The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-25
THE LAW. MAKERS
MILEAGE BLLLOSTNSENATE

Houses Passes Biu Requiring All
Executions TO Take Place at the
Pcnitentiary - House Committee
Makes UnfavorabIe Report ON Bin
for School Books for Indigent
Children-Solicitors Salary Biil
Made Special Order for To-Day.
On Saturday the House passed a
bill requiring that all executions
take place at the State prison. Grim
inals are not to be sent to the peni-
tentiary until all appeals, etc, have
been settled. The bodies will be re-
turned to relatives when requested.
The bill does not apply to any cases
now pending. A joint resolution
was introduced in the Senate Friday
by Mr.. Pharr, of Mecklenburg. to
stop the discrimination in freight
rates against North Carolina. The
bill would authorize and instruct the
Attorney General to take the proper
action to prevent such discrimina-
ton. Another bill has been intro
duced in the Legislature to put So
licitors on salary. The bill, which
provides for salary of -s2,250 per
annum instead of fees, was made a
special order for to-day.
The House Committee made AN
unfavorable report on the bill to pro-
vide school books for INDECENT chill
dren in the State. The mileage
book bill requiring railroads to ac-
cept mileage on trains instead of re-
quiring parties holding mileage to
exchange some for tickets before get
ting on trains, was a tie vote in the
Senate. Speaker Newland then voted
no, killing the bill. The Lockhart
antitrust bill was reported unfavor-
able by the committee. A substitute
was offered providing that no firm
or corporation should enter into a
conspiracy to lower or raise the price
of commodities. This bill is moving
very slowly and just when it will
be disposed of or in just what shape
it will finally pass cannot be predict
ed by the reporter.
The bill abridging the rights of
fishermen in Eastern Carolina and
providing for tax, consumed a
great deal of time in the House last
week. The majority of the Demo-
cratic members favored the bill but
seemed to be afraid to pass 1t. The
House finally agreed to appoint a
special legislative committee to in
vestigate the first industry and re-
port back to the next Legislature
Senator Elliott, of Catawba, intro
duced a bill Saturday to provide a
uniform ballot for elections, known
as the Australian ballot.
Following the proceedings in de-
tail.
SENATE-THURSDA
The following new bills were in
troduced:
s. B. 952. Senator Doughton. An
act to prevent the sale and distribu-
tion of impure and improper agri-
cultural seeds.
s. B. 953. Senator Elliott. TO
place every ex-Confederate soldier on
the pension list.
8. B. 964. Senator Jones. To au-
thorize the purchase of Confederate
gray uniforms for old soldiers at Sol
diers' Home
A bill was passed authorizing the
purchase of Ashes History of North
Carolina by County Boards of Educa-
ton for rural libraries. Amendments
offered to the bill were lost.
IN THE HOUSE.
The bill for giving free books to
INDECENT children was reported un-
favorably, as we'll as was the bill to
establish a reformatory for the col
ored youth.
Bills Introduced.
BY Latham: To allow counties
having no newspaper to adopt one.
BY Cox, of Wake: To equalize the
assessment of property. To erect
State public buildings in Raleigh
and to issue bonds for same.
BY Julian, by request: To ap-
propriate $500 to mark birth place
OF Andrew Jackson.
BY Berry, of Bladen: To relieve
sufferers from flood in Bladen.
BY Lovelace to allow Cleveland
County issue road bonds.
BY Gordon: To prohibit sale of
cigarettes in two miles of Guilford
College.
BY Doughton: Joint resolution to
adjourn sine die at 1 p. m, March
8, 1909.
BY Hayes, of Chatham: To pre-
vent trapping and netting of quail in
Chatham County
Night Session.
The following bills passed final
| reading In the House:
To protect deer in Harnett, Cum
berland and Green Counties.
| To amend the law of 1908 COM
| pelling attendance of Indians on
schools.
To levy special tax in Gates
County.
Allowing Greene County to levey
special tar.
| To protect game in Wake County.
Fixing the per diem OF members