollars to build. ma.
cadamize and improve the public
| roads of said county
An act for the better rejection OF
| clans in the waters of New Hanover
county.
An act to incorporate the Bank OF
! Dallas.
Resolution to pay expenses of joint
subcommittee on deaf and dumb
| ~ hinl1 vi
| canton.
| The bill allowing new trials fol
newly discovered evidence pending n
appeal in criminal case. came UP the
| first bill, as unfinished business. Fow-
! Ter. of Sampson. led off in strong
speech i'm behalf Of the bill. declaring
! that as the law now. is a new trial
could be granted in a case involving
the title to d three dollar bull yearling
but not in the case of a human life
or human liberty.
Laughinghouse. of Pitt. advocated
the bill saying it was strange to him
how lawyers could lose sight of the
side of public protection of life and
liberty, in their tears and sympathies
for criminals. He said if certain
class of criminal lawyers kept on III
clearing criminals and enacting laws
to protect murderers ind burglars the
people would soon come TO where
they would sooner expect to find pure
and unadulterated religion in hea
than to find justice in a court house.
Stewart, of Harnett. defending the
bill, also defended the legal profess
sion, from what he termed mere as
saults from the last speaker. Begin
in at Runnymede when King John
was required to grant a charter OF
liberty to the people by lawyers, be
came on down through the ages show
ing how they had ever been first III
every endeavor for frdedom and pub
lie betterment in church. State ana
on the field OF battle. He eloquen;ly
resented the imputation which he
said had been cast on the profession
and was given applause at the close
of two very fine periods.
He said the shyster lawyer did
exist in the profession ANA We're
looked upon with contempt. He d,;.
clared that unworthy men were in all
professions, and that of Mr. Laugh
inghouse was not an exception. .He
then spoke to the matte" at issue,
strongly advocating the pas<c Sc Of the
bill.
Laughinghouse stated THAI he had
not attacked tho legal procession but
had simply presented some llain facts
regarding q good many members OF
it, who seemed to keep in the LEAH.
Other speeches in favor of the bill
were made by Murphy. of Buncombe.
Robertson and Winborne.
Those speaking against the Diii were
RedWne, Cover. Feimster ana Ora
ham of Granville.
The previous question being called,
the vote was taken on the bill and
it was defeated by a vote Of 46 FOR
to So against. A majority OF thos2
voting for it We're lawyers.
The roll-call was as follows:
Ayes.-Bowman, Britt, Butler,
CheSSon, Cox, Crisp, Davidson,