Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-11
N THE LEGISLATURE
THE Hands" Are Getting Busy
as Time WaneS.
A Resume OF Yesterdays More I'm.
pOrtant DeIiberatiOn as Bearing
Upon The State In tener'


yesterday adopted a substitute by Mr..
Bassett for the Dockery bill to re-
quire all railroad companies except
those 215 miles in length or less, in
oependent'y owned and operated to
equip their locomotives with electric
power on the Corporation Commission
to require railroads to equip their en-
gines with such lights wherever it
may be deemed advisable. Discretion
is given the commission, and the op-
ponents CT the substitute declare tha.
the bill confers no power upon the
commission which does not already
exist under the present law. The
Dockery bill makes the change from
oil to electric headlights mandatory,
giving the railroads four years in
which to complete the Installation of
the engines of each ra!lww company
to be so equipped each year.
The House went into committee O:
the whole again on the ma :h:nery act,
taking it up at section S<, Reports
from corporations" Amendments h..
DR.. Gordon substituted Corporation
Commission" for State Auoizor and
State Treasurer" in thts se3tior and
in sections 35. 81, 38 and ~ likewise
were adopted with the purpose of p&-
ting the burden Of LOOKING after the
corporate excess on the commission.
Section So, Railroads. was amend
ed on suggestion Of the finance co,n-
mittee, SO that all kinds Of proper ty
of railroads be returned to the State
commission and certified back to the
county commissioners concerned, and
section IS, SO that taxes due from
railroads be paid within thirty days
after E'the assessment has been cert1-
fed to the State Treasurer by the
Corporation Commission" instead OF
after 'the first day of July of each
year." as che law now is.
A commt zee amendment adopted
makes it the duty Of the commission
ers of each county to employ a COM
petent person to search for property
not listed and put it on the books,
provideG lie cost shall not exceed 10
per cent. Of the reaenue SO derived,
said expense to be divided between
county and State.
The bill then passed is final read
ing and was sent to the Senate.
The Fcl.se last night by vote of
II to 81 defeated the bill to authorize
the erectit n of a State Agricultural
Building. empowering the State De-
partment Ct Agriculture to ssue
100000 Of bonds, to be paid by the
department not by the State. It was
as Overwhelmingly DEBATED as the bill
for half million dollar bond issue for
enlarging the State Capitol.
The bill by Senator Blow to pro-
vide for four months school term in
every school district in North Caro-
lima, authorizing and requiring the
several counties to levy special tax
for maintenance of schools for that
period, and providing for an annual
appropriation of 100000 for carry
ing out the provisions of the act, pass
ed it's third and final reading in the
House last night and is now law.
The Capitol joke by Mr.. Barringer,
of Guilford, being joint resolution
for the removal of the State Capitol
to Greensboro, was ended in the Sen
ate last night when Mr.. Jones, of
Wake, moved to take the bill from
the calendar and then called the pre-
vious question. The resolution was
decently Inferred by vote OF 81 to Q
Senators Barringer and ayl voting
for the 1Tesolution.
The Senate passed the bitterly con
tested House bill providing for the ap.
pointment Of police commission fol
the city Of Asheville.