Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-03-20

scription to the capital stock of the West
ern Railroad Company. This ordinance
provides for the return to the public Treas
urer OF one million dollars worth of Bones
of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther-
ford Railroad Company, which have been
paid to the said Western Railroad Compa-
ny, by an act of the Legislature, and au-
thorizes an issue of one million dollars OF
the State coupon Bonds, in lieu thereof.)
Mr.. Tourgee moved to suspend the rules
and put the ordinance on its final passage.
Carried.
MIR. Sweet moved to amend section 2 as
follows:
"That no part of the one million of bonds
issued to the Western Railroad Company
shall be delivered to said company until
the President and Directors thereof shall
execute and deliver to the Governor of the
State first mortgage on the entire road
and its property, conditioned to save the
State harmless against the losses of both
principal and interest of said loan.
Mr. Sweets amendment was accepted by
the introducer of the ordinance.
Mr. Abbott offered an amendment, re-
ducing the issue of the State bonds from
one million to half million. This amend
ment was also accepted.
Under the suspension Of the rules, the
ordinance, as amended, was put upon its
final passage and adopted by vote of yeas.
60, nays Is.
The report of the Committee Of Sixteen,
in relation to an ordinance Introduced by
Mr.. Watts, to aid the Williamson and Tar
bOrO' T.. H. Co., was, on motion OF MIR.
Watts, taken up and considered. The Or
dinance is that whenever the President of
the Railroad shall testify to the Governor
of the State that the said Road is graded,
he shall direct the Public Treasurer to loan,
in behalf of the State, to said Company,
the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in coupon bonds, and the Company
shall set aside the receipts of the Road,
over and above its annual expenses, as q
sinking fund to pay the said debt and in
terest and it further provides that the
President and Directors of the Road shall
execute and deliver to the Governor of the
State first mortgage on the entire load
and its property, conditioned to save the
State harmless against the loss of both
principal and interest of said loan. The
bonds to be issued shall bear an interest of
six per centum, and the principal is paya-
BILE at the end Of 30 years from the date
thereof, and the coupons for the interest
are payable semi annually in such form as
the Public Treasurer may direct.
Mr.. Watts advocated the passage of the
ordinance for some time.
Mr.. Jones objected to it.
Under the suspension of the rules. the
ordinance was adopted by a vote of yeas So
nays II.
Mr. Rodman, from the Select Committee
appointed to consider Mr.. COwles' case,
submitted, in sum and substance, that the
signature of the President might, if neces-
sary, be set aside entirely, and, therefore,
i l. ko4o tot
ther consider the matter, and asked to be
discharged from its further consideration.
The Article on Suffrage was taken UP.
The question required upon Mr.. French's
motion to reconsider the vote, by which
Mr.. Heaton's substitute for the I'd section
was adopted.
Mr.. Pool moved to lay the motion on the
table.
The yeas and nays were called upon this
motion, and the vote stood, yeas 73, nays
u.
Section Sd of the Report, as engrossed,
was then read and adopted.
These three sections, hcomprising the artl-
Gle on Suffrage, were then put on their
final passage; the yeas and nays were called
and the article passed by vote of yeas
so, nays s.
Section 1st of the article on Eligibility to
O1lC6 was f0aQ ana aQODJ6u.
Section 2 Mr.. Pool moved to amend,
in 5th line, by inserting, after the word
"crime," the words "since becoming ci-
Mr. Marshall moved to amend, by add
ing to the section the words &c or disquali-
fed by the fourteenth article" known as
the Howard amendment
Mr.. French, of Chowan, moved to add as
substitute for Mr.. Marshalls amendment,
his minority report, as 3D. class Of excep-
tions, at the close of the sentence.
A discussion arose upon this amendment
too long to be reported, as it amounted
merely to reiteratlon of views expressed
over and over again.
Mr. Pool called the previous question:
The call was sustained and the question re-
Cured upon the substitute of Mr.. French,
of Chowan.
The yeas and nays were called aud re-
sulted-yeas 3e, nays So.
YEAs-Messrs Abbott, Ashley, Benbow, Bryan,
Carter Gambler, Chilson, Dickey, Duckworth,
ham, French, of Chowan, Fullings, Gahagan,
Garland, Graham, of Montgomery, Hayes, of Rob
eson, Hayes, Of Halifax (negro), Ing, Jones, OF
Murphy, Parks, Petree, Rsgland, Ray, Rhodes,
Rose, Smith, Tucker and Turner.
NAYs-Messrs Aydlott, Baker, Barnes, Blume,
grove, Congleton, Cox, Cowles, Daniel, Durham,
Ellis, Etheridge, Forkner, George, Grant. OF
Northampton, Gully, Gunter, Harris, of Wake
(negro) Harris, of Franklin, Hay, Heaton, High
smith (negro), Hotfler, Holt, Hyman (negro),
Jones, of Caldwell, King, of Lenoir, Latin, LeSg,
Lennon, Long, McCubblns, Merritt, Mcdonald, of
Moore, Moore, Morton, MulliCan, Nance Nichol-
son, Patrick, Parker Pierson (negro), Pool, Read,
Rich, Rodman, Rodman, Sanderlin, Stilley, league,
Trogden, Welker and 81 IL.
The yeas and nays were ordered on Mr..
MarshalPs amendment and it was lost.
The section, as amended, was then final
ly adopted.
The question REQUIRED upon the final pas
sage of the article.
According to the rules the yeas and nays
were called and resulted in its adoption,
Conservatives all voting against it.
BY consent, Harris, of Wake (negro),
offered a resolution that no member shall
draw any moro money until after the ad-
jOurnment of the Convention.
Harris (negro) said the reason he offered
this resolution was because he thought that
if some measure of this kind was not adop-
ted there would not be quorum on Mon
day.
Mr.. King, of Lenoir, moved to lay it on
the table Carried.