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

LEGISLATURE ADJ0URNS
Both Senate and House Finished Their
Work Monday.
On Monday at noon both houses Of
the North Carolina general assembly
were declared adjourned sine die.
Many members had gone home on
Saturday and nothing was done be-
yond the routine work of closing up
the session.
President Winston appointed Sena-
tors Webb and Subbs as the Senate
branch of the committee to examine
the books of the State Treasurer and
Auditor. A message from the Cover
nor was received, containing recon-
mendation or nomination for trustees
of the various institutions. The Senate
went into executive session to con-
slider these, and when it rose, it was
announced that all had been approved.
These are as follows: Directors of the
Agricultural & Mechanical College, at
Raleigh-William Dunn, third district;
A. T. McCallum, sixth district; S. T.
Wilfong, ninth district. Directors Of
colored Agricultural & Mechanical Col
lege, at Greensboro-First district, w.
A. Darden; third, w. r. Newberry; at
large, J. D. Minor, r. w. Mohphis,
Charles G. Rose and w. A. Enloe. Di-
rectors for the Institute for the Deaf
and Blind, at Raleigh-Joseph E. Po-
que, c. B. Edwards, J. G.. Mcmillan,
r. B. Boyd, J. M. Walsh, r. H. Hayes
and A. L. McNeill. Directors for In
stitute for Deaf Mutes, at Morganton-
M. H. Holt, J. c. Seagle, A. V. Miller.
w. G. Lewis, J. G. Neal, J. P. Jeter.
Directors of the colored State Hospi-
tai at Greensboro-D. E. McKinne, W..
e. Creech, DIR. Albert Anderson. Di.
rectors of the penitentiary-J. G. Hack
EFT, chairman; w. A. Grassland, J. p.
Kerr, r. H. Speight, J. D. Dawes. Di
rectors of State geological board-H.
e. Fries, Hugh MacRae, Frank Wood,
| Frank r. Hewett. Board of internal
| improvements-B. c. Beckwith, r. A.
| Morrow. Oyster Commissioner, w. NJ.
! Webb; assistant commissioner, George
H. HILL
JAMESTOWN APPROPRIATION.
The Senate concurred in the House
| amendment to the jamestown Expo
| sition bill, reducing the appropriation
from $4,000 to 100000, with provis-
ion that the United States should ap-
propriate a million dollars. The res
olution of thanks to newspaper report
ers was adopted; also one to the
clerks, pages and laborers and the
| lady stenOgraphers. A joint resolution
was adopted asking the establishment
of sub-postofice at the capitol dur
! ing the next session of the Legisla,
ture.
A bill was then taken up to increase
the salary Of Chief Clerk Norwood, in
the Office of the Secretary of State,
from 81, 900 to $1,000. Mason spoke in
support of this, while Foushee, Bur-
ton, Long, of Iredell and Wright op-
posed it. Turner, Fleming and Duls
then spoke in it's favor, and Sinclair
in opposition, who moved that the bill
be referred to the committee. This
motion was opposed by Webb, and
failed. The bill passed, Is to 9, and at
LAO the President announced it was
noon, and the Senate should adjourn.
Thursday in House and Senate.
In the Senate Thursday message
from the Governor regarding the South
Dakota Judgment of Schaffer bonds
was read and the bond committee re-
ported. Upon motion of Mr.. Duls, the
reports were adopted and the thanks
of the Senate extended to the Gov
ernor and counsel of State. A bill
was introduced to provide for a dis.
pensary at Whiteville, and a resolu
tion inviting the National Editorial
Association to meet next year in North
Carolina. Bills passed to charter the
Kinston & Cape Fear Railway; to in
corporate Mineral Springs, in Union
county; to prevent the running at
large of dangerous or vicious dogs;
to prevent the manufacture of whiskey
in Rutherford; to establish a dispen
sary at Roxboro; to prohibit the killing
of quail in Alexander; to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of whiskey in
Union, and to allow the people to vote
on dispensary or prohibitions; to amend
the anti-jug law by making it apply
only to Mitchell, Cleveland, Cabarrus
Castor, Perquimans and Ashe, this
being the law enacted two years ago
to refund commissions of sheriff o1
Rowan on taxes; to- authorize county
1 boards of education to fix the time fol
holding schools; to incorporate the
Christian University; and also Lenoi1
College, in Catawba county; to regu
late the apportionment of school fund:
Of Mecklenburg; to provide for the es
tablishment of public school libraries
in rural districts; to authorize tht
State board of education to publish Ger
tain textbooks relating to history an,
literature of North Carolina.