The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-29

WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE

New Plan Proposed to Meet Demand
1or Election of County Boards of
Education- -S5O,OoO Proposed for
Moman's Building at A. and NJ
10 Put Ban on Cures for Ills Pro-
nounced Incurabie
NJ. Oates offered in the Senate
Friday a bill designed to meet the
demands of counties that want to
elect their boards Of education. It;
would have the majority party in the
8 s5ate nominate in all the counties in
'io and the minority in each coun-
" N 1920, and then the majority
party again for each county in the i
next biennial election. The nominees
"oqld De appointed by the Governor
uhoer this bill. In this way the
people would nominate and the Gov
ez,nor appoint, and the minority party |
"oula nave repres sentation in their |
e2anTles, but the dominant factor on |
! al boards would be Democratic so
long as the State is Democratic. Sen
ator Gates is chairman of the COM
+ mlttee ll1 on education and this is the
gu the administration will support
II the bill for State commission to
appoint county boards should fail.
=, Mr. Bowman offered in the House
! Friday bill to furnish farmers
| phosphate rock at cost.
Representative Harry Stubbs, who
has offered a Constitutional con-
vention" bill for at least three ses-
sions past, offered such a bill Fri
day. It wo1F.1 have delegates to a
constitutional convention elected at
the next State election and would
bar all discussion of prohibition from
the convention if called.
i The Joint committee on pensions
has decided to adopt the pension bill
OF Senator Cranmer as the basis for
pension legislation the committee will
recommend. This bill provides for
increased pensions on the basis of
advancing the fourth class from $40
to S45. with other classes increased
=. IN proportion.
Both .houses now have duplicate
bills through Senator Scales and Rep
fesentative Dalton for creating q
board of three examiners to exam
me applicants for law licenses. the
examiners to pass on the examina-
ton papers and the Supreme Court
TO issue the licenses as at present.
The Senate Friday voted down the
, Fender county free range bill when
it came up on minority favorable
report
sentor Cough of. Robson intro
! duced Friday resolution for a com
:. mission to investigate the advisable
lty of concentrating the State con.
victs not on public works at the
i ) State farm and vacating the State
:, prison for other uses.
j j Mr.. Cough also introduced Frida,
f the merchants association "garnish
>, ment'' bill providing for a percent
age of garnishment against wage
=, for debt in proportion to wage, ant
preventing the sale under execution
y y of personal property that has no
j been paid for by debtor Provision
is made for constitutional amend
ment permitting this to be submit
ted to the people.
Mr.. Oates offered bill in the Sen
ate Thursday to appropriate 5000
!. for woman's building at the A
and M. college for the promotion o
- extension work among farm wome
: and girls so that they may have suit
# able quarters for special courses i
Is agriculture, home economics and tn
10 like.
= Senator Justice offered a bill t
\ legalize s percent interest unde
~ special contract.
~ ~ A bill by Senator Harding an
~ Representative Pearson carries
ID $4,000 appropriation for the wor
,s of the State geological survey il
NJ NJ stead of the present $4,000 apprt
-, priation.
40 The Senate passed Thursday wit
60 only one dissenting vote bill by NJ
Jones to raise the age of conse1
ID on the part of girls from IA to !
~ years, and making boys over
80 euiltv of a felony and under 16 gui
ao r' ty of a misdemeanor.
~ A bill passed final reading Thur
- day to prohibit persons under infl1
= = ence of liquor or drugs from drivir
~. automobiles or motorcycles.
- Mr.. Cameron has offered bill
" the Senate to enable the State Hig
az way Commission to- handle the au
10 Incense fund so as to provide hig
--~-- maintenance that will procu
Eeferal to-operation I'm expendi1
!, 7 Tc(c--rl funds on roads in the Stat
rn The bill provides for the State Hig
MS way Commission to expend 10 pc
a. cent of the auto license fund in cou
leo ties in which licenses are paid, e
'ls' pense of collection to come out
me thu remaining 80 percent, any re-
due to go to aid weaker counties
read construction. In the House N
T. Dorghton offered bill to make t
oc- appropriation for the work Of t
IN State Highway Commission s75,O'
The Joint committee on health h
decided to vote on the open forml
ac- proprietary medicine bills next W.
es- nesday.
& A bill to prohibit cold hoss" sa
by express and railroad compan