The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
SAUNDERS LET'S FOLKS
{ KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING
fWould Create Office Of Prosecutor IN Pasquotank
County and Phil Sawyer Wants the Job-lntro-
duces Bill to Dam knobbs Creek
THE CRIMINAL COURT OF PAS
QUOTANK COUNTY"

THE CRIMINAL COURT OF PAS
QUoTANK COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section l. That chapter one hundred
and eighty, Public Laws Of nineteen
hundred and seven, be end the same is
hereby amended by adding at the end
of said chapter the. sections which shall
be as follows:
"sec "a. That there is hereby Great
ed the office of County prosecutor for
Pasquotank County, which, Office shall
be filled by a reputable lawyer of said
county. Said prosecutor shall be elect
ed by the qualified voters of Pasduo-
tank County at the first general cleo
ton for county officers following the
ratification of this act, at the same time
and in the same manner as members
of the General Assembly. The term of
office of the said prosecutor shall be
for two years from and after the first
Monday in December next succeeding
his election. Until said election is held
Ernest L. Sawyer be and he is hereby
appointed to serve as such prosecutor
| in Pasquotank County from and after
| the ratification Of this act and until his
fsuccessor is elected ard qualf1ed as
provided for in this act. Said prose-
cutor, before entering upon the dis
charge of his duties, shall take and
subscribe the oath Of solicitors before
the Clerk of the Superior Court OF
IPasquotank County. or some other per-
| son qualified to administer oaths, which
oath shall be filed and recorded by the
Clerk of the Superior Court OF Pasquo-
tank County.
Sec. 25. Said prosecutor shall ap-
pear for the State in all criminal ac-
| tions or matters heard before the Tria,
Justice and shall receive as compensa-
ton therefor one half the fees as are
now prescribed by law for solicitors
except that in prosecutions for viola
ltion of city ordinances the fee shall be
tive dollars for each CONVICTION. .,; ana 10
said fees shall be taxed in the bill OF
cost, to be collected and paid the prose-
cutor as now provided by law for soli-
citors. -
! Sec. 26. Any vacany that may appear
in the above named office either by
or for any other cause, shall be filled
for the unexpired term by the Board OF
County Commissioners of Pasquotank
County"
force and effect-frem and after its rati-
fication. .
To Dam .Knobbsscreek
| The other bin introduced by your
Representative this week IS for an act
to authorize the Elizabeth City Water
& Power Company to dam Knobbs
Greek. The bill has the written approv-
al of the Elizabeth City Board Of AL
derman and the Elizabeth City Cham
Der of Commerce. The bill as drafted
and forwarded to your representative
was rather loose in It's construction
and gave no protection whatever to
!!land owners on Knobbs Creek who are
opposed to any dam that would back
the water Of the creek up on their
Hands Your representative has so
ldrafted the act that the landowners on
Knobbs Creek need have no such fears.
The landowners are further protected
lby a provision which puts the plans
ana specifications for the proposed. dam
up to the Pasquotank Highway Com
mission. Any one who desire to be
theard on this bill can get q hearing
by wiring me; but am determined in
the interest of Elizabeth City water
consumers to put this bill thru The
bill follows:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED "AN ACT
J EMPOWERING THE ELIZABETH
CITY WATER & POWER COM
; PANY TO BUILD A DAM ACROSS
Il KNOBBS CREEK.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section 1. That authority is hereby
granted to the Elizabeth City Water &
Power Company to erect and build 9
dam across Knobbs Creek at point
which is sixty-five feet west from the
; center of the main line track OF the
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
where it crosses the creek with its
bridge over the road leading from Fore
man Blades Lumber Company to Road
? Street, together with the necessary
powers for constructing and maintain
ing said dam. The said dam is to have
a concrete wall and base, together with
, the necessary automatic tide gates te
permit the free outflow of water wheI
the current is outward but closing wher
the. current is inward, and an expecia
E sluice or gate to permit the passage OF
logs. The plans and specifications fol
the said dam shall be approved by the
Pasquotank County Highway Commis.
sion and the dam built in accordance
with the plans and specifications 81
approved.
p laws in conflict with this act are here.
, by repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall be in force
I from and after its ratification.
: Market House Legislation
81 Your representative is repeatedly i'm
: fplored sto> do something. to- force. tht
}. butchers in Elizabeth City to use tht
market house. There's nothing YOU
8 representative could do in this connec'
e ton. The Board Of Aldermen has ever.
power in this respect that is invested
in the General Assembly OF Nortl
d Carolina. It is up to the Board of Al
v dermen and the Alderman who tell
s you that he has got to have more legis
: lative authority is not telling you th
8 truth. No act Of the General Assemb1.
g could change the. attitude of the pre-
fsent Board Of Aldermen to the Marke
Il House. Elizabeth City has got u
v tchange it's Board Of Aldermen.
t P. q. Wants the Job
< Only two persons In Elizabeth Cit,
iknew on Monday Of this week that
. contemplated introducing bill t
d tcreate the Office of Public Prosecutor i
e Econnection with the Recorders Cour1
!: fThose two men We're Recorder Ger
T iSpehce and attorney Ernest L. Sawyer