The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-03-21
NEW LAWSENACTED
Jummary of the Work Done
By Legislature.
MANY RAILROADS CHARTERED.
Thirty Counties Allowed to Improve
Their Roads-The Important Reso-
lutios-Insurance Legislation "A
Mass Of Miscellaneous Measures.

Raleigh correspondent Of the Char
lOtte Observer as follows:
The Important Resolutions.
The following are the most impor-
tant resolutions which were adopted:
Requesting Congress to vote for
the Appalachian Forest Reserve and
asking the Governor to 90 to Wash
lngton In the interest of that meas
ure
Endorsing the second Hague Peace
conference.
Endorsing the jamestown Exposi-
ton, appropriations $4,000 more to
it and allowing the North Carolina
building to be sold and the proceeds
used by the commission.
Making a $1,000 gift to the cruiser
North Carolina.
Urging Congress to improve the
upper Cape Fear river.
Also urging it to prohibit polyg-
amy.
To secure a change in the constitu-
tion SO Senators will be elected by
direct vote Of the people.
Bills were passed eliminating whis-
tey from the following counties:
Burke, Lincon, Catawba, Mcdowell,
Madison, Cherokee, Macon, Cabar-
:us, Cleveland, Rutherford, North
ampton, Stanly, Scotland, Cumbcr-
land and Mecklenburg.
Road improvements.
Thirty counties were allowed to
improve their roads and very large
bond issues allowed to be voted on
for this purpose in the counties Of
Franklin, Forsyth, Durham, Rowan,
Wake, Granville and Buncombe,
ranging from 100000 to 100000.
At no session of the Legislature
have charters been granted to so
many railways; the following is the
list; North Carolina Union, South
port, Northern & Western, Raleigh
& WinstonvSalem, Northampton &
Hertford; Western Carolina, Bladen
& Northern; Rockingham G. CaswelI !;
Randolph & Comberland; Graham
County, Washington & Vandemere;
Nantahala, Dover & Southbound;
Tuckaseegee, Elkin & Allegheny;
Virginia & Eastern Carolina, Virgin
ia & Carolina Southern, Deep River
& Farmers Creek, Allegheny & Pied
mont Southern, Southwestern, Greens
boro, Seaboard & Great Western,
Mattamuskeet, Kinston & Carolina,
Monroe & Southern, Franklin &
Smoky Mountain. Bills were also
passed allowing Buncombe, Hender-
son and Rutherford counties to sub
scribe stock for a competing railway
between Asheville and Rutherford
ton; to allow the consolidation of the
Aberdeen & West End, the Ashe-
boro & Montgomery and the jack
son Springs railways; TO allow the
conversion Of the Wilkesboro & JEFF
ferson turnpike to a steam or cleo
lrlc railway.
For Schools.
In the way of schools and school
matters, bills passed Incorporating
the Stonewall Jackson Training
School or reformatory. To establish
a reformatory.
10 establish a manual training
school in the mountains.
~ CohaOl1Su d tedCuSTS Training
school in the East.
A school of Technology at Spray.
To aid the Elhannan Orphanage at
Marion.
10 allow elections to be held in
townships or school districts upon
the subject Of compulsory education.
To require deaf mutes to attend the
State school at Morganton and to
limit the attendance to North Caro-
lima children.
To require 16 weeks attendance
each year, of children between ages
OF s and IA years.
To provide a safe and adequate
water supply for all schools, public
and private.
Creating a system of public high
schools, the number for each county
to be fixed by the State superinten-
dent of public instruction to be not
less than one or more than four.
Railway Matters.
A great deal Of attention was Civ
en- railway matters, and the follow
ing are the important bills which
passed.
TO fix the maximum passenger
rate at 2 1-2 cents per mile
To regulate freight rates and pre-
vent unjust determinations:
10 prevent public bringing in pas
senger cars.
To require railways to keep pas
senger cars clean.
To allow conductors and station
agents to arrest drunk, disorderly or
po1sterous persons.
TO allow railways to construct
belt lines at towns.
To require one director and one in
e:afpoFstor Of all railways to be q cits
'2en and resident Of this State,
10 allow the corporation commits
sion TO require union depots Ia towns
OF 1000 persons.
To require street railways to pro-
Vide separate accommodations for
negroes and whites.
To prevent stealing Of goods in
transit, and also to prevent stealing
Of brasses and other railway proper
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