The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-11
END OF THE SESSION
Legislature Adjourned Tuesday
at Two O'Clock.
CHILD LABOR BILL IS KILLED

Bill to Provide for the Auditing Of
| the Accounts of state Departments
| Also Killed-Appropriati for
the Erection of o Monument to
| Henry l.. Wyaft-Increased Pow
ers for the Board of Health-More
Appropriations Made and New
| Offices Created.
| The Legislature which had been
/ in session for fifty-four days, ad-
journed sine die Tuesday at noon. A
quorum was not present the closing
days but no member urged that
point as it would have prevented ad-
journment until a sufficient number
of members could have been forced
to return. Many bills, good and bad
alike, were slaughtered in the clos
ing days as the members seemed
anxious to clear the calendar and go
home after the pay stopped. The bill
providing for the auditing of the ac-
counts of the State Departments was
killed in the House Tuesday. The
eDoughton Oil Bill, providing for the
inspection of Illuminating oils, which
it Is claimed will increase the States
revenues $4,000 a year, is now a
law. The bill also creates a new
Office. The Child Labor Bill. after
being amended several times, was
finally killed in the Senate. The
Senate passed the House resolution
appropriating $4,000, available jan
uary /, 1911, for the erection of
monument to Henry L. Wyatt, of the
Edgecombe Guards, the first South
erner killed in the Civil war. The
monument will be erected in the
Capitol Square at Raleigh. The bill
to permit Captain Ashes history to
be sold to the State public schools
libraries was defeated. Many of the
members claimed that the history
didn't have the Mecklenburg Declar-
alton of Independence on straight.
| The mileage-book bill, requiring
the pulling of mileage on the trains,
was defeated on its second reading
in the House. Speaker Graham's
bill to have Surry County moved
back into the Eighth District was
reported unfavorably by the commit
tee. The resolution to increase the
pay of the pages so cents per day
and mileage passed the House. The
House bill to issue 100000 in bonds
| Of ho a.
Senate Thursday.
The bill appropriating $125,000
for pensions came up on its third
reading. Yesterday an amendment
was adopted increasing pensions
from $450,000 to 100000, and on
motion of Senator Clark, the vote by
which the amendment was passed
yesterday was reconsidered and the
original bill passed, allowing $780,
900 for pensions.
The employers liability bill was de-
feated in the House Thursday. The
| bill relating to law of assignment
for the benefit of creditors, passed
final reading in the Senate 1t pre-
vents preferences among creditors
except when one has a lien on specific
property.
The Antitrust Bill.
| The antitrust bill was the special
order in the House Thursday. night
The bill came up in the form of the
Koonce Texas law, and being In the
form of an amendment to the Sem
ate Bassett-Blow substitute for the
Lockhart subsection "a" bill. In
fact, the Koonce substitute was very
similar to the Lockhart Subsection
A with teeth" which was substituted
in the Senate by the Blow-Bassett
subsection "F"' which made 1t a mis-
demeanor to form a conspiracy" to
control prices in lieu of the word
agreement" Mr.. Koonce fought
hard for his bill but it was defeated
and the Blow-Bassett bill was passed
and became the law. Many Of the
Democratic members claimed that
the Blow-Bassett bill was ineffective
and was only a makeshift. The Re-
publican members Of the House voted
against the Koonce bill and all but
one voted against the Blow-Bassett
bill as they claimed it would be in
effective in that no Machinery was
provided for enforcing the law and
that the bill, therefore, would be in
effective and was only introduced for
political buncombe.
i One Salary Bill Killed.
4 The bill to provide an actuary and
accountant for the State Insurance
: Department at a salary of $4,000
per annum and to increase the salary
of the chief clerk from $500 to
! 100 per annum, was opposed by
Messrs. Harshaw and Grant. The
bill failed to pass. The law Of 1905
. relative to employing immigrants
agents by the Commissioner OF Agri-
culture was repealed by this legisla-
: ture. The bill introduced by Sena-
7 tor Hawkins appointing a commits
; sion to investigate the needs of the
State administration for new public
, buildings in Raleigh and report their
/ finding to the next legislature, pass
: ed the Senate Friday.
Governor Kitchin submitted his
7 nominations for various boards of di.
: rectors OF State institutions, and they
| were confirmed by the Senate.
i without discussion, and only one
. or two Senators voting, the Senate
Friday afternoon passed the House
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