The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-03-02
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
APPROACHING ADJOURNMENT
All Members Hard at Work---Nearly all
the Real Important Bills Yet to be Act
ed Upon.

ations against everything and every
body has done little but consume much
!. of the general assembly's valuable
| time.
! AS predicted in this paper last week,
| the million dollar administration
building has dwindled to quarter
! that size. The house realized the ne
cessity for state building, but also
realized that the school children were
! knocking at heir door, and after a
most interesting night session, when
the galleries were crowded as never
before, they finally adopted Speaker.
Dowd's amendment to the bill and the
new and needed building will go up on
a fine lot facing the capitol, owned byI
! the state.
The revenue act and the machinery
! act by which the revenue is raised, has
| passed. There are several changes in
the law of interest to Hendersonville
| business men and more will be told of
| it in next weeks paper.
/ During this week most of the big
| legislation will get through. The va
rious committees have been devoting
! all their time to their consideration,
debate will probably be limited, as
there is already very good under
! standing amongst the members OF
what they propose to do about them.
| The state primary law is a subject of
dicussion after adjournment, as is the
! matter of state aid to good roads. The
| insurance investigation is yet to be
| finally settled, but will pass. I'm
| doubtedly the schools will get increas-
| ed appropriations as will the old SOL
| diers The Torrens land system bill
| may get through, as it ought to. A
measure to impose indeterminate SEN
tences upon persons convicted of crime
is wise progressive legislation and has
many friends in the house and senate
! both
There are something like three hun
! dred private bills on the calendar.
| These will be heard at the night SeS-
| sions and rusheded through on their
| third and final reading. AS showing
| how hard it is to make absolutely ef-'
fective the prohibition laws, bill in
troduced Saturday will be of Interest.
It reads: 'To prohibit the sale of in
| toxicating bitters within two miles Of
a certain school house. Another freak
! bill is one prohibiting smoking on the
steps of any church during meeting
in the building.
Wood of Transylvania would allow
nonresident land owners to hunt
| there without a license, and he has
/ also introduced two bills amending the
! calls of land grants 29S and 3OS in
! that county. Ewart's two bills, one
making bribery at elections felony
and the other prohibiting the paying
of poll taxes for the purpose OF in
f1uencing votes, have been reported
unfavorably, failing to pass the laws
yers on the committee to which they
were referred. In their stead has
been reported substitute, simple ana
effective, changing the existing law nv
inserting the word felony in ptsc; II
the word misdemeanor. His bill I'M
posing tax on corporations also tall7
ed, for the same reason.
! THE Eastern Training School will
get a. large appropriation. The mucn-
taIked-of -at-one-time Western scnooI
has not yet been heard from.
The state is going to make a hperaL
appropriation for the proper care OF
the feeble minded children, and most
! strenuous effort will be MADE 10 Knock
ont the locker clubs, which have
sprung up all over the commonwealth
l-more noticeably, of course, In the
large cities.
The report of Commissioner OF La
bor M. L. Shipman played an import
ant mart in the discussion of the Bat
tIe child labor law. Nearly every
member had a copy on his desk and
reference to it and quotations from IL
we're frequent 1t is admitted to be
one of the most important of the
states many publications.
Some men would argue with sign
post as to how far it was to town,
| That's why the committees are so nara
] worked. A member prepares a Dill
Without knowing what he wants. AND
it's really surprising how many men
! can sit down and between two breatns
| draft a measure to reform every eVll
! existing under the sun. The Dill Is III
troduced. Every bill has to be intro
duced, no matter how frivolous II may
be. even EwaTt's dog, bacheIor anu
! Justice of the peace freak. Ine 1nein-
| her appears before the comInlItee'
Some level headed lawyer there asks
/ him a few questions, tnen-ln lnln-
1 MO dow, es the death warrant ID
that par!! $ ar piece OF toollsnness.
! Rut som es the member wont stop
LAT that insists on being alloWeds
Ito talk ak and talk. Thats "heh
the com ZEE earns It's money
/ Mr. J.. o. Bell, Of the Green River
Manufacturing Company, a Justlce oa
the peace, will be allowed 10 appolnq
, constable there. Tne Dill prosIuins pn
+bis became a law on Saturday night
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