Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-10-15
SPECIAL SESSION HAS ENDED.

SPECIAL SESSION HAS ENDED.
Extra Session Of the Legislature Adjourned
Monday Night.
The extra session of the Legis-
lature adjourned Monday night at
1928, the 20 DAYS expiring at that
time. During the session 497 acts
and ID resolutions we're passed,
most of them bearing on local
matters.
The House and Senate agreed
on five cents mileage for legisla-
tors instead of 10 cents.
The Senate Saturday passed the
bill carrying the constitutional
amendments. The mileage allow.
ance for members was reduce
from 10 to 5 cents. The vote by
which the intra. State freight rate
bill was passed was reconsidered
and the amendment to exempt
railroads that have constructed as
much az Is miles of new line
within twelve months for the pur-
pose of connecting up existing
lines, was stricken out. The House
concurred in Senate amendment
providing that if the railroads
consider the rates fixed in the bill
unfair and confisostory. the gov
ernor may, in his discretion, ap-
point q commission of three mem.
bers to investigate and recommend
that the rates or certain of them
be decreased. The Senate passed
the House bill providing a rate
expert and other clerical assist.
anoe for the corporation commits
sion at an annual expense of
IS 600 and providing for addition
al legal assistance not to cost more
than $1,000 annually. A number
of local bills passed and both the
Senate and HOUSE pass I'D a resolu-
ton recommending to President
Wilson the appointment of Sena-
tor G.. J. Studders as consul to
Belfast or Doublin, Ireland. The
bill to give the State prison board
control of the letting of ~convicts
was defeated, Notwithstanding it
was said the governor had recon.
mended it's passage. The bill pro-
viding for sales of real estate un-
der mortgage to stand open for
ten days for an increased bid. was
defeated. Bill passed to increase
fourth.class pensions from $50 to
$S2, and q joint resolution author
izing the North Carolina Historic
cal Commission to submit a suit
sble design for a memorial to the
North Carolina soldiers who par
ticipated in the battle of Gettys-
burg, was passed.
At the night session the bill ap,
propriating s6S, 600 to pay debts,
complete buildings, and maintain
the School for Feeble Minded at
Kinston for q year, was passed.
An amendment was added increas
Ing board of directors to ~ This
grew out of q strenuous attack
made by Senasors Jones, Gillian,
Bryant, Wakefield and others as
to the expsdienoy of maintaining
the institution at all, and more
especially charges of mismanage-
ment. Included in these charges
were multiplying the debt in vio-
lation of legislative limitations
and paying salaries of superin-
tendeDt, engineer. stenogrspher
and others at the institution for
more than a year without any in
mates at all. It was charged that
the addition of three directors
was to get DR.. Hardy out of the
superintendenoy and that this was
unfair, as he was NJ more respon.
sible for Encouragement than the
directors.
The House passed the bill max.
ing the same appropriation for
the School for Predetermined and
also bills appropriating 500 900
for maintenance and improve
ments at the State Hospital at
Raleigh, SO, 900 for the State Hos
pital at Goldsboro, 81 500 for the
State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
and $4,000 for the School for the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Raleigh.
The bill pre- viding for the working
of the State conviots on the pub
lie roads of counties and town.
ahins that daaira TO hire them at