The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-21
TIE N. c. LEGISLATURE
"hat the House and Senate Are Do
ing Day by Day.

| ~ tue house u edne5day the Biek
cit bill, designated TO provide ampl,
Tor all the insane Of the State. was
taken up and passed without opposi.
tlon, thus becoming a law.
The Beckett Bill.
The following is the text of the
Beckett bill which passed the House
by unanimous vote, and which is
entitled An act TO provide for the
mental detectives Of the State
Sec. ]. That Il State Hosutal
commission Is hereby created to con
slst Of five practical business men, to
be appointed by the Governor, who
shall carry out the provisions Of this
act and shall be known as the State
Hospital commission.
See. 2. Said commission shall
have the power TO eject It's own chair
man and secretary and TO fix the
time and place of its meetings. The
sad 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. 3. The said hospital commits
sion is hereby authorized and d;<ect-
ed to make additional provision for
the care Of the mental detectives of
North Carolina along the following
lines: 1st, they shall purchase for
the hospitals at Raleigh, Morgantou
and Goldsboro, such additional land
as they shall deem may be wisely
used in conjunction with said hosp
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 uppon the
lands purchased or those now owned
by the hospitals they shall erect such
additional buildings upon the colony
or cottage plan, or enlarglng 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 we'll
as durable insane: all insane and i'm
beetle Croatan Indians and all other
mental detectives. whose condition
is such that in the opinion Of the
hospital authorities they may require
hospital treatment and can be ad-
vantageously treated in such q 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 out this
act shall be paid by the State treas
urer on warrants drawn by the sec
retary 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 ap-
proval by the council Of the State.
Sec. 5. The commission shall re-
port ar least once in six months and
as often thereafter as shall be re-
quired, to the Governor setting forth
fully all its purchases and expendl-
lures of any kind by this act. The
Governor shall have the power upon
complaint 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
See. Z of article "A Of the constltu-
ton.
For the purpose of carrying ont
the act there is hereby appropriated
a sum not exceeding 100000, OF
which not more than $125,000 shall
be available, for each year Of the
four years. beginning December l,
1907. and if in any one Of these
wears. the revenues of the State. not
otherwise appropriated, shall not be
sufficient to meet the appropriations
herein made, the State Treasurer is
to borrow enough money to
make up the defisieney and IS author
lied to provide for paying the same
ont of the revenues of the succeeding
year and the money so borrowed snail
be used exclusively for the purpose
of caring for the insane as herein
provided,
Other Matters.
The appropriations committee
Wednesday afternoon reported un-
favorably the trans-eontlnenta! rail-
way bill. Strong argument IN be-
half of the project were made Dy
Senators Webb and Breese. Repres-
entatives Boyd, Col. S. A. Jones, At
tornev Welsh and others.
The House liquor traffic committee
failed TO reach a conclusion on the
bill giving Scotland Neck the pl1vl-
lege of voting on the question OF pro-
hibition or dispensary.
The Senate committee reported un-
favorably a bill, which had passed
the House, giving Dunn, IN Harnett
county, the right of voting on pro-
hibition or dispensary. The same
committee could not agree on the
House bill making Madison county
dry.
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