The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-30

legal1zed primary law, with minority.
report from Elections COMMITTEES BY
Mr. Bowie and five others, urging that
1t DO not pass. To authorize Dunn TO
issue sewerage bonds; Stewards bin
as to divorce for abandonment
amended SO divorce is available after
five instead Of two years; exemption
OF National Guardsmen from jury and
road duty.
The House made special order for
the Justice primary election bill for
the evening Of January 81.
Senate-Friday.
Petitions were received from citi-
Gems OF Richmond, Craven, Halifax,
Madison, and Rockingham counties
for six-months school term. and from
Junior Order Councils in Guilford, Da-
wilson and Mecklenburg for better
child labor law and for compulsory
school law.
The building and loan bill was laid
before the Senate as unfinished bust
ness.
The bills as amended by the Commit
tee, were then passed on final reading
without division and ordered engross-
ed and sent to the house.
The joint resolution providing for
a Standing Committee on Private and
Public Local Bills was called up by
Senator Hobgood, and adopted, after
a little discussion, by decisive vote.
House-Friday.
Nnnprnnc notifinnS for civ he
school terms and for compulsory at
tendance were sent forward.
There was also a petition for the
repeal of the license tax on photog-
raphers.
Among the bills favorably reported
from committees were:
To allow jurors to be drawn from
counties other than that of trial in
certain cases; the Williams of Bun
combe vital statistics bill; to allow
counties to establish hospitals; en-
ployer's liability bill making the Fed
eral law apply in state cases; to pre-
vent tipping; and to prevent children
from using firearms.
Senate-Saturday.
The Senate suspended rules for
Senator Stubs and passed an en-
ployers' liability bill he only intro
duced today, which embraced all cor
porations. 1t extends to them the
provisions of the act of Congress rela-
tive to common carriers liability to,
employees, the bill applying this act
to North Carolina.
The Senate passed the Council act
to prevent multiplicity of indict-
ments below the grade of felony.
The Senate referred the joint reso-
luton from the House asking for the
passage of the Webb-Kenyon liquor
bill by Congress to the Committee on
Federal Relations.
Among bills which passed final
reading were: To consolidate Winston
and Salem; to authorize the construc-
ton Of Watauga Railroad through
Watauga and Ashe counties as part
of the Carolina-Virginia road.
House-Saturday.
Just before adjournment Saturday
the House found itself confronted with
the condition that, there being no
private or local public bills on the
calendar, there was nothing that could
be done further Saturday or Monday
owing to a motion by Justice of Gull
ford adopted that no public bills be
considered during his absence. Mem
bers of the House insisted that they
! had not intended to vote any such
motion, their understanding being
that merely none of the bills intro
| duced by Justice, or in which he was
specially interested, should be con-
sidered.
Mr.. Stewards bill against tipping
passed second reading in the House.
A number of bills were introduced
in the House.
Senate-Monday.
Senator Watts, chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, moved
for the appointment of a clerk to his
committee.
The followings bills passed final
readings:
House bill to amend the charter Of
Town of Salem.
Senate bill to authorize Waynes-
Vile to issue bonds and complete the
graded school building.
Senate bill to amend the charter
of East Spencer, Rowan county.
Senate bill to authorize an election
for graded school bonds in Scotland
Neck.
Senate bill authorizing Forsyth
county to issue refunding bonds or
notes tn nav for mart of the cOnStr11c-
ton of Roanoke & Southern Railway.
Senate bill to validate electric light
bond election in Asheboro.
Senate bill to incorporate Town Of
Grandin, Caldwell county.
House-M onday.
There was the usual food ofpetitions
from all sections of the state for six
months school terms and a number for
compulsory attendance and for child