The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-21
NENIIAWSHNACTED
~Summaryof me Work Done
BY Legislature.
MANY RAILROADS CHARTERED.
Thirty Counties Allowed to Improve
Their Roads-Thei Important Reso-
.lutios-Insurance aL~egislati0n II
Mass Of Miscellaneous Measures.

TIE important laws enacted by the
Legislature are summarized by the
Raleigh correspondent Of the Char
lotte Observer as follows:
The Important Resolutions.
The following are the most impor-
tant resolutions which adopted:
Requesting Congress to vote for
the Appalachian Forest Reserve and
asking the Governor TO go to Wash
ington in the interest Of that meas
ure. 4
s Endorsing the second Hague Peace
conference. @.a a.
Endorsing the Jamestown EXPOSE
ton, appropriations $4,000 more to
it and allowing the North Carolina
building to be sold and the proceeds
used by the commission.
Making a $1,000 gift to the cruiser.
| North Carolina.
Urging Congress to improve the
upper Cape Fear river. "
Also urging it to prohibit polyg-
amy.
To secure a change In the constitu-
lion so, Senators will be elected by q
direct vote Of the people,.
Bills were passed eliminating whis-
key from the following counties:
Burke, bincon, Catawba, Mcdowell,
Madison, Cherokee, Macon, Cabar-
rus, Cleveland, Rutherford, North
ampton, Stanly, Scotland, Cumber-
land and Meeklenburg.
Road improvements.
Thirty counties were allowed to
improve their roads and very large
bond issues allowed to be voted on
for this purpose in the counties of
Franklin, Forsyth, Durham, Rowan,
Wake, Granville and Buncombe,
ranging from 100000 to $500, 600.
At no session of the Legislature
have charters been granted to so
many railways; the following is the
list; North Carolina Union, South
port, Northern & Western, Raleigh
& Winston-Salem northampton 4
Hartford; Western Carolina, Bladen
& Northern; Rockingham & Caswell;
Randolph & Cumberland; Graham
County, Washington & Vandemere;
Nantahala, Dover & Southbound;
Tuckaseegee, Elkin & Allegheny;
Virginia & Eastern Carolina, Virgin
la & Carolina Southern, Deep River
& Farmers Greek, Allegheny q Pied
mont Southern, Southwestern, Greens
boro, Seaboard & Great Western,
Mattamuskeet, Kinston & Carolina,
Monroe & Southern, Franklin 6
Smoky Mountain. Bills were also
passed allowing Buncombe, Hender-
son and Rutherford counties to sub
scribe stock for a competing railway
between Asheyille and Rutherford
ton; to allow the consolidation of the
Aberdeen & West End, the Ashe-
boro & Montgomery and the Jack
son Springs railways; to allow the
conversion of the Wifkesboro & JEFF
ferson turnpike to a steam or cleo
trie railway.
For Schools.
In the way of schools and school
matters, bills passed Incorporating
the Stonewau Jackson Training
School or refematory. To establish
a reformatery.
eH IL OSS0O1ASA Hdlud1 IIdAu1uS
school in the mountains.
To establish a teachers training
school Ia the East.
A school of, Technology at Spray.
To aid the Elhannan Orphanage at
Marion.
To allow elections to be held in
townships or school districts upon
the subject Of compulsory education.
To require deaf mutes to attend the
State school at Morganton and to
limit the attendance to North Caro-
lima children.
To require 16 weeks attendance
each year of children between ages
of 8 and IA years.
To provide a safe and adequate
water supply for all schools, public
and private.
Creating a system of public high
schools, the number for each county
to be fixed by the State superinten-
dent of public instruction to be not
less than one or more than four.
II Railway Matters.
A great deal of attention was Civ
en- railway matters, and the follow
ing are the important bills which
passed:
To fix the maximum passenger
rate at 2 1-2 cents per mile.
To regulate freight rates and pre-
vent unjust discrimination:
To prevent public bringing in pas
senger cars.
To require railways to keep pas
senger cars clean.
To allow conductors and station
agents to arrest drunk, d~isoTderly or
boisterous persons.
To allow railways to construct
belt lines at towns
To require one director and n in
~corporator of all railways to be a cit
| izen and resident of this State.
To allow the corporation commits
/ sion to require union depots in towns