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ifeceise appSsE osas isl he would oppose it.
lie ppposed fhe exercise of legslatee power by
the epnysn ton other than that which tie exigen
eieSof tie times imperatisely dernatdedS
- Messrs. Graham and Battle of Wake, replied to
Mr. Satterthwaite, vindcating the ordinance and
presenting many very forcibie arguments in favor
OF its passage. sE-s-sss>
Mr. Graham proposed the following amendment:
BE IL further ord1iRed, That The said RailitRd
may be Constructed With Ter qSnf at any pointer
points in the said COaelds region, that the stock
holders in said company may agree upon, with the
appreciation ofthe Board of Internal improvements.
Adopted 9,ta35t r 81 ~
Mr. Battle Of Wake, offered the following amend
ment: agug 7EaGT 3y4R9T5
~ IAsgit3 further ordained, That the lcorpnr1te
authorities of Incorporated towns Subscribing sto
the capital stock Of said Chatham Railroad Conl-
pany, In order tn provide for tiie payment OF their
subscriptions and of the principalnsnd interest of
bonds torIthat purpose by them issucl, shall have
authority today and collect taxes on all subjects
which under the charters Of said towns taxable,
Adopted. = sr.rs. ssf.,.s - -
Mr., Manning offered the following amendment to
come in at the end of the 4th section "lh addition
to the Deed of Mortgage hereiofore required to he
executed and delivered by the Chatham Railroad
Company, the State of North Carolina shall by this
ordinance have lien uponAhe estate both real and
personal Of saidcompany which they may now have
or may hereafter acquire to secure the principal
and interest of the bonds of this State authorized
to be issued" Adopted. sr -
Mr.. Thompson, in speech ofspme length defn-
ing his position, announced his deterpinatops to
support the measure, though opposed to general
legislation by the Convention, and representing
constituency which had consistently opposed,
through its representatives, the giving of State aid
to works ofinternal improvement. He should vote
for the ordinance Saey account of the imperative
necessity, growing out Of the war, for the speedy
Of Of
iron region. lie dwe at some length and earnestly,
on the urgent demand for iron for all nechanical
pnrposes-especaily those connected with our mill
tary defence and adverted to the caamitous results
which wouldfollow the prospective failure of the
very limited quantity on hand c.
s Messrs Leak Ruain and kittrell concurred In
urging the passage of the ordinance and the discus
sion closed with an earnest remonstrance against its
passage by Mr.. Strong Of Wayne, at whose instance
the yeas and nays were ordered. r.r .'s..-r
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll, and the Or
dinance passed it's third reading. -
Those who voted in the affirmative were Alessrs.
Allison, Arlington Badger, BagIey, Barnes, Batch
elor, Battle OF Wake, Boyle Brodnax, Caldwell,
Galloway, Christian Council, Dick, Durham, e.
wards, Filler, Fcrebee GIlmer, Gorrell, Graham,
Ilamlin, Hcarne IIeaden, Holden, Houston, John
ston, Jones OF Caldwell, Jones Of Rowan, Joyce,
Kitlrell, Leak of Anson, Leak of Richmond, Long,
Manning, Mcdowell Of Madison, McDufie, Mcneil
Phifer, Reid, Rhodes, Rutin, Satterthwate, Setter
Smith OF Halifax, Smith of Macon, Starbuck, Thomp-
son, Warren Wilson and Woodfn-j7.
Those who voted in the negative were Messrs
Berry, Brown, Bunting Cannon Cunningham, OAR
den,, Dickson, billiard. Douthit, Ellison, Fuller,
Greenlee Hargrove. Holmes, Kelly, Lyon Mcdowell
of Burke, Mcneil of Cumberland, Michal, Mitchell,
Moseley, PeRand, RayEer, Sanders, Smith OF john
Ston, Strong Of Wayne, Sutherland, Thornton, VIII
liamS Williamson and WoOten-Hl.
On motion of Mr.. Badger the title Of The ordinance
was amended to READ as follows
IAN ordinance in addition to, and amendment of
an act of the General Assembly, ratified the 10Th
day Of February, 1861, entitled IAN act to incor-
porate the Chatham railroad company and to re-
peal an supplemental thereto ratified the e3rd
of February, 1851" ... -...t TX --
On motion Of Mr. Rufin, the report of the judi
ciary committee "Ihe ordinance repeal in part
the existing Stay law was made the special order
for - O'clock tomorrow.
The Convention then adjourned.