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company should succeed in lowering the water of
the lake materially, great benefit would result to the
adjacent lands. There cost attending the
work and the land was worthless as it stood.
The bill to incorporate the Bank of Commerce,
being the special order, passed its second reading
BY decisive vote a-
The bill concerning State Engineer and for other
purposes was re-committed to the committee on IN
ternal improvements.
The bill to amend the 10th sec. 34th chapt Rev. |
Code passed its second reading - 4
Mr.. Mcdowell said the object of the bill was to |
provide some power to remove Clerks OF superior
Courts-to remedy an oversight in the Revised Code.
County Court Clerks if indicted for misdemeanor
could be removed, but there no such provision
in the case of Superior Court Clerks
Mr. Donnell sustained this view. He had exam
ined the law and found power to make these re-
movals Superior Court Clerks could only be reach
ed by repeated indictments for misdemeanors.
Mr. Dobs0n also cOncurred in these views
The bill to enlarge the powers of married women
over their estates in certain passed its second
reading.
Pilots AT ocRAcoKE AND HATTERAs INLETs.
The bill concerning pilots at Ocracoke and Hat
teraS inets was next taken up.
Mr. Flanner offered an amendment reducing the
fees one-haf in cases where the pilot is refused
Mr.. Basnight opposed the amendment The pi-
lots very poor class of men, he said, many of
them not having even collard patch. This amend
ment struck at their compensation which was far
too low now. 1t was intended for the benefit of
wealthy owners. The pilots could barely obtain
living now. 1t might be urged that they could
leave there; that he considered poor argument to
compel men to work for half fees and keep them at
starvation point Besides, their services were too
important to talk of driving them away.
Mr. Flanner said he offered his amendment at the
suggestion of his constituents in Newbern They
| suffered much from these pilots. When they were
needed in bad weather they could not be got but in
fine weather they were to be found in abundance.
Mr. Donnell would vote against the bill through
no sectional feeling, but on the higher grounds OF
the interests of commerce He proceeded to snow
the difficulties of the navigation of the sounds and
the necessity for thorough knowledge of the shift
ng channels. He was in favor of confning the
pilots to the separate inlets to ensure efficiency.
Mr.. Basnight said portion of Hatteras belonged
to Ocracoke and that the pilots of the former were IS
familiar with the navigation those of the latter
The law provided means to ensure competency-it
required the pilots to he and licensed and to
be examined in satisfactory manner to show their
competency.
Mr.. Lane was opposed to the amendment and
would support the bill Formerly there was no re-
structons these pilots and they were as familiar
with Hatteras as with Ocracoke. He knew the
country we'll and he knew the men, and he knew
they perfectly acquainted with the charges in
the channels alluded to by Mr.. Donnell. 1t was not
fair just to prohibit the pilots of Ocracoke from
the privilege of plotting at Hatteras, seeing that
nearly all the commerce took that course
The amendment rejected and the bill almost
unanimously passed its second and third readings.
The bill to empower Notaries to administer oaths
in certain cases passed its second reading.
Also the bill to amend the charter of the Char
lotte and Taylorsville Plankroad Company
Amended
The bill to amend the entry laws of the State was
next in order.
Mr.. Edney explained the provisions Of the bill
All the valuable lands in the west were taken up,
and the revenue from entries was now next to moth
ing. The price now was 12s cents. The bill pro-
posed 5 cents per acre. Twelve and half dollars
for 100 acres of land might seem small sum to rich
men but in that section of the country there were
great numbers of very poor people to whom that sum
was quite large, and great many were not able to
pay il. He thought the price should be reduced to
enable the poor to take up the lands
Rejected-16 to -.
The engrossed bill to protect purchasers under
judicial sales passed its second reading
The bill to amend the chapter Of the Rev. Code
entitled Marriage was rejected.
The engrossed bill to authorize the construction
of toll bridge across the Yadkin river at near
Jonesville passed its second reading.
The bill in relation to county surveyors also.
The bill to increase the revenue on railroads. and
the bill to open the Yadkin river to the passage of
fish were passed over informally.
The engrossed bill to incorporate the Tennessee
Valley Turnpike Company passed its second read
ing.
The engrossed bill to amend the charter of the
Jonathan's Greek and Tennessee Mountain Turnpike
Company was discussed at some length by Messrs
Speight Edney Pitchford, Blount Dobson and
Thomas. Pending its consideration,
On motion of Mr. Speight the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The House met at the usual hour.
MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Bridgers, from 275 citizens of Edgecombe
county, concerning the purchase and draining of a
milpond-
Mr. Scales, in favor of John Wilson, of Alamance
Mr.. Reagan, in favor of Paul Froneberger, of Gas
ton
Mr.. Baird, to amend the charter of the Greenville
French Broad Railroad Company.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Morehead asked leave to make personal ex-
planation. He said injustice had been done him in
the published reports of the Danville discussion
He did not impute wilful Misrepresentation to the
Reporters, but they were certainly mistaken. He
read the reports from the Register and then from
the Standard, the latter he said being nearer the
truth. He then read report of Mr.. Norwood's re-
marks as he understood them, and to prevent here
after another leaf of history" being brought for
ward, he handed the report to Mr. Norwood for con-
frmation.
Mr.. Norwood took the report, and stated he was
not then ready to give answer The matter then
dropped. E-s"
The revenue bill was then taken up, and each sec
ton and clause debated with great minuteness-
There were some amendments made which most
likely will be revised on the third reading
At o'clock the House-took recess until P NJ.
HON. CALVIN GRAVES
During the debate on the revenue bill, on motion
of Mr.. Ransom, seconded by Mr.. Ferebee, the Hon.
Calvin Graves then in the lobby, was invited to
take q scat on the floor of the House, which being
unanimously adopted, he was conducted to seat by
Messrs Ransom and Ferebee rig