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r, consideration of the bill to establish the coun-
e Clnoman was now resumed.
W Dobson moved to lay on the table. Rejected.
w. w. Edney submitted to the Senate proviso of
,,o constitution affecting the law of the question
Mr. Pool replied.
hi Icoislature had right to establish counties
tbout the requisite population; that counties could
W. rrated for municipal purposes, as territories
rere organized preparatory to becoming States
W. continued at length, but said as he saw the
csate was tired Of the question he would not trouble
S," with the statistics he had prepared and he
hot that if the East desired to retain her power
.ho should act Justly and literally to the West
The question now recurred on the passage OF the
iii It's second reading and resulted in its rejection
% to 13, as follows:
n.r;s Dobson, Douthtt, Edney, Gilmore, Martin,
Nils Reinhar,lt Thomas and Turner-l5
i,,tjust the biU -Messrs. Ashe, Battle Basnight,
pcisoe, Blount Cherry Cowpcr, Cunningham, Dill
i,rl ponnell, Flanner, Gorrcll, Guyther, Houston,
I;nnnhrey, Lane, Lankford, Leach Mcdonald Nc
ilowe. Miller, Pitchford, Pool, Ramsay, Speight,
Steele, Steele straughn, Taylor Walkup, Ward Whitaker
| and Worth-32
COUNTY OF D0BBIN.
The bill to establish the county of DObbin, being
te special order for II O'Clock, was now taken up
| on lis second reading.
| Nr Battle advocated the passage of the bill. 1t
nro,osc to erect the county out of portions of
FWakc. Nash. Franklin and Johnston. lie said it
,rss the unanimous wish of the people Interested
and he regretted he could not do the subject justice
Lrt he hoped the Senate would, as he would submit
facts hcvond contravention. After alluding to me-
MORALS submitted he said the question of popula-
tion was beyond doubt for the new county, if it
r,,!l vote to-day would give 800 to 1000 votes
a,I the boundaries of it would not take in man
| nearer than II miles to any courthouse 1t could
do no harm to the State but would add to the value
e. H. Tho
an admirable one and that it should be honored by
county, He said Che eight members which would
represent the five counties embraced in the bill Gf
the proposed crelted) would represent
more than the requisite population in the other
House in 1872, even upon the population of 1850;
and that the four counties interested paid
taxes than any other four adjoining counties in the
State.
Mr. Lankford opposed the bill. 1t would work
grievance to at least of the counties named
He denied the accuracy of the statement as to pop
ulaon In 1850 Franklin had within fraction of
the population requisite to cntitle her to two
bcrS in the Commons, and it was now proposed to
take off piece of her and keep her in that condi-
ton The bill would injurc his county to this ex-
tent.
Mr. Battle denied Franklin would have sufficient
populaton in 1860 to cnttlc her to another men,
bsr The people of the part of that county propos-
| ed to be taken off were in favor of the bill.
Mr. Lanktord had heard no complaints in Frank
lin and stated that no in that county had to
travel more than IS to 30 miles to Court.
Mr. Ble,lSoe haa not heard word from one of his
constituents in faS1er of this BILL He had canvassed
the county thoroughly, and during the canvass it
was not once named He thought it strange that
the people of Wake would entrust their business
solely to the Senator from Nash (Mr. Batte,) foI
not of his colleagues in the House had been
spoken to in favor of the bill. He would vote
against it.
Nv Ja,cb Lnou- of ono man in his Johnston
county in favor of the bill, and no more.
The question then taken on the passage o
the bill and determined in the negative-32 to II
as follows:
Davis, Dobson, Edncy Martin, Miller, Reinhardt
Turner and Waikup-1!.
-fgainst the 6W-Mcssrs. Ashe, Basnight, Bled
soc Blount, Boyd, Cherry, Cowper, Cunningham
Dillard Donnell, Douthitt, Flanner, Gorrel Guy
ther. Houston, Humphrey, Lane, Lankford, Leach
say, Speight Steele, Straughan, Taylor, Ward, Whit
aker and Wc.th-32.
BANK OF CAPE FEAR.
The bill to amend the charter of the Ban
Of Cape Fear was put upon its second reading
The committee to whom the bill had been referrt
reported an amendment to the clause proposing t
strike out the 9TH section of the charter, by stril
ngout only the word corporation, and recommend
ed that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment cOncuITed in.
Mr. Brown had reported on the OIL IN ODedenc
to majority of the committee, but he could nc
give his assent to the amendment authorizing tn
bank to issue bills as low as So. He was oppose
to small notes under all circumstances, and he r
garded it as no reason why he should to 1t in tn
instance because seventeen other banks were iSsun
them. He believed the prohibition would benef
the banks as well as the people; and he said if
had the power he would extend the prohibition
notes much above So even.
Mr.. Guyther, though opposed to small notes, hf
assented to the bill, on committee, that this bar
might be placed on an equality with others.
Mr.. Bledsoe addressed the Senate in support
the views of the majority of the committee. I
called attention to the 18th section of the chart
which declares THAT whenever the said bank ha
any demands upon any person or corporation,
shall be lawful for said person corporation to p'
and discharge such demands in the notes of sa
bank without regard to the place where the sar
may he payable and demandabe." 1t was propose
said Mr.. Bedsoe, to strike out of this section t
word Corporation" wherever it occurs, and to lea
the law in force applied to individuals. T.
hardship to the bank was selfcvident and need
Nc argument. 1t was simply proposed to put tt
bank on equality with Others
a motion to reconsider the vote adopting t
amendment rejected
Mr. Steele opposed the bill, as it gave this ba
an advantage instead of putting it on a level Wi
others, by compelling banks without branches
pay the demands of one branch in specie while b;
my plenty or the notes OF another Drancn on mar
MIR. Bledsoe maintained that the word "corpo
ton" in the 18th section. placed this bank in
embarrassing position and illustrated it by supposi
case in which the principal bank of Cape Ft
had claim of $4,000 on say the Bank of W
mlngton. The Bank of Wilmington has $500
of the notes of the Bank of Cape Fear-$2O,O 600
which are the issues of various branches, and 81
900 the issue of the principal bank The demand
met by the Bank of Wilmington with the notes
the branches, from which the principal bank gets
relief in specie notes payable in Wilmington ; /
Immediately afterwards the Bank of Wimingt
makes demand on the principal Bank of Cape F.
Tor the erada in Of tho S1 wa