Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-31

and Wlnstead-23.
Those who voted ir the negative are
Messrs. Barnes, Lindsay, Love, Melchor,
Mason, Osborne, Purdie, Robbins and Will
son 9.
Mr.. Rich moved to suspend the rules and
put the bill on its third reading, but the
motion did not prevail.
And on motion of Mr.. Robbins the Sen
ate adjourned until tomorrow at the regu-
lar hour.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
BY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
TUESDAY, July 81, 1868
The House was called to order at 10
o'clock.
Prayer by the Rev. Joseph Atkinson, of
the city.
Journal read and approved.
The calendar was taken up.
The bill relative to privy examination of
fenaeS cOoe7t was taken up, read and referred
to the committee on Judiciary.
Harris, of Wake (negro), from the Select
committee appointed to investigate the
contested election in Camden county,
offered majority report contending that
the provisions of the Revised Code, relating
to contested elections, do not apply to cleo
ttons held under the reconstruction laws of
@ 'ngress.
Mr.. Pou, from the same committee,
offered minority report as substitute for
it The report, among other objections
states that the notice required by law had
not been given, and that the new Constltu-
ton expressly declared that all laws and
clauses of laws, not repugnant to that IN
strument should r, m rin in full force and
eff~ct until lawfully altered.
Upon the question of the adoption of the
minority report, AS substitute Tor that OF
the majority, the previous question was
called.
It was sustained, and the question being
put, Mr.. Durham called for the yeas and
nays, and the substitute was rejected, by a
vote of yeas 81, nays 54.
The majority report was then adopted.
ing the repairing of highways and bridges.
Lies over.
On motion of Mr.. Durham, leave of ab-
sence was granted to Mr.. Williams of Samp-
son, until Monday next.
Rerfrow called up his resolution allowin 6
postage stamps to the members.
Mr.. Ellis moved to lay the resolution on
the table, and called for the yeas and nays
upon the motion.
The call was sustained, and the roll be-
ing called resulted in the following ballot :
YEAs-Messrs. Argo, Ashworth, Armstrong,
Boddie, Blair, Banner, Clayton, Of Chowan, Clay
toa, OF Pennsylvania, Cherry, negro, Davis, Lur-
ham, Davidson, Ellis, Ellington, Estes, Farrow,
Ferebee. Gahagan, Gunter, Gibson, Gilbert, Hod-
nett, High, Humphries Harris, of Franklin, Hod-
gin, Hinnant, Hawkins, Justice, OF Henderson,
Jarvis, kely, of Davie, Long, OF Richmond, Leary,
negro, Moore, Mattheson, Mendenhall, Nicholson,
Pou, Parker, Pearson, Profit t, Ragland, Robin
500, Rea, smith, of Allegheny, Smith of Martin,
Sweat, negro, Shaver, Stanton, Thompson, Eestai,
William son, negro, and Whitley.
NAYs-Messrs. carson Crawford, negro, Dow
ming, Foster, Franklin, Forkner negro, Graham,
Hutchings, Harris, of Wake, negro, Hayes, negro,
Ingram, Kinney, of Moore, Long, CT Chatham
Mayo, negro, Morrill,, Morris, negro, MoCanless,
Moring, Proctor, Robbins, negro, Renfrow, Rey-
nods, Stiley, Simmons, SeymLuc, Stevene, Sykes,
negro, Seigrist, Vest. Wilson, Wilkie, White and
WaldrOp.
Foster (c. b. moved to reconsider the
vote. which was lost, it only receiving two
votes.
A resolution instructing the committee
on Printing to furnish the usual number Of
the reports If the Code Commissioners, as
required by the Constitution, was next Ia
ken up and adopted.
Downing called up his resolution declar-
ing vacant all Offices to which persons ban
ned by the Howard Amendment had been
elected, aud conferring upon the so-called
Governor the power to fill all such vacan-
cies by appointment
Seymour (c. b. offered a substitute, and
moved that beth the resolution and substi-
tute be printed, and made the special for
tomorrow at u o'clock. Carried.
Justice, of Rutherford, called up hls re-
solution to prevent land-holders from dis
charging their employees for political diff
ferences. The resolution passed its second
reading.
A resolution to remove the disabilities of
certain persons elected to seats in this Leg
islature was next reached.
Mr.. Hodnett moved to add the names OF
the Hon. Bedford Brown and VIM. Long,
of Caswell, which was vo.ed down, and
the resolution was then rejected by a strict
party vote.
The resolution instrncting the Commit
tee Oh Education to prepare bill to reSu-
late the system of Common Schools, and
that the bill shall provide for separation
of the two races, was taken up, read and
approved.
A resolution to remove the disabilities OF
cretain citizens was taken up and read
when
Mr.. Durham moved to make the resolu'
tion read ''ceataum Republicans. Mr.. d. pro
perly and scathingly denounced the whole
matter as the meanest species OF class legls
lation. He charged the Radical party with
political cowardice, land he might have
charged great many OF them On the hool