The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-08
THREE MILLION DOLLAR BOND
ISSUE PASSED SENATE WITH
FEW AMENDMENTS.
UNDER THE CAPITAL DOME
interesting Review Of the ooinas Of
the General Assembly During the
Tast Week.-Many Important Bills
are introduced IN Both Houses.
Raleigh.

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cnlnery for city government under
the constitutional amendments and
passed the substitute composite bill
made up OF the Pegram and the Bre-
nicer bills, the substitute being that
worked out by the joint committee of
the House and Senate. There was an
effort, through amendments. by Grier
and Doughton to change the basis of
elections on the proposition to change
forms of government, but proposed
amendments were voted down, the roll
call being 48 to So. The bill then
passed its readings.
The Senate took up as a special or
der the three million dollar bond is
sue bill from the committee on apnro-
pr1at1Ons. In explaining the bill Chair
man. Holderness said that with this
bond issue added North Carolina will
owe only One-sixth of one per cent of
its property values.
The bond issues are to be in year
1y installments of 100000 each bear
ing four per cent. In 1923 the issue
would begin to mature, 100000 to
be paid Of each var.
Appropriations include. State Hos
pital, Raleigh, 100000; Hospital,
Morganton, 100000; negro hospital,
Goldsboro, $125,OOO; School for Deaf,
Morganton, $50, 900; Stonewall Jack
son Training School $4,000; Univer-
sity of North Carolina, $500, 900; Tu-
berculosis Sanitarium, $15O,OOO; East
Carolina Training School, $4,000;
Cullowhee Normal, $4,000; A. & NJ
College, 100000; Negro A. & M Col
lege, $25O,OOOc> State Normal, $780,
600; to aid in the building of public
school houses in the state as a per-
manent loan fund, 100000; state
storage warehouse, Raleigh, $4,000;
for installation of fire protection sys-
TENS in institutions, $4,000.
The bill provides for a state build
ing commission of five men to servo
without per diem in expanding the
funds for the permanent improve
ments at the various institutions, the
Governor to appoint them. 1t is pro-
vided that the State School for the
Blind at Raleigh may sell it's present
school property and build on the site
near Raleigh purchased for the pur-
pose.
Amendments Proposed.
There was an amendment proposed
by Harding to take $175,OO0 from the
proposed loan fund for school build
ings and put it in buildings for the
school for the blind. Also Pollock
proposed to scale other appropria-
lions to make SIS, 900 for the school
for the feeble minded. Col. Cameron
would amend to prevent the sale OF
the Caswell Square occupied by the
present blind school buildings ami
issue additional bonds for buildings.
Oates ask~1 for time for a confer
ence. They returned to the chamber
with an adjustment whereby the ref
ernce in the bill as to the blind school
was stricken out and the bill then
passed it's final reading.
Constitutional Amendments.
Bills to amend the Constitution
passed the Senate in rapid succession
subject to ratification by the people.
They were the Scales bill for initiative
and referendum; the Governor Beckett
measure to exempt from taxation
notes and mortgages to the amount OF
So 900, when given for purchase OF
farm homes and the Oates bill to
amend the constitution to assure six
schools for every county. One
other, that to limit state officers to
two successive terms of Office and
county officers to three terms IAN
other Governor Beckett proposlt1on)
went to the table because passage was
useless since the house had tabled a
duplicate.
House bills passed in the following
order. Amend the law as to audit
II Wilkes county books; prohibit sale
n nublic bonds without notice; pre-
cant accidents at railroad crossings;
,r,end the Wilkes financial act; amend
81 rter 1876. 1913, as to Chatham coun-
w. include Mecklenburg in Statewloe
primary act; repeal 1903 PasquotanK
.oad law: salaries for Stokes oH1cers
- abolish treasurer; allow SO cents
nor dav increase and railroad fare ror
ohorers in Legislature; probate anu
Ta1idate certain instruments
The Senate passed bill to pro-
,i1i+ 1inuor advertisements in this
,+a+e. the Torrens land title Dill;
mend law as to state printing; amend
-enera1 insurance laws; concurrence
y House amendment to Australian
1 u hil1 applying it to Buncombe'
henderson, and Madison countles'
oyster bedding in Pamnco
,as'nd. scales bill to prohibit certain
'a+ioos in hotels; the McNider oys-
' pre- h;,1 stirring oppositlnon, narrowly
el ~ ohled and then passed to Apply
'elne 800 number OF counties includ-
. p,,ncombe, New Hanover Bruins
NJ poheson. and many others.