The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-08

| senting opinion Of the Supreme Court,
that by Justice, of Henderson, that
he opposed the measure in the inter-
| est of the poor people IN his county
already paying Is or 20 per cent IN
terest and loan charges because or
restrictions already thrown around
ioans, and that by Senator Long, OF
Halifax, that further h1ndrance to
liquidation of land mortgages would
retard and might arrest North Caro-
lima investments by outside capital,
characterized a fatal assault that was
made in the Senate on a House bill
by Clark of Pitt to make the state
usury law apply to debts secured
bv mortagegs and deeds of trust. 1t
was long and exceptionally spirited
discussion and ended in vote OF
Is to 80 against the measure, which
had passed the House some days ago.
The dissenting opinion sought to be
made the law was that of Chief JUS
tice Clark in the famous case OF
Corey VS.. Hooker, in which the Chief
Justice delivered his dissent, which
the bill killed would make the law.
Senator Holderness and other law
yers argued the lack of necessity for
such legislation anyway, since this
case went off more on the ground
that the plaintiff did not have clean
hands in his dealings with the de-
PENDANT prior to the alleged cause OF
action.
Bills passed final. reading as fol-
lows: Amend the law as to peddlers'
license tax in Sampson county. Abol-
ish county recorders court; relating
to Deep Creek Township, Yadkin
county; make statewide primary ap
ply to Craven count; incorporate
Pleasant Hill Baptist church, Macon
county, authorize the payment of debt
for Burke County Confederate monu-
ment; allow Burke county commits
sioners to employ special officers;
repeal the act allowing High Point to
issue sewerage extension bonds; in
corporate negro fair OF Johnston
county.
The House voted down a bill to
provide for the care and supervision
of children on Fairgrounds. in Polk
county.
House bills passed final reading as
follows: Amend the Yancey road
law; amend the law as to Mount
Olive schools; amend the law as to
the Mount Olive schools; amend the
law as to the residence of the police
justice of Asheville outside of the
city; against operation of slot ma
chimes in Cabarrus county; amend the
Harnett game laws. The House con-
Cured in a separate amendment to
the bill to abolish the Madison county
recorders court, making it's termina-
ton June 1 instead Of February 1.
Representative Ferebee, Of Camden
county, procured immediate passage
for a bill he introduced to authorize
a special way across Diamond Swamp
and another by Representative Hin
ton for bonds for the same purpose
took it's place on the calendar.
Senator Scales offered in the Sen
ate, the State Bar Association bill,
providing machinery for amending
the charters of charitable and penal
institutions, through the Secretary OF
State, much as commercial charters
are now issued or amended, the bill
being one of those made necessary
by the Constitutional amendments
limiting legislation. The new machin-
cry requires action by the trustees Of
the institution and then formal ap-
plication to hte State Department for
the amendment desired.
The Senate passed a bill putting
husband and wife on equally the same
footing in suits for divorce.
The House took under considera
ton the bill of Representative Clark.
of Pitt, to provide for appeals from
rulings of the Corporation Commits
sion, a bill designed to meet such
cases as that from Arson county,
where there was not possible any ap-
peal from the ruling Of the commits
sion as to the location of the Arson !
vile depot of the Winston-Salem
Southbound Railroad, under the rul-
ing of the Supreme Court. The bill
was killed, 95 to Z.
An especially notable bill introduce
ed was that in the Senate, by Sena-
tor Brenizer to provide change in the
occunting systems of the state depart
ments, state institutions and in cOun-
ties, and also to. provide a special |
system for municipalities, where the
of the municipalities de-
eide to adopt such system.
House bills passed final reading as
follows: Abolish treasurer's office in
Yancey; regulate deputy clerks in
Cherokee, relating to automobile tax
and applying 80 per cent to the county
in which the tax originates; repeal a
road law for Marsh Township Surry |
county; amend the Fender road law. |
The House and Senate are both. |
getting ready to press along the leg |
islation as to counties, cities and |