The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-20
WEEKS WORK OF
THE LEGISLATORS
WHAT BOTH BRANCHES OF STATE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY is
DOING.
HOUSE PASSES LOCAL BILLS
Many New Bills introduced by Law.
nnakers-Long Argument in Senate
on Daniel Bill For $5oo,ooo Highway
Construction Bonds.
Senate-Tuesday.

The senate passed the joint resolu-
zion from the House for commission
Of one Senator and two Representa-
lives to investigate county officers as
to failure to return inheritance and
schedule B and taxes during the
past two years.
The Weaver bill, for the protection
Of municipality-ow watersheds
from fire by requiring property own
ers who cut timber within 400 yards
Of such watersheds to remove or de-
stroy all residue from. cuttings, pass
ed the Senate.
Senator Bryant introduced bill for
l reformatory for women.
Senator McLean's bill giving the
Corporation Commission power to
regulate the crossings of transmission
wires was considered favorably by
the Senate Committee on Corpora
eiOnS.
House-Tuesday.
Representative Clarks bill to pre-
vent the manufacture and sale of Gig
arettes in North Carolina received it's
death blow at the hands of the House
Committee on Public Health after
that committee had been stormed with
protests from the tobacco interests of
the state.
The House discussed for quite
while the bill to allow the citizens of
Jackson county to vote next May on
the question of moving the county
seat from Webster to Sylvia, with the
result that it passed second reading
by vote of IS to SO. Being roll
call measure it had to go over for
the final reading.
Mr.. Williams of Hartford introduc
ed and procured immediate passage of
bill for the relief of the Commission
ers of Hartford county.
Senate-Wednesday.
The senate killed by very decisive
vote the Kelum house bill to put hus-
band and wife on the same footing in
seeking divorce on Biblical grounds
and the Stewart bill allowing divorce
after five-years' separation.
Petitions were presented for six
months school from Arson, Wayne,
Iredell, Fender, Nash, Rockingham
and Sampson; for compulsory school
law from Iredell, CASTOR, Rocking
nam, Wayne and Sampson, from citi-
zens of Wayne against compulsory
school; from Arson and Bladen for
increased appropriation for the Insti-
tute for the Feeble Minded; from Wa
tauga and Sampson for increased ap-
preparation for Oxford Orphanage;
from Junior Order Councils at States
labor legislation and compulsory
school law; from citizens of Carteret
relative to fisheries commission.
overwhelmingly.
The house passed on final reading
the bill for the people of Jackson
county to vote On removal of the
county seat from Webster to Sylvia.
The house voted down 81 to 48
the bill to make Sabbath dissertation
L misdemeanor punishable by $50
fine or 80 days in Jail, instead of
merely penalty of 81 for each Of
tense.
The bill to allow Jackson county
10 vote in May on the question Of the
removal of the county seat from
Webster to Sylvia passed final read
ing after another lengthy discussion,
the vote being 70 to 81.
The bill to make games and other
disregard for the Sabbath a misde.
meanor instead of nominal fine un-
der police regulation was killed after
4 long discussion.