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Important Matters x~s Acted o.
The Senate Thursday voted 20 Ia
crease the expense allowance Of Sc
perior Court judges from ssge %
$3.50 IN addition 20 the ta.skn sal.
aries and also 20 increase The. sAla-
rIes OF the Supreme Court Justices
10 1000 Instead Of ss.5oe.
The bill TO extend Stale aid to
the Daughters OF the congedcracy
vas reported anfavorahiy.
The blu 10 amend the pension law
OF North Carolina Increasing the
pensions from s45o.eoo 10 sTo4 goo
annually vas taken up as n special
order and after = debate lasting
nearly two hours the bill passed Sec
ond reading without a dissenting
vote.
At a night session a bill 10 estab-
lish free ferry across Cape Fear
River at Wilmington. and TO regu-
late the catching CT CLAIMS in Bruins
wick, New Hanover and Pender
counties vas passed and went TO
the House
The House Committee on Penal
Institutions decided TO report favor
ably the bin to appropriate 5000
for the establishment OF q reforma-
tory and training school for negroes
to be located near Charlotte.
Senator Hobgood's bill for a State
primary law for both political par
ties was reported without prejudice
from the Senate Committee on Elee-
ton Laws.
The committee reported favorably
on the bills to make the pay Of the
Supreme Court reporter $500 and
the Supreme Court Justices. $500.
The revenue bill was considered at
some length. An effort to increase
the tax on cigarette dealers failed.
Confederate soldiers are allowed
to peddle eyeglasses. The tax on
piano agents was reduced from 500
to $50.
The Democrats of the joint COM
mittees on congressional appoint
ments decided to transfer Catawba
County from the ninth to eighth dis
trict and Wilkes from the eighth to
the seventh. Hoke County was plac-
ed in the seventh and Avery County
in the ninth. There was a heated
discussion over the changes.
House-Friday.
The following bills were intro
duced:
Dowd: To consolidate the Depart
ments of Agriculture and the A. &
M. College.
Mr.. Dowd claimed that much work
was duplicated by the College and
the Agricultural Department That
1t would not require as large force
and some work could be done cheap
er. He said the bill was favored by
Mr.. Alexander, President OF the
Farmers Union in this State.
Wooten: To provide for interme-
date sentence for persons convicted
of crime.
Quickel: To apportion the men,
bers of the House from the various
counties of the State.
The report was received by the
clerk. The counties OF Guilford.
Wake and Mecklenburg were given
three members each.
Roberts: To divide the State into
ten Congressional districts.
A Message From the Governor.
A message was received from
Governor Kitchen recommending the
creation of commission to visit
San Francisco. and look out for the
State In connection with the Panama
Canal Exposition
The 60-hour labor bill was dis
cussed at the night session In the
Senate, but no vote was taken on ac-
count of absent Senators who de-
sired to be heard on the measure.
In the Senate.
The Torren's land title bill was !
given another hearing In the Senate
and was again postponed to q later
day.
s. B. 11e1. by Mr. Bassett: To
provide a uniform law as to bills Of
IadIng. Committee on Judiciary.
s. B. ITS. by Mr.. Hobgood: To
create two additional judicial dis
tricts. Committee on Judiciary. /
The bill TO establish North Caro-
lima school for feeble-minded. Pass
ed with an amendment.
Senator Hobgood introduced a.
bill creating two new judicial dis
tricts and asked that 1t be placed on
the calendar.