The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-08-19
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY. August II. 1876.

AOSoDAAS auSuSt ), AOVo.
= The House assembled at the usual hour
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Long, OF thu House.
Leave of absence was granted each to Messrs
Davis, Gambler, Matheson and Hendricks.
Other applications were made, but objections
being urged, sI -as-
Mr.. Downing moved that q call of the House
be made, to what its strength was. The mo
tion was adopted, and the roll being called, it
was found that eighty-three members answered
to their names.
Statements were made that Messrs. Argo,
White, Stanton, and Clayton, of Transylvania
were sick and confined to their rooms. :
By leave, Mr.. Proctor introduced resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a
bill to give mechanics and laborers an adequate
lien upon the subject matter of their labor in
accordance with Section 4, Article XIV, Of the
Constitution Laid over. =
Mr.. Rhodes reported the following as correctly
enrolled:
Resolution te provide an Office for the Supern-
tendcnt Of public Instruction. ALSO for the settle
ment of certain claims; act to limit liabilities of
sherfs act to require trustees of the University
to reside in the county for which they are chosen;
act ratifying and confirming the charter of the
Western Railroad Company; act to establish spe-
cial courts in the cities of Wilmington and New
bern. Ht.H ar= ~"
Mr.. Latin, from the committee on Internal
improvements. reported favOraby upon the fol-
lowing bills: -s.'.f
Bill to amend the charter of the Chatham Rail-
TOuu SOulpdIy.
Bill to amend the charter of the Western Rail-
road Company.
Bill to amend the charter of the North Western
North Carolina Railroad Company.
Bill to amend the charter of the Williamson
and Tarboro Railroad Company.
Mr.. Graham, from the committee on Penal In,
stitutions, reported back the petition from GER
tain citizens of johnson and Wayne counties in
reference to the abolition of capital punishment,
| recomm ending that it be postponed until Janua-
ry 1869: Adopted.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The special order was the bill to provide for
the pa yment of the interest ON the lawful debt
of the State.
Mr.. Rhodes moyed an amendment to 1st Sec
tion which, after discussion, was withdrawn.
| Mr.. Hodnett moved to amend LIST section by
striking out "cash'' and insert Currency of the
| United States -
| Mr. Hodnett explained that the object of the
amendment was to prevent bondholders from de-
manding payment in gold, as perhaps the word
| ''cash" might be construed to mean.
Mr.. Estes said the word "cash" had been de-
clared by the courts of Alabama. Louisiana.
Massachusetts,, New York, and other States, to
| mean the currency of the United States. He
considered the anne ndment an unnecessary one,
and hoped it would be rejected.
The amendment was lost by vote OF 30 yeas
to 80 nays. .s....-, 4. .-...g .-.l-. I'll
Mr.. Gambler moved to amend lst section by
| luScTtlllS, dJlcT Quc luc WOTuo -Ou tut
LIST Of October, 1868" Accepted. -
Mr.. Estes niade remarks in advocacy of fhe
bill, and said that he had addressed a letter to
Mr.. Kemp P. Battle, late Public Treasurer, and
to Mr.. R. w. Pulliam, President OF the First
National Bsnk, asking their opinions as to the
duty and e;ipediency of providing for the prompt
payment OF the interest on the public debt. Mr..
E. here re ad the replies of Messrs. Battle and
Pullian, both cOncurring in the opinion that the
interest cn the State debt ought to be paid, and
that the State was able to pay the same, and
that measures ought to be Immediately taken
to secure that much desired result The letter
of Mr.. Pulliam appears in another column, and
that OF Mr.. Battle will I've published hereafter.]
The question being on the adoption of the bill
on its third reading, .-st rrfgE .r.
Mr.. Farrow called for the yeas and nays.
The call being sustained, the bill was adopted
by the following vote: f s,..-.r
Yeas-Messrs. Ames .Ashworth, Boddie, Barnett
Blair, Bonner, Carson, Gambler, Cherry, Craw
Franklin, Forkner, Gatling, Gahagan Gunter
Grahlm, Hutchins Harris, of Franklin, Harris
OF Wake, Hoffman, Horney, Hodgin, Hayes
Einnant, Ingram, Justice, of Henderson, Justice
Ct Rutherford. Kinney. Kelly, of Moore, Long, O
Chatham, Leary, Latin, Mayo, Morrill,, Morris
Mendenhall, Moring, Peck, Pou, Price, Proctor
Pearson, Robbins, Ragland, RenfIow, Reynolds
Rea, Rhodes, Stilley, Simonds, Seymour, Ste
vens, SWEET, Snipcs, Sykes, Sinclair, Short. Sha
yerr,. siegrrst, Vestals, Vest, Wilson, Wilkie
| WulLlcSs WdluTOp
NAYs-Messrs Allison, Armstrong, Durham, ,Da
wilson, Farrow, Ferebee Gibson Grier, Hodnett
High, Humphries, Hendricks, Kelly, of Davie
Moore, Nicholson, Smith, of Allegheny, Thompson
Williams-18. u aa ~ l--
Received message from the Senate, enclosin!
for ratification resolution requesting the Publ
Treasurer to inform the General Assembly, with
ont delay, whether the loan of S1J0 900 tor nnet
days had been negotiated; and if not, whethe
any additional legislation was necessary 10 secur
said loan. a5- 81 her ~ t5,
Also, that the President had ratified the bill il
favor of w. 8. Grandy, resolution providing TO
the payment of burial expenses of the late Sena
tor Hail. &c; and resolution in relation
J to salaries; which were signed by the Speaker.
Mr.. Latin called up the bill to amend the char
! ter of the Chatham Railroad Company.
, Mr. Latin offered the following amendment a
an additional section to be inserted after section
three: ais 80 .- ~ i.t4s4-- 4-l
Z "That to effect this object any Railroad Com
pany within the State shall be at liberty to tax
I. or purchase stock in, or lend money to- or pur
chase bonds of this or any other Rail Road Com
pany, in this or any adjoining State" Adopted
Mr. Latin made an able and elaborate addres
! in favor of the BILL portraying in glowing col
! Urs the advantages to be derived from the com
pletion of this important work of internal i'm
provement. The address will appear in to mol
: rows Standard
l The bill, as amended, passed its second read
:. ing. Yeas 76; nays10.