The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
SENATE-MONDAY.

sENATE-MONDA1
New bills were introduced as fol-
lows:
BY Halves: A petition from Gro
atan Indians for school TO be build
By the State located near Pale, y. c.
Education.
By Peeie: To repeal Chapter s24
OF the Public Laws 1907 relative TO
the encouragement of immigration.
BY Shaw: To make a uniform tax
receipt.
BY Matthews: To validate the
acts of certain justices of the peace
in Sampson County. Judiciary
By Jones: To authorize the Board
OF County Commissioners of Wake
County to issue bonds and fund the
debt of the Board of Road Commits
sioners.
By Jones: To prevent the giving
Of worthless checks.
BY Jones: To compel express
companies to make prompt settle
ments in cash shipments.
By Jones: To envoke honest en-
ployes to obtain credit. Judiciary.
By Jones: To prevent frauds on
merchants.
The following bills passed final
reading:
H. B. To prohibit public drunken
ness in Mitchell County.
H. B. To abolish the Office OF
standard-keeper in Ashe County.
H. B. To amend Section 924 per-
hitting clerks to pay $50 instead of
$40 to mothers of INDECENT children.
H. B. To permit the Seaboard Air
Line Railway to condemn land in the
city of Wilmington for terminal pur~
poses.
s. B. To amend section 1915 of
the Revisal, relative to holding in
quests requiring them to be held at
the request of the solicitor.
By Dockery: Prohibiting capital
punishment except in cases of crimi-
nal assault upon women.
By Dockery: Appointing justices
of the peace in Rockingham county.
BY Manning: To direct ana en-
power the treasurer OF North Caro-
lima to issue $1,5OO,OOO of bonds for
the permanent enlargement CT the
States educational and charitable in
situations.
Passed Third Recalling.
H. 3. To authorize the commits
sioners of Robson County to issue
bonds to pay the outstanding indeb-
edness of the county.
S. B. To authorize Durham coun-
ty commissioners to issue bonds to
pay the county's indebtedness.
H. B. To extend the limits IF he
town of Winterville.
S. B. To protect the forests of
North Carolina from fire
H. B. To amend the Rcvisal re-
lating to the marriage ceremony, al
lowing an authorized preacher 20 per-
form the ceremony as we'll as Or
dained ministers.
H. B. To pay Pinkerton National
Detective agency sSO.95 for services
rendered in trying to ferret out TIE
murder of Arthur Crimnlinger
H. B. To amend the Revisa' relat-
ing to fees when not true bill is
found, affecting Brunswick ard Ca
tawba Counties.
H. B. To amend section 2716 OF
| the Revisal. relative to the oaths of
road overseers.
A resolution by Mr.. Blow to ap-
point a secretary for the con mittees
on Appropriations and Propositions
| was adopted.
IN THE HOUSE.
The following bills were intro
: duced:
By Green: To allow New Bern to
appropriate money to celebrate the
bi-centennial of the founding Of the
city.
By Green: To amvnd no game
laws of Craven County.
By Koonce: To define. prohibit
and declare illegal monopoiistic grist
mill trade.
| By Weaver: To annex portion of
Little Ivey township, Madison Coun-
ty, to Bouncombe County.
| By Mitchell: To amend the immi-
grafton laws of 1907
By Kelly: To establish stock law
in Indian Springs Township, Wayne
County.
| By McWilliams: To allow Hyde
| County to issue bonds and levy spe-
tial tex.
| BY Morton: Relative to requiring
security for claims brought for dam
ages for death or injury of parties.
| Bills Ratified.
| Speaker Graham signed and rati
fed the following new laws:
To appoint cotton weigher fol
-Four Oaks, Johnston County.
To abolish the office of count!
treasurer of Swain County.
To permit the sale of test farm:
by the Board of Agriculture.
/ To re-establish the Office of treas
urer II Duplin County.
| Special Orders.
i Consideration of the Fish Bill wa
made a special order for Friday.
/ Senate Drainage gill was made :
special o,dec for Monday, Februar,
Is.
Bills Passed Final Reading.
To authorize Pe-cuimans Count,