Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-01-31
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEVER
AL MEASURES TO IMPROVE
STATE ROADS.
WITH THE STATE LAW MAKERS
Resume of the Doings of the General
Assembly During the Past Week
Told in a Brief and Interesting Way.
For Our M,ny Readers.
Raleigh.

State Highway Commission, trodu
ed a bill to provide that the state
Highway Commission handle the auto
mobile license tax fund so that the
commission shall expend 70 per cent
of the fund in the counties in when
the licenses are taken out for gooo
maintenance and that the remalnlng
80 per cent be used in the expense Oh
collection with the residue, which Will
be considerable, to be expended IN the
weaker counties. The special pur-
poses of the bill is to enable the state
to get the federal fund for road build
ing which in process of multiplication
will in a few years grow to as much as
$1,000, 900.
In the House Representative Dough
ton introduced a bill to make the ap-
preparation for the work OF the High
way Commission $4,000.
The Joint committee on health, hav-
ing voted for an unfavorable report
on the State Board of Health bill for
"open+ formula" on the labels OF pro-
prietary medicines, for which there
was a most strenuous hearing some
days ago, and then decided to return
if in the House without prejudice"
Representative Page served notice on
the House that he would claim the
right TO submit a minority report in
support of the measure. preterrlng to
bring up the fight on the floor in the
argument and vote on passage.
Representative Perry Stubs, who
has offered a constitutional conven-
ton bill in at least three sessions
past. turned in such a measure for
this Legislature. 1t would have dele
gates to a constitutional convention
elected at the next state election n
he would bar all discussion of pro-
hibition from the convention if called.
Representative Roberts, of Buncombe.
procured the setting of his bill to give
municipalities woman suffrage when
so voted by the majority of the quail
fed voters as a special order for Feb
ruary 6. The bill will likely have
sharp opposition and its adoption is
by no neal certain.
Both houses havE now duplicate
bills through Senator Scales and Rep
resentative Dalton for creating a
board of three examiners to examine
applicants for law licenses, the eX-
aminers to pass on the examination
papers and the Supreme Court to is
sue the licenses as at present. Presl-
dent Brooks. of the bar association.
said that he feels sure the bill will
pass. No committee hearing is yet
set.
The Senate voted down the Pender
county free range bill when 1t came
up on a minority favorable report
signed only by Senator Burnett, of
Pender, He made a stand for the
measure on the floor, speaking siren
uously in it's favor but 1.-The cards
were stacked" against him in the con-
viction of Senators that the free range
is a menace to the whole cottle and
hog raising industry and that Pender
is not an exception to this rule.
Judiciary committee No. l gave a
hearing to a bill designed to give any
citizen in the state a right to appeal
from a ruling of the Corporation
Commission and voted more than two
to one against the measure. 1t was
denominated an effort to write into
law the dissenting opinion OF Chlef
Justice Clark of the Supreme Court in
the noted Arson case growing out OF
the contest over the passenger sta
ton of the Winston-Salem South
bound, the commission ruling for the
location the railroad company insist
ed was necessary and the Supreme
Court holding that the ruling of the
commission was final, the party deslr-
ing to appeal having nj more interest
in the case than any other citizen.
Bills by Harding in the senate and
Pearson in the house would increase
the annual appropriation for the State
Geological Survey from $4,000 to
100000. Senator Justice put in a bill
to authorize special contracts for the
payment of 8 per cent interest but
leaving 6 per cent the legal rate,
Senator Oates offered a bill to appro'
pirate $4,000 for a woman's build
ing at the A. & NJ. College for women
and girls taking special courses and
taking advantage of extension work
The joint committee on pensions
has decided to adopt the pension bill
of Senator Cranmer as the basis fol
the pension legislation that the joint
committee will recommend. This bill
provides for increased pension on the
basis of advancing the fourth class
from $32 to $45 with the ether classes
increased in proportion.
There was a long and spirited dis
cussion of an amendment to the state
law against killing calves, certain
counties wanting to be exempted anC
others wanting amendments tina
would allow the killing of bull calves
for veal.
Kill Old Hoss Bill.
The Senate killed the House bill t.
prohibit "old boss" sales by expires!
companies after a long debate led b.
Senator Brenizer, in advocacy of thu
measure, and Senator Cough, of Rob
eson, leading the opposition.
In the House the Hoyle bill to al
low verdicts of guilty os capital of
lenses with recommendations of mel
CIV. permitting the Judge to impos'
life imprisonment instead of dealt
in his discretion. came from the CON