Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-01-31
Legislative Summary.

Dill passed lts THRU ie"ui"o
House Of Commons by a very large majority
So, nays %.
In the Senate, the Bill latter being recon-
sidered,) to divide the State into eight Judlc-
ial Circuits, was rejected. The Bill for the
completion, furnishing, &c. of the Lunatic
Asylum, (appropriates S75,OOO,) passed Its
second and third readings, by Ayes 30, Nays
5 and the Bill making an appropriation Tor
the completion of the North Carolina Rail
Road passed its second and third readings
by nearly a unanimous vote. The bill for
the completion Of the Cape Fear and Deep
River improvement also passed its final read
ing with a near approach to unanimity.-
The Senate also passed on its third reading
the Bill to incorporate a Company to make
navigable New River, in Sampson county
a work of considerable merit and the Bill
providing for a Ship Canal to connect the
waters of Albemarle and Currituck Sounds
with the Chesapeake Bay passed its final
reading. A bill to aid in the erection ola
Monument in Philadelphia, commemorative
of the Declaration of Independence, passed
the Sepate by a unanimous vote
The bill to re-charter the Bank of Cape
Fear has passed its third reading in the Sem
ate, after being amended so as to prohibit the
issue of bills under S., and also requiring
semi-annual statements of the affairs of the
Bank.
The bill for erecting q new county to be
| ne lIo6 Ruff 1uoo ro1aotod ~ khn HOuco -.
The following private bills have passed their
final readings in the House, viz incorpora-
ting the Fairbluff and Conwayboro' plank
road company also the Whitesville and Iron
Hill plankroad co also concerning hogs
running at large in Elizabeth City ~incorpo-
r rating the Dobbin House co.. incorporating
the G%uilford Gold and Copper Mining CO..
, changing the time for holding the county
courts of Hyde county.
a In the Senate on the Oath, after a variety
of amendments, some of which were adopted,
$ the Western extension Railroad bill passed
/ Its third reading by ayes 80, nays Is. By
d this bill, the work is to be commenced at Sal
isbury and go west in such direction as may
a be found most practicable. through or near
" Asheville, to the Tennessee line and pro-
le vides that the first section shall be completed,
equipped and put in order before the second
7e is commenced, and the net proceeds shall be
10 paid, two-thirds into the public treasury and
q. one-third to the stockholders and then the
~ second section to be completed in the same
manner-provided the State shall be called
on for only $4,000 in any one year. We
q. believe that the best plan under all the cir
or cumstances, has been adopted that could be
on devised. The road will be commenced, and
go ON gradually to its completion. By being
70. built in sections, so that the State cannot be
called on at any one time for a very large
amount, the burden of debt will not be sc
I'll heavy at first, and the State will have ample
time to meet it as it shall fall upon US. In
Id time, this road, with the eastern connection
do will give us an unbroken line Of railroads
from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlanti,
ocean.
In the House on the Oath, the Wilmington
and Charlotte Railroad bill was taken u
and passed its third reading, after bein
i, amended so as to make Smithville a discrt
nh tionary point of terminus, and also, to increas
bo. the capital stock so as to continue the roa
,cb to Rutherfordton and require the State to e
az dorse the bonds for two-thirds the amour
The free suffrage bill passed its first readir
an in the House by ayes 80, nays Is. A nur
Der of amendments were offered, but all we
voted down.
In kho So~o - IL. 0ELlZ Al. LII -
the charter of the Fayetteville and Weste
two plank road company passed its second rca
ing, providing for additional subscription
the part of the State. The bill to incorpora
the Dan river and Yadkin Railroad pass
~ its Sd reading also, to incorporate the Fa
e%tteville and Greensboro Railroad-chang
so as to extend from Beaufort through Fa
e~tteville to the Coalfelds in Chatham, al
thence to Greensboro if desired. The b
to establish the Clarendon Bank also pass
its Sd reading.
In the House, a bill for the relief of t
:. citizens of Statesville, passed its Sd readin
"'' The greater portion of the day was spent
S committee of the whole on the Revenue bi
The original bill was amended so as to raj
o"y the poll tax from IS to 40 cents TAXI
ole turnpike gates $10 and toll bridges So.
VII The bill still under consideration.
ra" In the Senate, on the 26th a memorial W
CITY presented from the Raleigh and CASTOR Ra
road CO., praying to be released from the oh
ur'' cation to keep up their bridge across RI
the noke at CASTOR. A motion to reconsider I
Aane vote by which the Yadkin and Dan Ri,
ana Railroad bill passed the Senate on the d
otlce before, was lost. The balance of the day "
, NOT spent in considering private bills.
o re- In the House, a bill to amend the char
of the City of Raleigh, passed its three sew
nth, al readings. After the reception of a few p
the vate bills, the balance of the day was spent
the committee of the whole, on the Revenue b
Several amendments were agreed to be rep
ted thereon, but the bill was not gone IL
with.
, In the Senate, Jan. 81, the bill for
r. -. ;. anu = plo
.lot ding for listing and levying taxes the sa
d. year, passed I'd reading. A lien law for
,t;on benefit of ship builders, passed Sd readil
a;sh also, a bill to increase the capital stock of
> ~ Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, &
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