The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-03-11

SENATE.

passed Une heVeIluS Az oi 10 iiiIe'i
reading.
A bill introduced by Senator Han
kins was adopted, appointing q COM
mission whose duties it will be to
investigate the needs Of the State ad-
administration for new public build
ings in Raleigh and to report their
recommendations to the next Gener-
al Assembly.
Governor kitchin submitted his
nominations for various boards Of di-
rectors of State institutions and they
were confirmed by the Senate.
Without any discussion and only
one or two Senators voting against it
the Senate passed the House bill re-
curing all persons convicted OF
capital offenses sentenced to death
to be executed by electrocution at
the States Prison.
The most important act passed by
today's session was the DoughtOn
bill providing for the inspection Of
Illuminating oils, which increases the
States revenues $50, 900 per year.
The Senate after adopting several
amendments proposed to weaken the
child labor bill defeated the measure
by vote of % to 16 Efforts will
re made to have the bill reconsider
ed
The Senate passed the House bill
to create a State Optometry Board,
and adopted the resolution appropri-
ating $500, available January !,
1911, for the erection Of a monument
to Henry L. Wyatt, of the Edge
c0mbe Guards, who was the first
Southerner to give up his life for the
Confederacy.
The Senate. by passing the anti
Audubon bill, abridged the opera
tons Of the Audubon Society to a
large extent, which will result in q
considerable reduction Of its reve-
nues. This bill drives the Audubon
Society out Of more than half the
counties in the State, leaving the en-
forcement Of the game laws to the
Individual counties named in the bill
HOUSE.
The House after another long dis
cussion on the bill requiring addition
al educational qualifications for APP
plicants for license to practice med
icine defeated the measure, the
opposition being led by Representa-
tives Dowd and kitchin. The only
other important feature OF the House
session was the passage Of the APP
preparation bill, containing the bud
get for all the State institutions.
SENATE.
Saturday. March the 6th.-
The feature Of the Senate was
protest on the part of Senators Lock
hart and Long, Of Iredell, to be en-
tered on the journal against the ac-
ton of the Senate in passing the
Blow-Bassett substitute instead of
the noted Lockhart subsection ga"
antitrust bill. The protest was fin
ally withdrawn, with the understand
ing that if satisfactorily modified it
could be entered Monday.
Lacking two votes on the necessary
three-ffths majority, the Ormond
bill to amend the constitution by re-
lieving the Legislatures of consider
ing charters for municipalities and
other corporations failed to pass, to
the deep regret Of many who are in
terested in this much-needed reform.
The Kluttz highway commission
bill, carrying an appropriation Of
$40, 600, came up as special order.
The original bill carried an appropri-
alton of 100000 all roads receiving
State aid to be constructed under the
supervision of the commission. The
result of the vote was a tie, Is to Is.
and the chair voted mo-" the bill
failed.
There was hot debate over the
Ormond bill giving the sherilfs, depu-
ties and constables the right to search
for and seize illicit distileries and
receive fees of $25 for each seizure,
the officers having the right to arrest
all persons found on the premises.
Mr.. Underwood moved to table.
This was lost. Mr.. burlington pro-
ceeded to advocate the bill, telling
how sheriffs and constables would
risk their lives in order to seize
the stills. Finally the Graham
amendment reduing the fee from $25
to $50 was adopted and the bill pass
ed its final reading and was sent to
the Senate for concurrence in the
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