The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-01-27
DIVORCE Law
PROMINENT
C0TT0N'S Dog LAW FAILED ON
SECOND READING..O
PROCEEDINGS
NEAR BEER Is HIT HARD

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 26.-There was
flood of new bills in both branches
of the Legislature today. Among the
more important of these were:
BY Bellamy: To allow licensed pilot
boats TO sell fish taken while at their
stations awaiting incoming vessels.
one concerning the shooting of coats
and rice birds. Another to prevent
justices of the peace from acting as
notaries public.
| One over-zealous Senator wants to
prevent the sale of matches other
than of the so-called safety" variety.
BY Boykin:, For the equal working
of public highways.
By Longs Relating to the expense
| of judges.
| By Taylor, of Brunswick: To au-
/ thorize the town of Southport to sUo
scribe to the capital stock Of the, vii
! mington, Brunswick and Southport
Railroad to the extent of fifteen thou
sand dollars, if the people so vote
at an election to be called by the
aldermen.
| BY Pace: Amendatory of Section
4 1105 of the Revisal and to allow rail
roads to give free transportation to
/ ex-employees and their widows, etc.
Also one relative to the seizure iof
stills.
| By Battle: Relative to statistics of
leaf tobacco. W
BY RaAerts no strengthen the la
bility Of the stockholders of State
banks. ~ =
| BY Mitchell: To allow the commits
sioner of agriculture to get his print
| ing done separate from the balance
of the State Departments.
/ By Gen. Carr: To extend State aid
4 to the Daughters Of the Confederacy
for equipping the North Carolina
room il the Richmond Confederate
Museum, So astit1
/ The geneology of the canine tribe
cut figure in the Senate debates to
| day, when the Gotten bill. to- tax dogs
was on it's passage.
i Hicks took the position that dogs
should be taxed according to their
value as property valuation. He op-
posed taxing house dogs of the farm
ers and poor niggers at the same
kfgure that4the dogs of high degree
81 that cost their owners all the way
from ten to one hundred dollars each,
land some times even more.
j Senator Gotten claimed his bill
would add one hundred thousand dol
lars annually to the school funds.
h Johnston, of Duplin, said it would
lbe at the possible expense of his life
if he voted for the Gotten bill.
Some Senators believed the bill
would result in annihilating a large
J percentage Of the worthless breed Of
ours. Kitchin disputed that statement
and claimed that the Niger would
use the last dollar he had to pay the
tax before seeing his dog killed. s.
Finally the first dog bill Of the
session to get hearing went the
way of all predecessors. Barnes
moved to table it on the second read
ing. Motion carried by vote of l22
In the House much time was CON
s sumed in the discussion of the Devin
, bill to amend the divorce law and
i place man and woman on equal foot
ing ais to adultery. A =
After a. protracted debate in the
House on the bill to amend the di-
] vorce law, the minority substitute re-
: ported by the committee was adopted
3 Then several amendments were voted
on. Gay moved to amend SO as to
= make the remarriage of either par y
g unlawful during the life of the other
party. The amendment was lost.
/ burlington offered an amendment