The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS
North Carolina Legislature Meets
and Gets Down to Business.

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The General Assembly of North
Carolina met In bi-annual session on
Wednesday at noon and organized.
Mr.. Justice, the caucus nominee of
the democratic, was elected speaker
the ouse, and the Senate was pre-
sided over by the lieutenant COVER
'por, A number Of bills and resoIu-
lions were presented and read by
their titles. On Thursday Governor
Glenn read his message in person.
Friday the House committees were
appointed andta number of important
bills and resolutions introduced, and
both 1.-The Senate and House got down
steadily to work.
Mr.. Dowd submitted the report of
the committee on rules, recommends
ing 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 it was correct;
further, that the speaker take the
chair at IL O'Clock every day, and
that in no case he should be allowed
to vote twice on the same question,
that is, as a member and a speaker.
That no person except members or
officers be allowed on the floor or
in the lobby in rear of the speakers
desk except those specially invited
by the speaker. That smoking be
allowed when the House was not in
session; that the committee on judi
ciary be divided into two sections;
that the committee ond congressional
appointments 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
ed.
Bills introduced.
The following bills were lintroduc-
ed: By Fleming, Of Pitt, to pay solic-
itors a stipulated salary instead Of
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; by Pharr, of Mecklenburg, to
incorporate the Tryon Light and
Electric Company; by Long, of Ire
dell, to increase the number of COM
missioners of that county from three
to five and that the two additional
ones be appointed by Webb, of Bun
combe, to amend Chapter GIG Pub
lie Laws 1905, relating to the issue
of bonds, by Buncombe and Great
ing a highway commission in that
county; by Reinhardt, of Lincoln, to
amend the landlord and tenant act.
The General Assembly listened in
joint session on Thursday to the read
ing of Governor Glenn.s message.
The message was read by the Cover
nor himself, thus establishing a new
precedent, to which a few of the
house of representatives took excep-
ton, having their objections entered
upon the journal. After the reading
the following business was gone into:
Bill to Provide for Insane.
A bill introduced to provide for
mental detectives creates a commits
sion composed of the hospital super
lntendents and four business men to
buy land for white and negro hospi-
tails for detectives and also addition
al land for the present hospitals for
the insane; and to provide buildings
sufficient to give Accommodations for
twenty years. A25L
Longs bill regarding Iredell coun-
ty commissioners was passed, APP
pointing H. C.. Somers and j. w. Ha-
ger commissioners to begin their
term upon the ratification Of the act.
At 11:30 o'clock the senate formed
In a body and went to the hall of the
house to hear Governor Glenn read
his message.
AT 1870 O'Clock the senators re-
turned to their hall and adopted a
joint resolution on Mr.. Buxton's mo-
ton to print 500 copies Of the Gov
ernor's message. "s"8
Committees Appointed.
President Winston announced the
appointment of the following CON-
mittees, stating that. the remaining
ones would be named at Fridays
session: Judicial districts; Stubs,
Mclean, Blair, Redwine, Kluttz, Ma
son, Breese; fish and fisheries: Bel
lamy, Mitchell, Fleming, Ormond,
Burton, Mclaughlin, Goodwin, Bal
lingerj finance: Odell, Aycock, Drew
ry, Mitchell, LevilI, Ballenger, Hicks,
Mclaughlin, Effrd; internal i'm
provements: Breese, 0rmond, Nc
Laughlin, Efrd, Levill; mines. aud
mining; Wood, Mauncy, Reinhardt,
Wilson, Rives; claims: Ballinger,
Buxton, Odell, Fleming, Harrington,
Brown; federal relations: Davis,
Graham, Mason, Bellamy, Daniels.
Buxton, Dickey; judiciary Daniels,
Graham, Mason, Buxton, Mclean,
Stubs. Reid, Blair, Howard; election
law, Thorne, Long, Webb, Ormond,