The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-01-17
THE N. C. LEGISLATURE
North Carolina Legislature Meets
and Gets Down TO Business.

- eaDCs0aN al untAi anu VI tA@s1A@e-" 1
Mr.. Justice. the caucus nominee OF |
the democratic. was elected speaker /
Of tie ouse, and the Senate vas pre- |
sided over BY The Lieutenant Cover |
ror. A number of bills and resolu- |
tions were presented and read BY |
their titles. On Thursday Governor
Glenn read his message in person.
Friday the House committees were
appointed and number of important
bills and resolutions introduced, and
both the Senate and House got down
steadily 10 work.
Mr.. Dowd submitted the report OF
The committee on rules. recommend
inc those in force at the last session
with some changes. among them be
ing that each Monday the speaker
should appoint a committee OF three
10 examine daily the Journal before
the hour of opening and report to
| the House whether ii was correct;
| further. that the speaker take thH
| chair at II O'Clock every day. and
| that in no case he should he allowed
TO vote twice on the same question,
that is. as a member and speaker.
That no person except members or
officers be allowed on the floor or
in the lobby in rear Of the speaker :
! desk except those specially invited
bv the speaker. That smoking be
| allowed when the House was not IN
session: that the committee on judi
ciarv be divided into two sections;
that the committee ond congressional
appo'ntements be abolished and that
there be a committee on public serv-
ice corporations and one on the cor
poration commission, in place OF the
place of the usual one committee.
The rules as amended were adopt
Cd.
Bills Introduced.
The following bills were lintroduc-
ed: By Fleming. of Pitt, to pay sollc-
itors a stipulated salary instead or
fees and BY Long. of Iredell, one of
the same tenor, both going to the
committee on salaries and fees; by
Webb, Of Buncombe, to amend the
charter Of the Cabarrus Savings
Bank: bv Pharr, of Meeklenburg, tc
| incorporate tlIC NtAN
Electric Company: by Long, of Ire
dell. to increase the number of com
! missioners Of that county from thre'
to five and that the two addltlona
ones be appointed by Webb, of Bun
combe, to amend Chapter GIG Pub
r lie Laws 1905, relating to the issu
, of bonds. by Buncombe. and Great
: ING a highway commission in tha
/ county: by Reinhardt, Of Lincoln, t
{ amend the landlord and tenant act.
= The General Assembly listened L
: Joint session on Thursday to the read
2 ing of Governor Glenn.s message
= The message was read by the Cover
:. nor himself, thus establishing a ne'
= precedent. to which a few of th
= house Of representatives took exceI
e ton, having their objections entere
t upon the journal. After the readin
the following business was gone into
d Bill to Provide for Insane.
:. A bill introduced to provide IL
{ mental detectives creates cOmml
e sion composed of the hospital supe
IL intendents and four business men
u buy land for white and negro hosp
4" tails for detectives and also addition
/. al land for the preesnt hospitals II
the insane; and to provide buildin:
il sufficient to give Accommodations fl
eS twenty years.
Longs bill regarding IredeIi cou
lie ty commissioners was passed, a
pointing II. C. Somers and J. ". H
K ger commissioners to begin the
term upon the ratification of the az
At 11:30 o'clock the senate form
10 in body and went to the hall of t
H. house to hear Governor Glenn re:
ad his message.
1g At 1:30 o'clock the senators l
od turned to their hall and adopted
OF joint resolution on Mr. Buttons N
Id ton to print 500 copies of the Go
ernor's message.
lr. Committees Appointed.
en President Winston announced t
~ m appointment Of the following co
~ ~ mittees, stating that the remaini
- ones would be named at Friday
q" session: Judicial districts: Stub
&" Mclean, Blair. Redwine, Kluttz, \
son, Breese; fish and fisheries: B
om lamy. Mitchell, Fleming, Ormol
Ills Burton, Mclaughlin. Goodwin, B
linger; finance: Odell, Aycoek, Dire
~, Mitchell, Levill, Ballenger. HE
sav Mclaughlin, Effrd; internal
IF provements: Breese, Ormond, J
II II Laughlin, Efrd, Levill; mines q
70 mining: Wood, Mauncy, Reinhar
The Wilson, Rives; claims: Balling
na- Buxton, Oden, Fleming, Harringt
Brown; federal relations: Da'
nod Graham, Mason. Bellamy, Dani
i'd Buxton, Dickey; judiciary: DAM
lia- Graham, Mason. Buxton. McLe
,r- Stubbs. Reid, Blair, Howard: elect
u Law, Thorne, Long, Webb, Ormo
,,ao Breese. Greer, Goodwin, Wood, c;
ali er: insurance: Drewry, Ayec
Mitchell. Holt. Ormond. Thor
sed Pharr. Harrington. Howard; revi
ma Of the laws: Redwine, Flemi
in ! Pharr. Seawell~ Hicks. Torne, P
eral kluttz. Turner; appropriations:
pre- Lean. Lovill, Ehrd, Drewry. DAM
cics Davis, Ballinger. Mclaughlin, B
fix ison; corporations: Buxton, Ma.
rec SewelI, Goodwin, Fleming. L
nds Breese, Polk; railroads: Grab
mis- Hicks, Mitchell. Holt, Ayoock,
pen mond, Etheridge, Seawell; count