Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-02-04
PROCEEDINGS Of
THE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATURE TAKES UP LNoG
AERALDED FIGHT AGAINST
THE CATTLE TICK.
REVISION OF BANKING LAWS
House takes up Proposed Amend
ment to the Constitution to raise
Per Diem pay Of Members to So.

Raleigh.
Jan. H.-Entirely without any pre-
liminary verbal barrage, or drumm
fre, the loud heralded offensive
against the cattle tick was started in
the Legislature when tombstone of
Pender, by request introduced meas.
ure providing for the determination
OF the creature. All he had to say
about 1t was that he desired 1t to 20
to the Committee on Agriculture.
After passing an even dozen bills,
including the Taylor anti.lynching
measure, the senate paved the way for
a general exodus from the capital in
preparation for the strenuous week
that is in prospect.
Jan. 22.-Introduction Of the bi-en-
MEL statewide tick eradication bill,
passage by the senate OF the Taylor
measure to allow motions for removal
OF trial to adjacent counties be made
when the defendant is not In the court
room and setting OF Thursday, Janu-
airy 81, as the date on which hearings
will begin on the state architect and
building commission investigation
were the outstanding features of the
days session Of the legislature.
Jan. 2.-Legislative foodgates were
opened when the House converted
and there poured through a stream Of
measures, ranging from the Cook bill,
repeating State liquor legislation and
substituting therefor the Volstead
law; statewide road law by Everr-
EFT, OF Durham; a revision of the state
banking laws; proposed amendment
to the constitution raising the pay Of
members Of the general assembly from
four to eight dollars per day, and a
proposal to repeal entirely the whole
book of North Carolina road laws.
Speaker Grier, was back in his seat
and pre- sided over the forty minute
session.
After session OF twenty minutes, |
mostly consumed by Strengthening out |
conflicts between committee meetings |
the senate adjourned without the pas.
sage Of single bill, Senator Gallert
carrying out his announced purpose
to object to everything which had not
been erferred to committee.
Jan. 25.New bills introduced were:
8. B. 141.-by Long, OF Alamance:
To permit the State Board Of Health
to pay its secretary salary Of $4,000
year.
s. B. 142-by Long. OF Almance:
To increase the salaries OF certain
state offcrse.
s. B. 143-by Mendenhall: To pro-
vide better protection for the public
at railroad crossings.
House Session Brief.
More than half the 40 minutes con-
sumed by the house was devoted to
debate over the re-committing OF
measure to allow as much as $500
per year. The bill was sent back to
the committee for further bordering.
Jan. 26.-Introduction Of bills CIV
ing statutory officers of the state, not
included in the bill which passed the
general assembly before the Inaugural
ton, a salary Of $4,000 and raising the
pay Of judges Of the supreme and su-
perior courts by thousand dollars,
together with bill to fix the salary
Of the secretary OF the state board Of
health at $4,000 were the only matters
Of genera, interest before the senate
The bill regarding the secretary Of 1
the board Of health substitutes a
salary Of hve thousand dollars for {
the presetn salary OF three thousand
and fees. which makes the total prac. {
tically five thousand. ,
The other bills increase the sal.
aries OF the commissioner of agricul-
ture commissioner of labor and print 8
ing, insurance commissioner and the 9
members Of the corporation commits q
sion. C