The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-16

sSo,,,s., - ~ ''''.oh !" the time IF b,,.
,pa,,s ~ the lotii and nth ju,jca;"% holding
m ,a" was taken From the Calcnda, ~ dis
'.''e" 10 special committee of e aud re.
snS 1s, n' 81 pne from each The 9th, 10th to
Mr.. ESTES introduced bill To iro,
vineyard Company. Referred to thap orate
mlffee on Corporations u '"e com.
- MI SMITH, OF Wayne, -intraducea Co..
DIS to incorporate certain lodges of '',,er raj
Masons. Referred to the Committee ~, \.
! porations. ;,,...st. WI Vor.
| Mr.. CLAYTON, of Transatlantic. introd,o
Dill to Incorporate a lodge. of A. Y' W
SONS. Referred to the committee ON Co,u na
i ,rations. WI 'orpo.
~ message from the Senate transmitted !.
consideration Senate bill to Incorporate ~, .pt
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Comn."e
mr. GUNTER introduced bill to prnh;r!..
the distillation of grain. ter "'oit
On motion of Mr. Bowman the bill, w..
referred to the Committee on Pronos;,;"s
and Grievances o' t.ia -' '''ns
On motion of Mr.. SYKES the bill to an.,,
the charter Of Elizabetl, City and ame" 'S
/, certain acts amendatory thereto was takenn"
On motion of Mr.. .STILLEY the blll w W..
amended by requiring ten days instead os
thirty days residence before voting.
The bill passed its several readings.
On motion OF Mr.. LEARy, House bin M
IL to continue in force and act to amend az
ACT to authorize the county of Cumber,,ns
and the town of Fayetteville to issue bonds
The bill passed its several readings.
House hill No 90 W a,,,ar1 ooo.:
chapter 8, Code of Civil Procedure. was ~
ken up. 1i', w.
Mr.. STnLEY said the law required the
bondmen Of clerks of Superior Court IN
swear that they were worth $1,000 as,,ls
from all exemptions This bill obvints0
this requirement, which is unnecessary and
injurious. ,..s.. "A'
. The bill passed its third reading
/ House bill No. 81, to repeal section 55s
chapter I, title 81, Code of Civil, Procednra'
requiring officers to make returns of fees'
came up. "a ..,,,, ,..,.. 81.
Mr.. SEYMOUR said the section to bs p.
pealed requires all officers authorized TO r..
ceive fees to return annually to the Secreto-
Try of State sworn statement of all fees RI.
ceiyed. This labor will be quite ttiAino
We do not know what these fees should Le
| Fl these sworn statements are made for two
or three years, we shall have statistics mon
which we can estimate what should be Tim
fees of these officers. He hoped the bin
would not pass.
Mr.. BowMAN said he introduced this bin
| to relieve officers from serious and useless
task. The reason offered by the gentleman
from Craven he. did not consider good one.
The Clerk of the Superior Court in Wake
county would be called upon to perform ten
times more labor than the Clerk of Mitchell
County would, and the only Just way of
compromising officers is to pay them accord
ing to the amount of work performed,
Among the reasons for the repeal proposed,
he called attention to the amount of labor
| required to be done under the law, and the
cost to the State of $4,000 for blanks and
postage. - V., .es-. f.,.s ..,..,....-...
Mr.. STlLLEY favored the bill on account
of the expense to the State and the incon-
venience to the officer of tile old law.
Mr.. SEYMOUR said it would exhaust the
ingenuity of officers to bring the expense
above 500 year. If the officers keep &C.
counts as business men should, the labor of
making these abstracts will he light.
At IL o'clock the special order being the
bill to amend the charter, of the Green
Swamp Company was taken up, and, on
motion OF Mr.. French, was made a special
order for Wednesday next at 10 O'clock
The consideration of the bill to repeal
section 55S Code of Civil Procedure. was
resumed
Mr. VEST thought the estimates of the
gentleman from Craven extremely low The
expenses to the State must be at least $4,000
instead of $1,000 s.er t..., 7-,ri.s
Mr.. Bowman said it might be necessary to
require salaried officers to, make returns of
their fees but to require magistrates, con-
stables and other small oficersto make the
returns, they would present, a mass of docu-
ments which the Legislature would never
examine.
Pc Mr.. SEYMOUR moved to postpone until
Thursday next. saJaca. afg as
The motion. was not agreed to.
Mr.. Silly opposed the passage of the
bill. Under the present fee bill if large
amount Of business is done, clerks have to
be hired to do it, and the margin for the
officer is quite small. 7f,.m g,- -.
Mr.. SEYMOUR said he would. offer an
amendment as soon as he could write it..
While waiting for tile proposed amend
ment the SPEAKER announced the appoint
ment OF the following committee under the
joint resolution concerning bribery and cor
ruprion: Messrs. Estes of New Hanover,
Bowman, Of Mitchell, Gatliug,, of Gates
Graham, of Montgomery, and Wiswa, of
Lincoln.e Id! ef 4as7S rg IA
~, The gentlemen advanced to the desk, and
the following oath was administered to them
by the Speaker: -Ntt
You and each of you soIemnly swear that you
will discharge your duties under the resolution
constituting you members of Joint Committee
of Investigation, without fear, favor, affection,
or the hope of reward, SO kelp you God"
The SPEAKER said: have had prepared
for each of you certified copy OF the reso-
lutipns, raising the joint committee of which
you are members You will be governedby
its provisions, the Constitution and the par
.fiamentary law appIicableto COMMITTEES OF
| this character. !, And will only say, further,
that since this Investigation on the part Of
the House is now entrusted to your care, IT
is done in the ihelcf that you will conduct 1t
faithfully fairly and fearlessly,
Mr.. SEYMOUR offered substitute for the
bill providing that every officer, excepting
Justices Of the peace and: constables shall
prepare sworn statement of fees received
| dc. fas MA. fs.i,i.s5sf -
| The substitute was rejected. ID
| The bill passed its third reading-yeas
4 76, nays 10. 5'i ~"
81 House bill No, 104. to authorize A. b.
/, Jones, fermer tax collector of Buncomoe
county. to collect arrears of taxes for lS6o-
,67 naSc,.d Ito third readinp
] House bill No. 70 to make the County
(, Commissioners Of New Hanover County t'e
better to carry out the provisions OF Section
4 IS art 7 of the Constitution of the STATE