The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-12
SENATE.

AS S1luICIl, |
Raleigh.
The committee on counties, cities
and towns reported favorably the fol
lowing bills:
No. 10, filling vacancy on board OF
commissioners Pasquotank county.
NO. ~, increasing powers of com
misSioners Of HOke county.
No. Is, authorizing city Of Raleigh
to issue bonds.
No. 20, relating to tax on dogs in
Duplin county.
No. 8, ratifying certain bonds Of
Winston Salem. |
No. IL. placing commissioners OF
P~aSQuotank county on salary basis
and creating Offices of auditor for
said county.
No. IT, abolishing offices of treas !
urer Of Lincoln and Catawba coun-
ties. recommended to pass as
amended.
New Bills.
The following bills were introduced
and referred to committees:
Senator Upchurch. No. 26: Re-
peaiing act Incorporating town Of
Ya~nceyyilie in Caswell county.
Senator Jones. No. q: Repeal chap
ter 80, Public Local Laws, extra SEES
sion 1913, entitled an Act Authorizing
County Commissioners Of Lincoln
County to Issue Bonds to Pay Float
LIS 1IANAOSlO0liCSS
Senator Baumgardner, No. 2S: Ap
pointing w. B. Fletcher a justice Of
the peace in Wilkes county.
Senator Miller, No. 20: Authorizing
women to hold office Of notary public
on equality with men.
Senator Bumgarner, No. 80: Amend
section 1854, Revisal 1905, regfiarding
administering oaths.
Senator Cahoon, No. 81: Creating
a highway commission for Pasquo-
tank county.
Senator McRae, No. 50: Establish.
ing a house of refuge and reforInatOry
for ONE
enato Johnson. Of Duplin, No. 80:
Repeal Section 4, Chapter 1852, Revisa1
1913, relative to fishing in Duplin
county.
Committee on Engrossed Bills re-
ported Joint Resolution No. Is. rela'
tive to printing and distributing Gov
errors message.
Bills From House.
The following messages from the
House were received:
No. %, relative to killing calves.
No. %, relative to recorders court
in Chowan county.
No. 10. relative to county treasurer
, Of Chowan county.
| Passed Third Reading.
! These bills were read for the thirC
time and sent to the House for rati
ficatiOn:
To place officers Of Pasquotanl
: county on salary basis and creating
auditors office for said county; an(
! filing on board OF commits
l SiOners for the county.
= Relative to tax on dogs in Duplil
! county.
Senate bill No. II, abolishing offc
Of county treasurer in Catawba AM
Lincoln counties was reported 70
passage as amended. The amend
y ment consisted Of inserting in the It'll
= Of the bill the counties to which tn
u q act referred. A Senator asked tina
=. the bill be read. 1t was then referre
to Judiciary committee No. 1, tn
Senator stating he thought the bi
provided for the abolition Of the OF
fees, whereas it really meant the sui
- stitution Of a corporation for a count
- official. He did not consider this
q sound public policy.
a Roll Call Bills.
,r The following roll call bills Wer
re- passed to their second reading:
as No. 10, authorizing the city Of Re-
leigh to issue bonds.
,e No. 3, relative to bonds Of Winston
Of Salem.
or After being in session for thirt
five minutes, the Senate adjourned III
til IL o'clock Monday.
or
it. The House met promptly at ]
O'Clock, called to order by Speak
or WOoten. Prayer vas offered by d
p w. McC. White, pastor of the Fir
Presbyterian church of Raleigh. I'll
at reading of the journal was dispense
with. .
n Mr.. Thomas. chairman Of the rul
committee, presented a report CO
all tanning the rules by which the Hou
lot would be governed during the prese
session. The reading clerk started
read the report but on motion of M
m Brummitt, provided that same be d
ne pensed with. Mr.. King wished
III hear them, out as explained by NJ
mt Thomas the rules were the Same
res those Of 1913 with a few eAcepto1
RS only the changes were a j..
les About the only changes mdde N !
frnna fHaGa in for