The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EXTRASESsION
n Gait n Governor Glenn Lawmakers Meet to Ratify the
Agreement on Railroad Rates. Il s-g


fort. .@st 4
Incorporate Westray, Mash county.
Improve public roads of Smithfiel'
township, Brunswick county. a.
Improve Cherokee roads.
Provide public school buildings II
Granville county. ~
| Permit Waketon to issue bonds.
Amend charter of Monroe.
Ale Lincoln county to issue bonds
Enable Charlotte to pay OFF floating
debt.
Incorporate Beachland. Arson coun
ty. ~
Mr.. Parsons asked that he be re
corded as voting for the prohibition
bill last hight.
The house adjourned to s o'clock.
THE SENATE.
DIR. I. Nick. Pittenger. of the Church
of the Good Shepherd. offered the
opening prayer this morning In the
senate. A great number Of local bill
that had passed their readings in the
two house were ratified, receiving the
signature Of the president OF the sen.
ate. ~ &.4.
Bills passed final reading as fol-
lows:
Provide road tax for Rockingham
township, Richmond county.
Improving roads In Mineral Springs
township, Richmond county.
Allow special tax by Taylorsville.
Authorize new court house for Swain
county. ~ $780,.
Amend graded school law for Roper
Authorize court house tax in Ruth
erford county. -
Authorize road bonds for Mitchell
county.
Incorporate Candor. Montgomery
county. w.
Provide bridge in Crabtree town
ship, Haywood county. a..
Provide supreme court reports for
Lee county. s@ts a..
Create ONCE Of auditor for Guilford
.s~.
Legalize $4,000 school bonds by
Repeal law as TO Sumner town
ship. Guilford county. chapter 100,
public laws Of 1907.
Amend public drunkenness law Of
Warren county. 4s-.E
Amend section 3. chapter s67, pub
lie laws OF 1907, relative to establish
Ing a sanitorium for tuberculosis by
adding one more trustee.
Amend law as to marriages so that
Methodist ministers authorized to
preach but not ordained may perform
the marriage rereomny. s~s @~a s@~
Amend school district law as to
Person county.
Allow sheriffs Of Transyiyania, Hay.
wood, LenoIr and Pitt counties fees
for the seizures OF Illicit distiileries.
Require the counties from which
bind and deaf children 20 10 the
state schools pay the travelling ex'
penSes. --,- *~... 81
Require blind children to attend the
state schools.
Change the name OF Sumner town
ship. Gildford county. so that 1t be
named for Gen. Jethro Sumner In
stead OF Charles Sumner.
Give Pitt county an extra week Of
court.
Authorize the governor to draw war.
rant on the state treasury for s4.450
10 pay for the site of the North Caro-
Ina building at the jamestown expo
;ition. Senator Mclean, in introduc
ing this with unanimous consent and
Getting II on immediate passage, stat.
cd that unless this authority was con-
ferred It might cost the state eight
or ten thousand dollars and possibly
he entire property Of the state at
he exposition. The bill was passed
On all readings and sent to the house.
RATE BILL SPECIAL ORDER.
The rate blll, which held the boaris
Monday night. was taken up again
md Senator Ormond was the first
-peaker. He protested against The &C.
[on of some senators In playing the
7 to d you So game. He was tired
81 hearing the saw" that the 1907
legisl1tuTe had made a mistake. He
believed the calling Of the extra ses.
ion unglse, but a greater mistake
you'd be made by adjourning without
+stifsing he rate compromise. Con.
@esgiuns were necessary to restore
care and confidence.
Senator Flair favored the bill rath.
r~ train leave the act Of 1907 ION the
noi.s" He said he believed the gov.
rnor and the attorneys feared the
,iIits now In court would be lost and
he regarded the compromise a. nee.
.#sary.
Senator pharr Ihodght Il was bad
tatit for senator's to rise and say
Il told you 80" He was I'm favor Of
every feature Of the compromise. the
'atiftaliun Of which the koyernor ask.
ID. He denounced any effort 10 In.
tect new conditions
Mr. Graham spoke briefly for tho
BENDING bill. He was followed by Mr..
Carter who said be could vote on
The bill in a spirit Of fairness. but
he would vote against the compromise
because Il would create a class dis
'inction.
Mr. Greer hal the floor when the
senate adjourned 10 O'Clock with