The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-01
LUMBERToN, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MARCH / 1e7a
WORK OF GENERAL ASSENBLY Y

ate Passes Bill to Regulate Man.
agement of State Prisoners-S3,- !
00O,o00 Bond Issue on the Way.
Other Work of the Legislature
After long and vigorous discussion
last night of the crop lien bill as
agreed upon by Gov. Beckett and the
Farmers Union, the House passed |
the measure by a big majority. tt
already had passed the Senate. tt
provides that merchants shall charge
not more than 10 per cent above cash
prices for supplies obtained on cropI
liens, and that where money is bor-
rowed not more than 10 per cent
shall be charged. Opponents of the
measure claim that it will work al
hardship on tenants because merch-I
ants will not advance supplies on any
such basis. Advocates of the bill say
it will immensely help tenants.
The Senate last night passed the
Justice bill for qualified verdicts in
capital cases. A bill passed for the
regulation and sale Of cotton seed
meal.
The Senate passed yesterday the
Turner bill to regulate the manage
ment Of State prisoners. 1t provides
that all prisoners sentenced to two
Or more years must go to the States
| prison; hiring out prisoners is for
| hidden; they must not be worked
! more than ten hours per day and pris-
oners shall be classified in three class
/ es, those proven to be orderly, those
untried and incorrigibles, first class
| to receive an allowance of 20 cents
per day, second class 10 cents and
incorrigibles nothing. Corporal pun
F.! ishment is forbidden and separate
cells for prisoners under sanitary su-
pervision by the State board of
Health required. System of fines
and demerrits is provided. No one ad-
>dicted to drink must be employed in
the prison. Judges are called upon
! to pass minimum and maximum SEN
tences and each prisoner must be ex-
amined when received as to mental
condition and capacity for work.
: The House passed the Statewide
bill for certification of first-grade
teachers through a State board of
!, examiners.
i Chairman Holderness of the Sen
ate committee on appropriations in
troduced Tuesday a bill to provide a
S3,000,000 bond issue to provide fo1
, permanent improvements to State in
stitutions, 100000 of the issue to
provide permanent loan fund fol
aiding in the construction Of building
; for elementary and high schools
i Throughout the State.
II A bill by Senator Person to puI
/ bridge building in the State under
the advisory supervision of the State
Highway Commission was tabled
The Senate Tuesday night votee
5 down the Burgwyn> amendment to
: the bill regulating legal advertising
! in newspapers that would reduce the
charge permitted from and 4 cents
t to 4 and cents, and the bill passed
n by a good majority.
Among bills passed by the Sen
> ate is one to authorize county tu
E berculosis hospitals.
i A woman suffrage bill offered b.
( Judge Tom Jones to extend the fran
q chase to women in presidential elec
tions was beaten in the Senate Tues
day after that body the night befor
had given to Bryson City women tn
O right to vote in the town elections
d House Passes Machinery Act
s The House passed Tuesday the ma
It chinery act. 1t varies very littl
v from the 1915 measure, though
n gives to the Corporation Commission
7 the final say by which re-assign
" ment of the property in the flood
" swept counties is allowed. They wi
e be allowed to pay taxes on propert
Is assessed lower than it was when tn
,e re-assessment was ordered.
IS The educational bill creating ur
" form examination and certificatio
,e with regular board of institute cor
h ductors has been reported favorabl!
" There are women and men l
,e the board of institute conductor
ldI They would be paid from the $500
ll raised for institute work, plus tn
a. expenses taken from the equalizs
al tion board.
r. Mr.. Cough introduced a bill Tue:
lg day to control the distribution :
e. funds to the Cherokee Normal {
Robeson.
Il The Senate Tuesday killed tt
oy Murphy boiler inspection bill whie
o. had passed the House providing fl
ed one Inspector to work under the
er rection of the State Commission
of Labor and amended in the Sena
oy committee to provide for 6 inspe
# tors. Senator Cough thought the
rt was joker somewhere and suspec
US ed was making a lot OF new al
needless jobs for somebody.
'e- A bill which originated in tt
at House to give Supreme court justic
n 500 each for examining applican
mt to practice law has met opposite
ps in the Senate. The court desired
he BE- relieved of the burden Of holdil
ws examinations twice a year and tt
State Bar Association asked for
he bill allowing it to name from
ed membership nominating committe
ed but the House killed that and thoug
re- it would fix things right by givi1
M each of the justices $100 for the e
IN ira trouble. The money for holdi1
ser these examinations does not cor
from the State but from individu
u applicants.
he The Supreme court has hand