The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-06
WITH THE LEGISLATORS.
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w edne>siay's Proceedings.

W edne>days Proceedings.
The House committee on agrirnt-
/ ture reported favorably the bill to se- /
| cure registration OF land title, etc.
The committee on constitutional
/ amendments reported favorabIy Joint
resolution providing for the submits
sion OF constitutional amendments
10 the people by an adjourned or /
called session OF Legislature which /
Is 10 consider the report of the COM
mission appointed TO study the need
OF amending the constitution.
Inc committee on judiciary, num-
Der two, reported without prejudice |
Dill relative TO the privy examina-
ton OF married women.
/ The committee on pensions report
ed faVorably bill to allow widows of
Confederate veterans the pensions of
their husbands. Favorable report
on bill for the relief OF the veterans
; or the Soldiers Home. of Raleigh.
Favorable report on joint resolution
to pay expenses of Confederate vet
Grams to the Gettysburg celebration.
Following bills were introduced:
substitute bill to define certain
employment as extra hazardous. to
abrogate the common law doctrine
, or contributory negligence. assumed
rlsk' or act of fellow-servant, etc,
and to substitute the doctrine of
comparative negligence This bill
would apply to all corporations car
, rying on extra hazardous work.
: Bill to require railroads to ac-
cept mileage on trains. The author
, of the bill, Mr. Stewart, explained
3 us provisions. One of which pro-
= Vldes for the extension of the privi-
= leges Of using the mileage of the
l purchaser by any member of his
f family. The substitute, offered bv
= the committee, would do away with
the provision requiring the railroads
: to pull the mileage on the trains
D if they will carry the family of the
0 purchaser of the mileage. Mr.
: Stewart said that the railroads have
q violated the spirit of the compro-
= mise, effected in 1908, as they at
t once stopped the pulling of mileage
: when the agreement of 1908 was
V made whereby they agreed to sell
i mileage at two cents per mile, and
V tickets at the rate of two and one
q half cents per mile
- Mr.. Conner, to annex certain part
Il Of Nash County to Wilson County.
q Mr.. Grier, of Iredell. to place
t electric light, gas, water, telephone,
e street railway, and other public
e service corporations under the cor
q poratiOn commission.
i Mr.. Wall, to amend pension laws
relative to widows of Confederate
soldiers.
In the Senate.
- Several bills were reported by
> regular committees Notable among
those reported unfavorably were the
House divorce bills and those which
have been introduced in the Senate.
Among those reported favorably was
, Senator Hobgood's bill to allow an
appropriation of $4,000 per annum
for a freight rate expert for the
V corporation commission
To increase the superior court
judges and judicial districts to
., twenty.
/ Senator Ward presented petition
% favoring an appropriation of 500
u GOO for Oxford Orphan Asylum.
L By Senator Barnes, asking an ap-
10 preparation to pay expenses of mill
e tary companies to the inauguration
r. Bills Introduced.
N By Senator Jones, to place utility
10 companies under control of corpora.
It ton commission
Or At this juncture the Senate took
s, up spacial order, allowing the
at Supreme Court reporter S4OO fol
clerical assistance in getting out the
is reports, Judge Jones again made OBJ
re lection to the bill on the ground.
ID that all these appropriations should
Of be kept by the committee until i
f. was known how many thousands o.
TO millions could be raised to NEE
RI pressing demands. He referred t
ID the tilt" last Saturday between
" himself and Judge Council. He de
clared he had no hard feelings ant
n accepted in good faith Judge Coun
nj Gil, disclaimed that he intendes
n