The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

rs 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 W 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 a lien on articles cleaned
until the bill for the work is paid.
Dawes: Return to the State peni-
tertiary $68,356.7O 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 institution and
Senator Dawes asked its inn sdiate
passage. This was done an the bill
was sent to the House Cor action
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. & NJ.
College 70 rthe colored race.
In the House there was a food of
bills among which are the following:
Hanes: Allow defendants in civil
actions on appeal to make the same
plea or defense in the Superior Court
had they been present, at the former
trial.
Weaver: Authorize the creation
of railroad companies for the trans
p~ortation of certain classes of freight
by relieving them of the obligations
of common carriers.
Foy: Relief Of Fender county food
suffers.
The following bills passed third
reading:
Permit Seaboard Air Line Railway
to condemn part of Brunswick street
in Wilmington for terminal purposes.
Senate bill to render secure from
fire forests lying 1000 and more feet
above sea level.
Senate bill directing State Treas
urer to return to Inc State prison q
sufficient sum from its earnings fol-
1908 to support it for 1909.
Provide for. compensation Of judges
holding special terms of court, at rate
of 800 a week. %
Amend slot machine act Of 1907 sc
as to exempt from tax those dispen'
sing drinking water only.
In the the Senate Saturday among
the number of bills of local interest
was one by Mr.. Holden to expedite
the trial Of causes both civil ant
criminal, and relative to challenges.
J At the request of Chairman Dough
J ton, Of the committee Of agriculture
: the bill to regulate the registration o
: stock and poultry feed was re-re
: ferred to that committee in order tina
there may be a further hearing as t
!, its provisions February 18th,
L The substitute for the Berham an
Starbuck bills to equalize peremptor
challenges in the trial of capital case
:. and abolish the practice of the Stat
in standing aside jurors to the end o
the panel, providing that the Stat
have twelve and the defendant eigt
: teen challenges, passed its third reac
ing. =
House bill to allow the board G
agriculture to sell test farms and Civ
title.
- Amend Revisal relating to fees {
! !! corners so as to allow fees of So i
y case no foul play is found and a jur
not necessary.
"a The bill to provide better prote
ton for the employees of railroads d
y ing interstate business and assurir
:. them the rights of personal propert
exemption came up with favorable r
port from the committee. 1t W;
y Senator Bassett's bill. Senator Fl
!; spoke in opposition to the bill ar
Senators Bassett and Barringer for
u The bill passed final reading.
A resolution by Senator Lee rel
tive to the death of Representati'
y Hayes providing that when the Sc
ate adjourn for the dav it do so
his memory, was adopted.
id In the House Mr.. Harshaw ofer'
a resolution in memory Of Thomas
as Hayes, member from Wilkes, news
h. whose death had reached the Hous
It. The resolution expressed the grief al
il sympathy of tn House of Represent
tives, o provision that it be sprc'
I'd upon the journal, and that the Hou
in adjourn at IL O'Clock in his memor
Adopted at once unanimously.
On motion the Speaker appoint
= Mr.. Caudill. the colleague of the q
ceased member, and Messrs. Crum
Ter, Carver, Buck and TOmlin a spt
ial committee to represent the Hou
at the funeral at Purlear, in Wilk
county, the home of the Represent
tive whose vacant seat is now drap
NJ in mourning and garlanded with
wreath. A joint resolution offered
Mr.. Morton was adopted unanimous
10 the effect that the State pay t
funeral expenses.
The following new bills offered:
Taylor: Amend Revisal $40, re
,a5 tive to bringing new actions at
non-suit .
the Fov. Joint resolution TO nav exp,