The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09

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ny making taiT1y-e8gat instead cf
thlrty-nfne districts II the STATE.
The House resolution 20 lnsesfs-
gate the sale OF the Atlantic and Yad-
kin Railroad 10 the Atlantic Clozss
Line and ia ACKNOWLEDGMENT In : AZ
vision Of the lire with the Southern.
was voted own by tbs Senate.
The Senate eoncurred IN the House
amendment to increase the Cover
nor's salary to $1,000 Instead OF Sc
900.
The Senate passed on The MachIn-
cry Bill. making only a few siight
changes In Il as 30 came from the
HouE-
Members OF the House. al noon pre-
senetd to Speaker Dowd . silver ser
vice as testimonial Of their regard.
The House passed the TorrenE
Land Title Bill. similar to that the
Senate recently defeated and sent IL
back by special messenger to the SEN
ate. The House defeated the billiard
bin to create a game commission.
Bills passed requiring additional
educational qualification for medical
licenses that was defeated in the two
previous sessions OF the Assembly.
In the afternoon session the House
passed the Senate bill making re-
apportionment OF the State Senate,
the only change the House made in
the bin being that Lee County was
changed from the Twenty-frst to the
Fourteenth District, so as TO make
the Fourteenth with Sampson County
in order to make IL Democratic.
The House took up the Congress
sional apportionment bill as 1t came
from the Senate and voted to trans
fer Catawba from the Eighth to the
Ninth District The Senate concur
red
The House passed the bill to safe
guard the States interest in railroads,
turnpikes and other works required
by convict labor and otherwise. 1t
was ordered enrolled.
Over one hundred local bills pass
ed final reading at afternoon session
or the Senate. The name of law
clerk in the Attorney-General's Office
was changed TO Assistant Attorney
General. Included among the raft of
local bills passed and sent to the
House were to provide engineering
assistance to counties in the construc-
tion of good roads; allow a dollar ex-
ira to legislative clerks. Among the
bills ratified was to establish the
North Carolina school for the feeble
! minded.
The sensation Of the session was
the discovery that the Senate had
| unknowingly at the morning session
, passed and ordered enrolled the Tor
rens Land Title bill, which had pass
ed the House earlier in the day and
, was sent to the Senate. The Senate
several days ago killed the House
; bill on this subject, and when it was
| discovered that it had passed an iden-
teal bill from the House, a wave of
! excitement ran through the Senate
Chamber, but their oversight was
soon changed by a vote to reconsider
and recalling the bill from the En-
rolling Clerks office.
!, Two hours were spent by the night
session in the House in a heated ar
gument on the Hobgood bill from the
+, Senate for a Statewide primary law
j to apply to all counties and all par
! ties with primaries on the same day
and voting places, and then the bill
went to the table.
The test vote was on an amend
ment by Doughton to exempt an;
county executive committee. This
! was roll call and stood 6S to 36 fol
the amendment.
bill, moved to table on the ground
the amendment defeated the purpose
for which the measure is desired.
/ The primary bill for Wake and
Pamlico Counties were passed.
| Mondays Proceedings.
The House refused to concur in
the Senate amendment to the appro
priation bill increasing the Soldiers
Home appropriation from $4,000
to $40, 900 and the Senate receded.
Following bills passed final read
ing:
, To protect claims in the waters o.
i North Carolina; to allow commission
) ers OF counties in this State to max,
, appropriations for road improvement
: to regulate shipment of cattle int,
!. North Carolina; to require promp
; service by telegraph companies; in
t corporate the Raleigh, Charlotte ant
, Southern Railway Co.; allow married
|. women to contract as feme soles ant
, make conyenances by complying Will
{ section of the constitution.
p Following bills were tabled:
E Prohibit marriage between frs
4 cousins and provide State travelin,
). auditor; also the solicitors salar,
e bill.
1 The House tabled a number Of i'm
r portant bills, those included bein,