Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-21
SENATE.

TUESDAY, Feb. 10, 1861.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
PRAYER by Rev. DIR. Mason.
Thejournal of yesterday was read.
message was received from the House, transmitting
several Senate engrosSed bills with amendments asking
The concurrence of the Senate.
IL ocock A. M-The bill to alter the Constitution
to tax slaves ad Udore was put on its second reading
Mr. Street moved to amend by giving the Legislature the
power to free negroes and to remove them from the
State. Adopted.
Aso.sn amendment providing that slaves shall be sub
ect to captaton tax such other tax as the Lesa-
ture may impose"
Mr. Barringer moved to amend the amendment by
peang the Sd section of the 4th article of the amended
Constitution. Not adopted.
The question recurring upon the amendment offered by
Mr. Outlaw moved to amend BY exempting all negroes
under the of eight and sixty years from taxation
Not adopted.
Mr. Hall moved an additional section removing the dsa-
bilitfes of Jews from holding Office. Adopted.
Mr. Hall moved the amendment in guod faith and should
for the bill. He thought restrictions upon the
Jews ought to be removed.
The question recurring upon the bill amended its
second reading, the vote stood as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were,
MEssRs-Arepdel, Bledsoe, Darringer Blount Dobson,
Dockery, Duwd, Eure, Hall, Harriss of C., Humphrey.
Ramsay Rogers Simmons Street, Stowe, Sharp, Saugh
ter Spencer Stubbs Taylor of NJ Thomas of D. Turner,
Those who voted in the negative, were,
MEssRs-Avery, Burton Brown, Dickson, Gris Harriss
of F., Outlaw, Pchford, Shaw, Simpson, Speigh Taylor
of G., Taylor, of B, Walker, Waugh, Whitaker, Win
stead-l7. -
Three-ffhs not voting in the affirmative, the bill failed
to pass its second reading.
Mr.. Waugh, with the view of subsequently moving
consideration, voted in the negative.
bill to charter railroad from Greenville to Colds
boro taken up, and passed its several readings.
bill to amend the Revenue Law of North Carolina
put upon its secoud reading
The bill under consideration until the hour of
EVENING SESSION.
The consideration of the Revenue bill continued.
Several amendments offered and debated at length
At o'clock the Senate took until u o'clock.
Tie Revenue bill being under consideration,
Mr.. DObson moved its indefinite pOsponement.
Mr.. Avery seconded the MOTION and demanded the yeas
and nays
The motion was lost-yeas II, nays 90.
On moti0a of Mr. DobSon. its further consideration
postponed Hntil tomorrow night ~ O'Clock.
The following bills and resolutions taken up and
passed their several readings and ordered to be engOSed
and sent to the House:
resolution in favor of j. L. Cantwe; bill to extend
the limits of the town Of lexington bill TO Incorporate
Yadkin College in Haywood county; bull to Incorporate
the Citizens Gas Light Company Of Newbern; bill to
prohibit the sale of spriuOuS liquors within miles of
Spring Hill Academy in Robson county; bill incor.
porate Bnncombe Powder Manufacturing Company.
The following House bills passed their third reading and
were ordered to be enrolled: B. .. ..
A bill to incorporate Ball Creek Camp Grond, in Ca
tawba; bill to incorporate TOksy Wine Company. Fay
eevle bill to Incorporate the Person Savings Bank
bill tn incorporate the Greensboro Cemetery resOlu
tion in favor of p A Smith bill concerning the War
dens of the Poor for Wake county, together with several
other private bills and resolutions.
The resolution authorizing the Literary Board to pur-
chase Pearees Map of Carolina for the use of he diff
ferent Common Schools read and rejected.
The resolution authorizing the purchase of cabinet of
minerals for the State was indefinitely postponed.
was laid on the table.
Mr. Avery presented bill in regard to the shers of
the State; which passed its several readings.
The Senate then adjourned.