Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-11
WITH N. G. LAWMAKERS
Doings of the State Legislature Con-
densed- Interesting Items from
Day to Day.

The revenue bill was complete
Friday in the Senate and passed final
reading with some few sections re-
served for adjustment through con-
ference committees on differences be-
tween the Senate and the House on
their provisions. For instance, the
sections fixing taxation on express,
telegraph and telephone companies
were reserved because the Senate
will not agree to the increase made
against these corporations by the
House, which also added a provision
that towns be allowed to require To-
cal license taxes The section taxing
manufacturers and dealers in cigar
cites is also held up because the
Senate excerpts to the tax of $1,000
on makers of 50O,00O,O0O and more as
compared with the low present law
tax against those handling less guam
titles. It is feared that this dis
crepancy would have the effect of
knocking cut the entire section as
discriminatory.
A bill passed final reading in the
Senate to make April 18th legal hoi-
day on account Of Halifax resolu-
tions.
The bill to appropriate $1,000 to-
ward a statute to Henry Z. Wyatt.
came up as special order. The bill
provides that this appropriation
shalfbe available when like amount
shall have been raised from other
sources, the monument to be in Cap
itol Square. It developd that $4,000
is already in hand from popular con-
tributions through the Selma Chap
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy.
There were only three votes against
it on second reading and the passage
en- final reading was unanimous.
The adoption of Ashes Hosiery
for North Carolina schools was at
tended with protest. Speakr Gra-
ham spoke for Mr.. Dowd's motion,
saying that the act would necessitate
the changing Of the State flag and
he would say to the patriots of
Mecklenburg that they declared their
independence on May goth, ITS. He
spoke with feeling against disturbing
the best historical traditions. The
motion to reconsider the vote was
carried
Mr.. Doughton's bill heretofore
passed in the Senate to make the
pensions appropriation $450,O0O and
the school appropriation $125,OOO
l
Among tile bills passed on final
reading we're:
S. B., amend Revisal as to uttering
forged papers; S. B., requiring clerks
Of courts to make reports to Attor-
ney General: S. B., amend Revisal
as to advertising property for public
sale; S. B., amend the Revisal as to
| docketing judgments, requiring de-
scription Of land, if given in plead
ings to be written in the judgment
IS. B., amend Revisal relating to mar
riage ceremony; S. B., amend the
Revisal as to holding inquests; S. g.
provide suitable sanitary surround
ings for State institutions; S. B., ex.
ltend the time for settling the State
debt; S. B., relative to the settlement
of certain outstanding western NORTH
Carolina railroad construction bonds
of the South Dakota suit class; sub
stitute Senate bill amend the Revisa
relative to the State laboratory 0!
hygiene graduates tax for licens'
fee for. analysis Of water sold TO
drinking purposes now $50, bill pro
vides graduated tax $15 to $50; S. B.
allow registers Of deeds to appoin
deputies !; S. B., provide fire escape
and protect human life; S. B., auth
orize the purchase Of Ashes Histor.
of North Carolina in rural schools
S. B., make the giving Of WORTHLESS
checks or drafts prima facie evidenc
of intent to defraud; S. B., authoriz
county commissioners to offer re
wards in certain cases; S. B., forbi
the sale of. narcotic drugs to certai
habitues; authorize furnishing c
Confederate uniforms to the inmate
Of the Soldiers Home; provide do1
mitory for Colored Orphan Asylum
Oxford.
Fast and furious is the pace Of tt
North Carolina General Assembly !
the rush to clear the calendars
that there can be final adiournme1
at the earliest possible minute
morning, afternoon and evening Sc
sions being the order Saturday.
The evening sssion was continu
to nearly midnight in order that