The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-01-13

PROCEEDINGS
BILL DIRECTED AT INSURANCE
TRUST CAUSES A WARM DIS
CUSSION
KITCHIN SENDS. MESSAGE

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 1.-THE House
opened this morning with a warm dis
cussion of Koonce's motion to refer
his bill to investigate the insurance
trust to Judiciary Committee No. 1
instead of the Committee on Insur-
ance. Conner participated in the dis
cussion, upholding Koonce's request
to have bill in which he feels such
strong interest in it's passage refer
red to such committee as he may de-
sire.
Numerous speeches were made by
Woodson and others against the prac-
tice of referring bills to committees
other than those to which they prop
erly belong. The bill was referred
to Judiciary Committee No last
week, Battle, of Wake, chairman, at
Keonces request, and today that com
mittee reported it back without ac
ton with the recommendation that it
be properly referred to the Insurance
Committee, which has not yet been
announced by the Speaker.
Koonce, in a speech, said that while
he no " knew not the prospective per-
sonnel of the new Insurance Commit
tee, he took it that it would be made
up largely of men now in the insur-
ance business, or with past expert
ences. That it was because of this
that he objected to the reference of
his antf-insurance trust bill to that
committee.
On a vote taken to finally send it
to the Committee on Propositions and
Grievances, that course was ordered
at II O'Clock by vote of II to 21.
In the House the following new bill )
were introduced:
BY kellum: To enable New Hanover
county to build bridges. The bill
provides for a bond issue of $4,000
for that purpose.
BY Kellum: A bill to amend the law
relative to the fees of justices of the
peace in New Hanover.
Stubbs' bill looking to a constitu-
tiona1 convention was reported favor
ably and set for the special order on
Wednesday, January 25th.
BY General Carr: A bill to place
Durham county officials on salary
basis.
BY Dopelin: A bill relating to pas
senger rates.
BY Taylor, of Vance: A bill to pro-
vide fire proof buildings for the
States record, Library, etc.
BY Connor, of Wilson: To amend
Section 439 of the Revisal relative to
the service of summons
BY burlington: To amend section
1894 of the Revisal and to give the
Corpora tfon Commission supervision
over railroad track scales and other
scales.
By Ewart: Raising the age limit
from IS to 21 years as to working
the roads.
The Governor submitted the regu.
lar reports of the heads of various
State departments, and they were ap-
propriately referred. He also gave his
reasons for granting pardons, etc.
Senator Graham introduced an i'm
portant bill to relieve the State Treas
| ury. It's provisions authorize the
State Treasurer to borrow ready to
cover the difference between
invoices on hand and the amount
necessary to cover appropriations
now or hereafter by the General AS
sembly. In order to accomplish this.
provision is made for bond issue
mot to exceed one million dollars
to be used in case the loans can not
be made at satisfactory rates OF In
terest. It was referred to the Com
mittee on judiciary.
I Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 12-The intro
duction of bills having for their pur