The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
CUT RATES MUST
NOT Be INCREASED
Bill to Prevent Monopolics Of
Gas, Electric Lights and
Power.
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MORE SALARY FOR GOVERNOR
Many New County Propositions
Up for Action by Lcsis-
latilrc.
MORE SALARY FOR GOVERNOR
special to The Timos-pispotcb. !

t9peciai 10 Inc Times iSpatch,l
lialeigh. y. c.. January aI.--There
was introduced in tho Senate to-day
bill by Lcnmond, OF Union county.
10 prevent monopolies OF gas and clec.
trio lights and power, by providing
that no corporation engaged in the
business shall put in operation rates
where there Is competition for driving
competitors out of business. and where
rates are cut they shall not be allowed
TO be increased again. and must anp,v
TO all points served by the corporation
reducing the rate. Violation of tho
act is proposed to forfeit tho RICH.
of eminent domain
The Senate and House both recoivod
! the report OF the legislatiye ronnniy
sion appointed two Years ago 10 a..
vestigate the advisability of ~apnIvtn,
inc rorrons system of land titles I'm
North Carolina The commission urrcs
.his Legislature TO enact some such
law. SUN
Insurance bills were introduced bv
burlington, OF Ireden. making insur
ance agents personally liable for K
surance placed in unlicensed com.
panieS, and requiring citizens using ~,
licensed companies TO pay tho tnS op
,heir premiums.
russ OF harnctt. introduced n Nil,
,epuiring standard provisions for all
"c'iitH ana accident policies OF insur-
ance;- and one By Williams nf t,n,,
oonbc, relating to the Investment. 80
capital of real estate title or in.,,
ahcc' allowing the investment or c,ni
,ai In iilc abstracts after $50 Ooo H.,
Dcen Invested In securities. snc,ina,
| i'll section 4T3l. Sr''''
A la
! iarGc number OF purcl, local bills
passed both Houses
! Govcrunrs Tosc Nonr,
IN urging the passage of IT. "a,
! increasing the salary of the C;o,,rn,,,
ron $1,000 to $4,000 per vco, S,n.,',,,
e'ar"ncr' of Cleveland. iliustratcI t,,,
necessity for the raise by the fac, ,hn,
- -'oVernor Glenn left the onico -,
~, ~ thu Oh MS term OF four years. has-
ing paid out SSg0O more than 10 -
! cetNcd, and that Governor Kttchin h'
aireddE spent nearly $1,000 more thar
ms saiafy since he became C;ovcrnn,-
senator Gardner argued That 81 O00
inadequate pay for the CHIEF Eyccti,iv,
( oi me STATE. and he read II list OF !,
large number OF States that nav ,hair
Governors more than this sum He fnIt
mat the bill could be considered a,
.N's session without any partisan feel
ms. as no ono knows who will bc H.,
next Go"crnor, and the hill does MT
nccotne effective until the beginning or
| INC term of Governor I<itchin's success
! for next "Wednesday.
| inc House Committee on Counties
Cites and Towns after CONSIDERING M,.
| .NhdcrSS bill providing that nonc ~
INC lakes in Cumberland, Baden on.
columbus counties should c,c;. he sol,r
oN the state Board OF Education ia
any corpora ton or person for any puI'-
committee No. = MIR. Thompson. ct
bsantort, though; |. unfair to tho other
counties in the State having lakes NOT
20 he included that the other counties
nad interest in these lakes. ami tina,
inc three counties mentioned WOULD
get their part of the 100000 received
'pE the state for Matiamuskcc. Lake
IN Hyde county.
INC House Judiciary Committee No
= Connor, chairman. has declined 70
PASS unon the bill increasing the sal
AIRY Of the Supreme Court reporter from,
%I25o To $500 and to allow him addt-
tional stcnogra phic assistance After
much discussion the Bill was finally
sent TO the House Committee on Sala-
ries and Fees without recommendation
or any kind.
New County PropositIons.
with the multiplication OF new couu-
! " propositions before the General AS
.S,iho'H tnrouSh the introduction OF
1iiis to-day for the creation OF North
hobeson and South Nobeson counties.
as counter movement for the light
Tor ijokc county, out of parts Of Cum
hcrland and Fobcson, the new county
| lights arc !ntensifyinS. through efforts
or advocates OF the other propositions
especially Piedmont, ont of parts OF
Guilford. Davidson and Randolph. and
OF Avery, out Of parts of Mitchell and
adjacent counties. to fight their meas
! urcs through before tho Legislative wa
| tors arc too much nuddicd In tho IN
| creasnG scramhles. Tho fnct is cvi-
1 dent, however, that this Legislature is
aVcrse to tho creation OF any new coun-
; ties. moro especially so since the ON
! nhasis thu, has been given tho fact
! that fifty eight counties OF tho State