The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-12
is
READY TO ADJOURN
Senate and House Plan to End
Extra Session on
Monday.
WORK IS ABOUT COMPLETED
Constitutional Amendment Bill
Passes Final Reading, With
Slight Changes.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]


Raleigh. y. c., October 1.-THE SEN
ate and House have their work lined
up tonight and ready for final adjourn
ment OF the extraordinary session on
Monday. Ninety-two members OF the
it14$e IN roll call this afternoon
49, themselves to be here on Mon
day to assure a quorum to finish ratiA-
cation OF bills and round up tho work
of the session. Tho Senators arc also
pledged 10 be here Monday for a quo
rum. In fact. tho pay for tho session
covers Monday. under the constitutional
limitation. and this gives additional as
surance OF attendance for tho closing
ceremonies. which. at the regular ses-
s!ons. are always held several days
after the pay stops.
Tho Senate reconsidered the vote by
which the intrastate freight rate bill
passed the Senate last night. to with
draw the amendment exempting from
the operation OF the act railroads that
have constructed as much as twenty
FIVE miles OF road within a year. this
having been admittedly for the benefit
Of the Norfolk Southern. The bin was
then repassed. Later It was found
that as passed the schedule Of rates
prescribed had been omittedp
Senator Gillian fclicitated tho mem
bcrs on having passed n bill last night.
reconstructing tho whole intrastate
rate scheme or the state without a sin
gle rate being really IN tho bill. 1t
bore out his contention on the fioor
last night. he said. that Senator'S. he
and tho rest were passing something
that they knew nothing whatever
about
The Senate put tho corrected bill
through its readings and ordered II en-
rolied ratification.
The constitutional amendment bill
passed final reading with slight
changes.
a notable amendment voted down
was by Senator Wakefield TO strike
from the preamble TO tho Constitution
the clause expressing thanks for pre-
servat!on OF tho Union.
In tho House Speaker walter Murphy
was presented with n handsome silver
waiter b. the members OF the House.
The House adopted the report of tho
special committee TO investigate the
circumstances OF tho Baungartner bill
10 take Wilkes out OF the seventh
and place IL in the Eighth Congress
sional District. The report found that
Mr.. BauIngartncr, knowing that his
bin was intended TO deceive. had in
,roGuced IL in tho House and had il
passed IN violation ofycontidence re
posed in members.
The Senate passed the bin TO appro-
Feeble Minded at kinston: and bill
10 appropriate $4,000 for various state
institutions.
The North Carolina Senate dis
cGssed and passed yesterday the
eleventh proposal 10 amend the Con
stttution ~ TO taxation. There was de-
bate especially over tho clause OF the
proposal that reads: The General Az
Scuhly may. consistent with natural
justice and equity, classify subjects Of
taxation. and all taxes shall he uniform
upou the same class OF property within
the territorial limits OF the authority
lcNying the tax, provided that no in
come shall be taxed when the prop
crty from which the income IS derived
is taxed; and consistent with natural
justice and equity, the General Assem-
bly, may separate subjects OF taxation
for State and local purposes"
Senator Mason offered an amendment
TO strike out the proviso that no i'm
come be taxed when the property from
which the income ~ derived IS taxed.
/Scnator Daniel offered an amendment
TO strike out all the paragraph under
discussion. except that providing for
separation Of property for State and To-
cal taxation.
Senator PEBBLES proposed to put sepa
ratcly tho questions OF classification.
exemptions and incomes from prop
crty taxed and segregation lie Of
fcred amendment embodying this
idea.
The discussion went on for two
hours. In the end, all proposed amend
ments were voted down and tho para
graph was adopted % TO 10.
Proposal No l. TO substitute War
Between the States" for rebellion"
wherever 1t occurs in the Constitution.
was adopted without discussion.
Proposal No. 13 was adopted. provid
ing that only charitable. educational.
penal or rcformatory corporations can
he chartered by the Legislatures: but
the General Assembly shall provide
general laws for chartcring and or
ganizinG all corporations.
Proposal No IA. making the public
school terms six months instead OF
four months. was adopted.
The machinery for ratifyins the
amendment proposals at the polls was
adopted without change and almost
without discussion
The House passed bill to give SUI
perior Courts concurrent jurisdiction
with the courts OF recorders and police
justices when these courts fail to
try offensesc Superior Courts. however,
may not take up cases until after
ninety days TO give inferior courts
ample time to prosecute.
a bill passed applying to Wake. New
Hanover, Carteret, Pcrquimans. Vance
and Buncombe Counties to require all
picture shows hereafter erected to pro-
vide nrcproof booths for operators.
Another bill passed to authorize n
second sale of real estate under fore
closure of mortgage, SO that the mort :
gagor might avail himself of an oppor-
tunity to get the first bid raised. The
revenue act was amended so that the
merly.