Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-01-31

lish a Board of Directors for the Deaf
and Dumb Institute in this Stale.
An act concerning the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad Company. (Author.
ICES the company TO cet.nec their road
with the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad.)
An act TO amend an act passed at the
session Of 1889 entitled an act TO q
mend the acts now 10 force on the sub
ject Of common schools. 1Repeals the
law authorizing the appointment Of a
county superintendent, excepting for
Craven and Berthe counties.1
An act TO increase the capital stock
OF the Bank of Cape Fear $500. 000.-
(Authorizes the establishment of : Branch
to be located at Greensboro
An act TO establish the county of Jack
son. CCreated out Of portions Of Macon
and Haywood.
An act concerning Pilots. Provides
that coal vessels shall not be required to
take a piIot.)
An act TO amend the inspection laws.
(Relates to inspection OF ton timber.1
An act 10 authorize the investments
OF trust funds ia the bonds Of certificates
of the State.
An act 10 incorporate the Raleigh and
Gaston Railroad. State portion Of the
road to be estimated at $400, 900, stock
holders to subscribe, or procure TO be
subscribed, $500 900 more, when the
obligors to the State shall be released
from their obligations.
An act TO amend an act Of 1889
entitled an act on the subject Of Com
v mon schools.
An ar Eor ra~:-~ - I:-.---
the Statute laws Of the Stale.
e An act TO vest in the President and
n Directors of the Literary Board all prop
:. erty that shall hereafter escheat to the
v State.
An act concerning orders for publ
cation.
An act 10 amend the 51st sec. OF an
act entitled an act to provide for the
collection and management Of the reve-
nue. ofthe State, Rev. Stat. chap. 100.
An act to provide relief for purchasers
Of Cherokee lands, secure debts due 10
the State, and authorize the sale Of lands
surrendered to the State under the acts
D. Of l844-5 and 1857.
To provide for the increase of the
lie public revenue and for other purposes.
Of PROVIDES for a tax Of 3 cents on every
b. dollar Of interest. 90 cents o n.every 100
= dollars in trading for slaves, 10 cents on
rs the 100 IN every tspscies Of trade, an
10 ad Uatorem tax Of one per cent on all
gold and silver plate, of the value Of so
dollars, on pleasure vehicles valued at
n. IS and under 100 dollars, so cents two
al and under 300, 2 dollars 400, 4 dollars;
IN gold watches. l dollar; silver watches
is % cents; pianos. l dollar harps, 2 dol
es lars; pistols. l dollar; bowie knives,
n dirksa &C., 1 dollar circus, &c.. so dol.
lars. Many other articles are taxed which
ie- we have not room TO notice. Repeats
We the tax on droves of hogs. horses and
be mules.
To provide for the payment of the debt
ng Of the State. Provides that the Public
Treasurer shall issue certificates of debt
an TO the o of $500, 600, binding Inc
n State for the payment thereof. ia sums
e. not less than $500 nor more than $1,000,
he from time TO time, as the wants OF the
Treasury may require, redeemable in
al ten years.
= To provide for keeping a record Of
of marriages in this State. makes it the
lie duty Of Justices of the Peace and Minis.
nj, tiers of the Gospel solemnizing the rites
re- OF matrimony, TO return TO the Clerk Of
ell the County Court the rames of tie
parties.
nd EQUAL SUFFRAGE ACT.
An act to amend the Constitution o.
OF North Carolina, as follows:
no Whereas, The freehold qualification
co. now required for the electors for mem.
ne bers of the Senate, conflicts with the fun
dam.ental principles Of liberty: There
cal fore,
Be 1t enacted By the General .Assem5E
The of tn Stofe If NORTH C,roEn, rnJ = |:
or hereby enactedb By the authority of the sam
-three-fftls Of the whole number o
OF members OF each house concurring-
That the second clause Of the third sec
tinn Of the first Article Of tine amendeu
% Constitution. ratified by the people O
III, ! North Carolina on the second Monda'
of November, A. D. 1885, be amends
IN by striking out the words-tand pos
sessed of fTeenold within the same di.
yer trict, OF fifty acres of land for six month
tne next before and at the day Of election !;
,itn so that the said clause of said section
iOo shall read as follows: 2. All free whit
ne" men of the age ~oftwenty-one years lea
II cePt as is hereinafter declared) whohav,
en' been inhabitants Of any one district with
20, IN the State, twelve moths immediateI
reu preceding the day of any election, an
use a shall have paid a public tax, shall be en-
'ne titled to vote for a member of the Ser
TO ate.
pm Be 1T further enacted, That the Cove
/ nor of the State be, and he is hereby d