The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-02-21
TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS
What the House and Senate Are Do
ing Day by Day. roa


In the House Wednesday the Biek-
EFT bill, designated to provide amply
for all the insane Of the State, was
taken up and passed without opposi-
ton, thus becoming a law.
The Beckett Bill.
The following is the text of the
Beckett bill which passed the House
by a unanimous vote, and which is
entitled "An act to provide for the
mental detectives of the State.
Sec. 1. That a State Hospital
commission is hereby created to con-
sist of five practical business men, to
be appointed by the Governor, who
shall carry out the provisions of. this
act and shall be known IS the State
Hospital commission.
Sec 2. Said commission shall
have the power to elect its own chair
man and secretary and to fix the
time and place of its meetings. The
said commissioners shall hold Office
until the work herein provided for
shall have been accomplished and
they shall have made report of the.
same to the general assembly and
shall have been discharged: Upon
the death or resignation of any MEM
Der of said hospital commission, his
successor shall be appointed by the
Governor. The commissioners shall
receive 81 per diem and travelling
expenses, including hotel bills, while
actually engaged in the work of the
hospital commission.
Sec. 8. The said hospital commits
sion is hereby authorized and direct
ed to make additional provision for
the q I of the mental detectives of
North Carolina along the following
lines: 1st, they shall purchase for
the hospitals at Raleigh, Morganton
and Goldsboro, such additional land
as they shall deem may be wisely
used in conjunction with said hospi-
tails, and may also purchase such 9TH
er lands In some other section, If
in their Judgment it is for the best
interest of the State and upon the
lands purchased or those now owned
by the hospitals they shall erect such
additional buildings upon the colony
or cottage plan, or charging the pres
ent buildings as shall be necessary
for the care and accommodation OF
all mental detectives, including cpl
leptics, dangerous violent and indi-
gent idiots, and all incurable as well
as durable insane; all insane and ip-
beetle Croatan Indians and all other
mental detectives, whose condition
is such that in the opinion of the
hospitsl authorities they may require
hospital treatment and can be adj
vantageously treated In such a colony
and they are authorized and requir-
ed to make such repairs, additions
and improvements to the present
hospitals as may in their Judgment
be necessary for the economical and
humane management of the same.
Sec. a. All moneys expended by
the commission In carrying cut this
act shall be paid by the State treas
urer on warrants drawn by the sec
rotary of the commission and coun-
tersigned by its chairman. Any
lands purchased or any additions or
repairs or improvements made or
buildings erected under this act, the
cost of which exceeds $1,000 shall be
paid for after submission to and APP
proval by the council of the State.
Sec. 5. The commission shall re-
port at least once in six months and
as often thereafter as shall be re-
quired, to the Governor setting forth
fully all its purchases and expendi-
lures of any kind by this act. The
Governor shall have the power upon
or on his own motion, to
remove any commissioner for neglect
of duty of any unbeeoming conduct.
The position of commissioner under
this act shall not be construed
to be an Office within the meaning of
Sec. z of article IA of the constitu-
ton.
For the purpose of carrying out
the act there is hereby appropriated
a sum not exceeding $50O,0 600, of
not more than $125,000 shah
be available, for each year of the
four years, beginning December l,
1907, and if In any n of these
years, the revenues Of the State, not
otherwise appropriated, shall not be
to meet the appropriations
herein made; the State Treasurer IS
to borrow enough money to
make up the deficiency and is author
lied to provide for paying the same
ont of the revenues of the succeeding
year and the money so borrowed shall
be used exclusively for the purpose
of caring for the insane rs herein
provided.
Other Matters.
The appropriations committee
Wednesday afternoon reported un-
fayorably the trans-continental rail-
way bill. Strong argument in be-
half of the project were made by |
Senators Webb and Breese, Repres-
entatives Boyd, Col. S. A. Jones, At
torney Welsh and others.
The House liquor traffic committee
failed to reach a conclusion on the
bill giving Scotland Neck the privi-
laoe of voting on the nueStion of DrO- |