Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-21
}, PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
DESIGNED TO LESSEN THE
CRIME OF LYNCHlNG.
EXPENSES OF INAUGURATION
Salaries Of Treasurer, Auditor and
Secretary Of State Are Fixed at
$500; Attorney Gen. $4,000.
Raleigh.

Senator McCoin, Of Vance, rose t.
a point Of personal privilege and de
MED newspaper reports published 10
cally that he was leading an insurrec
ton to have the old-time custom o.
the lieutenant governor making com
mittee appointments changed 80 thai
the senate itself might organize ant
parcel out its committees.
This statement, together with the
introduction OF bill by Senator Tay
Tor ITO promote -, uue administration
of justice and to lessen the crime OF
lynching," consumed the major portion
of the time Of the upper house, prior
to Governor Bickett's swan song.
The House.
The house appointed an inaugural
committee, composed Of Representa-
tives Everett OF Rockingham, Pharr OF
Mecklenburg and Hill of Duplin. A
joint resolution authorizing the ex.
penditure of $1,000 or so much Of II
as is needed to cover the expenses in.
cident to the Inauguration OF Governor.
elect Cameron Morrison, was intro.
duced.
Jan. THE senate committee OF
salaries and fees at meeting this
afternoon, following a brief session
OF the general assembly, agreed to rec
ommend increases of $500 over the
present salaries OF all constitutional
officers.
Agreement was also tentatively
made on increases in the salaries OF
superior and supreme court judges Of
$1,000 each. A Joint committee ses-
sion will be held Monday morning at
II o'clock to work out joint commit.
tee bill.
Jan. S.-The introduction OF bfll
by Representative Lawrence, OF Ala
nance, in the house entitled IAN act
to require all railroad crossings OF
federal aid roads and state highways
to be either overhead or underground
crossings In North Carolina" fea-
tured the Commute session OF the leg
islature today.
This bill does not apply to crossings
in cities and towns or at crossings
where gates or other means OF pro.
tecting life and property are provided
and efficiently operated"
Jan. l0.-The increased salaries for
the constitutional officers of the state
foreshadowed in favorable committee
work and a well-aimed blow at the
abolition OF the office Of state archi-
tect were the high spots in brief ses-
sions OF the senate and house to-
day.
Into the very short session In the
house this afternoon young mr..
Glover of Nash shot the bill to do
away with the office OF state architect,
a nice paying position created two
years ago under bill fathered by
Senator McCoin Of Vance and approx
ed by the state building commission.
Jan. 11.-Nothing of general inter
est to the state at large was intro
duced or acted upon in either body of
the general assembly.
Jan. 12-Passage on all three read
ings OF the bill providing salary in
creases for the secretary Of state.
the treasurer, the auditor, the attor-
ney general and the superintendent Of
public instruction, and the introduction
of a bill by Representative peyton Nc
Swain Of Cleveland county, making
officials serving In these offices more
than two terms OF four years each in
eligible for the Office In the future
furnished headliners for Tuesdays ses-
sion of the general assembly.
Under the salary increase bill pass
ed by the secretary OF state, the treas
urer and the auditor will get $4,000,
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton $4,000 and the attorney general
who is not required to give his full
time to the office. $4,000.