The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
Summary of Most Important Res
OIuti0ns and Bills Passed
No ConyiCts Available for Railroad
Buildin.-Chartcr Granted Scottish
Fire Insurance Company-RuInorS
of Railroads TO Enter into Raleigh.
Messenger bureau.

Raleigh, n. c., March l3-The leg.
| islature enacted two or three laws
| providing for the use of cOnvicts by
! railway companies, but superintend-
ent Mann of the prison says no con-
tvicts are now available.
The Insurance commissioner has
licensed the Scottish Fire Insurance
company of Fayetteville TO begin bus
mess, its capital stock being $4,000,
paid up.
The present Rex Hospital here is
very largely the Old town house of
Governor Charles Manly Two be-
quests aggregating $4,000 have re
Gently been made to the hospital
which has added $4,000 OF it's own
funds TO the building funds and ex-
poets to raise $4,000 more and put up
a modern building, on the same site.
The news that the Raleigh and Pam
lioo Sound Railway is making every
effort to operate trains into Raleigh
by next Monday is very gratifying
to the people here. They are now
watching for developments as to the
persistant Tumor that the Atlantic
Coast Zine is going to build into this
city.
1t has been the custom of your cor
respondent for the last 80 years, that
is for fifteen sessions of the legisla-
ture to look over the list of the acts
in order to get the ones which are now
to furnish this.
The following are the most impor-
tant resolutions which were adopt
ed:
Making a $4,000 gift to the Cruiser
North Carolina; urging Congress to
improve the Upper Cape Fear river;
also urging it to prohibit polygamy
and also to secure a change in the
constitution so senators will be elect
ed by a direct vote of the people.
Bills were passed eliminating whis-
key from the following counties;
Burke Lincoln, Catawba, Mcdowell,
Madison, Cherokee, Macon, Cabar-
rus. Cleveland, Rutherford, North
ampton, Stanly, Scotland, Cumber-
land and Mecklenburg.
Thirty counties were allowed to I'M
prove their roads and very large bond
issues were allowed to be voted on for
this purpose in the counties of Frank
lin. Bunoombe, Forsyth, Durham
Rowan, Wake. and Granville, ranging
from 100000 20 100000.
At no session of the legislature
have charters been granted to SO many
railways The following is the list:
North Carolina Union, Southport, Nor
xhern. Raleigh and Winston-Salem,
NORTHAMPTON and Hertford; Western
Carolina; Bladen and Northern; ROCK
ingham and Caswell; Randolph and
Cumberland; Graham county; Wash
ington and yandemere; Nantahala
Dover and Southern; Tuskaseegee,
Elkin and Allegheny. Virginia and
Carolina Southern; Deep River and
Farmers Creek, Allegheny and Pied
mont Southern; Southwestern. Green's
boro, Seaboard and Great Western,
Mattamuskeet, Kinston and Carolina,
Monroe and Southern. Franklin,
Smoky Mountain.
Bills were also passed allowing
Buncombe, Henderson and Rutherford
counties to subscribe stock for a COM
peting railway between Asheville and
Rutherford, TO allow the consolidation
Of the Aberdeen and West End, the
Asheboro and Montgomery and the
Jackson Springs railways, To allow the
conversion of the Wilkesboro and JEFF
ferson Turnpike to a steam Or cleo
trio railway.
In the way of schools and school
matters, bills passed Incorporating
the Stonewail jackson Training
School matters oSrdf flCoa-t sconu
School or reformatory TO establish
manan training school in the noun
tains; TO establish Teachers Train
ing School in the east. a school Of
technology at Spray, TO aid the FL
hannah Orphanage at Marion, 10 al
low elections TO be held in townships
or school districts upon votes. on tho
subject OF compulsory education, to
require deaf mutes 10 attend the state
school at Morganton and TO limit the
attendance to North Carolina child
rem To require 16 weeks attendance
each year OF children between the
ages OF and IA years. To provide q
safe and adequate water supply for
adj schools, pubic and private.
A great dead OF at1eat9on was given
railway matters and the following arc
tha important bdas which passed 10
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