Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
BILL TO LIMIT INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE STATE TO FIVE
PERCENT is KILLED.
AMENDED MOVIE BILL PASSED
Senate Declined to Concur In House
Amendment to iBll Providing for
Gathering Crop Statistics.

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BY vote of II for and 81 against,
the senate put the finishing touches
on the funeral Of the bill proposing a
constitutional amendment to limit the
Indebtedness of the state and provide
the levy of taxes to pay these debts.
The bill proposed limitation Of debts
to five per cent of the tax values in
North Carolina and gave the state the
right to make any kind OF tax levy
necessary on the property to take care
Of this debt when it came due.
Clean Picture Bill.
The senate adopted the substitute
for motion picture censorship when
1t passed the Gallert bill making 1t a
crime to show an moral sacriligious,
Of obscene picture, or to display such
posters.
The original bill carried the provi-
sion that the sworn affidavit of one
person would be prima facil evidence
against the person responsible for
showing such pictures. There was
objection to this feature and the
clause was stricken out by amend
ment. Senators Sans and Delaney
wanted to strike out the 'sacrilegious
feature of the BILL claiming that no
person or set Of persons could pass on
what was or what was not sacrileglous
since religion was not considered the
same by any two persons.
But the senate did nat see It that
way and left the word in the bill
The amended bill providing for the
erection of a negro reformatory pass
ed final reading in the senate and
went to the house for concurrence.
The state college was authorized
to acquire land by condemnation, re-
lief was provided for the department
of agriculture.
The senate refused to concur in the
house amendment to the bill provid'
ing for gathering crop statistics and a
large number Of local measures pass.
ed through the senate side of the leg
islative mill.
At the conclusion Of the regular
work the senate went into executive
session and confirmed the appoint
ment of John H. Small and c. G.
Smoot as members Of the board OF
geological survey.
Governors Bills Passed.
The lower house of the general as
sembly taking the governors cue AND
the senate's action as worth following
at Tuesdays session passed the three
bills recommended by the executive
With many of the state bills our Of
the way but nearly half hundred or
the calendar, the lower branch held its
festivities with a great crowd present
Representative Ben Parham. Df Gran
vile, made the speech presenting Il
Speaker Harry Grier handsome sill
yer serving case, the gift of the mem
bership and the selection OF the Var
borough cabinet" which cabinet IL
composed of the wives OF member!
who have been here for the session,
No Increase In Pay.
The senate at the night session rot
ed to submit a constitutional amend
ment at the next general election FOL
increasing the pay OF members Of thu
general assembly to ten dollars pc
day. This bill! went over to the nous'
while that body was pleasantly en-
gagged in killing all salary bills it hat
raised and re-raised, and even TIL
case of Adjutant General J. Van Nett
had no appeal
All efforts to pass bonus bill TO
the members of this session hav'
failed.
The bill which was drafted follow
> ing the democratic caucus, to pr1tec
the election officials in the discharg
of their duties passed its several read
ings. The house then recessed 10
lunch and to hold It's seGonl AMI fna
session in the afternoon and night.