Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-07
HERAID'S REVIEW Of NORTH CAROLINA
Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And
Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers
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pNi't nl'ffhN WV sNfffh Ntt''feh
len Inv. Amend the 1917 vital sta
tistics law.
In the last hour Of the late after.
noon session the house first amended
the Everett bill to regulate the con
(, ring If degrees ny colleges and
then tabled the measure. The nmend-
ment WIS Nv W Hams. of Cabarrus.
to cut out the endowment feature
Williams making the rlea that the BIZ
would create som thing of an arts.
lccracy in educational degrees.
A ll to rise the pay Of member
Of the county boards Of pensions II
81 a day WIS much discussed and
then amended to apply only to. Robe
son.
House and Senate.
Feb. 25.-The senate completed the
consideration of the revenue bill in
commit Of the whole today, max
ing few changes in the BIZ as ii came
from the house. fhe tax on dealers
in revolyers was cut TO SIS with the
tax on cgrtrilge dealers onefnurth.
An amendment by Long Of Halfax to
strike out the sections providing the
, q come tax was voted down.
The senate killed the St'te'w'fe
Audubon hill providing State game
laws ard a game warden.
| The house killed the hill to annex
williams township. Chatham county.
to Durham county.
bills W re introduced by Sellers to
create two new counties ont Of Rohe.
son. one to he known az Liberty coun-
~ w'tr ST. Pau'1 as county seat. and
the other as Lafayette with Rowland
as county seat.
Representative Null. for the snecia'
committee OF the house anp9i7ted tn
drift state highway bill that the
legislature csn get together on ana
make SIRE Of full participation in fed
arrl I'D rnad furds the next twn
.ears introduced the committen hill
II provtaes thnt automobile lioerse
tr~es s',-'l he 80 to $40. according f
horsepower. and l'cnnse for trucks
40 to 500. with $40 per ton for trail
ers.
The eenpte passed the stacy hill &c
-erp're counties 10 cst"hlish juverile
earrts with the clerk Of the court as
Judge.
The Senate.
Feb. 26.-The senate passed on fra
reading without dac"ssion the War
ron h'll for popular election If count,
school boards.
Senator Long, Of Montgomery, in
tr,duced a bin to require REGISTRAR
II election to furniah official lists o
those registered in their precincts 4
tho candidates for office Of all parties
In committee of the whole. the sen
ate amended tho revenue bill IN i'm
nose a tax of $3.50 for anrsemen
nar,s vte-o ear' 'ss'ors are charged
excepting baseball parks.
TIE ti>usa.
The hcuse entered into 2 strenHou
- discussion Of the ch',d labor hills. tn
7 S,undorc hill and the Neal substitute
thnt offered monty N noint Of COZ
ros'tion ~ tive cor,m'csion IN enfHr'
i tho ctiid labor low tho c'u-dorr hi
having the state commi ssoncr OF II
nor as tho enforcing officf'l end tn
' Neol suh~titpte the commissioner {
:, public welf~re.
II In tho e,d the Neal substitute W.
adonted nv large majority an
> amendments vere voted down ta j.
corrorate the eipht-h1ur d1v ard SUI
u ct'tuta tho comms eioner ~ lahor r
% the commits sioner Of public welfar
TIE Senate.
, Feb. 27.-The senate took IN tn
n health hills that had been pending
&, requested by the state department
u health ard ali SIX Of them were pas
,s ed with only minnr amendments.
n The last of these measures Is IN
recurring health certificates for u
issuance Of morriage licHnses. It pr
~ hib'ts the grantipe OF licenses to pc
: sons drunk or under the infnence
=. drugs and REQUIRES certificate
health nar.;cn'orly Of freedom fro
20 yenereql diseases. before marria'
70 license can be issued.
TIE House.
The house defeated hv vote
~ IN 20 The hi nv Hntthews OF BE
ID tie 10 divide ire state into five c
N cnts for snpprior court judees inste
an Of the present system OF rotating
ds 10 districts.
m The houen cleo had its "knnck-o
H. drons" for bills IN increase the 8
nd ar'es Of the assistant attorney renei
be ard the sunreme court rnnort
cordrer Of yarcey in loading
N. or-oe ton. sold he would oroNse
ID. so,arv Increases Until what he c.
s,derea aaornate nrov's'nn has he
maao for the old Confederate s1ldie
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nsvaIuation Of Real Estate.
cd A complete revaluation OF ell r.
cd estate in North Carolina at full M
'or ket value during the next II monl
hi and a special session OF the legis
1nDn - yadpao the