The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-01-31
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BILL INTRODUCED TODAY TO In.
VESTIGATE THE STATE
PAY ROLL
some OTHER Proceedings

Raleigh, N. c., Jan 3O-If a resolu
ton presented in the House today by
Spainhour shall be adopted after the
through with it, those clerks and min
or officials in the service of the State
who attempt raid on the State
Treasury every session of the Legis-
lature through appeals and demands
for increase of salaries, will find
themselves sitting "way back" and
nursing a very sore toe.
The resolution calls for the ap
pointment of a committee of five to
examine into the amount of money
paid by the State to it's employees,
especially it's poorly paid school
teachers, many of whom receive only
forty dollars per month for only four
months in the year, and report to the
General Assembly the quality and
quantity of service rendered by the
they draw from the State with the
object of equalizing the emoluments
paid State employees of this charac-
ter. When it is understood that most
of the executive and judiciary clerks
and employees (including number OF
both male and female stenographers)
receive from one hundred dollars per
month to two thousand five hundred
dollars per year, and that some OF
them do not average the year round
over five to seven hours per day of
real work, the public will understand
why the persistent demands on the
part of some (not aTD of them for
perennial increases is evidently being
resented, for in all probability it is
quite likely that these demands have
| had much to do with the bOrning of
| the Spainhour resolution, and it looks
like it is going to pass, too.
In the foregoing this writer does not
mean to convey the inference that the
executive and judicial and other
clerical employees are a lot of idlers-
far from it, on the part of some, for /
know a number who are hard workers
and earn every dollar paid them.
But it is the class who do not per
form nearly as much work Tin o+her
| departments) and who are insisting
that they be put on the same salary
basis with the harder worked men be-
cause the dignity of the positions
are similar, being of the same class.
It was noon before the two houses
met today. Among the important
bills are:
BY Judd: To reimburse the city OF
Raleigh for expense incurred in the
fatal Standard Oil prosecution in Raj
eigh's august police court by Attorney
General Beckett.
By Taylor: Regarding crop liens.
i BY Oldfriend: Concerning sampling
of fertilizers and cotton seed meal.
l By Norman: To amend the divorce
laws so as to make ten year separa
ton cause to apply even if there are
living children, provided they are q
years old or married.
By Carr, of Duplin: For the pro
lection Of the forests of North Caro-
lima.
4 By Ewart: To tax dogs and bache
lors in Henderson county.
By Stubbs: Enabling WILLIAMSON to
issue bonds.
BY Thorne: Fortifying the legality
of the Pitt court house bonds so as
to satisfy the purchasers Of the bonds
and get the money.
4 By Martin: For, Teachers Train
ling School In the mountain section.
By London: Bill to strengthen the
law making telegraph companies liza
BILE for mental anguish through non
delivery of tele9rams.
Bs Erorn Of Columbus: