Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-12-06
LEGISLATIVE.

The space occupied by the Presidents Mes
sage, compels US to be brief in our account of
the Proceedings of the Legislature since our
last issue. The following Bills and Resolutions
have been introduced and referred, viz: con-
corning providing facilities for free negroes to
be sent to Liberia inquiring into the expe-
diency of a general incorporation act; to a.
mend or abolish the militia law; to amend the
law relating to tax on slaves; prescribing the
punishment of manslaughter by slaves; to in
corporate the town of Murphy; in favor of
Jesse SiIer for the relief of purchasers of
Cherokee lands for giving a name to County
town of Forsythe County; concerning the of
fetal bonds of Sherifs, &C.; declaring it mex
pedient to build the North Carolina Rail Road
and requesting the stockholders to surrender
the Charter; relating to advertising lands sold
for taxes; concerning bastard children author
Using a loan to Chowan Female Institute to
instruct the Committee OF the Judiciary to in
quire into the expediency of establishing one
or more Judicial Circuits; to incorporate Buena
Vista LOdge-No. 81, /. 0. o. F., in Greens
boro'; for the relief of the Clerks of the Co
Court; to incorporate Lumberton Division, S
Of T.; to incorporate Robson Institute to a.
mend the last act to increase the revenue O
the State inquiring into the expediency Of al
| tering the time of holding the county court o
, Mcdowell to improve the public Roads tt
incorporate the Murfreesboro' Joint Stool
Building Company for the more speedy ad
ministration of Justice; the proposition of tn
: House to amend the Militia laws was disagreed
, to the Judiciary Committee reported a bill t
make real estate assets, and recommended il
rejection to incorporate the Charlotte an
Taylorsville Plank Road Company to repea
an act to abolish Jury trials in the county Court
of Rutherford and Cleaveland; to incorporat
Fulton Lodge, No. 80, in the Town of Sail
D bury: to amend the Act of 1884 establish
ing Bank of State; the Committee on the j
dietary reported a bill concerning Stills, vii
a recommendation to reject: Concurred in Il
bill concerning Overseers and Public Road
ut was also reported back, with a recommended
to reject: carried; to repeal in part, an act
1S46-'7, to increase the revenue of the Stat
concerning the calling of a Convention to
of mend the Constitution of North Carolina; t
its Committee on the Judiciary, the bill to aboG
a public executions with a recommendation
reject, agreed to; the same committee, repc
ted the bill concerning manslaughter by slav
ge with Recommendation to reject, which was &C
ir- Cured in the committee on Internal Impro7
CT ments were instructed to inquire into the
en- pedieney of amending an act of 1859, ch
tering the Turnpike Co., from Salisbury to
Tennessee line, by making AsheVille the
minus of said road instead of Salisbury
zee prevent free negroes from owning and cal
ock ing fire arms; to give the election of master
es," equity to the people; that the committee
nth military affairs be instructed to enquire into
City expediency of abolishing the law exemp
elf men of the age Of IS years from military
ar ty: adopted; that the committee on the ]
ciary be instructed to inquire into the exp
led' ency of altering the law respecting execu
and administrators to incorporate Cedar