The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-05

Bin Offered Providing for Rotation
In Office-Would Limit State Of
tioers to terms and County Of
ficers to 3 Terms-BiIl for Option
al Form of Municipal Government
Other Matters Engaging Atten-
tion of Legislators at Raleigh
The official bill for providing op-
tlonal forms of municipal govern
ment under the constitutional amend
ments was offered in the House
Thursday by Pegram of Durham.
Forms of government provided that
may be adopted include commission
form, aldermanic, managerial, and
cross between aldermanic and COM
MISSION. Changes in time for elec-
tlons are being worked out also
The House has passed a bill to
establish the office of State boiler
| inspector under the direction of the
Department of Labor
| The Senate passed a bill Thurs
/ day to increase the penalty for mis-
! t0'-toting so the first offense means
a fine of S51 or 81 days in Jail, pen
atty for subsequent offenses grad
uated in severity.
/ The House committee on educa-
tion, Henry Page Of Moore county,
chairman, voted Thursday unfavor-
able reports on all general bills in
Volvlng any change in the present
policy In the creation of county
, boards of education.
Rotation in Office Bill
t Speaker Murphy, after consultation
with Gov. Beckett, introduced in the
Ilouse Friday rotation-in-o office bill
L. 70 amend the constitution to prescribe
5 that no State office shall be held
, by the same person for more than
D two terms in succession and no Of
I fices filed by election in any coun-
:. ty shall be held by the same person
s Tor more than 3 successive terms
S 1t is provided that the proposed
n amendment be voted on in 1918 and
g that if it carries for rotation in Of
: flee the amendment shall be effec-
: tive from and after January l, 1919
e Following is the vital clause of the
q bill:
S "No office of this State for the ad
s. ministration of State affairs shall
d be held for more than two full term
l. in succession by any person, and NJ
S. office Of any county for the admins
tration of county affairs shall b
10 he'd for more than three full term
% in succession by any person, provide
j. that nothing herein contained shal
20 apply to any office in the judicia
m educational or legislative or healt
n departments of the State or county
es or to any office which is filled b
a. appointment and not by election, an
ss appointments to an unexpired teri
e. Of any office held prior to the tim
Sc that this section goes into effet
,ll shall not be counted"
Il The Senate took another week-en
recess Friday, cutting out Saturda
entirely and adjourning to noon MOI
he day.
o. Firemen's Relief Fund
m The House passed Friday tt
he amendment to the law as to the Stat
ch firemen's relief fund designed to CT
on out the exemption of North Car
ST. lima fire insurance companies fro
he the payment of the tax. The no
" resident companies only have bee
I'm taxed forthis fund in the past.
is expected that $4,000 will be ad
ed to the relief fund by bringir
on under the operations of the law tt
so companies in this State as well
he non-residents.
ad Bills for popular election of cou
llv ty boards of education were rel
Lch troduced in the House Friday by Pa
to and McLendon, despite the facts tn
these bills were understood TO
9o- under unfavorable majority and f
led vorable minority report from t
nat committees on education. There HI
up arisen some questio nabout the stat
90 of the bills and they werere-int1
mo duced merely to clear the tangle a
of let them be fought out on the flo
o1- of the House. The McLendon b
provides that there shall be elect
Of county boards throughout t
els State and the Page bill provid
es- that there be petitions of citizens +
up suchelection before the change
,ar. the election system applies. The ge
ma eral view of the situation IS TT
cen there will be little if any chan
in the present status, the usual
pointment of the great majority
Fri. the boards to continue.
af- The House passed Friday bills p
N. hibiting the sale of impure foe
end drugs ard directing the st;
. Treasurer to paw $4,000, expen5es
Cured in mobilization OF st;
troops.
AID Mr.. BeaSley introduced JoliI
Teb. olution in the House for commit
of two Senators and 8 Represen
ath- tives to investigate the prisons
ent- the State. ,.,,
!, of The Senate has passed bill p
cid ting husband and wife on exactly
tur- same footing in suits for divorce
an Mr.. Couch introduced the bill. p
cry lished in The Robson week
lim- today. to authorize the commissl
Y to ers of Robson to pay expenses
Confederate veterans to the reun
Inc. at Washington.
The House Saturday nassed a
- to authorize the State Highway G
at mission to receive from the Fede
gun government the States portion
,gan the S85 100000 road fund.
uta- Tho House has set the suffr
question as it is TO come 10 this
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