The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-27
MANY BILLS PASS FINAL READ
ING IN BOTH BRANCHES OF
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATORS HARD AT WORK
The Senate Resolution Asking TAFT
Not to Veto the Wehb-kenyon Bill
Was Discussed at Considerable
length in the House.
Senate-Tuesday.

The Stewart mileage bill as intro
juced in the House, to require rail-
roads to pull mileage on trains, and
finally gotten through that body with
this feature stricken out and the re-
auirement substituted that family mile
age books be provided at two cents a
mile, under penalty of fat two-cent
mileage TO rthe state, was killed in
che Senate.
The Senate passed the bill to re-
Guire certification to clerks of courts
Of names of all partners in partner
ships for information of the public.
Also, the bill to empower the state
commissioner of insurance to refuse
or revoke licenses to insurance agents
was passed.
Petitions were presented from cit
liens of Pender against statewide
stock law; from the junior Order
Council of Henrietta for six-months
school: from farmers in Rowan and
Daughters of Liberty of Salisbury for
six-months school and compulsory at
tendance.
House-Tuesday.
The bill to amend the builders lien
law came up and was amended by
striking out the clause that gave
architect lien on the house for ser
vice and that requiring bonds by build
ers AS amended it passed second
reading.
There was a long discussion on the
hill to increase the number of direc-
tors for the State School for the
Deaf and Dumb and requiring that
one of the directors shall be a grad
uate of the institution before it was
finally defeated, 55 to Is.
The Senate bill defining the crime
of bigamy was passed and ordered
enrolled for ratification.
A number OF new bills were intro
duced in the House.
Senate-Wednesday.
The senate passed the Ivey bill for
the regulation OF automobiles, fixing
the scale Of taxes at S. up to 25 horse
power, $3.50 to 40 horsepower. Motor
cycles will be taxed 81. Speed limits
will be 10 miles an hour in business
sections Of towns and 25 miles on
country roads. Dealers are to pay
$40 registration tax for number to
be used on demonstration cars with
exemption for IS days. Municipali-
ties are allowed to impose additional
taxes
The bill fixing minimum punishment
for carrying concealed weapons at
SIS fine or 80 days Imprisonment was
defeated after spirited argument.
House-Wednesday.
The bill by Hall for tax of 81 on
male and 81 on female dogs for bene-
tit of the school funds in the counties
was discussed, many Representatives
asking exemption for their counties.
It was then referred to the judiciary
committee. The compulsory school
attendance bill, pending as a deferred
special order for today, was meerly
ordered printed and set for Tuesday
Of next week.
The Kellum bill to give the cor
poration commission power to regu-
late rates of power, light, gas and
water companies, both corporation
and municipality-owned and empower
ing the corporation commission to
require physical connection of COM
peting telephone lines passed and
1T was sent to the senate. The house
voted to have a special committee ap-
pointed to investigate the hiring of
convicts by the state to railroads and
other enterprises and report relative
TO the advisability of passing the
pending bill to require state convicts
TO be hired to all counties wanting
them for road work before letting
them to railroads..
Senate-Thursday.
Of routine matters little was done
Thursday in the senate. The session
was Interrupted by joint session and
an executive session. Senator Law
son called up his compulsory educa-
ton bill again, with the provisions of
dis own measure inserted after the
enacting words of the McCravey
house bill, but debate was adjourned
as usual.
The l mill school tax bill which
was passed by the house is in the sen
ate, faborably reported with amend
ments.
House-Thursday
The senate bill to provide for the
sale of the property of the State Hos
p'tal for the Insane by the sinking
tund commission and the transfer of
me hospital to State Park was passed
10 third reading by the house.
by vote of 60 to 81, the house
sustained the veto of the governor
an the act to hold an election in JAS
per county for the purpose of voting
$4,000 in bonds with which the SUI
pefVlsor and county commissioners
could build a court house and Jail.
1he original act creating Jasper