The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-09
Referred to the Judiciary Committee, to

MI. HANDLER lDtroduceda bill to author
ize the late sheriff of Henderson county t,
collect taxes for the year 1866 Z. Referred.
! MIR MALONE introduced bill to amend
chap 81, revised code in reference to divorces.
Referrtgl to the Judiciary Committee.
b. MIR. FRENCH introduced hill To better
/, enable the commissioners of New Hnnnver
county to carry out the provisions ri section
10. article 2, of the Constitution of the State.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee. a7
MIR. FRENCH introduced bill in relation
to the weighing Of rosin at the port of Will
mington. - ..,.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
MIR. MoRRls introduced lnll to amend an
act to establish lien in Iavor of builders
and mechanics. ....,.., ID ............. 5-aa
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
* message was received from the Govern.
or transmitting an abstract of the official
vote of North Carolina for electors for Pres
| ident and Vice President of the United
States, at the election held Dec. 3D., 1868.
Ordered to lie printed "P ''' 'iA1''
| The Bill to anne d the charter of Pitt
County Female Institute pass its second
reading. ,.a r,,i, .,r.s,., t,,s,. a)
The resolution instructing the Committee
on privileges and Elections to repor. bill
to provide for the registration of voters and
to Xix a day for holding municipal elections
in cities and towns was passed. BE-, '.af
| r. MIR. HARRIS, of Wake, by consent, from
the special committee of three, reported
back the bin to extend the limits of the city
of Raleigh, and submitted majority re-
port recommending that the bill do pass.
Mr.. GIBSON submitted an adverse minori-
| ty report on the above bill. syr
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, moved suspen-
sion of the rules. Not agreed to, and the
! bill laid over, ti.. 81. ,s9, 1.s.at', IT,
Resolution to appoint special committee
| to investigate the affairs of the Bank of
| North Carolina and the Bank Of the State
of North CAROLINA aaliei sli'l slit gliF
u. Mr.. ESTES offered amendments to include
! tue Bank of Cape Fear. ,,.,,,st,a ,.,.. 'le
| Amendments agreed to and resolution
| adopted. '7'' '"i AH'7"' s'"i'iGs'fs r.
Anessage fiom the Senate was received,
transmitting Tor concurrence joint resolu.
ton to provide for the appointment of
| joint special committee of three on the part
| of the Senate end five on the part of the
| House to investigate charges of bribery and
corruption against members of the General
Assembly: and announcing that the Senate
| had appointed Messrs. Sweet, Robbins Fork-
ner as the Senate branch of said committee.
Mr.. SINCLAIR said that in effect this was
not a resolution but q bill, and he moved
that it be printed. tao,,,l IL l,,,i., l'e
| Mr.. ESTES moved to amend the motion by
mp king the bill special order for Saturday
next at II o'clock. aih'7a1 % aI t7ot
Mr.. PoU opposed any delay. ...e15
Dir. ESTES said the reason of his moving
to make a special order for Saturday was
that there are already special orders for
Thursday and Friday He agreed that the
matter should be acted upon Immediately.
| But this is Star Chamber proceeding. 1t
| is introduced by gentleman who has
| pledged his honor as Senator and gentle.
man to prove charges against members of
| this or the other louse. He was willing to
! give him fair chance to do so, but the bill
| gives all the powers necessary to make a man
cr,minate himself. 1t gives the committee
full power to call upon any member of this
| Legislature, the Governor aud all his Off
GERS 10 bring papers here and make them
| criminate themselves. He thought it should
| be printed fer the information of members,
and considered as early as possible, and mo-
| we'd that it he made a special order for to-
morrow at II o'clock A. NJ isl.f,eas
Mr.. harris, of Wake, was glad this sub
| ject had been brought up, because this body
was affected to be held in disrepute hy many
| persons, and it had now an opportunity to
vind:cate its character. He agreed that the
resolution gave power to convict men before
petty committee, without jury, without
notice of the charges preferred against
them. without hearing, and contrary to
the letter and spirit of the declaration of
rights in the Constitution, sections II, 10
and 10. He hoped the investigation would
be thoroughly prosecuted, but hoped the
resolution would be printed, so that members
might act intellgently. ,Hossa55a .-'
Mr.. PoU SAID the arguments that had been
urged for delay tended more strongly to con-
vince him that there was no necessity forit.
He agreed that the result of the lnvestiga-
tion could be nothing more than the expul-
sion of member from the Assembly, if
found guilty. If man committed perjury
that was case for the criminal courts. He
referred to the analogous case of G. W.
Woolley; incarceratcd by the House of Rep
resentatives of the us Congress for CON.
tempt, to show that legislative body could
commit a person for contempt. f4fns
Mr. DOWNING asked if he was member
of the House 'f- d'aI ti'" s'.is'l g.
Mr.. PoU rcrlied no. He then proceeded
to show that by the terms of the resolution
person who swore falsely was liable to in
dictment before court. iit. -.
Mr. HARRIS, of Wake asked if it said he
should be tried before court ssl
Mr.. PoU replied that it said lie should be
liable to indictment. and thought he would
be liable to. Indictment without section
three. -,,ri. a;,5 s1 s-,,1s.s b,is ,t,,,a.rI. -,
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, asked why put it
on the resolution. aplalai .a,n siriI sa'f z
Mr. PoU replied to avoid the lawyers
plea that there was, no law to make false
swearing before committee perjury.i.lt 4
Mr. DOWNING favored the investigation,
thought every member wanted it made; but
he wanted to act intelligcntly, and desired
the bill printed. ., "a. - ...;..,,;.. +
Mr.. SEYMOUR expressed surprise at the
motion to delay for moment Every gen
| tlcman must have read the billd He knew
otno law by,which a person testifying false
| ly before committee conld he punished for
| perjury. He did not think, any member
would desire to shield himself under a con-
stitutionai prerogative.D He hoped every
member would come through unscathed,9
| -. Mr.. DOWNING explained that he felt in
| disposed to act upon the bill until he had
| read it. t'-''- '''''''- f+''''''f@t
Mr.. ESTES had not seen them. but his at
: tention was called to two sections, and he
/. was told by some of thez ablest lawyers of
this city that they were Infamous, that they
[ delegated more power to the committee than
any committee ever had in the United
I, States. n I'D |. ~ -. .L, a.