Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-23

sumed in the House in arguments OF
the report of the committee on rules
which undertook to modernize the
rules of that branch of the General
Assembly to great extent. Changes
have been made that it is believed
will expedite legislation in that body
considerably.
The rules committee of the Senate
did not recommend any great changes
| ia the rules of 1911.
The House had not appointed its
committees at this writing but Speaker
| Conner will announce them during the
week.
President Newland of the Senate
announced on the first day of the ses-
sion the committees of that body.
Senators from the Tenth Congression-
al district have been placed on com
mittees as follows:
Senator T. B. Allen of Mills River,
Henderson county, thirty-second dis
claims, game law, congressional ap-
portionment, and chairman of COM
mittee on distribution governors mes
sage.
Senator James M Carson, Ruther-
fordton, thirty-second district, on COM
mittees on appropriations, counties,
cities and towns: Institutions for the
blind, Judiciary No. 2, library, penal in
situations, senate expenditures, trus-
tees of University, and chairman
committee on printing and library.
Senator w. J. Hannah, Waynesville,
thirty-seventh district, on committee
on appropriations, education, finance,
game law, insane asylums, judiciary
No. 1, mining, privileges and elections,
bills
Senator Samuel w. Lovingood, Muir
ply, thirty-eighth district, on COM
mittee on banking and currency, COM
merce, corporations, education, f.
nance, mining pensions and soldiers
home and chairman of the committee
on commerce.
Senator Zebulon Weaver, Asheville,
thirty-sixth district, corporations, cleo
ton law, insane asylums, judiciary |
No. 1, military affairs, privileges and |
elections, public buildings and |
grounds, railroads, rules, senate ex- |
penditures and chairman of the COM |
mittee on pensions and soldiers home. |
Senator Weaver is also chairman of |
the inauguration committee.
A great many important measures
will be referred to some Of these COM
mittees and the members thereof have |
-ome arduous tasks before them i'll
the obligations -dced
upon them.
Of great interest to the state and
to Western North Carolina,
where there is such an immense water
mower, is the bill of Senator Samue1
W. Lovingood, of Cherokee county,
which was introduced Monday, provid-
ng that "all electric light and power
plants and every system of water
works that furnish light, power or wat
er for pay, whether owned or managed
1y any person, firm or corporation,
shall be under the control, direction
and supervision of the Corporation
Commission of North Carolina, the
same to be in force from and after it's
atif1cation."
Representative D. P. Dellinger, of
CASTOR county, has introduced a bill
% provide for compulsory education
The age limit is seven to twelve years.
Parents wilfully failing or refusing to
comply will be guilty of a misdemean-
IT and fined $4,000 or imprisoned
thirty days. County superintendents
Ire constituted educational inspectors
, see the enforcement of the act
The bill providing for the Western
Carolina training school, was intro
luced Monday by Representative Gala
in Roberts, of Asheville.
Representative Martin, of Cherokee
CUNT '"troduced bill this week,
lXinc larry of officers in that
OF
IBIS, of Martin county,
led a bill providing for a
Il convention, the same to
4 to the people at the cleo
ion Ill IA.
The first acts of the present session !
+ the general assembly we're ratified
Tonday, there being seven, though for
he greater part they we're not of
iuch significance to the State.