Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11

sheriffs fees Of $25 for illicit distil
1eries seized, this fee to be payable to
other police officers selling distiller-
les.
Incorporate the John Charles Nc
Neili Memorial Society.
House bill to fix liability Of banks |
-tos depcsifaTs forspayings raised Of
forged checks lsix months limite
tion.)
bills introduced in the House:
Grant: Amend SOC, Revisal, as to
issuing Of injunctions by preventing
an injunction stopping a sale under
execution.
Dowd: Prevent working on the
SABBATH. Corrects apparent error IN
present law and makes violation as
misdemeanor instead of punishable by
fine Of 81.
Weaver: Authorize appointment
Of women as notaries public. Mr..
Weaver suggested, in order that his
bill might be sure Of a favorable 1e-
port, that it be referred to special
committee composed of the gentle
men from Caldwell. Mr.. Harshaw;
the gentleman from Caswell, Mr..
Henderson. end the gentleman from
Snrrv. Mr. Havmorn.
Linney: Except brandy from the.
operation of the prohibition law. Al
lows citizens Of Alexander county to
sell brandy made from fruit grown
on their own land.
The following bills were among
those passed on third reading:
Incorporate Asheville & East Ten
nessee Railroad Company.
| For relief Of. Mrs. Emma Alice
Howard, widow Of ex-Sheriff Eugene
| K. Howard, Of GRANVILLE, allowisaSss
| her to collect back taxes.
In the Senate on Friday certain
h;lle md resolutions were introduced
as follows:
Manning: Petition from certain
Confederate soldiers for increased
pensions
Long, Of Person: Amend Chap.
224, Public Laws Of 1907, relative to
working prisoners on the roads at
their own request.
| West: Petition from citizens OF
Macon county with request for Con
federate monument.
New bills introduced out Of order
were as follows:
| Barringer: Allow cleaning estab-
lishments lien on articles cleaned
until the bill for the work is paid.
| Dawes: Return to the State peni-
tentiary $69, ,356.70 from the State
Treasury, this being desired for use
in maintenance Of the prison. The
bill had been prepared by the joint
committee on penal institutions and
Senator Dawes asked its imr sdiate
passage. This was done an; che bill
| was sent to the House for actor
there.
Elliott: Incorporate the Denver &
Lincolnton Railroad Company.
Fry: Amend 1886, Revisal, rela
tive to work on the Sabbath.
Barringer: Provide for the main
tenance and support Of the A. & M
I1College fo rthe colored race.
In the House there was a food o.
bills among which are the following
Hanes: Allow defendants in civi
actions on appeal to make the SAM
plea or defense in the Superior Cour
.. as they would have been entitled t.
! had they been present at the forme
trial.
Weaver: Authorize the creation
Of railroad companies for the trans
portation Of certain classes of freigh
|, by relieving them of the obligation
Of common carriers.
r. Foy: Relief Of Pender county foo
suffers.
The following bills passed thir
: reading:
Permit Seaboard Air Line Railwa
to condemn part Of Brunswick. stree
in Wilmington for terminal purpose:
Senate bill to render secure fro1
fire forests lying 900 and more fee
: above sea level.
Il Senate bill directing State Trea:
! urer to return to the State prison
sufficient sum from its earnings f.
, 1908 to support it for 1909
Provide for compensation Of judge
holding special terms Of court, at raj
!, Isof 500 a week.
Amend slot machine act Of 1907 s
as to exempt from tax those dispel
sing drinking water only.
!, In the the Senate Saturday anon
Z the number Of bills Of local intere
was one by Mr.. Holden to expedi1
q the trial Of causes both civil ar
n criminal, and relative to challenges.
At the request Of Chairman Doug