The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Some Bills of Local and General
Interest-To Place Robson
County Officers on Salary.

hAShOot Az Ao~O NOOSSOA
County Officers on Salary.
The Senate Friday tabled bill
to prohibit the sending of public
documents with the compliments
of officers of State. On the same
day the Senete concurred in the
House amendment to the bill in I
creasing the salary of the Com |
missioner of Labor and Printing /
from $500 to $1,000. Other
bills introduced Friday were: By
Peele, to amend the State consh-
tuition, abolishing the office of
solicitor and creating the office of
county attorney; by burlington,
of Iredell, providing a general
system of recorders courts; by
Peele, of Scotland, to incorporate
the John Charles Mcneil Memo |
rial Society.
The bill providing for the drain
age of wet, swamp and overflow
ed lands has been made a special
order for Thursday at noon.
Among the bills that passed final
reading Friday was one appoint
ing T. J. Wooten, of Maxton
township, this county, a justice
of the peace for six years. Rep
resentative Mcleod introduced a
bill to incorporate the town of
Buie. The bill to punish persons
maliciously circulating false and
derogatory statements concern
ing banks passed final reading
Friday.
Senator Peele's bill to abolish
the office of solicitor and create
Office of county attorney provides
that an attorney shall be elected
l for each county by the county
5 commissioners, shall hold office
+ for two years, and in addition to
his duties as county attorney
Il shall prosecute on behalf of the
State in all criminal actions in
n the Superior Court. The salary
4 of the office shall be fixed by the
IS commissioners.
/, A Senate bill by Mr.. Nimocks
j. to authorize and direct sheriffs
) and other officers to seize anC
le destroy distilleries and apparatus
10 used in the manufacture of in
l. toxicating liquors in violation O.
a. the laws of North Carolina pro
vides that it shall be the duty O
10 the sheriff of each county in tn
m State, and of the chief of polio
of each incorporated town or cit
er in the State, to search for an
he seize any distillsry or apparatu
On used for the manufacture of in
No toxicating liquors in violation o
80 the laws of North Carolina, an
q, to deliverthe same with any ms
eo terials used for making such l
h quors found on the premises, t
~ the board of county commission
lid ers, who shall cause the distiller
H. to be cut up and destroyed j
NJ their presence, or in the presen(
les of committee of the board, an
ne who may dispose C the mater
a including the copper or oth'
is material from the destroyed st
IN or apparatus, in such manner
o. they may deem proper.
ht' The bill makes it the duty
va theofficers namedto seize and the
lat and there destroy any and {
yav liquors which may be found
~ such distillery and to arrest al
po hold for trial as now provided
yet law, all persons found on t
ose premises.
sti- For every distillery seized u
ev- der this act the sheriff or 9th
49, police officer shall receive
III. sum of which shall be allow
not by the commissioners of t
nee county in which the seizure
yer made. Any Sheriff or other I
,ter lice officer violating the prov
ions of this act shall be guilty
=, a misdemeanor and upon COW
Die ton shall be punished in the d
'wn erection of the court and may f
alta felt his office.
ize. Saturday the Senate passed
oral House bill which allows the G.
ILL., ernor to sue directly in the U
any ted States Supreme Court in ;
hen tons involving the boundary l
og's between NorthCarolina and T,
1ter nessee in the Smoky Mount;
tho region, so that each case may
~ finally settled.
10 On Wednesday the joint co
OF mittee on manufacturers and
now Dor will hear cotton mill men
hat the child labor question.
n+or Representative Mcleod int
lr4 duced a billSaturday to place
Iiial officers ofRobeson county on s